The Mental Elf

Rina Dutta

22 Jan 2020

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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/pri...

Peter Tyrer

16 Jan 2020

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Prof Peter Tyrer, Professor of Community Psychiatry at Imperial College London, talks about the fear and public concerns surrounding the development o...

David Gilbert

14 Jan 2020

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David Gilbert, Director of InHealth Associates and Patient Leader, talks to Mark Brown about being a mental health inpatient service user in the late ...

Louise Hide

14 Jan 2020

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Dr Louise Hide, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow from Birkbeck College, speaks to Bethan Mair Edwards about “Asylums, social exclusion & scandals”. ...

Trevor Turner

14 Jan 2020

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Dr Trevor Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist from the East London NHS Foundation Trust talks to Mark Brown about the past, present and future of mental h...

Paul McCrone

14 Jan 2020

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Prof Paul McCrone, Professor of Health Economics at the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich, talks about "De-instituti...

Joanna Bourke

14 Jan 2020

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Prof Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, talking about “Historical perspectives of mental health and psychiatry in British Soci...

Heather McClelland

08 Jan 2020

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Heather McClelland from the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow talks about loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation an...

Rob Whitley

08 Jan 2020

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Prof Rob Whitley from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Canada, speaks about the seduction community, loneliness and young men’s ...

Joanna McHugh Power

08 Jan 2020

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Lonely Porcupines: The complicated relationship between loneliness and social engagement. Joanna McHugh Power from the Department of Psychology at May...

Michael Priestley

17 Dec 2019

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Michael Priestley from the SMaRteN Network talks about the "Student Mental Health: What Are the Key Questions?" project https://www.smarten.org.uk/key...

Katie Tyrrell

17 Dec 2019

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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/stud...

Nicola Byrom

17 Dec 2019

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Dr Nicola Byrom, Network Leader of the SMaRteN Network @NetworkSMaRteN introduces the first annual conference of this UKRI Student Mental Health Netwo...

Health podcasts: hey ho, let's go!

12 Dec 2019

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We want to make health podcasts that are accessible, inclusive, human, conversational, engaging, and break down barriers. How should we do this? Hoste...

What makes a good health podcast?

12 Dec 2019

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Share your ideas and advice for making better health podcasts.Listen to Vanessa Garrity, Jack Quinn and Jess Grainger speaking with André Tomlin. Hos...

Ricardo F. Muñoz

11 Dec 2019

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Prof Ricardo F. Muñoz from the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health), Palo Alto University and University of Cali...

David Ekers

11 Dec 2019

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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 Dec 2019

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

Rachel Fletcher On Commissioning Psychologically Informed Environments

10 Dec 2019

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Rachel Fletcher On Commissioning Psychologically Informed Environments by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephanie Barker On Why Peer Mentoring And Psychologically Informed Environments Go Hand In Hand

10 Dec 2019

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Stephanie Barker On Why Peer Mentoring And Psychologically Informed Environments Go Hand In Hand by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Antony Welsh On Why Connection And Seeing People As People Saves Lives

10 Dec 2019

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Antony Welsh On Why Connection And Seeing People As People Saves Lives by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pim Cuijpers

10 Dec 2019

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Prof Pim Cuijpers reflects on the story so far about research to prevent depression, from 30 years of research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Ed Watkins

10 Dec 2019

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Prof Ed Watkins from Exeter talks about the MooDFOOD study that tested if nutrition plays a causal role in preventing depression. Hosted on Acast. See...

Pat McArdle Of Mayday Trust On The Realities Of Psychologically Informed Environments

10 Dec 2019

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Pat McArdle Of Mayday Trust On The Realities Of Psychologically Informed Environments by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Emma Williamson On What PIE Is And What It Isn't

10 Dec 2019

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Emma Williamson On What PIE Is And What It Isn't by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victoria Aseervatham On Psychologically Informed Environments In Westminster

10 Dec 2019

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Victoria Aseervatham On Psychologically Informed Environments In Westminster by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Rick Henderson On Psychologically Informed Environments And What They Feel Like

10 Dec 2019

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Rick Henderson On Psychologically Informed Environments And What They Feel Like by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Simon Gilbody

10 Dec 2019

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Prof Simon Gilbody, Director of the Mental Health & Addiction Research Group at the University of York talks about the 7th international meeting of th...

