The Mental Elf

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  • Holly Bear speaking to Mark Brown at #ECoWeB in Barcelona

    Dr Holly Bear is a postdoctoral researcher working in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on how implementation science can be leveraged to enhance the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based digital interventions in child and adolescent mental health.


    At the #ECoWeB conference in Barcelona on Monday 12th September 2022, Holly speaks to Mark Brown who is reporting from The Mental Elf.

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    5 min
  • Johnny Fontaine speaking to Mark Brown at #ECoWeB in Barcelona

    Johnny R. J. Fontaine is associate professor the Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology at Ghent University in Belgium.


    At the #ECoWeB conference in Barcelona on Monday 12th September 2022, he speaks to Mark Brown who is reporting from The Mental Elf.


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    9 min
  • Cathy Creswell and Rachel
    Professor Cathy Creswell (from the University of Oxford) and Rachel (the parent of a young child with anxiety) speak about child anxiety problems and the research going on in Oxford to help families.

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    26 min
  • Paul Edwards And Sarah Watts
    Dr Sarah Watts and her former patient Paul Edwards speak abut their journey together as a CBT therapist and client, and the book they are writing together about hope and recovery.

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    19 min
  • Michel Dugas - Behavioural experiments for intolerance of uncertainty
    Dr. Michel Dugas, Professor of Psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, speaks about his work looking at uncertainty and generalised anxiety disorder.Find out more about the 50th Annual Conference of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, which is taking place in London on 20-23 July 2022: babcp2022.org/

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    19 min
  • Tony Kelly, Matt Hill and Nicola Mackintosh
    How do they do that? Using Appreciative Enquiry to Develop Safety Culture.As they prepare for their workshop at the #Quality2022 conference in Gothenburg, Tony Kelly, Matt Hill and Nicola Mackintosh speak about:- Understanding the interdependence between safety culture and safety/quality improvement- Appreciating how the local relational aspects of effective teams can support shifts in safety culture- How to practically provide support to teams to generate and nurture effective safety cultureSpeakers:- Tony Kelly, NHS England & Improvement; England- Nicola Mackintosh, Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, University of Leicester; England- Matt Hill, NHS England and Improvement; England- Becky Wilson-Crellin, NHS England & Improvement; England

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    23 min
  • Keir Harding and Hollie Berrigan
    Keir Harding and Hollie Kerrigan from Beam Consultancy talk about 'personality disorders', out of area placements and diagnostic labels, as they reflect on everything that has happened at the BIGSPD annual conference in Northampton.

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    12 min
  • David Gibbs And Allison Joseph
    David Gibbs and Allison Joseph share their thoughts on racism at the British and Irish Group for the Study of 'Personality Disorder' conference in Northampton.David is a trainer and consultant on race and mental health. He also serves as a Magistrate in Birmingham. As an Expert by Experience consultant, he works with the Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham and with the Common Awards, University of Durham, on race and inclusion.Allison is the @MadBlackPixie, a mental health activist, and part of the Mad Studies Birmingham group that presented at the BIGSPD conference in Northampton.

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    21 min
  • Fiona Kuhn-Thompson and Melanie Ball - An Open Letter
    Having just performed their Open Letter piece at the BIGSPD Annual Conference: A Performed Exploration of Democratic Solutions for Distress Often Referred to as ‘Personality’, Fi and Mel talk about their lived experience of mental health difficulties, their creative approach to starting meaningful conversations about 'personality disorders', and their hopes for the future of training for people who work in the mental health system.

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    18 min
  • Rob Schafer - 'Personality Disorder' training for primary care teams
    Dr Rob Schafer, a GP from the homeless medical centre in Oxford, speaks about his work with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, developing a personality disorder training programme for general practice teams that transforms attitudes and facilitates specific practice level change.

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    8 min

About The Mental Elf

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