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Our team
From research to operations, communications and public involvement, we’re united by a passion for mental health research and a mission to help put lived experience at its heart. Meet the team.
Blog
Peer research at Hive: thriving, creative & juggling many identities
In March, McPin joined over 120 people at the Hive conference to talk about peer research. Here are a few things we took away.
Peer research • Research methods
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Mental Health Research Matters
#MentalHealthResearchMatters was a cross-organisation collaboration between the McPin Foundation, Mental Elf and the University of Oxford to share the importance of mental health research.
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Young People's Network
Our Young People’s Network is a mailing list of young people who want to get involved in mental health research. Here you can make connections, learn new skills, have your say and lots more
Blog
Schools and researchers – strange pairing or recipe for success?
Historically doing research in schools may seem like more hassle than it’s worth but, to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week, we’ve released a new podcast where members of the REACH project share
Young people
Project report
Work Well Evaluation
An evaluation of the Work Well project, an employment project operating in South London, which invested in local projects that tackled poverty and promoted social inclusion and employment
Employment
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Research opportunities
Help design and influence research using your lived experience. Our range of participation and involvement opportunities are aimed at all ages, unless specifically stated.
Pendolum Project: Decoding mood instability in mood and anxiety disorders
In this project we aim to better understand what automatic thought mechanisms and what brain circuits are involved in maintaining mood instability across individuals with different diagnoses.
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Shared Commitment to Public Involvement
We have joined other health, research and social care bodies in a pledge to improve public involvement in research.
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"It gave me a totally different perspective": a researcher on receiving young people's feedback
A staff nurse and researcher shares her first experience of working with a Young Person's Advisory Group.
Lived experience • Physical health
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QUAHRC Methods Podcast: Co-producing research with young people with lived experience
A paper from the Screen Time study
Digital mental health • Young people
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Why recognising good service user and carer involvement in research is so important
McPin’s Head of Public Involvement reflects on how and why to celebrate good service user & carer involvement in research following the Public Involvement Awards – and what’s next.
Peer research
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Whose idea is it anyway? Using research infrastructure to turn people's ideas into projects
McPin's Deputy Research Director shares his thoughts about the new patient-led research hub in Cambridge.
Lived experience • Mental health services
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Media centre
An overview of McPin including who we are, some of our key speakers, and our media contact information
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Creating while waiting: enhancing experiences of waiting for mental health support
Two youth advisors share their insights on being involved with a project that used creativity to explore experiences of mental health support.
Mental health services • Peer support
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How we work
We put lived experience at the heart of everything we do, including research, public involvement, evaluation, training, campaigns, policy work and more.
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Why collaboration is the key to the future of mental health research
McPin Deputy Research Director Dan Robotham shares his experiences of working with the UKRI mental health research networks.
Research methods
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Reflections from 10 years of service user and survivor research event
St George's University celebrated 10 years of doing service user and survivor research with a fantastic day of discussions attended by many inspirational leaders in mental health research.
Lived experience • Research methods
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Valuing lived experience research: changing the publication process
McPin’s Head of Research and Involvement looks at barriers to publishing lived experience articles following the launch of a lived experience issue in a major journal.
Lived experience
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Macmillan Peer Evaluator Training
Reflecting on our second successful three-day training for Peer Evaluators with Macmillan cancer support.
Coproduction • Peer research