Helen Keats On What A Psychologically Informed Homelessness Service Actually Is

10 Dec 2019

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Helen Keats On What A Psychologically Informed Homelessness Service Actually Is by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Vickie Crompton, Standing Together

09 Dec 2019

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Vickie Crompton from Standing Together Against Domestic Violence speaks to Vanessa Garrity about mental health, domestic violence and professional gen...

Roxanne Keynejad

09 Dec 2019

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Roxanne Keynejad speaks about her event on intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Parveen Ali

09 Dec 2019

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Domestic violence and abuse: the experiences of women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

David Ebert

05 Dec 2019

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Professor David Ebert, President of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions, speaks about harnessing digital solutions to tac...

Trish Greenhalgh and Victoria Betton

05 Dec 2019

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Prof Trish Greenhalgh and Dr Victoria Betton talk about the NASSS Framework and managing and mitigating complexity in digital health technology implem...

Jaime Smith and Dr Julian Edbrooke-Childs

05 Dec 2019

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What do young people want to know about screen time? Julian Edbrooke-Childs from the Anna Freud Centre talks about a new project that aims to prioriti...

Mathijs Lucassen

05 Dec 2019

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Dr Mathijs Lucassen from the Open University & the University of Auckland talks about how we can tailor and disseminate digital technologies for child...

Heleen Riper

05 Dec 2019

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Prof Heleen Riper talking about the challenge of implementing digital mental health in practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Chris Hollis

05 Dec 2019

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Prof Chris Hollis previews the 7th annual MindTech symposium: New Frontiers for Digital Mental Health: Implementation & Impact. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Introduction from the Mental Elf

28 Nov 2019

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Introduction from the Mental Elf by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Gumley

27 Nov 2019

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Prof Andy Gumley from the University of Glasgow speaks about the EMPOWER research study, which aimed to enable people with psychosis to monitor their ...

Sonia Johnson and Tom Steare

27 Nov 2019

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Prof Sonia Johnson and Tom Steare from UCL preview the "Pathways to progress: Next steps for digital tech in mental health services" conference taking...

Debs Teale

22 Nov 2019

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Debs Teale speaks about using art to help her recover from mental health difficulties."Let’s make social prescribing the first thing that’s offere...

Hannah Dye

21 Nov 2019

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Hannah Dye from Breathe Arts Health @BreatheAHR speaks about Melodies for Mums - singing for Mums with postnatal depression. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

David Leventhal, DanceforPD

21 Nov 2019

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David Leventhal from DanceforPD tells us how dance can help people with Parkinson's Disease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Alison Fixsen

21 Nov 2019

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Dr Alison Fixsen from the University of Westminster talks about understanding the outcomes of social prescribing beyond health. Alison is a Senior Le...

Daisy Fancourt

21 Nov 2019

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Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology at UCL talks about the #ArtsOnPrescription conference taking place in London on...

Joff Brown On Raising Money For Teen Mental Health By Riding A Folding Bike For 250 Miles

20 Nov 2019

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Joff Brown On Raising Money For Teen Mental Health By Riding A Folding Bike For 250 Miles by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Sir Mark Waller On The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust And What Has Changed Since It Began In 1997

20 Nov 2019

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Sir Mark Waller On The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust And What Has Changed Since It Began In 1997 by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Russell Foster On Sleep, Teenagers And Mental Health

20 Nov 2019

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Russell Foster On Sleep, Teenagers And Mental Health by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Stafford Of Charlie Waller Memorial Trust On Teenage Mental Heath

20 Nov 2019

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Claire Stafford Of Charlie Waller Memorial Trust On Teenage Mental Heath by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

John Coleman On The Teenage Brain And Where We Don't Give Young People Enough Credit

20 Nov 2019

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John Coleman On The Teenage Brain And Where We Don't Give Young People Enough Credit by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Claire Stafford Of Charlie Waller Memorial Trust On Teenage Mental Heath

20 Nov 2019

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Claire Stafford Of Charlie Waller Memorial Trust On Teenage Mental Heath by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Russell Foster On Sleep, Teenagers And Mental Health

20 Nov 2019

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Russell Foster On Sleep, Teenagers And Mental Health by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Coleman On The Teenage Brain And Where We Don't Give Young People Enough Credit

20 Nov 2019

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John Coleman On The Teenage Brain And Where We Don't Give Young People Enough Credit by The Mental Elf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Jennifer Sumner

18 Nov 2019

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Jennifer Sumner speaks to Birgit Kleim about how experiences of stress and trauma relate to risk for chronic disease. This interesting new research fr...

