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

Emma Cartwright & Jess Rees (part 2) 18.09.2018

They were so good we had to interview them twice! Emma Cartwright and Jess Rees, recipients of the Rosamund Snow prize, speak to André Tomlin (The Mental Elf) at #CochraneForAll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lyubov Lytvyn - #PatientsIncluded in evidence + guidelines 18.09.2018

Casey Quinlan talks with McMaster University PhD student Lyubov Lytvyn about including patients in the research that builds medical evidence. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lyubovlytvynBMJ Rapid Recommendations on knee arthroscopy: https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1982 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roz Shafran On Perfectionism And Transdiagnostic Approaches 17.09.2018

Roz Shafran gave a keynote at #transdx2018 on perfectionism and transdiagnostic approaches. We grabbed her straight afterwards for summary for you at home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anne Bryde Christensen And Pat Gwyer On Transdiagnostic Ideas And Their Discontents 17.09.2018

Anne Bryde Christensen And Pat Gwyer Discuss some of the challenges in applying the different ideas and approaches within transdiagnostic discussion to actual practice and working with people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Morris On RDoc And Transdiagnostic Approaches To Research 17.09.2018

Sarah Morris Explains RDoc and the US National Institute of Mental Health Health approach to thinking about research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Cartwright & Jess Rees - Rosamund Snow Prize Recipients 17.09.2018

Emma Cartwright and Jess Rees, recipients of the Rosamund Snow prize, speak to Sally Crowe at #CochraneForAll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dalila Martínez - Journey from doctor to patient to medical researcher 17.09.2018

Dr. Dalila Martínez is an epidemiologist, a health researcher, and a patient with a serious condition. She spoke about how those roles have intersected and influenced her professionally and personally in her keynote at #CochraneForAll. Hear her conversation with Casey Quinlan from the Beyond The Room team. Dr. Dalila Martínez speaker profile: https://colloquium.cochrane.org/speaker/dalila-mart%C3%...

Mark Taylor 17.09.2018

The Head of Impact for the Central Commissioning Facility of the National Institute for Health Research talks about research impact, his own experience of multiple sclerosis, and how Cochrane can involve patients in their work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dorothy Oluoch - Mothers' experiences in neo-natal hospital wards 17.09.2018

Dorothy Oluoch is a researcher with the KEMRI Wellcome Trust in Nairobi, Kenya. Her keynote at #CochraneForAll carried an emotional punch. Hear her talk about her work with Casey Quinlan from the #BeyondTheRoom team. Read about KEMRI Wellcome Trust here: kemri-wellcome.org/Follow KEMRI Wellcome Trust on Twitter: twitter.com/KEMRI_Wellcome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Jill Newby talks Transdiagnostic Online CBT at #transdx2018 17.09.2018

Jill Newby talks Transdiagnostic Online CBT at #transdx2018 by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Oxman 17.09.2018

Research Director of the Global Health Unit at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, talking about the Informed Health Choices project and Key Concepts for critical thinking about treatment claims.https://en.testingtreatments.org/key-concepts-for-assessing-claims-about-treatment-effects/Lancet papersNsangi A, Semakula D, Oxman A et al. Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school inte...

Lisa Hinton 17.09.2018

Deputy Director for Applied Research at the Health Experiences Research Group in Oxford talks about Health Talk: a source of free, reliable information about health issues, which features videos of real-life experiences shared by patients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Dalgleish - What Is A Trans Diagnostic Approach? 17.09.2018

Tim Dalgeish answers the burning question: just what is a transdiagnostic approach to psychiatric challenges? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Johannesen - The Problem with Patient Engagement 16.09.2018

A BeyondTheRoom conversation with Jennifer Johannesen about her keynote presentation at the 2018 Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh. Jennifer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenjohannesenJennifer's website: https://johannesen.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holger Schünemann 16.09.2018

Holger Schünemann, Chair in Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University talks about the GRADE framework. GRADE a transparent framework for evaluating the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for practice https://www.bmj.com/content/336/7652/1049 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christine Borgman + Irene Pasquetto - Data Science 16.09.2018

A conversation with Dr. Christine Borgman and Dr. Irene Pasquetto about their Cochrane Collaboration presentation "How and why do scientists reuse others’ data to produce new knowledge? Background, Foreground, and Beyond"Dr. Borgman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SciTechProfDr. Pasquetto on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrenePasquetto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Gadsby 15.09.2018

A thought provoking conversation about coercion and forced treatment from the founder of the Critical Mental Health Nurses Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margaret McCartney 15.09.2018

GP Margaret McCartney talks about evidence-based medicine, relationships and trust, ahead of her keynote speech at the 25th Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Morley 15.09.2018

Richard Morley, the Consumer Engagement Officer at Cochrane, explains why it’s so important that #CochraneForAll this year is a #PatientsIncluded event."Consumers were involved in Cochrane right from the beginning when it was established. Cochrane were very innovative in the way that it involved patients and consumers right from the start. In terms of helping to produce evidence, helping to dissem...

Alan Simpson 13.09.2018

Ahead of his Mental Health Nurse Academics lecture, Professor Alan Simpson from City University talks about the future of mental health nursing, austerity and SuperTed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laoise Renwick 13.09.2018

The Chair of the International MHNR Conference previews the 24th Annual Event: Place, Purpose and Politics: Reimagining Mental Health Care Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Cohen 12.09.2018

The recently retired GP and Chair of the Clinical Advisory Group for Equally Well UK explains why physical health is such a big issue for people living with severe mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin James 11.09.2018

Kevin James, a Lived Experience Consultant from Norwich shares his own story of living with severe mental illness and trying to remain physically and mentally healthy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Allen 11.09.2018

Samantha Allen, Chief Executive at the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust explains what they do to ensure that people living with mental illness get the physical healthcare they need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maria Barquin 07.09.2018

Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor at IESO Digital Health talks about the evidence base for psychological interventions online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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