The Mental Elf
The Mental Elf
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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Latest episode
Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
Anna Keski-Rahkonen 20.03.2019 6:48
Professor of Mental Health from the University of Helsinki talks about the prevalence of eating disorders in Finland, and how school nurses are helping to identify young people with eating problems as early as possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Guy Goodwin 19.03.2019 1:44
The Oxford Approach - so what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Seena Fazel and Danny Whiting 19.03.2019 13:43
Prof Seena Fazel and Dr Danny Whiting from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry talk about clinical prediction models. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cath Harmer 19.03.2019 9:48
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and Director of the Psychopharmacology and Emotional Research Lab, talks about cross-disciplinary collaboration and her work on adolescent depression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Phil Cowen 19.03.2019 4:45
Professor of Psychopharmacology at the University of Oxford and MRC Clinical Scientist Phil Cowen talks about antidepressants and new drug development for people with depression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Geddes 19.03.2019 10:39
Prof John Geddes, Head of the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, reflects on the impact of Michael Gelder and Guy Goodwin, and looks forward to what Oxford can achieve for people with mental illness over the coming years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mina Fazel 18.03.2019 12:14
Associate Professor in the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry talks about the opportunities and challenges of school mental health services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Paul Salkovskis 18.03.2019 12:09
Prof Paul Salkovskis from the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health talks to Mark Brown at #OxPsych50 - the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Keith Hawton 18.03.2019 6:28
The Director of the Oxford Centre for Suicide Research talks to Mark Brown about a lifetime researching suicide and self-harm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Elena Netsi and Alan Stein 18.03.2019 9:45
Dr Elena Netsi (Postdoctoral Researcher) and Prof Alan Stein (Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) talk about their work on perinatal depression & child development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Julia Hamer-Hunt 18.03.2019 7:45
Lay member of the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre Steering Committee (OH BRC) and Patient co-Chair of the OH BRC Patient and Research (PAR) Group, talks to us about patient and public involvement work in Oxford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daniel Freeman 18.03.2019 7:25
Prof Daniel Freeman, Professor of Clinical Psychology from the University of Oxford talks about using virtual reality to treat mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alice Tickell 18.03.2019 5:25
Research Assistant from the Oxford Centre for Mindfulness talks about her work on discontinuing antidepressant medications with the support of psychological therapy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Williams 18.03.2019 6:33
The Managing Director of Birmingham Health Partners talks to Mark Brown at #OxPsych50 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ilina Singh 18.03.2019 8:08
Prof Ilina Singh, Professor of Neuroscience and Society at Oxford University talks about the Epidemiology and Data Science session at the #OxPsych50 event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrea Cipriani - From evidence synthesis to personalised mental health: antidepressants 14.03.2019 8:07
Prof Cipriani talks about depression, antidepressants, psychotherapies and making shared-decision making and treatment more targeted and personalised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#OxPsych50 Introduction 13.03.2019 2:50
The 50th Anniversary of the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry with presentations and talks focussed on:- Psychological Treatments- Epidemiology and Data Science- Experimental Medicine and Neuroscience- Psychiatry and Oxford Medicine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emma Howarth 11.03.2019 4:12
Dr Emma Howarth from the Cambridge Institute of Public Health talks to us from the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network meeting in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nicky Stanley and Helen Fisher 11.03.2019 10:06
Nicky Stanley (Professor of Social Work and Co-Director of the Connect Centre for International Research on Interpersonal Violence and Harm) and Helen Fisher (Reader & BA Mid-Career Fellow at King's College London). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jude Towers 11.03.2019 4:37
Dr Jude Towers talks to us about her involvement in the new Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Suzanne Jacob, Safe Lives 11.03.2019 11:26
The CEO at Safe Lives talks about domestic abuse perpetration & mental health needs for the #VAMHN podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Concetta Perot & Dan Robotham 11.03.2019 15:37
Concetta Perot (Co-founder/Director of Survivors Voices) and Dan Robotham Deputy Director of the McPin Foundation talk about survivor involvement in research, prioritising research questions in violence, abuse and mental health work, and the Survivors Voices new Survivors Charter: “a tool which will help to make engagement with abuse survivors more safe, meaningful and effective” https://survivors...
Susie Orbach 01.03.2019 6:41
The Psychotherapist, Writer, Activist and Social Critic, Susie Orbach tells us why she is still fighting about food and feminism 40 years after her classic book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue’ was published. She is joined by the Writer and Journalist Emma Woolf who will be chairing the panel discussion that kicks off the London Eating Disorders Conference on 20th March 2019.Find out more at: http://www....
Roger Webb - Self-harm in primary care 25.02.2019 8:26
Self-harm in primary care patients: a nationally representative cohort study examining patterns of attendance, treatment and referral, and risk of self-harm repetition, suicide and other causes of premature death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
David Gunnell - Drivers of unfavourable suicide trends 25.02.2019 7:07
Prof David Gunnell from the Suicide and Self-Harm Research Group in Bristol, talks about social factors like recession, and restriction of suicide methods in this interview at the 'Using data to inform suicide and self-harm prevention' event in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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