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Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Felix & Liam to chat about how LGBTQIA+ young peoples mental health is impacted in schools . We will cover:
- The background of their research
- How it was done
- What they found
- Why the UK is behind the US in exploring LGTBQIA+ mental health in schools
- What makes a good school environment
- Mandated education - whole school approach - lgbtq+ issues and aspects weaved through all the policies in the school
- What’s next in this area of research
To find out more about todays topics:
- UNESCO Out in the Open (2016) report link: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000244756
- CLASS Twitter: https://twitter.com/CLASSProject21
- NIHR blog post about the research: https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-events/do-anti-homophobic-biphobic-and-transphobic-bullying-projects-improve-lgbt-mental-health/
- Follow Felix on Twitter or check out their research profile http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/people-profiles/felix-mcnulty
- Follow Liam (@LiamPSpencer) on Twitter or check out their research profile https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/people/profile/liamspencer1.html
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
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Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Isabel Morales-Munoz to chat about the importance of sleep for young people.
To find out more about todays topics visit:
- For information about sleep and tips on how to sleep better, visit https://teensleephub.org.uk/
- Matthew Walker is a neuroscientist who specialises in sleep research. His website is here https://www.sleepdiplomat.com/ and his bestselling book 'Why we Sleep', can be bought in all good bookstores or second hand online (such as here)
- https://marcweissbluth.com/
- https://www.midlandssleepgroup.org/
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
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Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Amy Jess to chat about self-harm in LGBTQIA+ young people. We will cover:
Why self-harm is thought to be more prevalent in these young people
Jess's research on self harm, and what she found
What other research is being done, and still needs to be done in this area
To find out more about todays topics:
View more of Jess' research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/A-Jess-Williams
Follow Jess on Twitter: @ajesswilliams
Email Amy on: amy_jess.williams@kcl.ac.uk
Jess would like to give a big shoutout to her LGBTQ+ Advisory Group who helped co-design the studies we talked about today. Jess is also running a new project at Kings College London and looking for members for her advisory group (which is pretty cool!) so email her if you're interested!
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
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Hello & Welcome back to series 2 of to the Research Zone podcast! Thanks so much for joining us and for listening in. This is the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Sydney Conroy to chat about play therapy, trauma, and the lack of children's voices in research. It's a really interesting conversation and I learnt so much about the little known topic of play therapy.
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
To find out more about todays topics, follow Sydney on Twitter @SydneyConroy_
- Dr Dan Siegel's work or his book, The Whole Brain Child
- Brene Brown's work
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Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Ellie Pearce to chat about Loneliness as a contributor to anxiety and depression in young people. The research paper, Loneliness as an Active Ingredient explores the ways in which loneliness can contribute to depression and anxiety.
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
To find out more about todays topics, follow Ellie on Twitter @DrEilunedPearce, and the UCL Loneliness Research Network @UCL_Loneliness. More info can also here:
- Loneliness as an active ingredient paper
- The UCL Loneliness research network
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Essi Viding to chat about differences in how young people process emotions. We will cover:
- A summary of the research Essi has done research in
- Why emotional processing and differences in them is so important
- How Essi goes about doing her studies, and how young people are involved
- Interesting findings from the research
- Real world implications from this area
- What’s next in this area of research
- Where can people get involved & find out more
To find out more about todays topics:
- Essi’s profile page - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/people/essi-viding
- Essi’s email address - e.viding@ucl.ac.uk
- Developmental Risk & Resilience Unit website (the research centre Essi works at) - https://drru-research.org/
- Information about the McPin Foundation that Essi mentions recruiting from in previous projects - https://mcpin.org/young-peoples-network/
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Credits:
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Claire Goodfellow to chat about stigma in mental health amongst adolescence. We will cover:
- What stigma is, and why it’s important for young people
- How Claire conducted her research
- What Claire found from her questionnaires
- Implications of the research - for schools, policy makers and parents
- What’s next for stigma research
To find out more about todays topics:
- Claire’s profile page on the University of Glasgow website
- Claires email: Claire.Goodfellow@glasgow.ac.uk
- Claire’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/c_goodfellow_
- Summary of Claire’s stigma research can be downloaded here
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Credits:
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Abby Russell to chat about school staff’s attitudes and approaches to self-harm. We will cover:
- Why exploring school staff’s attitudes to self harm is so important
- How Abby conducted research into this area
- Results from the focus group and questionnaires - what schools are currently doing, facilitators and barriers to implementing change
- What young people want vs what is actually being delivered
To find out more about todays topics:
- SEYLE study
- CHIME research group at University of Exeter
- Children’s Mental Health and Resilience team at University of Cambridge
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Maria & Suzanne to chat about school-based mental health workshops in South Africa, and how Covid and lockdowns have affected young people in South Africa. We will cover:
- Some cultural differences impacting mental health between the UK and South Africa
- The Four Steps to my Future programme Maria and Suzanne developed and delivered schools
- Results from interviews conducted to find out how Covid affected young people in South Africa
- Next steps for the projects, and what we still need to find out.
To find out more about today's topics:
- Follow the Four Steps to My Future account - @4STMF_RSA
- See the video with main findings from the study: https://twitter.com/4STMF_RSA/status/1417029013437026306
- Follow Maria (@MariaLoades) and Suzanne (@Suzanne_Human)
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Abby to chat about ADHD in schools, and devising a toolkit for teachers. We will cover:
- Why ADHD is such an important issue, especially in schools
- Abby’s project called ‘Tools for Schools’, how it’s being conducted
- Hopes for the project
- What’s next in ADHD research?
