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The National Elf Service will help you keep up to date with the latest reliable health and social care research. Our podcasts feature interviews with leading experts in mental health: researchers, clinicians, practitioners and experts by experience.

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Anna Motz BIPSPD21

05.21.2021

Anna Motz - Working Psychotherapeutically with Women’s Invisible Trauma. Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist working in the Offender Care Service at the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, who has extensive clinical experience working with women in prison ...

National Elf Service episodes:

02.12.2020 Laura Guilfoyle Laura Guilfoyle, Specialist In-Patient Physiotherapist at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, speaks about her work encouraging physical activity in mental health patients.
02.12.2020 Kate Honeyford Kate Honeyford, Business Support Manager and PA to the Head of Research at MPFT, speaks about her work delivering research on physical and mental health.
02.11.2020 Wendy Webb Advanced Nurse Practitioner Wendy Webb speaks about her work improving the physical health of patients in a secure forensic mental health setting in Stafford.
02.11.2020 Paul Campbell Paul Campbell, a researcher based in Stafford, talks about his work getting social care professionals interest in and involved with research.
02.11.2020 Katie Montgomery Head of Quality Governance and Engagement at the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust talks about providing primary care services to help reduce the mortality gap.
02.11.2020 Terri Greenhalgh Terri Greenhalgh, Quality Lead for a Psychosis Pathway, speaks about her work encouraging mental health patients and staff to engage in more physical activity.
02.11.2020 Carly Pedley Nurse Practitioner Carly Pedley speaks about her role in GP practices doing annual health checks for people with severe mental illness.
02.11.2020 Iggy Agell Dr Iggy Agell, Consultant Psychiatrist from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, speaks about compassionate care and mental health.
01.31.2020 Jon Roiser and Pasco Fearon, UCL Wellcome 4-year PhD in Mental Health Science Prof Jonathan Roiser (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and programme lead) and Prof Pasco Fearon (UCL Chair in Developmental Psychopathology) talk about the new Wellcome funded Mental Health Science PhD programme, which will bring six new mental health PhD students ...
01.22.2020 Ed Davie Ed Davie from the Mental Health Foundation shares his work "Mapping the risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts”.
01.22.2020 Rina Dutta Dr Rina Dutta from King's College London talks about "Using Data Science to Understand Suicidality and Self-harm”
01.16.2020 Peter Tyrer Prof Peter Tyrer, Professor of Community Psychiatry at Imperial College London, talks about the fear and public concerns surrounding the development of the DSPD (dangerous and severe personality disorders) programme in the early 1990s.
01.14.2020 David Gilbert David Gilbert, Director of InHealth Associates and Patient Leader, talks to Mark Brown about being a mental health inpatient service user in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
01.14.2020 Louise Hide Dr Louise Hide, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow from Birkbeck College, speaks to Bethan Mair Edwards about “Asylums, social exclusion & scandals”.
01.14.2020 Trevor Turner Dr Trevor Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist from the East London NHS Foundation Trust talks to Mark Brown about the past, present and future of mental health community care.
01.14.2020 Paul McCrone Prof Paul McCrone, Professor of Health Economics at the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich, talks about "De-institutionalisation and health economics in Britain 1960-2010".
01.14.2020 Joanna Bourke Prof Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, talking about “Historical perspectives of mental health and psychiatry in British Society”.
01.08.2020 Heather McClelland Heather McClelland from the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow talks about loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review of prospective studies.
01.08.2020 Rob Whitley Prof Rob Whitley from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Canada, speaks about the seduction community, loneliness and young men’s mental health.
01.08.2020 Joanna McHugh Power Lonely Porcupines: The complicated relationship between loneliness and social engagement. Joanna McHugh Power from the Department of Psychology at Maynooth University & Trinity College Dublin
12.17.2019 Michael Priestley Michael Priestley from the SMaRteN Network talks about the "Student Mental Health: What Are the Key Questions?" project https://www.smarten.org.uk/keyquestions.html
12.17.2019 Katie Tyrrell Katie Tyrrell from the SMaRteN Network talks about the Student Research Team that she has worked on for the last year: https://www.smarten.org.uk/student-team.html
