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

Paul Campbell 11.02.2020

Paul Campbell, a researcher based in Stafford, talks about his work getting social care professionals interest in and involved with research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie Montgomery 11.02.2020

Head of Quality Governance and Engagement at the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust talks about providing primary care services to help reduce the mortality gap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Terri Greenhalgh 11.02.2020

Terri Greenhalgh, Quality Lead for a Psychosis Pathway, speaks about her work encouraging mental health patients and staff to engage in more physical activity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carly Pedley 11.02.2020

Nurse Practitioner Carly Pedley speaks about her role in GP practices doing annual health checks for people with severe mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iggy Agell 11.02.2020

Dr Iggy Agell, Consultant Psychiatrist from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, speaks about compassionate care and mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon Roiser and Pasco Fearon, UCL Wellcome 4-year PhD in Mental Health Science 31.01.2020

Prof Jonathan Roiser (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and programme lead) and Prof Pasco Fearon (UCL Chair in Developmental Psychopathology) talk about the new Wellcome funded Mental Health Science PhD programme, which will bring six new mental health PhD students per year to UCL over the next five years: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/news/2019/sep/ucl-awarded-first-wellcome-funded-p...

Ed Davie 22.01.2020

Ed Davie from the Mental Health Foundation shares his work "Mapping the risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rina Dutta 22.01.2020

Dr Rina Dutta from King's College London talks about "Using Data Science to Understand Suicidality and Self-harm” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Tyrer 16.01.2020

Prof Peter Tyrer, Professor of Community Psychiatry at Imperial College London, talks about the fear and public concerns surrounding the development of the DSPD (dangerous and severe personality disorders) programme in the early 1990s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Gilbert 14.01.2020

David Gilbert, Director of InHealth Associates and Patient Leader, talks to Mark Brown about being a mental health inpatient service user in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louise Hide 14.01.2020

Dr Louise Hide, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow from Birkbeck College, speaks to Bethan Mair Edwards about “Asylums, social exclusion & scandals”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trevor Turner 14.01.2020

Dr Trevor Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist from the East London NHS Foundation Trust talks to Mark Brown about the past, present and future of mental health community care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul McCrone 14.01.2020

Prof Paul McCrone, Professor of Health Economics at the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich, talks about "De-institutionalisation and health economics in Britain 1960-2010". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joanna Bourke 14.01.2020

Prof Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, talking about “Historical perspectives of mental health and psychiatry in British Society”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather McClelland 08.01.2020

Heather McClelland from the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow talks about loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review of prospective studies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Whitley 08.01.2020

Prof Rob Whitley from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Canada, speaks about the seduction community, loneliness and young men’s mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joanna McHugh Power 08.01.2020

Lonely Porcupines: The complicated relationship between loneliness and social engagement. Joanna McHugh Power from the Department of Psychology at Maynooth University & Trinity College Dublin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Priestley 17.12.2019

Michael Priestley from the SMaRteN Network talks about the "Student Mental Health: What Are the Key Questions?" project https://www.smarten.org.uk/keyquestions.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie Tyrrell 17.12.2019

Katie Tyrrell from the SMaRteN Network talks about the Student Research Team that she has worked on for the last year: https://www.smarten.org.uk/student-team.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicola Byrom 17.12.2019

Dr Nicola Byrom, Network Leader of the SMaRteN Network @NetworkSMaRteN introduces the first annual conference of this UKRI Student Mental Health Network https://www.smarten.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Health podcasts: hey ho, let's go! 12.12.2019

We want to make health podcasts that are accessible, inclusive, human, conversational, engaging, and break down barriers. How should we do this? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes a good health podcast? 12.12.2019

Share your ideas and advice for making better health podcasts. Listen to Vanessa Garrity, Jack Quinn and Jess Grainger speaking with André Tomlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ricardo F. Muñoz 11.12.2019

Prof Ricardo F. Muñoz from the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health), Palo Alto University and University of California, San Francisco, US talks about the case for preventing 50% of new episodes of major depression: Implications of two major reports on prevention in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Ekers 11.12.2019

Prof David Ekers talks to Vanessa Garrity about behavioural activation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Maguire On Why PIE 10.12.2019

Nick Maguire On Why PIE by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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