The Mental Elf

The Mental Elf

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Welcome to the Mental Elf podcast, which features interviews with leading experts in mental health: researchers, clinicians, practitioners and experts by experience. I will help you keep up to date with the latest reliable mental health research. Our podcasts are recorded at major mental health events and conferences, and explore a wide range of topics relevant to people who work in mental health and related fields. Check out the Mental Elf website for thousands of free blogs summarising the latest reliable mental health research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Mental Elf

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Science

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www.nationalelfservice.net

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Billie Lever Taylor 23.09.2019

Billie Lever Taylor talks about the ESMI qualitative findings in the STACEY study:Partner and family experiences of perinatal mental health care, and Women’s experiences of acute care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kylee Trevillion 23.09.2019

Dr Kylee Trevillion managed the ESMI study; a 5-year NIHR programme grant on the effectiveness of perinatal mental health services. In this interview from the ESMI Stakeholder Event, she speaks about two of the studies she was closely involved with: the DAWN study (RCT of guided self-help for women with depression), and a study looking at the acceptability of asking about mental health in antenata...

Louise Howard 23.09.2019

Professor Louise Howard from Kings College London talks to us at the start of the ESMI (Effectiveness of Services for Mothers with Mental Illness) Stakeholder Event https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/hspr/research/ceph/wmh/projects/a-z/esmi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Niederkrotenhaler 20.09.2019

Dr Thomas Niederkrotenthaler from the Medical University of Vienna talks about media reporting of suicide: from the Werther effect to the Papageno effect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Pirkis 20.09.2019

Prof Jane Pirkis from the University of Melbourne talks about what we can do to prevent more suicides from taking place in pubic places. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Gunnell 20.09.2019

Professor David Gunnell from the University of Bristol talks about recent trends in adolescent mental health, suicidal behaviour and suicide, and reflects on some of the factors that may be driving the increase in youth suicide that we have recently seen in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Galavan 20.09.2019

Clinical and Counseling Psychologist Eoin Galavan talks about the CAMS model (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) and how he has used it to great effect in his own practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nav Kapur 20.09.2019

Guidelines for suicide prevention: hard science or dark art? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chan Lai Fong 20.09.2019

Dr Chan Lai Fong from the National University of Malaysia talks about Client Suicide Amongst Clinicians: Integration of lived experience & the evidence base for postvention Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stacey Freedenthal 19.09.2019

Author, psychotherapist and suicidologist, Dr. Stacey Freedenthal, talks about her own lived experience of suicide and the work she does Speaking of Suicide https://www.speakingofsuicide.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keith Hawton and Ellen Townsend 19.09.2019

Prof Keith Hawton from the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford: "Self-harm in children and adolescents: An update on key issues."New guide for parents who are coping with their child's self-harm: 'You are not alone' www.ox.ac.uk/news/2015-12-01-new-guide-parents-who-are-coping-their-childs-self-harm-you-are-not-aloneProf Ellen Townsend from the University Of Nottingham: "Young...

Jo Robinson #chatsafe 19.09.2019

Dr Jo Robinson from Orygen tells us about the #chatsafe project: "From consultation to co-creation: youth partnerships in suicide prevention." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ann Luce 18.09.2019

Ann Luce from Bournemouth University (@stann2) talks about her work developing the Responsible Suicide Reporting Model and the Suicide Reporting Toolkit that will go live in the near future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Siobhan O'Neill 18.09.2019

Prof Siobhan O'Neill talks about her suicide prevention work in Northern Ireland, and why it's so special to be hosting the 30th IASP congress in her home city of Derry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carole Ann Clarke and Jim Breen 18.09.2019

The Co-Founders of I Am Here talk about their work in workplace mental health https://iamheretribe.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Christensen 18.09.2019

Professor Helen Christensen @HM_Christensen from the Black Dog Institute, UNSW, Sydney, Australia spoke at #IASP2019 about Digital Prevention for Suicide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bronwen Edwards and Jo Riley 18.09.2019

Bronwen Edwards from Roses in the Ocean and Jo Riley from the Black Dog Institute talk about involving people with lived experience of suicide in research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory O'Connor 17.09.2019

Professor Rory O'Connor speaks after the opening ceremony of the 30th World Congress of the International Association of Suicide Prevention, which takes place on 17-21 September 2019 in Derry, Northern Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recovery in the Bin 16.09.2019

Bethan Edwards, Rick Burgess and Ellie from Recovery in the BinNeorecovery: A survivor led conceptualisation and critiqueThis keynote at #MHNR2019 aims to introduce the survivor led critique and conceptualisation of Neorecovery. It will do this by:- Contextualising the emergence of Neorecovery, paying particular attention to its policy, service and political context.- Conceptualising Neorecovery a...

Edilma Yearwood 13.09.2019

Edilma Yearwood, Past President of the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health NursesExamining the Evidence on Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Reduction in Low and Middle-Income CountriesAnthony Jorm defines mental health literacy as the “knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management or prevention (1997, p. 182).” This presentation will explore t...

Sue McAndrew 12.09.2019

Professor Sue McAndrew, Professor of Mental Health and Young People, University of SalfordMHNAUK Lecture - Connect Three: Winning the game by exploring the mental ill health connections between young service users, adult users of services and young carers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ricardo Araya 12.09.2019

Professor Ricardo Araya, Lead of the Global Mental Health Research Group and Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College LondonGlobal mental health: how to fill in the gaphttps://twitter.com/Mental_Elf/status/1172130362484494336Professor Araya will present some basic information on global mental health, with a focus on low-and-middle income countries. The huge treatment gap and...

Fiona Nolan 12.09.2019

Professor Fiona Nolan, Florence Nightingale Foundation Clinical Professor of Mental Health Nursing, University of Essex - Improving mental health care through nurse education in low income countries; a Mongolian case study. Please download and fill in Fiona Nolan's checklist for the Mongolian Mental Health Nursing Training Course: What should we focus on in our one year post graduate course?https:...

Steven Allen 05.09.2019

The role of strategic litigation in pursuing human rights-compliant reform of mental health services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pesach Lichtenberg 05.09.2019

Soteria: the Final Frontier of Deinstitutionalization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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