Grete Dyb

17 Nov 2019

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Grete Dyb speaks to Synne Stensland about her work with the survivors of the terror attack on the island of Utøya near Oslo in July 2011. Hosted on A...

Rosa Bramble

17 Nov 2019

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Rosa Bramble speaking with Rocio Chang (in Spanish) at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Hosted on Ac...

Mark Shevlin and Philip Hyland

17 Nov 2019

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Prof Mark Shevlin & Dr Philip Hyland talk to their colleague Dr Rachel Frost about how they became involved in conducting the research to validate the...

Theresa Betancourt

17 Nov 2019

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"I would definitely advise students to be learning about qualitative and quantitative methods if you want to work cross culturally with vulnerable pop...

The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced Displacement

16 Nov 2019

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The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced DisplacementInterviewer Zac Steel @zacharysteelBrian Hall @brianhallphd, Kenneth Miller @Ke...

Changing the Conversation and Centering Trauma Survivors in Treatment

16 Nov 2019

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Synne Stensland, Spencer Murray and André Tomlin from the Mental Elf sit down for a conversation on how to centre the community and practitioners, ra...

Treating Trauma Beyond the Therapy Room and Lab: A Global Agenda

16 Nov 2019

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Dr. Gladys Mwiti leads a conversation with Dr. Miranda Olff, Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams, and Dr. Ueli Schnyder on treating trauma around the world from a ...

Debra Kaysen

16 Nov 2019

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Rachel Gary, Angel Cooper, Horlando Cornejal and Spencer Murray from the Looking in Theatre company interview the new ISTSS President Professor Debra ...

David Forbes

16 Nov 2019

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Dr. Misari Oe, one of our Global Ambassadors, speaks with Dr. David Forbes on how complex trauma might inform the conversation on post-traumatic anger...

Denise Hien

16 Nov 2019

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Dr. Anne Wagner speaks with Dr. Denise Hien on the intersection between PTSD and substance abuse at ISTSS 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

Assessment and Treatment of Complex PTSD

16 Nov 2019

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Marylene Cloitre, Philip Hyland, Thanos Karatzias, Neil Roberts,Interviewer Zac Steel @zacharysteelIn 2018, the ICD-11 introduced a new diagnosis, com...

Part 3: Julian Ford

16 Nov 2019

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Part 3 of our interview with Julian Ford. He speaks on trauma services for ICE among other issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Part 2: Julian Ford

16 Nov 2019

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Part 2 of our interview with ISTSS President Julian Ford. He discusses the importance of national trauma advocacy and expanding the outreach of ISTSS ...

Part 1: Julian Ford

16 Nov 2019

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Part 1 of an interview with ISTSS President Julian Ford. Here he reflects on his commitment to ISTSS and his love for the work the organization does. ...

Valeria Cavazos and Vanessa Gonzalez

16 Nov 2019

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Valeria Cavazos and Vanessa Gonzalez speak to Will Koehler at #ISTSS2019 about their poster on "The Mediating Effect Distress Tolerance has on the Rel...

Alexander "Sandy" McFarlane

15 Nov 2019

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Dr. Alexander "Sandy" McFarlane reflects on his life's work with longtime friend and Global Ambassador, Dr. Dani Mosca at ISTSS Hosted on Acast. See a...

Patricia Resick

15 Nov 2019

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Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Dr. Patricia Resick speaks on her experience with, and the future of, Cognitive Processing Therapy at ISTSS Hosted o...

Edward Alessi

15 Nov 2019

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Edward Alessi from Rutgers University speaks to Will Koehler about his poster at ISTSS2019: ‘They Can’t Tell Me Who I Am’: Trauma and Resilience...

Ujunwa Anakwenze

15 Nov 2019

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An interview with Ujuna Anakwenze, one of our student poster finalists at ISTSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shraddha Prabhu and Robin Taylor

15 Nov 2019

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Shraddha Prabhu and Robin Taylor talk to their colleague Will Koehler about the poster they worked on together for #ISTSS2019: "Building a Trauma-info...

