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Research priorities within women's mental health

To mark International Women's Day, MHIN has interviewed a leading researcher in women's mental health, Professor Louise Howard who is the head of the Section of Women's Mental Health at the Health Service and Population Research Department, Insitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.
Post date: 
6 Mar 2015
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Disorder: 
All disorders
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How to build better mental health systems after emergencies

In this podcast Dr Mark Van Ommeren, WHO focal point for mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies discuss the World Health Organization report, Building Back Better: sustainable mental health care after emergencies.
Contributor(s): 
Mark van Ommeren
Post date: 
6 Feb 2015
Approach: 
Human rights
Training, education and capacity building
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Characterising mental health and recommending engagement strategies for the Mental Health Innovation Network

In this podcast, recorded during the Grand Challenges Meeting Seattle, Jessica Mackenzie summarizes her findings on the global mental health arena and makes some recommendations for the Mental Health Innovation Network and the global mental health community.
Contributor(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Post date: 
24 Nov 2014
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Disorder: 
All disorders
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NextGenU.org: How the world's first free university is globally democratizing health sciences education

Audio from our live webinar with Dr. Erica Frank, founder of NextGenU.org.
Contributor(s): 
Erica Frank
Post date: 
22 Sep 2014
Approach: 
Task sharing
Technology
Disorder: 
All disorders
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The future of tobacco control in Australia- high tech, low tech, or no tech

In this LSHTM recording, Professor Wayne Hall discusses his work with Coral Gartner on assessing three types of strategies (hi, low and no tech) for reducing smoking prevalence under 10% by 2020 (a target recently set by the Australian government) and the likely health impacts of these strategies and their ethical and public policy implications.
Post date: 
4 Aug 2014
Approach: 
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Disorder: 
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Changing attitudes to drugs, alcohol and tobacco

In this interview with LSHTM, researcher Virginia Berridge talks about the very different attitudes that existed towards alcohol, tobacco and drugs during the last two hundred years.
Post date: 
4 Aug 2014
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Disorder: 
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Do small amounts of alcohol damage health?

In this LSHTM recording, researcher Caroline Dale discusses the results of a study looking at alcohol consumption differences between those with different gene types, which found conflicting results to previous observational studies of how damaging small amounts of alcohol can be to health.
Post date: 
4 Aug 2014
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Disorder: 
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Global Mental Health

In this LSHTM recording from World Mental Health Day 2013, Vikram Patel, joint leader of MHIN, gives an overview of the challenges facing global mental health, including a lack of resources and stigma, and draws on his insights from his time spent working in India.
Contributor(s): 
Vikram Patel
Post date: 
4 Aug 2014
Approach: 
Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Health policy research in conflict-affected areas

In this podcast recording by LSHTM, Dr. Bayard Roberts, Director of the European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST) and Senior Lecturer in Health Systems and Policy at LSHTM, discusses his work, which focuses on the health determinants, policies and systems of countries in transition such as conflict-affected and fragile states, with particular focus on mental health, other non-communicable diseases and harmful health behaviours.
Contributor(s): 
Marguerite Regan
Post date: 
30 Jul 2014
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Disorder: 
Alcohol/drug use disorders
All disorders

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