The Mental Elf

How do we work in partnership with patients, carers and service users?Sara Riggare, Patrik Blomkvist and Elin Cederbrant are all members of the patient working group that are working to enhance patient representation across the International Forum.As we prepare for the 2022 European Quality Forum, which takes place in Gothenburg on 20-22 June 2022, Sara, Patrik and Elin speak to us about patient involvement and moving towards a future vision for this quality improvement conference becoming a "patients included" event.Find out more about the International Forum Gothenburg 2022: internationalforum.bmj.com/gothenburg/

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Anette Nilsson, Region Jönköping County, Sweden"Don't miss the party in Gothenburg, where new possibilities, inspiration and hope will be created."As we prepare for the 2022 European Quality Forum, which takes place in Gothenburg on 20-22 June 2022, Anette Nilsson speaks to us about how can we build more integrated health and care systems that focus on giving the right care at the right place at the right time.Anette will be involved in this session at the conference:A8: Integrated care: learning from the Swedish experienceFind out more about the International Forum Gothenburg 2022: internationalforum.bmj.com/gothenburg/

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Jesper Ekberg, SALAR and Region Jönköping County, Sweden"My heart is really beating a lot around quality improvement and how that can come closer to the public health area".As we prepare for the 2022 European Quality Forum, which takes place in Gothenburg on 30 March - 1 April 2022, Jesper Ekberg speaks to us about creating fairer systems to tackle the inequalities in health.Jesper will be involved in three sessions at the conference:M5: Europe together for population health – Health Improvement Alliance Europe (HIAE)C7: Life is for living! Population based approaches can beat involuntary loneliness D8: Child health in Sweden - 4 projects to improve equity. Best possible start in life.Find out more about the International Forum Gothenburg 2022: https://internationalforum.bmj.com/gothenburg/

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Welcome to our first ever #ElfNuggets show!If you prefer, you can watch this Elf Nuggets episode on the Mental Elf YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zZrQ45MbQThis show will:- Help mental health practitioners keep up to date with the latest reliable research that they can use in practice- Each month we will discuss three recent studies that we've blogged about on the Mental Elf, which our panel think we should be using in practiceOur expert panel- Chair: André Tomlin, Founder, The Mental Elf- Carrie-Ann Black, Mental Health Nurse from Yorkshire, CAMHS Research and Implementation Nurse Lead in South London. Carrie-Ann's job is all about building research capacity and capability across the mental health nurse workforce- Emmeline Lagunes-Cordoba, Psychiatrist from Mexico, where she trained in general adult psychiatry and psychotherapy. Emmeline moved to the UK in 2013 to do a PhD in mental health stigma at KCL. She now works in a crisis team in North London- Becca Read, Clinical Psychologist from Leicestershire. Becca recently completed her clinical psychology doctorate. Now working in the Recovery and Support Team in RichmondGeneral examples of using evidence in every day mental health practiceCarrie-Ann talks about a paper that was a catalyst for reviewing physical health needs on her CAMHS inpatient unit.Carney R, Firth J, Pedley R, Law H, Parker S, Lovell K. The clinical and behavioral cardiometabolic risk of children and young people on mental health inpatient units: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021;70:80-97. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.03.007https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135692/Becca talks about a paper that helped her and her early intervention in psychosis team colleagues think through the feelings of disengagement felt by young people in their service and how they could respond: Davidson L, Roe D, Andres-Hyman R, Ridgway P. Applying stages of change models to recovery from serious mental illness: contributions and limitations. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2010;47(3):213-21. PMID: 21149986.https://doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2010_3_7.pdfEmmeline talks about a meta-analysis that she used when choosing medication to treat a patient:Taylor, DM, Cornelius, V, Smith, L, Young, AH. Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis. Acta-Psych-Scand 2014 https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12343The world wide woodlandEmmeline talks about an article in The Guardian about the pandemic and psychosishttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/18/psychosis-cases-soar-in-england-as-pandemic-hits-mental-health Becca talks about a BBC news story on Individual Placement and Supporthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58830648 Carrie Ann talks about a new report from The Wellcome Trust about an international survey on anxiety and depression https://wellcome.org/reports/wellcome-global-monitor-covid-19/2020Elf Nuggets - science making a difference in mental healthEmmeline talks about antidepressants in young peoplehttps://www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/antidepressants/antidepressants-youth-depression-anxiety-activeingredientsmh/Becca talks about autism diagnosis and misdiagnosishttps://www.nationalelfservice.net/learning-disabilities/autistic-spectrum-disorder/undiagnosed-autism/Carrie-Ann talks about self-harm in young peoplehttps://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/self-harm/self-harm-primary-care/

