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March
For International Women’s Day, MQ highlighted research breakthroughs led by women. We also interviewed Dr Hilary Blumberg who is a member of the science council and conducting ground-breaking research into bipolar disorder at Yale University.
Kam Bhui, professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry, became the newest member of MQ’s Science Council.
April
The first MQ and DATAMIND Data Science meeting of 2023, , drew together mental health researchers and early career researchers to network, share their research and learn new data science research techniques.
May
Mental Health Awareness Week and its theme for 2023 of ‘anxiety’ led to MQ’s 7th most popular article on our website being read by vast numbers of you who wanted to find out about major developments in anxiety research.
A new paper, called Gone Too Soon, published in the Lancet Psychiatry provided 18 recommendations to prevent mental health related premature deaths You can read more, and the full paper, here or watch an interview with some of the authors on MQ’s YouTube channel.
June
New research, supported by MQ, found that those hospitalised with COVID-19 may experience various long-term problems related to their brain function.
The Galenos project was launched. Led by Oxford University and supported by the Wellcome Trust, MQ and many others, Galenos will make use of existing data to accelerate progress for the treatment, prevention and early intervention of anxiety, depression, and psychosis.
July
MQ partnered with the University of Glasgow to produce a comprehensive report addressing the impact the cost of living crisis is having on peoples mental health, and evidence based society wide recommendations for supporting people.
MQ launched the First Ever Research Appreciation Day, with national and international coverage. Get involved in the second ever RAD in 2024 on the first Wednesday of July.
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