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New collaboration with GREAT Centre will advance gambling harms research

We are proud to announce a new affiliation between the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and the Gambling Research, Education, and Treatment (GREAT) Centre at Swansea University, strengthening collaboration in research focused on gambling and gambling-related harms.

Remembering Alan Meudell: a champion for lived experience voices

It is with great fondness that we remember Alan Meudell, a tireless advocate for people with lived experience of mental ill health and a deeply respected figure within Wales’s mental health research community.

International summer school reaches new heights in its sixteenth year

The annual Summer School in Brain Disorders Research, hosted by the National Centre for Mental Health and Cardiff University’s Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) returned this July for its sixteenth year.

Launch event invites public to join ground-breaking mental health Research Community of more than 36,000

A major effort to improve mental health care across Wales and the wider UK was launched this week. The National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) invited members of the public to join its growing Research Community, which already includes more than 36,000 participants.

NCMH team wins Innovation and Impact award for transforming trauma care

We are proud to announce that our Intervention Development team have been recognised for reshaping how trauma-related mental health conditions are treated, by winning an Innovation and Impact award at Cardiff University’s Celebrating Excellence Awards.

Historic menopause and mental health position statement launched, informed by National Centre for Mental Health research

Professor Arianna Di Florio was invited to celebrate the launch of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) first ever position statement on menopause and mental health. The event was hosted at the House of Commons and was attended by TV…

New study highlights importance of positive relationships and a personalised approach to community mental health support

A new study has set out to understand what people wanted, needed and valued most from community mental health support.

NCMH researchers’ review informs international debate on postpartum psychosis

A recent expert review by an international panel, cited in recent media coverage, is informing a global debate on how postpartum psychosis should be diagnosed.