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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · 9h

Thrilled to share this excellent piece of recently published work from the MHPRU team 👏

A systematic review exploring the impact of loneliness on healthcare costs - a valuable read for future priorities.

#Healthcare

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The impact of loneliness on healthcare costs and service utilisation and the cost-effectiveness of loneliness interventions: systematic review | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core

The impact of loneliness on healthcare costs and service utilisation and the cost-effectiveness of loneliness interventions: systematic review - Volume 11 Issue 6

www.cambridge.org

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · 26d

🌟 Team creativity in action!

At our Lived Experience Researcher away day, we focused on connection, creativity & co-production 💬

We even designed tote bags together 🎨 — a small but meaningful reminder of how lived experience shapes what we do💡

#LivedExperienceResearch #MentalHealthResearch

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Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗣️ "I learned that those who had been where I was could transmit life-saving hope in the darkest moments."

Peer support workers reflect on how their role has impacted mental health services, and how we can best mobilise & support this new workforce: tinyurl.com/rmfcc7u9 @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social

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Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · Aug 21

⚠️ Crisis and acute mental health care saves lives.
But provision is patchy and inconsistent, and experiences of coercive care can be re-traumatising.

We explored what's needed to deliver inpatient care which is timely, compassionate and effective: tinyurl.com/yt2cn8y9 @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social

Quote from Person with lived experience of inpatient care: “Every time I have been admitted and then released ‘back into the community’, you have to start all over again…
You have to pick up the pieces and come to terms and recover from having been in one of the most scariest and traumatic environments ever.”

Quote from Person with lived experience of inpatient care: “You can’t reinforce a state of feeling safe or wanting to open up, or wanting to engage with these services or enter into a practice of self love, because you’re in a state of fight or flight.”

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Aug 20

⚠️ Mental health crisis care saves lives. But too many people struggle to get timely support, and experiences of inpatient care can be re-traumatising.

@centreformh.bsky.social @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social explore what's needed to deliver care that's effective & compassionate: ➡️ tinyurl.com/yt2cn8y9

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Aug 8

Off the back of our successful Peer Support Webinar & Mental Health Question Time events - our excellent speakers have expanded on their experiences in a blog post with the wonderful @centreformh.bsky.social 🎉

Please do give it a read to hear more about the future of #peersupport 🔗

#MentalHealth

Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Peer support plays a growing and vital role within mental health services. But how do we enable it to retain its critical edge, and be an authentic expression of lived and living experience?

Contributors @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social share perspectives from their own experience: tinyurl.com/rmfcc7u9

The new peer workforce in mental health services: Optimising implementation and maximising value - Centre for Mental Health

Five people involved in planning, delivering or researching mental health peer support provide personal reflections on their experiences, key challenges and lessons learnt.

www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 New Published Paper - the relationship of Every Mind Matters campaign with health service use and association with symptom management

Amazing work from Paul McCrone & Claire Henderson on this project!

📎Read in full - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#MentalHealth

Relationship of a public mental health campaign with health service use and association with symptom management knowledge | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core

Relationship of a public mental health campaign with health service use and association with symptom management knowledge - Volume 11 Issue 3

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Jul 3

⚠️ Inpatient mental health care is under fire.
Many concerns about coercion, restrictive practices & staff relationships.

A study from @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social mapped 65 alternative service models to standard care.

Discover what they found 👇🏽
buff.ly/InGhKPn
#MentalHealth #Alternatives

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Dr Andrew Grundy PhD @acgrundy.bsky.social · Jun 10

Was absolutely thrilled to give a keynote this afternoon at the British Academy event at LSBU for Early Career Researchers on 'Disrupting power & privilege: strategies for change' using examples from @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social & from my own lived experience!

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · May 13

🚨 New Published Paper - Understanding barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively: a qualitative interview study

Proud to share our latest research, led by academic and lived experience researchers.

🔗 Read in full: bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#PeerSupport

Understanding the barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively in England: a qualitative interview study - BMC Psychiatry

Background Peer support roles within mental health services are rapidly increasing in number and scope in the UK and internationally. This paper explores the facilitators and barriers to delivering pe...

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · May 12

💡 Interesting paper out from the OPAL study

To explore carers’, patients’, and professionals’ views on accessible, feasible and helpful one-to-one peer support interventions for those treated under the Mental Health Act doi.org/10.1186/s128...

#MentalHealth #PeerSupport

Co-designing a peer support programme for carers of people treated under the Mental Health Act: views from stakeholders - BMC Psychiatry

Background Relatives/friends (carers) of people who are involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital report high levels of stress, feelings of isolation and exclusion from their patient’s care. On...

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · May 7

Great work in our newly published paper on approaches for self-harm and suicide risk.

📊 We identified a range of promising relational care approaches and highlighted key gaps in the evidence base.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#InpatientCare #MentalHealth

Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review

There is an over-reliance on structured risk assessments and restrictive practices for managing self-harm and suicidality in inpatient mental health and emergency department (ED) settings, despite ...