- How people can get involved in the study
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
To find out more about todays topics:
- Visit: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/toolsforschools/
- Follow @DrAbbyRussell on Twitter
- Or emaill Abby at a.e.russell@exeter.ac.uk
Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed todays episode!
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Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research.
Todays episode is a bit different, because I’m chatting with the lovely Zaynab, another young person who has been involved in research, to discuss what being involved in research is really like! Today we discuss:
- What research involvement is, and how it’s different from activism
- What types of projects Zaynab has been involved with, and her different roles
- The positives of being involved in research, both personally and to researchers
- The challenges of being involved in research
- Why it’s important to involve young people
- How researchers can make things more accessible for young people
- Advice and tips of how/where young people can get involved in research
To find out more about getting involved in research, here’s some helpful links to check out:
- Google Search your local university followed by ‘advisory group’ to see if there’s anything available!
- McPin Foundation - https://mcpin.org/young-peoples-network/
- @greatyop1 on Twitter
- @oppurtunitiesfy on Twitter
- @yoppurtunities on Twitter
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
We hope you enjoyed todays episode, thanks for listening!
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Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Credits:
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Abi to chat about Emerging Minds and their project called ‘The Big Question’ which looks at issues with research implementation (aka putting research into practise). We cover:
- What Emerging Minds is
- The project called the Big Question - what is it?
- Who was involved, and how?
- What commissioners, young people, and parents thought about research implementation
- The hopes of the project
- Wheres it at right now and what’s coming up?
To find out more about the Big Question project, visit:
- https://emergingminds.org.uk/emerging-minds-third-funding-call/
- To contact Abi, follow @AbiThomson1 on Twitter or email abigail.thomson@psych.ox.ac.uk (she is super lovely and always happy to chat!)
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed todays episode!
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Sam to chat about loneliness in 16-24 year olds. We will cover:
- Why loneliness is such an important issue
- Sam’s project & his unique interview method
- His findings about the experience of loneliness and potential causes
- What young people can do if they feel lonely
- Future research needed in this area
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
To find out more about todays topics:
- Read the full paper by clicking here
- Visit the UCL Loneliness and Social Isolation Network by clicking here
Credits:
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Becky Appleton to chat about transitioning out of CAMHS services. We will cover:
- What the transition period is, and how it’s usually done,
- Why this is such an important area of research,
- What Becky’s project was,
- Peoples experiences of transitioning out of CAMHS,
- Recommendations of how to improve services to prevent people ‘falling through the gap’,
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
To find out more about todays topics:
- follow Becky on Twitter @Becky_L_J
- Systematic review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30850925/
- Qualitative study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32274589/
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Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
Today I am joined by Sophie to chat about antidepressants in young people. We will cover:
- Why antidepressants is an important topic to research
- The research process
- What young people felt was unknown about antidepressants
- side effects
- the importance of informed choices
- what still needs to be found out about young peoples use of antidepressants
To find out more visit:
- Video: https://twitter.com/Mental_Elf/status/1331142518285668357
- PERL’s website: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/research/psychopharmacology-and-emotion-research-laboratory
- To read the full paper: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1dc677tf1czPD5
- Follow Sophie on Twitter: @sophielcgiles
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
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Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
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Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research.
Today I am joined by Rose McCabe to discuss the Agency Project. We discussed:
- What is Agency?
- Why Agency is an important topic, especially in youth mental health services
- What Rose’s research involved
- The importance of non verbal communication in therapeutic relationships
- ‘What I wish my younger self knew about mental health’
- Implications of the research including supporting clinician training, developing resources for young people
- What young people can do if they aren’t getting along with their clincian
To find out more visit:
- Project Website -https://agencyinmentalhealth.co.uk
- ‘What I wish my younger self knew about mental health’ Poster - https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/media/the-william-harvey-research-institute/science-festival/McCabe-Poster_Science-Festivalfinal.jpg.pdf
- Blog Post - http://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2021/06/agency-in-youth-mental-health-6-youre.html
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
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Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
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Hello and welcome to the research zone podcast - the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research.
Our first interviewee is Maria Michail who talks to us about a new guide she co-designed with young people about going to see your GP with self-harm or suicidal thoughts. In the interview we cover:
- A 2 minute elevator pitch of the research
- Why we chose to create a GP guide
- Barriers preventing young people from seeking help from a GP
- The process of creating the guide with young people
- What the guide contains
- How we hope the guide might help people
You can view the GP guide here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/college-les/psych/imh/visiting-your-general-practitioner-final.pdf
Or watch the video here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/mental-health/gp-guide-for-young-people.aspx
Follow Maria here: @mariamichail2
If you've found anything talked about today upsetting or triggering, then please reach out for support! You can text YM to 82558, or visit findahelpline.com to find someone to help you with whatever you’re feeling. However you feel, you are never alone.
Follow our socials!
Twitter: @ResearchZonePod
Instagram: @ResearchZonePodcast
Logo Credit: DesignEvo
Music Credit: Lesfm from Pixabay
Hello & Welcome to the Research Zone podcast, the podcast where we aim to make sense of youth mental health research. Each week, we will talk to a different researcher to learn about their research project, discussing the why, what, where, when and how of their research, and most importantly, how this can benefit us as young people.
This first introductory episode is a bit different, as it's just the host Lizzie;
- Introducing the host
- The reasons behind starting the podcast
- Why mental health research is important
- Who does mental health research, and why it's done
- How future episodes might look
I hope this gives you a bit of an introduction to youth mental health research and inspires you to listen to future episodes! I look forward to bringing you the first guest in the next episode, but until then, I hope you have a lovely week and most importantly, look after yourselves.
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Music Credit: Upbeat and Inspiring created by Lesfm from Pixabay