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

Geraldine Strathdee 04.12.2018

"We need to understand people's lives". A great rallying cry from Dr Geraldine Strathdee to kick off a new era for Maudsley Learning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Attoe 04.12.2018

R&D Lead at Maudsley Learning talks about how their mental health education and training is coproduced for diverse groups of people, not just health professionals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Pathan 04.12.2018

Service Delivery Lead from Maudsley Simulation tells us about his work creating mental health simulation training. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean Cross 04.12.2018

Dr Sean Cross, CEO of Maudsley Learning talks to me about the relaunch of their mental health learning and education suite of products and tools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Ings 25.11.2018

Richard Ings from Arts Council England talks about the evidence of impact of arts and culture on health and wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vanessa Pinfold 25.11.2018

Co-founder and Research Director at the McPin Foundation talks about the things we can do in our ordinary lives to improve our mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Williamson 25.11.2018

The Director of Action for Happiness talks about his work with communities and mental wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Chatterjee 22.11.2018

Helen Chatterjee, Professor of Biology at UCL explains why the new MARCH Network is aiming to transform our understanding of how social, cultural & community assets can support mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Ramchandani, Early intervention for mental health: the promise and the perils 14.11.2018

The LEGO Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning at the University of Cambridge talks about prevention and early intervention in mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hamish McAllister-Williams, Antidepressants: the myths and the facts 14.11.2018

Professor of Affective Disorders in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University speaks about depression, antidepressants and evidence, ahead of his talk at the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust #MHconnections meeting in London on 14 Nov 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Crawford and Kam Bhui 08.11.2018

Paul Crawford from the University of Nottingham and Kam Bhui from Queen Mary University of London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Newbigging 16.10.2018

Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham talks about the Mental Health Policy Commission: Investing in a Resilient Generation, which was presented by her colleague Paul Barstow at #IMHforum18 today: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impac…lth/index.aspx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Killackey 15.10.2018

The Head of Functional Recovery in Youth Mental Health at Orygen in Australia shares his thoughts on what UK policy makers can do to improve youth mental health services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Broome 15.10.2018

The Director of the Institute for Mental Health in Birmingham previews their Inaugural Forum taking place today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Skuse and Roz Shafran 10.10.2018

Prof David Skuse (Consultant Psychiatrist, Head of Behavioural and Brain Sciences at the Institute of Child Health) and Prof Roz Shafran (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Chair in Translational Psychology, Institute of Child Health) preview #ICHmentalhealth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Therese Kristine Dalsbo and Marita Sporstol Fonhus 20.09.2018

Two Norwegian Cochrane reviewers talk about their recent systematic review entitled: Patient‐mediated interventions to improve professional practice https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012472.pub2/full Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin Walker and Katrina Brooks 20.09.2018

Katty Brooks and Dr Erin Walker talk about involving young people in meta-synthesis projects. More information on this work in these two podcasts:https://www.nationalelfservice.net/ltc-podcast-1-final/https://www.nationalelfservice.net/ltc-podcast-2-final/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Watkins on what the evidence is for transdiagnostic approaches to mental health challenges 18.09.2018

A final interview for #transdx2018, with Ed Watkins examining whether the evidence is there for transdiagnostic approaches and what research might look at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gregor Smith - #RealisticMedicine at #CochraneForAll 18.09.2018

Casey Quinlan talks with Gregor Smith, an MD and Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, talks about #RealisticMedicine and the development of a Scotland Atlas, modeled on Jack Wennberg's Dartmouth Atlas. Gregor Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drgregorsmithScotland Atlas project: https://www.isdscotland.org/products-and-services/scottish-atlas-of-variation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Ruth Elwood Martin & Mo Korchinski 18.09.2018

Ruth Elwood Martin and Mo Korchinski talk about their work in Canada with women in prison: Arresting Hope - Women Taking Action in Prison Health Inside Out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Norton On Transdiagnostic Group Therapy 18.09.2018

Doing group based CBT for anxiety but with people who don;t share a diagnosis? That's what Peter Norton has been doing and #beyondtheroom spoke to him at #transdx2018 in Cambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor Montori - Patient revolution, #PatientsIncluded, and healthcare transformation 18.09.2018

Beyond The Room teammate Casey Quinlan talked to Dr. Victor Montori about his work creating a patient revolution in healthcare, and his message to Cochrane about what real "patients included in research" might look like. Victor Montori on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmontoriHis book, "Why We Revolt: a patient revolution for careful and kind care": https://patientrevolution.org/whywerevolt/ Hosted...

Sara Tai On Taking Not A Transdiagnostic Approach To Therapy But An Adiagnostic One 18.09.2018

Sara Tai On Taking Not A Transdiagnostic Approach To Therapy But An Adiagnostic One at #transdx2010 in Cambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Barlow On Neuroticism And The History Of Transdiagnostic Approaches at #transdx2018 18.09.2018

David Barlow is senior leader in the field of psychological treatments. He spoke to #beyondtheroom at #transdx2018 in Cambridge about the importance of neuroticism as a way of understanding emotional challenges and the history of transdiagnostic approaches to mental health challenges Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Caitlin Hitchcock On Autobiographical Memory And Mental Health #transdx2018 18.09.2018

Autobiographical memory is the story we tell ourselves about who we've been. Caitlin Hitchcock spoke to #beyondtheroom at the second day of the #transdx2018 conference in Cambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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