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23rd Dec 2024 News

Interventions • Psychosis

How engaging with early intervention services can change the lives of young people with psychosis

The lives of young people with psychosis are being transformed due to a new study focussing on early intervention.
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17th Dec 2024 News

Violence and abuse • Young people

New report shares solutions to school exclusions & youth violence

In research conducted by young people, the London PAC has revealed 11 feelings that young people believe need to be understood, with eight protective solutions to help tackle youth violence.
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12th Dec 2024 News

McPin • Young people

McPin invests in young people with new training academy

Described as an ‘invaluable experience’ by attendees, the programme explored lived experience in research, as well as the research process, methods and skills.
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29th Nov 2024 News

McPin • Policy and politics

McPin responds to the Mental Health Bill

We hope that these reforms will bring more choice and agency for those whose lives are impacted by the Mental Health Act.
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27th Nov 2024 News

McPin

McPin awarded £10,000 to help support workplace wellbeing

We will use the funding from the British Safety Council Keep Thriving programme to implement our wellbeing strategy, including skills and resilience training.
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5th Nov 2024 News

McPin • Policy and politics

McPin responds to Autumn Budget 2024

Vanessa Pinfold, Research Director and Cofounder at McPin reacts to the government’s Budget statement on 30 October 2024.
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28th Oct 2024 News

Lived experience • Research methods

McPin joins the public involvement pledge

We have signed up to the Shared Commitment to Public Involvement, which aims to drive up standards by improving the quality of public involvement across the health and research sector.
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24th Oct 2024 Blog

ADHD • Lived experience • Stigma

ADHD & Me: I do try

In his final blog for ADHD Awareness Month, journalist and poet Max Wallis shares what he wants people to know about day-to-day life with ADHD & why he still tries even when it’s challenging.
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18th Oct 2024 Blog

ADHD • Lived experience • Stigma

ADHD & Me: Lived experience will make barriers fall

In his second blog for ADHD Awareness Month, journalist and poet Max Wallis shares his journey to diagnosis and how to remove some of the barriers so many people face.
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15th Oct 2024 Blog

Research methods • Young people

Involving young people in mental health research: My lightbulb moment

UCL PhD student Rachel Perowne shares how her perspective on involvement in research shifted, and why sharing lived experience is key to a brighter future for young people.
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9th Oct 2024 Blog

ADHD • Lived experience • Stigma

ADHD & Me: My lesser-known symptoms led me to champion research

For ADHD Awareness Month this October, we asked journalist and poet Max Wallis to write a series of blogs about ADHD. This is the first post on this year's theme: Awareness is Key!
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30th Sep 2024 News

Lived experience • Research methods

New charter provides framework for Public Involvement & Engagement

The Charter for Public Involvement & Engagement aims to ensure public perspectives are integral to decision-making in public mental health research and research outcomes.
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23rd Sep 2024 Blog

Lived experience • Sleep

'How can I get a good night’s sleep?' & more sleep questions answered

To mark Sleeptember we asked our Sleep and Circadian Science Network LEAP for answers to some of your most-asked questions on sleep and mental health.
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3rd Sep 2024 News

Lived experience • Research methods

Introducing the SUN RISE project

We will be exploring how research into the subjective experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis is conducted and valued within the mental health research field.
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28th Aug 2024 Blog

Interventions • Lived experience • Medication • Neurodiversity

Making conferences more inclusive for people with lived experience

The McPin team and a lived experience group member share some thoughts on how to make conferences inclusive for people with lived experience and/or neurodivergence.
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20th Aug 2024 News

McPin

Remembering our dear friend and trustee – Professor Clair Chilvers

Professor Clair Chilvers, a McPin trustee, died recently surrounded by her family, aged 78. At the weekend a beautifully written obituary to her life was published in the Times.
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19th Jul 2024 Blog

Violence and abuse • Young people

Getting started with the Peer Action Collective – reflections from our team of young people

Along with the Peace Alliance, McPin is working with young people in Haringey, North London, on the Peer Action Collective – to help make life safer and fairer for their local communities.
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18th Jul 2024 News

Inequality • McPin • Policy and politics

Mental Health Act reform announced in King's speech

We are very pleased to see the reform of the Mental Health Act, a piece of legislation introduced in 1983, was announced yesterday in the King’s Speech.
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27th Jun 2024 Blog

Policy and politics • Young people

Mental health reflections from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children

McPin recently spent a day at the APPG for Children, with one of our young person’s advisory group members. They share their takeaways from the day, and advice for the next government.
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