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NCMH researchers were invited to Lancaster House by the Welsh Secretary of State for Wales, David TC Davies, and the Wales Innovation Network (WIN) to demonstrate the digital tools being developed at the NCMH to treat and diagnose specific mental health conditions.

To mark National Schizophrenia Awareness Day 2023 we hosted a webinar which brought researchers from across Cardiff University together to discuss their current research into the diagnoses.

After the tragic loss of his daughter, Anna Phillips, David founded a mental health charity in her name which supports people facing trauma related mental health challenges.

A new study has been launched to learn more about PTSD and complex PTSD in order to develop better therapies for those affected.

This study from the National Centre for Mental Health aims to identify behaviours linked to ADHD that are more common in girls and young women in order to inform the development of a new, gender-inclusive ADHD assessment tool for primary school children.

The NCMH have worked with Engage to Change, a seven-year project which has provided employment support to over 1000 young people in Wales with a learning disability or autism.

As part of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) hosted a webinar on postpartum psychosis (PP), a mental illness following giving birth with symptoms ranging from delusions to mania, depression and confusion.

This April 2023 we joined the International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) for #PMDAwarenessMonth2023 to raise awareness of premenstrual disorders through social media campaigns and in-person events.

Around 80,000 women and people who have periods are living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in the UK. Laura was diagnosed with PMDD in 2019 after living with symptoms for fourteen years. She has kindly shared her experience with the NCMH…

The stigma around discussing our mental health is slowly being challenged, and whilst there are great initiatives helping to normalise these conversations, it can be difficult to know the ‘right’ thing to say or do if someone does reach out to you for help.