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ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
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Launched in 2020, the ESRC Centre at King's College London aims to transform understanding of how social, economic and cultural changes affect mental health.
The Centre’s Lived Experience Advisory Board is taking part in The Great British Brain Off tonight, a @kingsioppn.bsky.social sold out event where mental health researchers present lightning talks about their work and the audience votes for a winner!

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The Great British Brain Off
A fast-paced science presentation competition which values engaging, innovative talks that connect with the public.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What does it mean to participate in a community with severe mental illness? We're hosting a seminar on 19 November with Hanna Kienzler, who will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.

Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...
"Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community" - the journey of and lessons learned from a participatory action project | King's College London
In this talk, Hanna Kienzler will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢

Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!
🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a 🧮 quant postdoc researcher to join the AMAZING Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & myself at @kingscsmh.bsky.social in collab with @clscohorts.bsky.social

All info: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Closes 18 Nov!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We are pleased to see the publication of the Keep Britain Working review into ill-health and disability in the workplace.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How might peer-friendship networks relate to self-harm?

We supported a recent study exploring this relationship.

The team, led by Dr Holly Crudgington at the University of Oxford, found that forms of both disconnection and connection appear to be associated.

theconversation.com/how-teen-fri...
How teen friendships may predict self harm
It isn’t just social isolation that’s a risk factor for self harm.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
How can lived experience transform mental health research?

Watch the video below to hear how working with our Lived Experience Advisory Board has transformed our research outputs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=490X...
Transforming mental health research
YouTube video by King's Social Science & Public Policy
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Participatory mapping as research method 🗺️
Discover what it is, how it’s done, and real-world examples on our new Research Methods Toolkit page from the @kingscsmh.bsky.social. researchmethodstoolkit.com/more-approac...
Participatory Mapping
Wondering how, post COVID-19, people around you perceive their environment? Do you know whereabouts in your neighbourhood people might feel anxious? How could aspects of the neighbourhood be changed s...
researchmethodstoolkit.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How can sociology remain committed and critical in an evolving mental health research landscape?

In our seminar next Wednesday, Cristian Montenegro will draw on social systems theory to explore how sociology can enrich participatory research agendas through critical distance, not detachment.
Proximity and Incongruence: The social sciences in the era of lived experience | King's College London
An online seminar on how sociology can enrich participatory research agendas.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Public attitudes to mental health are sliding backwards.

New research from the IoPPN, commissioned by @mind.org.uk shows stigma towards mental illness has worsened for the first time in over a decade — returning to 2009 levels.

🔗 Read the full report: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Dr Flora Blangis shared E-Risk findings at the ISPCAN Congress in Vilnius 🌍 Some twins who faced tough childhoods are thriving at 30 🌱✨

Longitudinal research shows how resilience grows 💪📊

@kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Our sense of belonging, or rootedness, is strengthened by the individual and collective changes we make to our surroundings."

To read more about placemaking in the context of forced migration, see the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network's latest blog below.

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Calm in the eye of a storm: exploring how third places nurture a sense…
Our sense of belonging, or rootedness, is strengthened by the individual and collective changes we make to our surroundings, often through the everyday practices that create connections,…
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October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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New publication! ✨

"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"

Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).

📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Peer-relationships are critically important for adolescent behavior, but how peer-friendship network composition and structure influence adolescent self-harm is...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interested in learning more about Latent Class Analysis (LCA)?

LCA is a powerful statistical method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations.

Join our introductory seminar with Dr Rebecca Rhead to learn what LCA is and how it's used.

📆 22 October 14.30-15.30

Register here: bit.ly/3IYtlua
Introduction to Latent Class Analysis | King's College London
Latent Class Analysis is a powerful statistical method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations, widely used across social and health sciences.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How can mental health research can contribute meaningfully in the era of lived experience?

Join our seminar with Dr Cristian Montenegro to hear how sociology can enrich patient and public involvement agendas.

Sign up here: bit.ly/3VIinMg

📆 Wednesday 29 October 4-5pm

#PPIE #mentalhealth
Proximity and Incongruence: The social sciences in the era of lived experience | King's College London
An online seminar on how sociology can enrich participatory research agendas.
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Are out of work benefits at a record high? Prof. Ben Geiger (@benbgeiger.bsky.social) from the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health explains that the official statistics are wildly misleading on BBC radio 4’s More or Less this morning. Have a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled? - BBC Sounds
Out-of-work benefits, French pensioners, surprising salmon and the truth about senses.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📆 Upcoming event: Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations

The Refugee Mental Health in Place Network at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are hosting a seminar with Dr Ross White to discuss his research on 22 October at 4pm.

Find out more here: bit.ly/3K4fm6m
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations | King's College London
A free online event focusing on the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced people.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🧵 New blog: Belongings Workshop organised by the Refugee Mental Health & Place Network at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. The project explored how creative methods can challenge anti-immigration narratives & foster pathways of belonging and improved mental health.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/belongings-w...
BELONGINGS workshop: Challenging anti-immigration narratives and…
How can public services and community action challenge anti-immigration narratives, create pathways for belonging, and improve quality of life and mental health with refugees and people seeking…
kcl.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🧵New blog: BELONGINGS Workshop organised by the Refugee Mental Health & Place Network

The CSMH-supported project explored how creative methods can challenge anti-immigration narratives & foster pathways of belonging & improved mental health with people seeking asylum & refugees.

🔗 bit.ly/3Ijbo9k
BELONGINGS workshop: Challenging anti-immigration narratives and…
How can public services and community action challenge anti-immigration narratives, create pathways for belonging, and improve quality of life and mental health with refugees and people seeking…
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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📢 Everyone should have a fair chance of good mental health.

And yet rates of mental illness are rising, and our chances of having good mental health are shockingly unequal.

It doesn't have to be this way. We've launched a bold new strategy for a mentally healthier future: tinyurl.com/37j7u3zx
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reminder that applications close on 3rd September! Learn more about the Senior Research Operations Officer role and apply below! 👇
We are looking for a Senior Research Operations Officer!

Learn more about the role and requirements here:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122007-...
Senior Research Operations Officer
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨 New in published in Psychological Medicine!

Read this systematic review that synthesises evidence on targeted interventions to improve the social & economic circumstances of people with mental ill-health from marginalised communities.

See here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are looking for a Senior Research Operations Officer!

Learn more about the role and requirements here:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122007-...
Senior Research Operations Officer
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Many people experiencing mental ill health are trapped in cycles of worsening social exclusion. This article, 'Moving beyond Individual Placement and Support (IPS): person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health', discusses this further.

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Moving beyond IPS: person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Moving beyond IPS: person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health
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July 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New blog out!

'A few years later: The lasting impact of Better Connect & ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health's partnership'

#impact #betterconnect #ActionTowardsInclusion

www.kcl.ac.uk/a-few-years-...
A few years later: The lasting impact of Better Connect & ESRC Centre…
In 2021-2023 the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and Better Connect collaborated on research looking into experiences of keyworkers working on the Action Towards Inclusion employability…
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM