Tell us a little about yourself: My name is Saskia and I am currently a first year student studying a BSc in Psychology. What is your experience with raising awareness of mental health? After having my own experiences with mental illness, I decided to dedicate a lot more of my …
Brooke Owen – MSc in Foundations in Psychology, University of Southampton. Like many people mental illness has had a huge effect on mine, my friends and my families live. As my mum battled with peri-natal OCD twice, my home environment was very open when it came to mental health issues. …
By Lauren Clancy, Psychology BSc Student âNothing tastes as good as skinny feelsâ, a flippant comment made by an admired super model many years ago. However, for many young people, this is still a mantra in a world that glamourises and romanticises eating disorders. In reality, anorexia nervosa has the …
The Psychosis Research in Southampton Meet-up (PRiSM) was an event hosted by the School of Psychology in December 2019. This event was for people with lived experience of psychosis and those supporting or working with them, to discuss current and new research ideas that could be hosted by the CiMH. …
The CiMH wants to lead the way in Psychological Research by involving members of the public who would benefit from the research findings. One project supporting this goal is TICS Connect, led by Dr Valerie Brandt, and co-organised by Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper. The project was awarded a University of Southampton …
The aim of the CIMH is to unite researchers and clinicians across the broad area of mental health research to develop and deliver meaningful and useful research, knowledge and treatments. Our team of psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists along with partners in schools and NHS services want to make sure this work is …