Blogs by Agnes Hann
16 2016
Research in 2016
by Agnes Hann | Johanna Frerichs
To mark the end of 2016, we’re taking a look back at some of what the McPin team has learned over the past year.
Collaborating with people with lived experience
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Peer Research and Complex Needs: A Mental Health Perspective
by Agnes Hann
Read a new blog about how research on people with complex needs are using an approach that we champion at the McPin Foundation – peer research. Written by Agnes, a senior researcher in our team, it looks at some of the challenges and benefits of peer involvement in research. It was written for Revolving Doors, a charity that supports people with complex needs including mental health issues. We are really proud to support their work exploring the role of peer - otherwise known as experts by experience - contribution to research.
Collaborating with people with lived experience
Read More25 2015
Research in the News – Mindfulness for the masses?
by Agnes Hann
Over the past couple of months, mindfulness has been making headlines again. This is partly due to a new study, published in the Lancet that suggests that the practice is ‘as effective as pills for treating recurrent depression’.
It is fair to say that for some years now, there has been a lot of hype surrounding mindfulness – a type of therapy that draws on aspects of ancient Buddhist practices and is aimed at ‘increasing people’s awareness of themselves, their emotions and the environment around them, through meditation, yoga and breathing’.
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- TRIUMPH
- #MentalHealthResearchMatters
- Therapies
- ADHD
- Mental Health Research Matters
- Imposter syndrome
- Eating disorders
- Awards
- Cost-of-living crisis
- Peer research
- Paranoia
- Mental Health Services
- University Mental Health Day
- Neurodiversity
- Mental Health & Justice
- Podcast
- Youth Mental Health Day
- London Marathon 2021
- Inequality
- Air pollution
- Data Science
- Mental Health & Loneliness
- Mental Health Awareness Week
- Mental Health & Nature
- Mental Health & Sport
- Doctorate opportunity
- PhD
- Employment
- Young People's Network
- LGBT+
- Anti-racism
- Storytelling
- Psychosis
- Words That Carry On
- Screen Time
- Covid-19
- Working from home
- Austerity
- Personality disorder
- Autism
- Women
- Money
- Violence and abuse
- Trauma-informed
- Trauma
- Public mental health
- Maternal mental health
- Digital mental health
- Carers
- Coproduction
- Power
- Mental Health
- Time to Talk Day
- Peer Support
- Children, young people and families
- Improving mental health support
- Fundraising
- Inclusion and combating stigma
- Mental Health Policy & Strategy
- Mental Health Science
- Public Involvement
- Research methods
- Wellbeing and connectedness
Bloggers
- Agnes Hann
- Alison Faulkner
- Amy Meadows
- Amy Peabody
- Andreja Mesaric
- Anjie Chhapia
- Ben Gray
- Dan Robotham
- Daryl Sweet
- Dolly Sen
- Evan Champion
- Harminder Kaur
- Helen Casebourne
- Humma Andleeb
- Ian Bradshaw
- Jackie Hardy
- Jennie Parker
- Jessica Bond
- Johanna Frerichs
- John Gibson
- Julie Billsborough
- Karen James
- Kat Berry
- Katrina Heyman
- Kirsten Morgan
- Laura Hemming
- Lucy Power
- Madeleine Musgrove
- McPin Foundation
- Megan Rees
- Naomi Clewett
- Nhung
- Rachel Temple
- Raj Hazzard
- Richard Currie
- Roger Smith
- Rose Thompson
- Ruth Sayers
- Ryan Freeman
- Sarah Gibson
- Sarah Hamilton
- Susanne Gibson
- Thomas Kabir
- Tilda Simpson
- Tillie Cryer
- Vanessa Pinfold
- Vanessa Yim