In our first survey you let us know what questions were on your mind around sleep, the body clock and mental health – now you can let us know which research should prioritise.
Last year we launched the Sleep, Body Clock and Mental Health survey to collect all the questions people had about sleep, the body clock and mental health that they wanted research to answer.
We were inundated with responses from people with lived experience of mental health issues and/or disrupted sleep and body clock, clinicians, carers, and other supporters.
The questions still unanswered
There was such a wide variety of questions that were asked, and after some investigation, it was great to see that the research community has answered (or are currently working to answer) some of the questions from the public.
However, there are many questions that are still unanswered, and we need help to identify which of those are the most important according to the experts – people with lived experience of mental health issues and/or disrupted sleep and body clock, clinicians, carers, and other supporters.
Have your say in our second survey!
With that, we have launched a new Sleep, Body Clock and Mental Health survey new Mental Health and the Body Clock survey. This will be your opportunity to choose the 10 questions that are most important to you, which you would like future research to focus on.
We hope to reach as many people as possible, and to represent as many different voices as we can.
We would greatly appreciate you sharing this survey with your own networks, colleagues, communities, friends, family, and anyone else you can. And if you are a person with lived experience, clinician, clinical support worker, carer, support of someone with lived experience, we would love to know your top 10s too.
A big thank you to everyone who’s filled out the survey so far. Please note, we have had limited responses from young people, clinicians, and people from Wales and Northern Ireland, so are particularly keen to hear from these groups.
This survey is only open to UK residents aged 11 or above, and closes on Monday 17th February.
Read our previous blogs on sleep, circadian rhythms and mental health: