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Published 23 May 2025

Industry Forum: a Researcher Perspective

Marcos, a researcher who is part of DATAMIND shares some of his reflections on the Mental Health Platform Industry Alliance Forum, held in partnership with DATAMIND, and the Medicines Discovery Catapult.
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Published 23 May 2025

Industry Forum: a Lived Experience Perspective

Lisa, one of the members from our MHP Steering Group shares some of her own personal reflections on the Mental Health Platform Industry Alliance Forum, held in partnership with DATAMIND, and the Medicines Discovery Catapult.
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Published 22 May 2025

MHP Research Summit ECR Workshop 2025

9th October 2025, 2 - 5pm. Edinburgh
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Published 21 May 2025

MHP Research Summit 2025

10th October 2025 Edinburgh
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Published 12 May 2025

Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we at the Mental Health Platform are highlighting severe mental illness, and why it’s important to research SMI as well as general mental health.
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Published 28 April 2025

Social Health: third pillar of health

Prof Jennifer Lau co-authored an article this year describing how social health should be considered alongside physical health and mental health, and how this could help to improve the lives of people with severe mental illness (SMI).
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Published 28 March 2025

Industry Alliance Forum meeting

Selected Industry partners from the Industry Alliance, leading researchers from the Mental Health Platform and experts with lived experience will meet.
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Published 27 March 2025

Recruitment opens for METPSY

Dr. Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots tell us about a new clinical research study recruiting at the Metabolic Psychiatry Hub at the University of Edinburgh
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Published 27 March 2025

How the ketogenic diet could help in bipolar disorder

A first-of-its-kind European study from the Metabolic Psychiatry Hub, supported by the Baszucki Group, shows that a ketogenic diet may lead to mental and physical health benefits.
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Published 14 March 2025

Meet our PhD student from Metabolic Psychiatry

"Piece of Mind" blog series: Meet Christina Steyn from the Metabolic Psychiatry Hub
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Published 14 March 2025

Metabolic Psychiatry Special Lecture

Watch Dr Ben Perry's talk at the Inaugural Metabolic Psychiatry Special Lecture
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Published 14 March 2025

Meet our Social Health Study Manager

"Piece of mind" blog series: meet Lenny Buxton from the Social Health hub
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Published 5 March 2025

ECR Fellowships Webinar

Watch the MHP Early Career Researcher Awards Webinar, which took place on Tuesday 4th March.
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Published 6 February 2025

Understanding immuno-metabolic depression

Researchers from ImmunoMIND published a review of the research about a form of depression called immuno-metabolic depression.
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Published 4 February 2025

Meet our Complex Emotions Research Fellow

“Piece of mind” blog series: meet Sally Ohlsen from the Complex Emotions Hub
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Published 27 January 2025

Meet our Brain and Genomics research co-ordinator

"Piece of mind" blog series: meet Jodie Gill from Brain and Genomics
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Published 13 January 2025

Could genetics help find new treatments for SMI?

A new study co-led by our director Professor Andrew McIntosh uses genetics to help us better understand major depression, and could lead to new treatments in the future.
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Published 17 December 2024

Reflecting on 2024, Ready for 2025

We’re proud of everything the MHP has achieved so far – take a look at some highlights and find out what we’ve got planned for next year...
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Published 31 October 2024

UKRI Mental Health Platform launches

In September 2024, The Mental Health Platform officially launched, along with one of the six hubs.