Covid-19

Anger & chronic diagnosis: “An anger I hadn’t experienced before”

Keep Cool YPAG member Stuart discusses his experiences with anger after a diagnosis, and how he has managed to cope with the emotion.

Young People's Network

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Mental healthcare and Covid: “At a time when services were needed most, the onus was on us to find other ways to access support”

As the the second phase of the ETHOS study into experiences of secondary mental healthcare during Covid begins, we want to hear from carers!

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Navigating loneliness research now it’s on our doorstep

Vanessa Pinfold looks at research past and present to inform how we might address the increasingly vital issue of loneliness

Mental Health & Loneliness

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Covid-19, young people and inequalities: The emerging picture

How did the Covid-19 pandemic impact different groups of young people? A member of our Young People’s Network has unearthed the data

Young People's Network

Covid-19

Collaborating with people with lived experience

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Could training young people in peer support empower them during Covid-19?

What impact would training young people to support their peers during the pandemic have on their own wellbeing? Members of McPin's Young People's Network have helped develop a study to find out

Young People's Network

Covid-19

Peer Support

Children, young people and families

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The PARTNERS2 pandemic data collection challenge

Members of a trial looking at improving collaborative mental health care explain why they decided to continue the trial during lockdown 

Covid-19

Improving mental health support

Research methods

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“It has shown us how humans can adapt”: Life in a time of Covid-19

Despite lockdown being hugely difficult for many, our blogger discusses how society has found positive ways to respond

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“With my healthy strategies for coping unavailable, how was I supposed to manage?” Life in a time of Covid-19

Our blogger describes how lockdown precipitated a drastic decline in her mental health, and what we need to learn from times like this 

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Mental Health

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“Somehow, I have found a strength that I never knew existed”: life in a time of Covid-19

Lisa Couperthwaite reflects on the unexpected positives that have emerged for her, amidst the darkness of this crisis

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#KindnessMatters, but is it enough?

Dan Robotham discusses this year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week

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Mental Health

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Appreciating kindness a whole new way

Humma Andleeb reflects on a podcast by Dr Rangan Chatterjee and Dr David Hamilton about kindness, and how we can continue to find opportunities to be kind during lockdown

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Mental Health

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COVID LIFE: Expressions of our experiences

What happens to our mental health during a public health crisis? Together with a team of peer-researchers, Covid Life will explore the impact of the pandemic 

Covid-19

Public mental health

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Don’t forget about perinatal mental health during Covid

This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.  During Covid, when normal human contact is not allowed, it has never been more important to remember those who may slip through the cracks

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Maternal mental health

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“Excruciating back pain while self-isolating alone”: life in a time of Covid-19

Julie McWilliam talks about the indirect effects of the pandemic and not being able to let her daughters help

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“I wish I could tell the scriptwriter they’ve gone too far”: life in a time of Covid-19

Gary Coyle shares some thoughts on life in lockdown and the memories it is bringing up

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“Making art has helped me in dark times, including now”: life in a time of Covid-19

Finding a way to lose oneself in the joy that comes from transforming something humble into something new can help with the uncertainty of this time

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Radical collaboration, common sense & a focus on inequality: McPin’s response to the Covid mental health roadmap

The Lancet paper published today is a rapid response to an unfolding, unprecedented situation. Understanding the role and limits of research in addressing Covid’s mental health impact needs careful consideration and the input of many voices

Covid-19

Public mental health

Public Involvement

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#PPIcovid19: Making space for lived experience in Covid research

Good involvement in research takes time. And when there isn’t time – it can degenerate into tokenism or not happen at all. We must not let that happen with Covid-19 research, says Thomas Kabir

Covid-19

Public Involvement

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