The Mental Elf

The Mental Elf

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  • Jennifer Sumner
    Jennifer Sumner speaks to Birgit Kleim about how experiences of stress and trauma relate to risk for chronic disease. This interesting new research from her lab at UCLA is elucidating the psychological and biological mechanisms linking stress and trauma with disease risk, with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease; the leading cause of death and disability worldwide!

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    7 min
  • Grete Dyb
    Grete Dyb speaks to Synne Stensland about her work with the survivors of the terror attack on the island of Utøya near Oslo in July 2011.

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    12 min
  • Rosa Bramble
    Rosa Bramble speaking with Rocio Chang (in Spanish) at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

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    11 min
  • Mark Shevlin and Philip Hyland
    Prof Mark Shevlin & Dr Philip Hyland talk to their colleague Dr Rachel Frost about how they became involved in conducting the research to validate the ICD-11 PTSD & Complex PTSD diagnosis. They also discuss important future research directions for PTSD, Complex PTSD & the conceptualisation of psychopathology.

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    9 min
  • Theresa Betancourt
    "I would definitely advise students to be learning about qualitative and quantitative methods if you want to work cross culturally with vulnerable populations.”- Theresa Betancourt speaking with Rachel Frost just after her #ISTSS2019 keynote on "Addressing the Effects of Trauma in Children, Youth and Families Facing Adversity Globally"

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    6 min
  • The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced Displacement
    The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced DisplacementInterviewer Zac Steel @zacharysteelBrian Hall @brianhallphd, Kenneth Miller @KennethEMiller, Andrew Rasmussen, Amit BernsteinMore than 70 million people are forcibly displaced by violence, war, ethnic cleansing, hunger and related tragic events. Repeated trauma exposure and post-migration stressors that characterize the refugee experience are a human rights and global public mental health crisis. Policy makers, non-governmental organizations, practitioners, and leaders of refugee communities, face a daunting set of questions and hurdles to develop and implement mental health care for refugees. This team presenting at #ISTSS2019 discuss the challenges and possible responses that the mental health research and clinical community can have in responding to this global challenge.

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    22 min

About The Mental Elf

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Welcome to the Mental Elf podcast, which features interviews with leading experts in mental health: researchers, clinicians, practitioners and experts by experience.


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