Completed Projects

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We have tackled difficult issues and tried different approaches - many of them led by mental health users - throughout our many research projects.
Sleep Matters
Sleep Matters

The aim of this report is to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and how it is integral to our health, both physical and mental.

Learning for Life: Adult Learning, Mental Health and Well-Being
Learning for Life: Adult Learning, Mental Health and Well-Being

Learning for Life is a learning on prescription programme that offered adult learning courses for people experiencing common mental health problems in Northamptonshire, which resulted in the Learning for Life report.

Evaluation of the National Involvement Partnership
Evaluation of the National Involvement Partnership

This project aimed to evaluate service user and carer involvement in the work of the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU), as facilitated by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN).

MyCare: The Challenges Facing Young Carers of Parents with a Severe Mental Illness
MyCare: The Challenges Facing Young Carers of Parents with a Severe Mental Illness

Young carers of parents with severe mental health problems are an overlooked and poorly served group. This project investigated the experiences and needs of young carers whose parent(s) with severe mental illness.

Moving On Up
Moving On Up

This project revealed barriers preventing patients with depression from accessing exercise on prescription. They include funding constraints, and that many GPs simply aren’t aware that exercise schemes are available in their area.

Listen Up: Person-centred approaches to young people's mental health
Listen Up: Person-centred approaches to young people's mental health

Listen Up is the second phase of the Mental Health Foundation's six-year inquiry looking into the factors affecting children and young people's use and experience of accessing mental health services.

Recovery and Resilience
Recovery and Resilience

This project explored the concept of recovery from the perspectives of Black and Minority Ethnic women through one-to-one interviews.

Patient Relevant Outcome Measures for use In Systematic Evaluation (PROMISE) study
Patient Relevant Outcome Measures for use In Systematic Evaluation (PROMISE) study

This project aimed to find out which outcomes service users felt were most important to measure when evaluating the success of interventions.

Evaluation of the Choice and Partnership Approach in Child and Adolescent MH Services in England
Evaluation of the Choice and Partnership Approach in Child and Adolescent MH Services in England

The Mental Health Foundation evaluated how clinical systems in CAMHS teams across England had been implemented.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

This study investigated whether periods of low light levels have a particular negative effect on the winter Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) symptoms of participants.

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