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A wide angle photo of Catrin dancing on a sunny pavilion with lots of other couples

Happy feet, happier brain: how I found myself in dancing

Catrin is a 35-year-old dancer, crocheter, bookworm and cinephile from Cardiff. She is also the Communications Manager of the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and the wider division of psychological medicine and clinical neurosciences at Cardiff University.

a group of three students sitting at a desk in a library looking at a book together

Register today: National project creating tools to support mental health of university students

Recent research has discovered that over 40% of students reported high levels of worry.

A photo of NCMH Centre Manager Dr Sarah Knott at the NCMH stand talking to an attendee

Championing lived experience voices in brain health research

On Saturday 20 April, we celebrated the importance of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research through our ‘Working together for better brain health’ event hosted in collaboration with the BRAIN Unit.

Third instalment of Women’s Winter Webinars series focuses on maternal mental health with Action on Postpartum Psychosis

This month, the National Centre for Mental Health hosted the third installment of our Women’s Winter Webinars series, focused on understanding postpartum psychosis.

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NCMH researchers showcase digital tools at Welsh Government reception in Brussels

NCMH researchers Dr Amy Lynham and Dr Catrin Lewis were invited by the Wales Innovation Network (WIN) and Welsh Higher Education Brussels (WHEB) to demonstrate the digital mental health support tools they have been developing at a Welsh Government St David’s Day event in Brussels.

Using smart devices to predict episodes of psychosis

A new study into the phone habits of people who have experienced psychosis hopes to be able to recognise early signs of an oncoming episode.

Join our patient and public involvement celebration

Working together for better brain health will celebrate the vital role that public and patient involvement (PPI) groups play in research. We are organising the event in collaboration with Brain Repair and Intracranial Neurotherapeutics (BRAIN) Unit.

Second webinar instalment shares initial findings from world first genetic study into premenstrual dysphoric disorder

The Women’s Winter Webinars series aims to discuss how reproductive events such as pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and reproductive ageing can impact the mental health of women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB).

King’s College London launches new website to support people making decisions around their mental health

Advance Choice Documents (ACDs) are written or spoken records that allow people living with a mental illness to state in advance what treatment they would like to be offered in the event of becoming unwell.

How can the menopause negatively impact mental health?

Our new Women’s Winter Webinar series aims to discuss how reproductive events such as pregnancy, the menstrual cycle, and reproductive ageing impact the mental health of women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB).

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