Mental Health Research in 2023

March

For International Women’s Day, MQ highlighted advances in research led by women. We also interviewed Dr. Hilary Blumberg, a member of the scientific board who conducts groundbreaking research on bipolar disorder at Yale University.

Kam Bhui, professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry, became the newest member of the MQ Scientific Council.

April

The first MQ and DATAMIND Data Science Meeting of 2023 brought together mental health researchers and early career researchers to network, share their research, and learn new data science research techniques.

Can

Mental Health Awareness Week and its 2023 theme of ‘anxiety’ led to MQ 7^th The most popular article on our website is being read by a large number of you who wanted to know the main advances in anxiety research.

A new article, called Gone Too Soon, published in Lancet Psychiatry provided 18 recommendations to prevent premature deaths related to mental health. You can read more and the full article here or watch an interview with some of the authors on the MQ YouTube channel.

June

New research, supported by MQ, found that people hospitalized with COVID-19 may experience several long-term problems related to their brain function.

The Galenos project was launched. Led by the University of Oxford and supported by the Wellcome Trust, MQ and many others, Galenos will use existing data to accelerate progress in the treatment, prevention and early intervention of anxiety, depression and psychosis.

July

MQ has partnered with the University of Glasgow to produce a comprehensive report addressing the impact the cost of living crisis is having on people’s mental health and evidence-based society-wide recommendations to support people.

MQ launched the First Research Appreciation Day, with national and international coverage. Participate in the second RAD in 2024 on the first Wednesday of July.