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The Mental Elf

The Mental Elf
Mental Health
Climate Change
Eco-Anxiety
Collective Action
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Health Inequalities
Learning Disabilities
Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Cancer Screening
Multimorbidity
Marginalized Communities
Cosmetic Psychopharmacology
Cardiovascular Disease
Personality Disorder
Education
Adolescence
Peer Relationships
Nurture-U
ADHD
Mental Health Services

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 ... more

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Depression is not one thing, and treating it as if it were may be why so many people don't get better. In this episode, Prof Brenda Penninx offers a sharper way to think about it.

Recorded ahead of her guest lecture at the British Association for Ps... more

Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Oxford and outgoing president of the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP), and Naomi Fineberg, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Hertfordshire and incoming BAP president, ... more

Oxford psychologist Dr Lucy Foulkes discusses myths and research around adolescent mental health ahead of her public lecture at the British Association of Psychopharmacology Conference (Sunday, 19 July).

She critiques Keir Starmer’s proposal to ban... more

Five years of research. 14,000 students surveyed. Interventions tested. A whole-university framework developed. Now: what needs to change?

In the final episode of the Nurture-U Podcast, researchers, university leaders and students reflect on what it... more

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Steve West
Professor and Vice Chancellor
University of the West of England
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?
Jane Harris
Head of Student Welfare and Support Services
University of Oxford
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?
Kate Wicklow
Director of Policy and Strategy
GuildHE
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?
Yanting Sun
Former student at King's College London
Student representative
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?
Rida Ali
Student (Exeter)
Student representative
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?
Nicola Byrom
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, co-lead of the Compassionate Campus Research within Nurture-U
King's College London
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 3: Changing Systems - Compassionate Campus
Gareth Hughes
Psychotherapist and Research Lead
Student Minds
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 3: Changing Systems - Compassionate Campus
Neil Armstrong
Anthropologist
SOAS University of London
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 3: Changing Systems - Compassionate Campus
Ed Watkins
Professor, Principal Investigator of Nurture-U
Nurture-U
Episode: Nurture-U Episode 2: What Works - Testing Solutions

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André
Host of The Mental Elf (and occasional episodes of related ReSET content)

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Nurture-U Episode 3: Changing Systems - Compassionate Campus
Q: Why isn't individual support enough?
Because the data and lived experience suggest a systemic layer to student distress; without changing the culture, communication, and community within universities, individual interventions will miss the larger environmental causes.
Nurture-U Episode 1: The Evidence — What 14,000 Students Taught Us
Q: What surprised the researchers most about the findings?
The researchers were struck by how clearly identifiable risk factors were at intake (especially for marginalised groups and those with prior mental health history) and how the protective factors—sleep, social support, and self-compassion—were tractable and actionable for universities.
From Trauma to Trust: a Journey in Psychotherapy.
Q: What's your ethos in that regard?
I acknowledge that there is a power imbalance and invite individuals to express their feelings about it.
Emily Simonoff - The King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People
Q: What will the new clinical research facility offer that current services do not?
It will allow for more integrated research and clinical practice, helping researchers address pressing clinical challenges.
Emily Simonoff - The King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People
Q: How is the Paris Maudsley Center going to enhance pediatric mental health care?
The new center aims to improve collaboration between clinicians and researchers to address pivotal questions in child mental health effectively.

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The show consistently centers on mental health research, practice, and policy, with a strong emphasis on prevention, school-based mental health, and the role of relationships and trust in therapeutic and educational settings. Episodes feature researchers, clinicians, and practitioners discussing how early intervention, social connections, and emotion regulation influence well-being, learning, and resilience in young people, as well as broader systemic issues like universal versus targeted interventions and the impact of structural factors on care. A notable pattern is the translation of complex research into practical strategies for educators, therapists, and policymakers, often anchored by real-world case discussions and trial findings. Th... more

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1. Steve West
2. Jane Harris
3. Kate Wicklow
4. Yanting Sun
5. Rida Ali
6. Nicola Byrom
7. Gareth Hughes
8. Neil Armstrong

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