Research hubs

The Mental Health Platform supports five challenge-led research programmes and one mental health data science hub. We have partners across the UK and internationally.

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Brain & Genomics

Location: Wales

Understanding the causes of severe mental illnesses, including genetic, environmental and developmental factors
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Complex Emotions

Location: England

Developing guidance for better care and support for people with experiences of severe mental illnesses and complex emotions.
Datamind
DATAMIND

Location: Wales

Promoting the discovery, use and sharing of mental health data for public benefit.
Immuno
ImmunoMIND

Location: England

Identifying new immune and metabolic targets for novel therapies for severe mental illnesses.
Metabolic
Metabolic Psychiatry

Location: Scotland

Investigating the link between severe mental illnesses and metabolic disorders like diabetes or obesity.
Social
Social Health

Location: England

Focusing on non-medical factors influencing severe mental illnesses, including how people are born, grow, work, live, and age.

Themes of SMI research

Our researchers investigate different aspects of severe mental illness (SMI) conditions including schizophrenia, severe depression and bipolar using a variety of approaches. Themes include metabolic, social and genetic aspects of these conditions.

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