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Alan Simpson @cityalan.bsky.social · May 6

Great to see this out. Fab collaboration and paper @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review

There is an over-reliance on structured risk assessments and restrictive practices for managing self-harm and suicidality in inpatient mental health and emergency department (ED) settings, despite ...

www.tandfonline.com

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Apr 25

Check out a Mental Elf blog covering our review on adapted and bespoke treatments for autistic adults.

Enhancing mental health care for autistic people: practical adaptations, ready to go - Written by a group of UCL MSc students

#MentalHealth

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Enhancing mental health care for autistic people: practical adaptations

Mental health care for autistic people - systematic review on improving mental healthcare approaches and interventions for autistic people.

www.nationalelfservice.net

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Apr 23

🔴 Newly published paper - Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models

📄 Published in the International Journal of Mental Health Systems, this study, led by Jess Griffiths, maps a range of alternatives to standard #inpatientcare.

Alan Simpson @cityalan.bsky.social · Apr 22

New paper on alternatives to inpatient mental health care, from the team at @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social

Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models | International Journal of Mental Health Systems doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models - International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Background Inpatient mental health care is an integral part of the continuum of mental health care in many countries, though it can be associated with challenges, such as reliance on coercive practice...

doi.org

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Apr 11

An interesting paper critiquing ‘complex emotional needs’ as a label to individuals given a diagnosis of a personality disorder ⬇️

#MentalHealth #research

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A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’ | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Apr 9

We were honoured to share our recent work on Peer Support at two MHPRU events this year! 🫲🏽🫱🏿

Over 250 people joined us across a webinar and live panel event — and now the video series is live! 🎥

Huge thanks to @thementalelf.bsky.social for bringing it all together 💙

#PeerSupport #MentalHealth

The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Apr 9

🫲🏽 Peer Support in Mental Health 🫱🏿

📺 Bumper set of very informative videos now launched!

We've loved working with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health on these events this year.

#PeerSupport #MentalHealth

Peer Support in Mental Health webinar: Evidence, Experiences & Insights

Welcome to the Mental Health Policy Research Unit webinar on peer support in mental health care in England, which took place on Zoom on Monday 20th January 2...

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢Out now - our Together in Research Spring newsletter - includes:

🔸A blog on the real-world consequences of inadequate research inclusion

🔸 Involvement & other opportunities

🔸 Details of our Knowledge Exchange Event

🔸News, blogs, events + more

👉 mailchi.mp/a74d05266e21...

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Apr 1

Interesting article by The Guardian referencing our systematic review findings on Digital Surveillance.

It gives a great overview of Oxevison and the concerns over its effect on patients

theguardian.com/society/2025...

#inpatient #mentalhealth

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units

Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients

theguardian.com

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Mar 26

Read more about the bill and its progress here ⬇️

www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/03/17/a...

An update on the Mental Health Bill's passage through Parliament - Community Care

Tim Spencer-Lane summarises the key areas of debate considered by the House of Lords committee considering the bill to reform the Mental Health Act

www.communitycare.co.uk

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our own Bryn Lloyd-Evans was 1 of 3 experts at an all-Peer Session presenting evidence on racial disparities in use of the Mental Health Act at the House of Lords.

A great impact to inform amendments to the MHA Bill moving through parliament

bills.parliament.uk/bills/3884

#MentalHealthAct #MHA

Mental Health Bill [HL] - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

Current version of Mental Health Bill [HL] with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

bills.parliament.uk

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Mar 26

Brief admission during crisis for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder buff.ly/fvfmDZt

#BPD #Crisis #BriefAdmission #SystematicReview #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder

🧵 THREAD

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our wonderful MHPRU deputy director @acgrundy.bsky.social
gave a keynote speech on 'Lived Experience Research Leadership' at the Mental Health Implementation Network's (MHIN) PPI celebration event last month!

Read a blog about the event⬇️
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...

#livedexperienceresearch

MHIN event celebrates Patient and Public Involvement

In this blog Amy Allard-Dunbar peer researcher, Kelly Davies MHIN programme manager, Lucy Gallagher, PPI coordinator and Jason Grant PPI lead share their highlights of a event which was held to celebr...

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Minister for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, Baroness Merron, referenced the MHPRU's Evaluation of Early Support Hubs in a new statement.

Findings of the hubs outcomes and successes will be shared soon.

#CYPResearch #mentalhealth

hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Early Support Hubs - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Early Support Hubs' on Tuesday 4 March 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health @kingscsmh.bsky.social · Mar 19

'Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ - study'

Headline in The Independent today based on @knowlesg42.bsky.social Dr Gemma Knowles's paper that looks at the trajectories and symptoms in young people in London and Tokyo.

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Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ – study

Researchers compared studies tracking the health of teenagers in England and Japan.

www.independent.co.uk

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