Mental Health
Improving the health of people living with both mental and physical health problems was identified as a priority in the NHS Long Term Plan (2019). More recently, Wellbeing and mental health: Applying All Our Health (2022) has once again highlighted the stark inequality in life expectancy experienced by people with mental ill-health.
Our aim is to address this gross health inequality: by undertaking research to better understand the causes and consequences of living with both mental and physical health problems; and by working with people with lived experience, and NHS, social care and third sector partners to develop and test new approaches, and put research findings into practice.
Our Mental Health theme is led by Professor Simon Gilbody at the University of York and Professor Scott Weich at the University of Sheffield. We have six main workstreams: Natural Environment (including human-animal interaction); Smoking and Mental Health; Social Prescribing; Bridging the Digital Divide; Health Informatics; and Youth Mental Health (joint with the Healthy Families theme).
Mental Health Projects
CoACH: ARBD – Collaborative Alcohol Care in Hull: Alcohol-Related Brain Damage
CoACH: ARBD explores alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) among hospital inpatients by assessing its prevalence and identifying care gaps. ARBD, a cognitive impairment linked to chronic, heavy alcohol consumption, is often...
ProACTIVE – Programme of research for Alcohol Care Teams: Impact, Value and Effectiveness
We’re part of a programme of research examining the clinical and cost effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams to inform the future commissioning of services. Alcohol-related hospital admissions continue to rise,...
CoACH – Collaborative Alcohol Care in Hull
A small group of service users with alcohol dependence and co-occurring mental health and physical health problems disproportionately account for the greatest use of acute hospital admissions and emergency department...
