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Webmental health research. The McPin Foundation is a mental health research charity. We believe research is done best when it involves people with relevant personal experience that relates to the research being carried out. We call this ‘lived experience’ and integrate this into our work. Work with us Get involved.
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Common Measures in Mental Health Science Initiative
WebMcPin is working with Economist Impact to help recruit and support people with lived experience internationally to input on the identification and evaluation of common measures in mental health science: two people with relevant lived experience sit on the Advisory Board, and on each of the 3 topic-specific groups focusing on (1) depression and …
Centring Young People in Mental Health Research
WebProject overview. This project is a collaboration between The University of Birmingham, its Institute for Mental Health and their Youth Advisory Group (YAG), and The McPin Foundation’s own Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG). We aim to improve involvement of young people and move towards a youth-led approach in mental health research.
Young People’s Network The McPin Foundation
WebWe regularly collaborate with people on their projects about young people’s mental health. Our Young People’s Network is made up of over 350 young people across the UK, including those with lived experience of mental health issues. If you’re interested in involving young people in your work, find more information on our Public Involvement
Endometriosis and mental health: exploring intersecting lived
WebFor many people, it is a chronic and debilitating condition that may affect social relationships, employment, sexuality and mental health. Endometriosis is a condition where cells normally found in the lining of the womb (uterus) are found elsewhere in the body. It may lead to infertility, fatigue, chronic pelvic pain, painful or heavy periods
Feeling Safe The McPin Foundation
WebThe study began in February 2016 and ran until October 2021. The findings are shared in our project paper: A life more ordinary: A peer research method qualitative study of the Feeling Safe Programme for persecutory delusions You can also read the results paper of the main Feeling Safe study here.. And read a blog from one of the study researchers, …
The route to holistic mental and physical healthcare
WebWorking on the WHOLE-SMI (Wellbeing & Holistic health promotion for People with Severe Mental Illness) study as a Peer Researcher for the past year has been very interesting and insightful, and has reinforced my belief in holistic healthcare.. The study is investigating how we can best promote physical health for people living with SMI …
TYPPEX Study The McPin Foundation
WebThe University of Cambridge and Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust have received funding from the National Institute for Health Research for a five-year study to develop a form of talking therapy that will meet the needs of people with common mental health problems and psychotic experiences. It will involve the use of a brief
First of its kind virtual reality therapy approved for use in NHS
WebThe National Institute of Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE) has approved this roll out for use in the NHS through a process termed ‘ Early Value Assessment ’. A result of the largest clinical trial of VR for use in mental health treatment, the gameChange VR encourages people to explore virtual scenarios with a virtual …
The importance of the storyteller’s identity in mental health
WebEvery story is unique. Every storyteller matters. However, aside from that fundamental lesson, it is equally important to look at the background and identity of everyone that contributes to the broader issue of mental health awareness through lived experience narratives. It is therefore not just what each story says, but who each …
Calling on Government to reinstate the 10-year mental health …
WebMcPin has added its voice to growing calls for the Government to bring back the Mental Health Strategy, a 10-year plan to address an alarming rise in mental illnesses across the UK. To support this, McPin’s Research Director and co-founder Vanessa Pinfold submitted evidence along with 23 other sector leaders, to build the case for why it is
Agency The McPin Foundation
WebCollaborated with young people, their families, clinicians and academics across philosophy, ethics, psychology and neuroscience to investigate agency, identity and justice in youth mental health. We are currently doing a follow-up project, which started in November 2022 and will run until 2024, developing a methodology based on our …
Our trustees The McPin Foundation
WebOur trustees all share a dedication to improving mental health research. We are committed to having at least half of the trustees with direct experience of mental health issues, either through caring roles or managing their own mental health. Vanessa Pinfold, one of the founding members of the McPin Foundation, stepped down as chair of trustees
Research involvement opportunities The McPin Foundation
WebWe’d love to stay in touch. Sign up to the quarterly McPin Newsletter for our upcoming projects and news, and the Young People's Network (ages 13-28) and McPin Involvement Network (ages 18+) to get tailored involvement opportunities as and when they come up. Our current research involvement and participation opportunities.
Who are the 'experts by experience' in mental health research
WebWhilst experts by experience are deemed to add a wealth of benefits to a study that a researcher without lived experience can provide, I feel – and it is the McPin Foundation’s position too – that it is important that the ‘research’ aspect of the role is not overlooked. And indeed, I feel that in my experience of working with peer
Developing peer support in the community: a toolkit
WebA toolkit which enables people and organisations wishing to provide peer support in a mental health context seems like a positive way of translating research into practice, even if the term ‘toolkit’ conjures up an array of hammers and screwdrivers. In other work, we have used the term ‘Resource Pack’ and you might have other ideas….
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