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Ron Kessler, “Pragmatic Precision Psychiatry”Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D. is the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Director of the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative.Jon Roiser, “Towards mechanistic precision psychiatry"Jonathan Roiser is Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health and Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.Precision psychiatry talks by Ron Kessler and Jon Roiser will take place at the forthcoming IoMH Annual Conference, which takes place online on Wednesday 15th September 2021: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-programmeTickets cost £10 and can be purchased here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-registration

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Towards coproduction: Involvement in the Mental Health Policy Research UnitMerle Schlief, "Co-production on the PRU Covid interviews project: what we did"Jackie Hardy, Tamar Jeynes and Mary Birken, "Co-production on the PRU Covid interviews project: reflections - Panel discussion"The IoMH Annual Conference takes place online on Wednesday 15th September 2021: www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh…nference-programmeTickets cost £10 and can be purchased here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-registration

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Dr Alexandra Pitman is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry in the UCL Division of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. Her research interests are in the epidemiology of suicide and self-harm, and preventing suicide.She will be giving a talk on “The impact of peer suicide, suicide attempt, and self-harm on risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviour” at the forthcoming IoMH Annual Conference, which takes place online on Wednesday 15th September 2021: www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh…nference-programmePoster presentations can be submitted here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh…ster-presentationsTickets cost £10 and can be purchased here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh…rence-registrationIf you're in crisis and need to talk right now, there are many helplines staffed by trained people ready to listen. They won't judge you, and could help you make sense of what you're feeling.Samaritans. To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call 116 123 (free from any phone), email [email protected] or visit some branches in person. You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).SANEline. If you're experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). You can call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if oyou are struggling and need to talk. Or if you prefer not to speak on the phone, you could try the CALM webchat service.Urgent mental health helplines (England only)If you live in England, you can call a local NHS urgent mental health helpline for support during a mental health crisis. Anyone can call these helplines, at any time. These helplines offer similar support to a crisis team. The NHS website has more information on urgent mental health helplines, including how to find your local helpline.

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Professor Laurence Kirmayer from McGill University is a psychiatrist and expert in transcultural psychiatry.He will be giving the opening keynote talk at the 21st Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress, which will take place online on 14-18 September 2021: www.acots.org/Prof Kirmayer's talk is entitled: "Landscapes of trauma: A social-ecological approach to cultural diversity in mental health research, theory and practice.".The 2021 ACOTS conference is a collaboration between ASTSS (the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) and Phoenix Australia – Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.The 2021 virtual conference will be of interest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researchers, consumers, service developers and policy makers.

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Dr Duleeka Knipe is a Vice Chancellor's Fellow, Bristol Medical School (PHS) at the University of Bristol. She will be giving a talk in the forthcoming IoMH Annual Conference, which takes place online on Wednesday 15th September 2021: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-programmeDr Duleeka Knipe's talk is entitled: "Suicide in low and middle-income countries – what do we know?". Poster presentations can be submitted here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/iomh-conference-poster-presentationsTickets cost £10 and can be purchased here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-registrationIf you are interested to read more about means restriction in Sri Lanka you can read the following blogs: https://theconversation.com/pesticides-and-suicide-prevention-why-research-needs-to-be-put-into-practice-102533https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2021/03/24/paraquat-papers-syngenta-toxic-pesticide-gramoxone/If you're in crisis and need to talk right now, there are many helplines staffed by trained people ready to listen. They won't judge you, and could help you make sense of what you're feeling. Samaritans. To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call 116 123 (free from any phone), email [email protected] or visit some branches in person. You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).SANEline. If you're experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). You can call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if oyou are struggling and need to talk. Or if you prefer not to speak on the phone, you could try the CALM webchat service.Urgent mental health helplines (England only)If you live in England, you can call a local NHS urgent mental health helpline for support during a mental health crisis. Anyone can call these helplines, at any time. These helplines offer similar support to a crisis team. The NHS website has more information on urgent mental health helplines, including how to find your local helpline.

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Professor Meaghan O'Donnell is the Head of Research at Phoenix Australia, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne.She will be leading a parallel session at the The 21st Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress will take place online on 14-18 September 2021: www.acots.org/Prof O'Donnell's session is entitled: "Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders’ and its treatment of PTSD".The 2021 ACOTS conference is a collaboration between ASTSS (the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) and Phoenix Australia – Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.The 2021 virtual conference will be of interest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researchers, consumers, service developers and policy makers.

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