In April 2020, as our small way of contributing towards flattening the curve; of not only COVID-19 but also Mental Health, we held two webinars over WhatsApp, focused on promoting mental health in these difficult times. In the first session, our panelists – young people trained as medical psychologists, alongside an experienced psychiatrist – talked… Read more »
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PTSD, 26 years later.

It is a cold morning in April. The radio plays a dirge, and the sound carries woefully through the neighbourhood. I am in Rwinkwavu, Kayonza, a district in the Southern province of Rwanda, in a beautiful little house ensconced in the middle of a quiet village lovingly called “Umudugudu.”, The village is perched on a… Read more »
Empathy & Hope – A Social Awareness Art Exhibition, South Africa

The Empathy & Hope Project, a mental health awareness and advocacy initiative, is a powerful art exhibition in South Africa, created and curated by Chantelle Booysen, one of the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health. The first iteration of ‘Empathy & Hope’ found such success in connecting with people in 2019… Read more »
Oxfordshire Schools Invited to Participate

The BeGOOD project at the University of Oxford, led by Prof. Ilina Singh, seeks to integrate young people’s perspectives to help guide research and policy that affects them. Recently, alongside our Young People’s Advisory Group and game developers Preloaded, we have co-produced a game to explore young people’s decision making around data privacy, mental… Read more »
Spotlight on: David Karorero

In 2018, the BeGOOD project, in conjunction with NCD Child, convened a global network of Young Leaders to form a Youth Campaign for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health. In the intervening time, the team has driven forward both local and international projects, making sure that young people have a voice on mental health… Read more »
Digital Tools in Mental Health: Social and Ethical Considerations – BeGOOD in Brazil

In December 2019, BeGOOD’s Principal Investigator Prof Ilina Singh was invited to the Universidade Federal de São Carlos to participate in the CAPES Escola de Altos Estudos’ seminar on ‘Children and Adolescents at Risk: Ethical Dimensions, Intervention and Scientific Innovation.’ Her talk, outlining the context of our current work in Digital Mental Health, is available below,… Read more »
‘Moralidade e emoções’ – BeGOOD in Brazil

In December 2019, BeGOOD post-doc Dr Gabriela Pavarini led a course ‘Moralidade e emoções’ (Morality and Emotions) for post-graduate students at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Here, one of the students, Ramon Marin, gives a brief account of the course. Considering all the moral problems that surround us, thinking about morality critically is essential.… Read more »
Pavarini, G., Lorimer, J., Manzini, A., Goundrey‐Smith, E., & Singh, I. (2019). Co‐producing research with youth: The NeurOx young people’s advisory group model. Health Expectations.
Abstract Context The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children have the right to be heard in all matters affecting them. The Convention inspired a surge in research that investigates young people’s perspectives on health and wellness‐related concerns and that involves children as ‘co‐researchers’. Young people’s advisory groups (YPAGs) are… Read more »
‘Mental Health: Unveiling the Mask,’ at Alupe University College, Busia, Kenya

On October 11th this year, #mymindourhumanity campaign was in Alupe University College, Busia, Kenya for Mental Health-Unveiling the mask event. The theme for this Year’s WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY was SUICIDE PREVENTION. The event was spearheaded by Damian, a Young Leader representing the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health in Kenya and Laura Wairimu, a… Read more »
BeGOOD at the International Neuroethics Society 2019

This week saw the annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS) in Chicago, and researchers from BeGOOD, and the wider NEUROSEC team, were well-represented among those present. As Program Committee co-chair, Professor Ilina Singh welcomed the attendees from across the world, before later discussing some of the results of the Psychosis:EIE project. Dr… Read more »