The Mental Elf

Following her keynote talk at the IEPA Early Intervention in Mental Health conference, Dr Juliana Onwumere talks about her work with families of people with lived experience of psychosis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senior Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (European Region) talks about Restoring Joy in Work, Prioritising Wellbeing and Preventing Burnout during and post COVID: Lessons from the Field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don Goldmann, MD, Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, shares his thoughts on the place of quality improvement in healthcare now and in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Samuele Cortese introduces us to the COH-FIT study (the Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times).COH-FIT is a large international survey project for the entire population of countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The project involves almost 200 investigators in more than 35 countries and has been endorsed by multiple national and...

Professor Samuele Cortese introduces us to the COH-FIT study (the Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times).COH-FIT is a large international survey project for the entire population of countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The project involves almost 200 investigators in more than 35 countries and has been endorsed by multiple national and...

What place does quality improvement have in the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic, and what do we need from our healthcare leaders right now? Dr Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at the East London NHS Foundation Trust shares his thoughts on our live #Quality2020 podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henriette Højsteen, Principal of the Slottet Care Home in Copenhagen, Denmark, talks about running an LGBT+ care home. In developing our rainbow profile for people coming into our care home, we had to learn to be norm critical, so that we could develop our LGBT+ competence. Our four step course included being aware of history, culture and society, and sexuality in later life, but most of all to pr...

Dr Jennifer Lau from King's College London, talks about her Wellcome Trust Active Ingredients project on promoting helpful attention and interpretation patterns to reduce anxiety and depression in young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Elizabeth James, Amy Zile, and Dr Trish Jackman speak about what their research with the SMaRteN network has shown about how Covid-19 impacted doctoral and early career researchers. They outline what good practice can be adopted by supervisors, line managers and institutions to reduce some of this impact, drawing from both the research data and their personal experiences as doctoral and early c...

Dr Imogen Bell from Orygen in Melbourne, Australia, talks about her Wellcome Trust Active Ingredients project on reducing repetitive negative thinking in young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don Berwick, President Emeritus & Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, talks about the forthcoming International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, which will take place online on 2nd-6th Nov 2020.https://internationalforum.bmj.com/copenhagen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle Angelo-Rocha from the University of South Florida discusses her talk that won the student best abstract award at the #Together4Action2020 conference: "Where is the Survivor’s Voice? An Examination of the Individual and Structural Challenges to the Reintegration of Immigrant Human Trafficking Survivors”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Vera Paster Award Winner talks about the stigma and discrimination experience by the Latinx Community in the United States, and the ways that mental health professionals can support these people by providing culturally competent services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of her keynote at the Coming Together For Action conference, Professor Theresa Betancourt talks about family-based preventative interventions and a cross-cultural approach to mental health research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Irwin Sandler from Arizona State University speaks about adversity and resilience in children and families, as he prepares for his keynote talk at the Coming Together for Action Conference on 8th Oct 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally Raphel is currently Policy Chair and Consultant at the International Society for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses, but her 60 year career has included an impressive array of national and international leadership roles in mental health nursing, as well as numerous national and international publications and presentations. Most recently she has focused her efforts on advocating for children’s...

Prof Sofia Gruskin, Director of the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health at the University of Southern California, speaks about health and human rights, the pandemic and the new Pompeo Commission. Follow #Together4Action2020 on Twitter on 24th Sep 2020 as Prof Gruskin receives the 2020 Max Hayman Award from the Global Alliance for Behavioural Health and Social Justice. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Dr Polly Waite from the Co-Space study speaks about the impact that the COVID-19 lockdown has had on the mental health of children and young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ceri Owen speaks about her personal experience of managing her physical health and severe mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Children show increase in mental health difficulties over COVID-19 Lockdown – but same pattern not seen in teenagersOver a one-month period in lockdown: •Parents/carers of primary school age children taking part in the survey report an increase in their child’s emotional, behavioural, and restless/attentional difficulties.•Parents/carers of secondary school age children report a reduction in their...

Prof Tony David, Director of the UCL Institute of Mental Health, explains why mental health research is so important during the coronavirus pandemic, and why he hopes researchers will register their studies in the new COVID-19 and Mental Health Studies Register. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Lade Smith CBE encourages black and minority ethnic mental health staff to participate in the #COVIDMentalHealth survey. Complete the survey now https://elfi.sh/covidmh-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Guilfoyle, Specialist In-Patient Physiotherapist at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, speaks about her work encouraging physical activity in mental health patients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate Honeyford, Business Support Manager and PA to the Head of Research at MPFT, speaks about her work delivering research on physical and mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Wendy Webb speaks about her work improving the physical health of patients in a secure forensic mental health setting in Stafford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.