ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

Will the Mayfield Review create pathways to work for disabled people? In this blog, Catherine explains why flexible working must sit at the centre of the employer-led approach to supporting people to remain in work and closing the disability employment gap. She…

Will the Mayfield Review create pathways to work for disabled people?

Catherine Hale explains why flexible working must sit at the centre of the employer-led approach to supporting people to stay in work.

www.kcl.ac.uk/will-the-may...

@catherinehale.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social

🧡🇵🇸Join our next online Refugee Mental Health and Place seminar with Dr Abdullah Aldiwan on "Psychological Support for Palestinian Refugees Amid Genocide and Structural Injustice"
🗓️04 December 2025
⏲️16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Sign-up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/psych...

@lhgp.bsky.social @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @healthmod.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @jdasmunshi.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
@ulsteruni-edi.bsky.social @swanseauni.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk

E-Risk Study Research Assistant | King's College London

🚨 We’re hiring!

Join the team behind the E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study 🧬

📌 4 Research Assistant posts
🎥 Conduct online interviews with twins turning 30
🔗 Apply now: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131185-...
⏳ Deadline: Dec 10

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

One week to apply!

Join us at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social and the #BridgingDivides team (www.bridging-divides.org) to lead research on the causes of the #gender gap in #YouthMentalHealth

Closes 1 December!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM357/r...

@kingscsmh.bsky.social

The study, led by Thomas Canning and conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, used data from nearly 2,000 participants from the @eriskstudy.bsky.social, a long-term study that’s been following its participants since their birth in 1994-95 across England and Wales.

Childhood exposure to particulate matter and nitrogen oxides and associations with mental health disorders in early adulthood: testing mediation by cognition in a UK longitudinal cohort study Background Little is known about the mechanisms underlying associations between air pollution exposure in childhood and mental health disorders in adulthood.Objective To examine the prospective associ...

How is air pollution in childhood linked to mental ill-health later in life?

We’ve supported recent research suggesting that policies to reduce children’s exposure to air pollution may help reduce depression in early adulthood.

Read the full publication here: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

The study, led by Thomas Canning and conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, used data from nearly 2,000 participants from the @eriskstudy.bsky.social, a long-term study that’s been following its participants since their birth in 1994-95 across England and Wales.

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we shared new research into #loneliness and substance use in a #zine-making workshop, bringing together people with lived experience to create and connect.

www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/n... @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Children's Sensitivity to Facial Emotional Expressions: The Mediating Roles of Maternal Warmth and Home Environment - PubMed Children's ability to recognize emotions in the facial expressions of others is critical for their social functioning and self-regulation. Children exposed to adversity often show differences in their ability to recognize emotions. However, most prior research has relied on clinical or high-risk sam …

Curious about how home environments influence kids’ emotional skills? 🌱

Our recent paper led by Dr Helen Milojevich looks at family factors and children’s social–emotional growth.

Check it out 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41058470/

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Online seminar at @kingscsmh.bsky.social: "Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community" - the journey of and lessons learned from our participatory action project.
📅 19 November, 14:30-15:30 GMT
Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @hannakienzler.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social

Senior Centre Manager | King's College London

We're hiring a Senior Centre Manager!

The role will involve working as part of the Centre’s senior leadership team, overseeing a wide range of business and research operations to ensure effective management of all day-to-day operations.

Find out more and apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130606-...

#MentalHealthAwareness #ResearchCommunity #LivedExperienceMatters

Rachel & Raza from our Board and Rhea, Lived Experience Advisory Board coordinator, will be presenting a humorous skit about how to do lived experience involvement well called ‘Involvement for Dummies’.

We wish them the best of luck!

The Great British Brain Off A fast-paced science presentation competition which values engaging, innovative talks that connect with the public.

The Centre’s Lived Experience Advisory Board is taking part in The Great British Brain Off tonight, a @kingsioppn.bsky.social sold out event where mental health researchers present lightning talks about their work and the audience votes for a winner!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-...

@kings-sga.bsky.social #CommunityEngagement #ParticipatoryResearch

@hannakienzler.bsky.social will explain how her team's research lead to the publication of an illustrated storybook: “Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community”.

Come along to learn about the project!

"Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community" - the journey of and lessons learned from a participatory action project | King's College London In this talk, Hanna Kienzler will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.

What does it mean to participate in a community with severe mental illness? We're hosting a seminar on 19 November with Hanna Kienzler, who will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.

Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...

📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢

Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!

#KeepBritainWorking #DisabilityInclusion #EmployeeWellbeing

Stay tuned for insights from our researcher, Catherine Hale.

We believe meaningful involvement isn’t optional, it’s essential to shaping fair, effective systems that truly support people to stay in, return to, and thrive at work.

But in order to deliver real change, we must go further by co-producing solutions with disabled people and those with lived experience of mental ill-health.

We particularly welcome the review's call for a deep dive into how best to address mental health at work, and for rapid access to help for common conditions including early-stage mental health problems.

Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.

We are pleased to see the publication of the Keep Britain Working review into ill-health and disability in the workplace.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@hollycrudgington.bsky.social

@ox.ac.uk @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

How teen friendships may predict self harm It isn’t just social isolation that’s a risk factor for self harm.

How might peer-friendship networks relate to self-harm?

We supported a recent study exploring this relationship.

The team, led by Dr Holly Crudgington at the University of Oxford, found that forms of both disconnection and connection appear to be associated.

theconversation.com/how-teen-fri...

#MentalHealthResearch #LivedExperience #AdvisoryBoard #ESRCCentre #SocietyAndMentalHealth