Jacob Maciel

15 Nov 2019

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Jacob Maciel talks to Will Koehler at #ISTSS2019 about his poster on "The Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Alcohol-use in Lesbian, Gay, ...

Julia Richardson

15 Nov 2019

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Julia Richardson speaks to Will Koehler about her ISTSS2019 poster on the role of gender-based violence in predicting PTSD in Indian women living in s...

Nuwan Jayawickreme

15 Nov 2019

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An interview on Dr. Nuwan Jayawickreme on cultural psychology approaches to studying trauma and post-traumatic stress at ISTSS 2019 Hosted on Acast. S...

Andreas Maerker

15 Nov 2019

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Professor Andreas Maerker from the University of Zurich speaks about his experience of being the chair of the WHO ICD11 work group on stress-associate...

Ginny Sprang

15 Nov 2019

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Prof Ginny Sprang from the Center on Trauma and Children at the University of Kentucky speaks to Monique Pfaltz about her work on Secondary Traumatic ...

Berthold Gersons

15 Nov 2019

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Prof Jeong-Ho Chae, President of the Korean Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (KSTSS) speaks to Prof Berthold P Gersons about his work developing BE...

Judith Cohen

14 Nov 2019

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Jana Javakhishvili speaks to Judith Cohen about Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Lucy Berliner

14 Nov 2019

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The Director of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress in Seattle speaks about the recent ISTSS guidance for the prevention and...

Eddy Eustache a.k.a. Pere Eddy

14 Nov 2019

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An interview with Dr. Eddy Eustache a.k.a. Pere Eddy on his work treating PTSD in rural Haiti at ISTSS 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Keith Cruise

14 Nov 2019

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An interview with Dr. Keith Cruise on the necessity of trauma-informed care within the juvenile justice system at ISTSS 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Judith Lewis Herman

14 Nov 2019

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An interview with Dr. Judith Lewis Herman, author of "Trauma & Recovery" from the #BeyondTheRoom initiative at ISTSS 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Johan Bollen

12 Nov 2019

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Johan Bollen, Professor of Informatics at Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, talks about studying well-being and mental health fr...

Jonathan Bisson: full interview

11 Nov 2019

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Full interview with Professor Jonathan Bisson from Cardiff University, talking about the new PTSD Prevention and Treatment Guidelines published in Mar...

Claudi Bockting and Reinout Wiers

08 Nov 2019

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Claudi Bockting, Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry and Reinout Weirs, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, both from the Universit...

Lydia Poole and Ruth Hackett

06 Nov 2019

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Lydia Poole and Ruth Hackett from the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at UCL introduce their #MindBodyBingo event taking place as part of...

Helen Adams

04 Nov 2019

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Helen Adams talks about resilience in relation to climate change and mental health. What can we learn from different disciplines? Hosted on Acast. See...

Colette Hirsch

04 Nov 2019

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Dr Colette Hirsch from King's College London talks about resilience from a psychological perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

Helen Adams and Victoria Williamson

04 Nov 2019

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Helen Adams from the Geography department at King's College London and Victoria Williamson from the King’s Centre for Military Health Research, help...

Sarah and Amy, Mental Health Nurses

02 Nov 2019

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Sarah and Amy, Mental Health Nurses, talking to Vanessa Garrity about safety planning as part of the Zero Suicide conference, 2019. Hosted on Acast. S...

Dr Charlotte Hanlon On Primary Care

29 Oct 2019

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Dr Charlotte Hanlon focusing on differences between Global South and North, and challenges for integrating mental health into primary care. Hosted on ...

Prof Crick Lund On Primary Care Mental Heath Led By The Global South

29 Oct 2019

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Prof Crick Lund talks about the efforts of integrating mental health into primary care in LMICs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Ricardo Araya Introduces The Road To Global Mental Health

29 Oct 2019

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Prof Ricardo Araya, director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, a collaboration between the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, K...

Joao Goulao

25 Oct 2019

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João Goulão, Director General of SICAD (the Portuguese Service for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies) tells us about the history of drug decrimi...

Michael Farrell

25 Oct 2019

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Prof Michael Farrell talks about the new Drug Use series published in The Lancet, which says that 20th century drug views are no longer fit for purpos...

Robert West

25 Oct 2019

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Robert West, Professor of Health Psychology at the UCL Dept of Behavioural Science and Health, talks about tobacco harm reduction, closing the gap bet...