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MQ Mental Health
30.03.2025
MQ researchers found the ‘kynurenine pathway’ plays a role in development of depression which helps us to understand why there is a higher incidence amongst girls.
17.03.2025
MQ funded research from Kings College London has found a genetic link that partially explains the overlap between eating disorders and suicidal ideation.
Annie Button shares her story about how swimming, nature and creative photography helped her through grief.
13.03.2025
Research suggests that mental health screenings and support during and after pregnancy could help prevent complications and improve mothers' long-term health.
Research has revealed that engaging in group-based creative activities, such as music and painting, can profoundly impact the mental health of older adults.
17.02.2025
A new study from the University of Arizona has found that women firefighters with PTSD or anxiety may face challenges with fertility.
16.02.2025
A study from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has found that people who dwell on feelings of loneliness are much more likely to develop depression.
New research warns that the mental health crisis facing young people will prevent the Government from boosting economic growth as well as impacting lives.
29.01.2025
Researchers at UCL have found a sharp rise in the number of children and young people admitted to hospital wards in England with mental health issues
23.01.2025
MQ & Wellcome created several research grants to support researchers outside mental health to apply new ideas from their discipline to mental health science.
Dr Cheryl McGeachan found that geography significantly influences mental health, highlighting how our environment shapes well-being alongside individual factors
Anaduaka, Oladosu and Katsande found that AI tools to support mothers with perinatal depression and anxiety often lack clear consent and privacy guidelines.
New All-Party Parliamentary Group Report Calls for Systemic Change in Eating Disorder Treatment Informed by Research and Lived Experience.
Researchers at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental health datasets.
21.01.2025
MQ is partnering with nine other organisation from across Europe for a new, EU funded research project called SYNAPSING.
Dr Archana Nepal found that "pre-depression" in young people with diabetes was often seen as depression, limiting its usefulness.
Dr Alison Pease reviewed efforts to use technology in creative mental health therapies and found AI tools must support respect therapy’s sensitive nature.
20.01.2025
Dr Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery found that depression significantly impacts movement, causing slower walking, shorter steps, and more frequent pauses
Dr Carly Wood found that therapy using gardening activities helped significantly reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in participants
17.01.2025
16.01.2025
Dr Tom Bashford explored how digital tools like mobile apps could improve mental health care for patients with traumatic brain injuries
15.01.2025
A new global study, led by the UK, has pinpointed the genes that increases the risk of developing depression across different ethnicities.
14.01.2025
Researchers at KCL, supported by MQ, the Wellcome Trust and lived experience experts have launched a ground-breaking platform that can facilitate research into health and wellbeing.
09.01.2025
Yesterday Meta announced that they would be ending third party fact checking on their US platforms. But what impact will this have on mental health?
03.01.2025
James Palmer has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in this year's Honours lists for his services to business and to law in the United Kingdom.
20.12.2024
As 2024 draws to a close we reflect on the breakthroughs made in mental health research over the past year.
14.12.2024
A study from Oregon State University have found that loneliness is a bigger obstacle to college students getting a good night's sleep than excessive screen time
13.12.2024
MQ has identified four priorities we would like to see incorporated into the 10-Year Health Plan for England.
12.12.2024
Next month, researchers at King’s College London will be launching the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets; A ground-breaking platform that can facilitate research.
10.12.2024
Major organisations working to improve the UK’s mental health express concerns about mental health waiting lists not being prioritised in the Government's Plan for Change.
07.12.2024
Research reveals a concerning rise in depression among LGBTQIA+ U.S. higher education students, indicating their disproportionate mental health challenges.
29.11.2024
MQ Mental Health Research is delighted to announce that Andy Ratcliffe has been appointed as their new CEO.
22.11.2024
14.11.2024
Researchers found refugees in offshore detention face a 20 x greater risk of PTSD and other mental health problems than asylum seekers who were detained onshore
13.11.2024
A study has found s a two-way link between depressive symptoms and memory decline in older adults.
12.11.2024
Researchers found that even small increases in drinking can lead to lasting depressive or manic symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder.
07.11.2024
A study has found that a device delivering a weak electrical current to the brain, is a safe and effective way to treat depression at home.
Today the government has announced its revised mental health bill will be finally put to Parliament. We've rounded up responses from the mental health sector.
05.11.2024
Aeron is a passionate Mental Health Data Scientist who attended the event in London. Here, she kindly shares what it was like to attend.