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👉 In England and Wales, the Mental Health Act can be used to detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, and who may pose a danger to themselves or others. However, some of those assessed under these powers will not use spoken English. 💭 Professor Alys Young, Dr Rebecca Tipton, and Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente explore the effects on the assessment process, equity, and outcome when an interpreter is involved, and how policymakers can ensure better regulation and data collection. 📄 Without additional requirements to audit language characteristics and interpreter use (alongside ethnicity and gender), potential inequities in practice and outcome of assessments cannot be identified. 🎬Watch the short video explainer below. 🔗Read the full article in our collection Open Minds here: https://lnkd.in/eHps8VJZ

Check out this interesting webinar, jointly organised by 7 huge EU Horizon Europe projects on ‘Mental Health in Times of Change’: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJnsiM9g Undeniably, co-creation approaches in mental health research are needed to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and what is actually happening in people’s lives. But how is co-creation applied in current research practices? How do Horizon Europe projects ensure that the design and implementation of their co-creation processes benefit their co-creators as much as it benefit them? And what learnings and best practices should these big projects apply moving forward? #mentalhealth #researchimpactEU

🎉Discover the inspiring journey behind Pritika Kharkwal's new book, a powerful addition to self-help literature that amplifies youth voices and advocates for social change. 📗 This book is a must-read for anyone passionate about equity, mental health, and well-being. Read more and buy 🔖 Pritika’s book here: https://bit.ly/4dGkUOx ⭐👏🏽

Our report is now out!! Check out the report below. It covers the recent survey that Project Sonrisa has been conducting for our Intersectionality Roadtrip work! I am very proud of Emma Prach and our amazing team for putting this together! It is truly amazing qnd it highlights the importance of intersectional approach and the need for representation within mental health settings. Few key points from the report: -The need for intersectional representation in mental health. -Current mental health spaces aren't perceived to be person-centred. -There is a demand for intersectional approaches to policy-making. All of them are backed up in this report!

Deadline Extended to Friday December 6, 2024 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time Submission Form: https://lnkd.in/gkqiv3zb Our theme for our 2025 Conference is: "Pagbabago: Transforming Silences into Solutions." This is not just a title but a call to action that reflects our shared commitment to growth, healing, and community. We welcome mental health and psychology researchers, clinicians, academicians, educators, historians, practitioners, engineers, artists, community organizers and activists to present innovative or practical interventions, research findings/experiences, and decolonized or culturally appropriate and traditional methods to inform further, expand, and advance understanding of and access to Filipinx/o/a mental health. We are especially eager to hear and learn from those whose work and passion align with our convention’s theme, as together, we aim to foster a more inclusive, collaborative and informed approach to Filipinx/o/a mental health care. Submission Form: https://lnkd.in/gkqiv3zb

The theme for this year's European Mental Health Week should echo in the hearts of all humanity. Co-creation. Deceptively simple yet profoundly challenging to achieve - particularly in a world where human rights are threatened daily in so many places. Co-creation is the very essence of what our world urgently requires for improved mental well-being, for the cultivation of a healthier global community, and for fostering a profound sense of collective belonging and purpose. More information from the European Commission about this week: https://lnkd.in/dixjgPB9. Mental Health Europe has developed a Co-Creation Toolkit and Guidelines. Find these resources and events related to Mental Health Week here: https://lnkd.in/dyGM32d7 For psychology researchers, we at scientifyRESEARCH want to help you get funded! We have an open, curated list of psychology research funding opportunities from various global funders for you to peruse: https://lnkd.in/eV2Ed5Uc We’re all in this together. Weave the theme of this week into all that you do. Please share our psychology funding list widely with researchers who will find it relevant! Liuska Sanna Mental Health UK #EuropeMentalHealthWeek #BetterTogether #PsychologyResearch #scientifyRESEARCH

🌟 New Publication 🌟 In a time of globalizing the counseling profession, I always ponder how international counseling students can be better prepared to work with culturally diverse clients and contribute to the decolonization of counseling practice. After years and years of refining our work, Dr. Diandra J. Prescod and I have finally published this article together. I appreciate this inspiring collaboration, which motivates me to continue learning and developing ways of improving mental health and wellness across diverse populations. Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/eezyZRXb

What can researchers learn from P/CVE practice when it comes to maintaining and promoting their mental health for the daily work in a demanding field? I will present my thoughts and ideas on this today at the MOTRA-K#24 research conference in Wiesbaden.

Our recently published scoping literature review investigated if and how RCTs of digital mental health interventions invite research participants to share their diverse self-identities. What'd we find? Very low rates of asking and/or reporting a range of diverse identities. To truly address mental health inequities, researchers must strive each and every time for inclusive methodology. As my co-authors and I state in this paper: "Diverse participant populations must be welcomed and described in DMHI research to broaden learning and the generalizability of results, a prerequisite of DMHI’s potential to reduce disparities in mental healthcare." Full published article: https://lnkd.in/emfrZH8s

I am excited to share this article which I co-authored with Claudia M. Gold, MD. I am even more excited about the friendship that has emerged from this process. Please check out our piece, “Early Relational Health: A Model for Peace,” published by WAIMH World Association for Infant Mental Health in the Infants in Crises section, on the power of babies to teach us about healing through connection. https://lnkd.in/gt2z4c_q