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.

Author

The Mental Elf

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.nationalelfservice.net

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Annelene Hoeivang Larsen 29.03.2019

Communications consultant and journalist at the Danish Society for Patient Safety talks about power and coproduction in older people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don Goldmann 28.03.2019

Chief Scientific Officer, Emeritus, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement talks about the science of quality improvement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Riggare 28.03.2019

Advisor to the Swedish Medical Products Agency, advisor to the Swedish government’s coordinator for Life Science, speaks about her life and work as a Mother, Engineer and Self-Tracker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel Mubiligi 28.03.2019

Joel Mubiligi, Executive Director for Partners In Health talks about achieving equity in Rwanda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sandra Dudych and Louise Patmore 28.03.2019

Sandra Dudych and Louise Patmore talk about how to move from patient partnership to patient directorship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amar Shah 28.03.2019

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chief Quality Officer at the East London NHS Foundation Trust talks about creating Joy in Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isabel Rodrigo 28.03.2019

Dr Isabel Rodrigo from the Navarra Complex Hospital in Spain talks about the Patient as Assessor of Safe Practices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manoj Kumar 28.03.2019

The National Clinical Lead for the Scottish Mortality and Morbidity Program at Healthcare Improvement Scotland tells us about his work on Safety Reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Greene 27.03.2019

The Founder and President of the Hunger and Thirst Foundation talks about his work battling dysgeusia (taste alterations caused by chemotherapy). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cristin Lind and Emma Cartwright 27.03.2019

We kick off the #Quality2019 live podcast with two patient representatives at the International Forum, talking about meaningful patient involvement at conferences. A theme we will return to many times over the coming days I'm sure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#voicehearingUoY Rob Allison and Ruth Lafferty 26.03.2019

Rob Allison and Ruth Lafferty talk to Vanessa Garrity about making sense of voice hearing, following the conference at the University of York on 22nd March 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dorothy Gould 26.03.2019

Dorothy Gould, a lived experience researcher, trainer and consultant gives her perspective on research priorities related to mental health detention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the #Quality2019 podcast 26.03.2019

André Tomlin from the Mental Elf introduces the #Quality2019 podcast from Glasgow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viral Kantaria and Claire Henderson 25.03.2019

Viral Kantaria from NHS England and Claire Henderson from King's College London consider how we can reduce mental health detentions? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Bell and Petros Lekkos 25.03.2019

Andy Bell (the Deputy Chief Executive of the Centre for Mental Health) and Dr Petros Lekkos (Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry) speak about Community Treatment Orders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Szmukler 25.03.2019

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society at Kings College London explains why he believes that people with mental illness are discriminated against when they are detained under the Mental Health Act. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rai Waddingham and Geoff Brennan 25.03.2019

Rai Waddingham from the Hearing Voices Network and Geoff Brennan from Starwards talk at the 'After the Mental Health Act review' event in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lade Smith 25.03.2019

Dr Shubulade Smith talks about ethnic variations in compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act and what we can do about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul McCrone and Bryn Lloyd Evans 25.03.2019

Professor Paul McCrone and Bryn Lloyd Evans preview the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit meeting - After the MHA Review: Priorities for future research on compulsory admissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon Wessely 25.03.2019

Prof Sir Simon Wessely (MHA Review Chair) What do we do now with the Mental Health Act review? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Andrews 22.03.2019

The Founder and CEO of Healios talks about the digital technology for people with eating disorders that is currently being rolled out in the NHS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Young 22.03.2019

Prof Tony Young, the National Clinical Lead for Innovation at NHS England talks about Digital Technologies and Mental Health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Van Furth 21.03.2019

Professor of Eating Disorders at the University of Leiden Medical Centre talks to us, alongside his colleague Hiske Visser, about the ways they involve people with lived experience in their eating disorders services in the Netherlands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerry McLeod 21.03.2019

BEAT Ambassador & Specialist Dietitian Kerry McLeod shares her own lived experience of eating disorders at the London Eating Disorders Conference 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Slade 21.03.2019

Professor of Mental Health and Social Inclusion at the University of Nottingham talks about hope, recovery and mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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