This week, the NEUROSEC team was joined by two new full-time research assistants, both of whom will be contributing to the many projects of BeGOOD. Welcome, Vanessa Bennett and Eddie Jacobs! Following a career in healthcare communications, Vanessa attained an MSc in Psychology from Oxford Brookes University. Since then, she has worked at Oxford Brookes… Read more »
In June, 257 young people, many university students, came to an event to launch the Lancet Commission on Global Mental and Sustainable Development and #mymindourhumanity campaign in Kenya. Damian Juma and Joy Muhia – young leaders representing the commission in Kenya – organised the event in collaboration with the Medical Psychologists Association of Kenya, Growth… Read more »
This week, Shalom Mammen joins the team at the BeGOOD Citizens EIE project for a summer placement. Welcome Shalom! Shalom is a fourth/final year undergraduate student studying Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. He has focused his efforts in serving the homeless population and is learning that mental health is an epicentre in different at-risk… Read more »
Dr Gabriela Pavarini, Jessica Lorimer, Arianna Manzini, Ed Goundrey-Smith and Professor Ilina Singh published a new research paper ‘Co‐producing research with youth: The NeurOx young people’s advisory group model’ to share learning and best practice from BeGOOD Citizens EIE work with its young people’s advisory groups. You can read the full paper using this link. In this… Read more »
Young People Will Transform Global Mental Health: A call to prioritize global action on mental health for young people On the 23rd of May 2019 the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Mental Health Innovation Network, published a Policy Brief outlining key recommendations to… Read more »
Inclusion drives action: How young people will change Global Mental Health By Chantelle Booysen, Youth Leader for The Lancet Commission for Global Mental Health – South Africa For the past 11 months I’ve been part of an amazing team of energetic young health leaders from around the world, leading an important conversation on mental health for… Read more »
We are excited to announce “Mental Health: Unveiling the Mask“, an event organised by the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development (LC-GMH) in collaboration with the Medical Psychologists Association of Kenya. This event includes spoken word poems, music, theatre, personal testimonies and much more! It is a youth launch for… Read more »
The Lancet Youth Leaders, Chantelle Booysen, Chinwendu Ukachukwu, Claudia Coelho, Kumba Philomena Joe, Damian Juma and Grace Gatera joined youth advocates from across the world for the Global NCD Forum On Children And Youth. Chantelle Booysen shares their experience from the event. On 25 and 26 March 2019, young leaders from around the world came together… Read more »
This week Dr. Gabriela Pavarini participated in the the Festival of Neuroscience in Dublin organised by the British Neuroscience Association to celebrate and share the latest thinking in neuroscience today. Gabi co-chaired a symposium on mental health problems in children and adolescents and took part in a public event on supporting young people’s mental health.… Read more »
On 24 January 2019 Claudia represented the young leaders group of the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health at the launch event of its Report in Lisbon, Portugal. She shares her experience below. “It was a truly amazing experience. I met people from all walks of life and found that we all have one… Read more »