12.17.2019 Nicola Byrom Dr Nicola Byrom, Network Leader of the SMaRteN Network @NetworkSMaRteN introduces the first annual conference of this UKRI Student Mental Health Network https://www.smarten.org.uk/
12.12.2019 Health podcasts: hey ho, let's go! We want to make health podcasts that are accessible, inclusive, human, conversational, engaging, and break down barriers. How should we do this?
12.12.2019 What makes a good health podcast? Share your ideas and advice for making better health podcasts. Listen to Vanessa Garrity, Jack Quinn and Jess Grainger speaking with André Tomlin.
12.11.2019 Ricardo F. Muñoz Prof Ricardo F. Muñoz from the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health), Palo Alto University and University of California, San Francisco, US talks about the case for preventing 50% of new episodes of major depression: Implications of two ...
12.11.2019 David Ekers Prof David Ekers talks to Vanessa Garrity about behavioural activation.
12.10.2019 Nick Maguire On Why PIE Nick Maguire On Why PIE by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Rachel Fletcher On Commissioning Psychologically Informed Environments Rachel Fletcher On Commissioning Psychologically Informed Environments by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Stephanie Barker On Why Peer Mentoring And Psychologically Informed Environments Go Hand In Hand Stephanie Barker On Why Peer Mentoring And Psychologically Informed Environments Go Hand In Hand by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Antony Welsh On Why Connection And Seeing People As People Saves Lives Antony Welsh On Why Connection And Seeing People As People Saves Lives by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Pim Cuijpers Prof Pim Cuijpers reflects on the story so far about research to prevent depression, from 30 years of research.
12.10.2019 Ed Watkins Prof Ed Watkins from Exeter talks about the MooDFOOD study that tested if nutrition plays a causal role in preventing depression.
12.10.2019 Pat McArdle Of Mayday Trust On The Realities Of Psychologically Informed Environments Pat McArdle Of Mayday Trust On The Realities Of Psychologically Informed Environments by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Emma Williamson On What PIE Is And What It Isn't Emma Williamson On What PIE Is And What It Isn't by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Victoria Aseervatham On Psychologically Informed Environments In Westminster Victoria Aseervatham On Psychologically Informed Environments In Westminster by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Rick Henderson On Psychologically Informed Environments And What They Feel Like Rick Henderson On Psychologically Informed Environments And What They Feel Like by The Mental Elf
12.10.2019 Simon Gilbody Prof Simon Gilbody, Director of the Mental Health & Addiction Research Group at the University of York talks about the 7th international meeting of the Global Consortium for Depression Prevention, which is taking place in York on 10-11 Dec 2019.
12.10.2019 Helen Keats On What A Psychologically Informed Homelessness Service Actually Is Helen Keats On What A Psychologically Informed Homelessness Service Actually Is by The Mental Elf
12.09.2019 Vickie Crompton, Standing Together Vickie Crompton from Standing Together Against Domestic Violence speaks to Vanessa Garrity about mental health, domestic violence and professional generosity.
12.09.2019 Roxanne Keynejad Roxanne Keynejad speaks about her event on intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries.
12.09.2019 Parveen Ali Domestic violence and abuse: the experiences of women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
12.05.2019 David Ebert Professor David Ebert, President of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions, speaks about harnessing digital solutions to tackle mental health problems in university students.
12.05.2019 Trish Greenhalgh and Victoria Betton Prof Trish Greenhalgh and Dr Victoria Betton talk about the NASSS Framework and managing and mitigating complexity in digital health technology implementation.
12.05.2019 Jaime Smith and Dr Julian Edbrooke-Childs What do young people want to know about screen time? Julian Edbrooke-Childs from the Anna Freud Centre talks about a new project that aims to prioritise research questions around screen time and mental health in young people.
12.05.2019 Mathijs Lucassen Dr Mathijs Lucassen from the Open University & the University of Auckland talks about how we can tailor and disseminate digital technologies for children & young people – lessons from New Zealand and SPARX.
12.05.2019 Heleen Riper Prof Heleen Riper talking about the challenge of implementing digital mental health in practice.
12.05.2019 Chris Hollis Prof Chris Hollis previews the 7th annual MindTech symposium: New Frontiers for Digital Mental Health: Implementation & Impact.
11.28.2019 Introduction from the Mental Elf Introduction from the Mental Elf by The Mental Elf
11.27.2019 Andrew Gumley Prof Andy Gumley from the University of Glasgow speaks about the EMPOWER research study, which aimed to enable people with psychosis to monitor their own wellbeing using a mobile app; enhance recognition of early signs of relapse; support autonomy and ...

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