Is social exclusion linked to mental health?
Social exclusion and it’s constituent domains (material, digital, relational, political, and structural) found to be associated with mental health problems in a study of over 30,000 UK adults
Does neighbourhood-level social capital affect mental health?
Social capital, including trust and cohesion within your community, has been linked to mental health, but does the average level of neighbourhood-level social capital shape your risk of developing severe mental illness?
Common mental disorders in young adults
Temporal trends in primary care episodes and self-reported symptoms, published in BMC Mental Health.
Does heat affect symptoms of depression and mania?
Using smartphone app data to explore the associations between temperature and symptoms of depression and mania.
How can we measure social connectedness?
Poor social connectedness is a risk factor for poor mental health, but it is measured in many ways. This review summarises social connectedness measures and reviews their psychometric properties
Does how people use social media change the association with mental health?
A longitudinal analysis of Understanding Society data on adults in the UK
Refugee status and affective disorders
New population-based research exploring the incidence of affective disorders, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Trajectories of deprivation and population density before and after diagnosis with a psychotic disorder
New research published in the JAMA Psychiatry.
Incidence of common mental disorders in the UK
Temporal patterns of anxiety & depression, published in Psychological Medicine.
Measuring social exclusion and its distribution across England
Analytic approach to multi-dimensional measurement of social exclusion, published in Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology
Substance use and PTSD in migrants and refugees
New research published in PLOS Medicine.