Welcome to the Mental Elf. This website will help you find just what you need to keep up-to-date with all of the important and reliable mental health research and guidance.
Our team of mental health experts post blogs every week day with short and snappy summaries that highlight evidence-based publications relevant to mental health practice in the UK and further afield.
All of our blogs are free to read. This is important because our vision for this website is to facilitate a democratic conversation between patients, clinicians, researchers, carers, policy makers, health and social care professionals and others. It’s vital that this discussion takes place in a public space so we can learn from each other.
Our bloggers give their time for free and they are all really keen to contribute because they share our ethos for clearly communicating evidence-based research to anyone who is interested. This website is very much a group effort.
We scour over 500 sources of evidence (journals, databases, websites) every week, to find key guidance, systematic reviews and other high-quality research and reports that will help make your practice more evidence-based. The selection process has no input from any external bodies, publishers, sponsors or commercial organisations.
No bias, no misinformation, no spin, just what you need.
Who started the Mental Elf?
The blog was started by André Tomlin in May 2011. André’s an Information Scientist and has worked in mental health since the late nineties, formerly at the University of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health and since 2002 as MD of Minervation Ltd an evidence-based healthcare consultancy based in Oxford.
After 2 very successful years of blogging as the Mental Elf, André decided to invite colleagues to join him as contributors to the site. It’s great to involve a wide range of people in this venture, to bring in a fresh perspective and their considerable knowledge and clinical experience.
How is the Mental Elf funded?
The National Elf Service website, which contains the Mental Elf and a number of other elves covering topics from dentistry to social care, was set up by Minervation Ltd. The Founders of Minervation (André Tomlin and Douglas Badenoch) are also Founders and Directors of the National Elf Service. The website is self-funded and receives no money from the pharmaceutical industry or other commercial organisations. We feel that it is important we remain independent from any commercial organisations who work in mental health.
In 2012, we received a small research and development grant from the UK Government to carry out the market research to get our website fully tested and launched.
In 2023, we set up a fundraising campaign to raise money from our website users to keep the blog online and open to all.
In 2024, we received a 3-year discretionary award from the Wellcome Trust.
Does the Mental Elf make money?
All of the National Elf Service blogs (including the Mental Elf) are free. That will always remain so. Contributors are not paid for their blogs, and we only work with people who have no conflict of interest.
However, it costs money to run the website. We generate revenue from Membership. Our members enjoy the added benefits of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system within the National Elf Service website. This is aimed at students and professionals who need to keep up to date with the latest research in a way that can be linked to their CPD. The CPD system has been built with significant investment from Minervation and is run as a business. We sell individual and institutional subscriptions to this website and our clients include universities, charities, the NHS and local authorities. An institutional subscription includes bulk access to our CPD membership area as well as consultancy support from our team. Find out more by reading our publicity leaflet.
We also generate revenue from consultancy services that we provide to the NHS, charities, universities, professional membership bodies and mental health networks. Our consultancy services include live reporting from mental health events (#BeyondTheRoom) and producing bespoke digital content (e.g. podcasts, videos).
Is the National Elf Service ever paid for content?
No. We do not accept commissioned articles, and we do not work with authors who have a conflict of interest with the paper in question.
Who edits the blogs?
We currently have 6 Elf Coordinators working at The Mental Elf, who are overseen by our Senior Editor. Whilst they mainly commission and edit blogs, they can often be found working on a variety of different projects including #BeyondTheRoom events and more. If you have a question for one of the team or would like to write a blog for us, you can read more about them and the topics they are responsible for below:
Kirsten Lawson – Senior Editor
Kirsten is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust with nearly 30 years of clinical experience. She has previously worked to develop a network of Liaison services across Kent; completed a significant improvement project within community based services and is now clinically focussed on acute inpatient services. Throughout her career she has gained a wealth of experience in management and leadership roles.
Kirsten has blogged for the Mental Elf since 2013 and is a displaced Scot; part geek, part Christmas fanatic, part elf and National Patient Safety & Care Award winner. She is passionate about learning and development; bringing Psychiatry to the masses. Listening to people is her superpower; ensuring there is holistic patient care across all mental health diagnoses and that trauma and neurodiversity are identified and considered appropriately.
She can be found on Twitter as @drkirstenlawson.
Dafni Katsampa
Dafni is a Clinical Psychologist. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL. Prior to clinical training, Dafni worked at Samaritans –Online Harms and led research to understand the impact of self-harm and suicide online content on young people. Dafni is interested in human rights and social justice, forced and voluntary migration, the impact of trauma and trauma-focused practice, social determinants and health inequalities, and LGBTQ+.
Dafni is responsible for our blogs on Addictions and Substance Dependence, Climate Change, Global Mental Health, Loneliness, Migration and Refugee Mental Health, Minorities and Health Inequalities, and Psychotherapies.
Follow Dafni on LinkedIn and ResearchGate. View Dafni’s Mental Elf blogs here.
Laura Hemming
Laura completed her PhD at the University of Manchester investigating how difficulties with identifying and describing emotions are related to suicide and violence amongst male prisoners. Laura’s research areas of interest include forensic mental health, suicide prevention and qualitative research methods. Laura has always had a strong interest in patient and public involvement and engagement in research.
Laura is responsible for leading our Beyond The Room work in Australasia. Send her an email if you have an event coming up in Australia or New Zealand and you’d like some help taking this #BeyondTheRoom laura.hemming@nationalelfservice.net
Follow Laura on Twitter @LHemming123. Connect with Laura on LinkedIn here. View Laura’s Mental Elf blogs here
Éimear Foley
Éimear is a Senior Research Associate based at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol. Her research makes use of epidemiological cohort studies, genetic analysis, and experimental medicine approaches to further our understanding of the role of inflammation in psychiatric conditions and cognitive function. She has a background in the fields of immunopsychiatry, psychology, cognitive and clinical neuroscience, and neuropsychology.
Éimear is responsible for our blogs on biological psychiatry, molecular psychiatry, and genetics. As a member of the #BeyondTheRoom team, she is also involved in event coordination and the live tweeting, blogging, podcasting, and streaming of international health events.
Connect with Éimear on Bluesky, Twitter, and LinkedIn. View Éimear’s Mental Elf blogs here.
Nina Higson-Sweeney
Nina is a Lecturer within the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. She recently completed her PhD, which focused on using mixed methods to further our understanding of fatigue as a symptom of adolescent depression. Nina’s current research interests include youth mental health (particularly depression, anxiety, OCD, and self-harm), the use of coproduction and lived experience input within research, mental health in minoritised groups, and Open Science.
Nina is responsible for our blogs on: Anxiety, Depression, Digital Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Public Mental Health and Primary Care, and Youth Mental Health.
Follow Nina on Twitter (@n_higsonsweeney) and view her Mental Elf blogs here.
Simon Bradstreet
Dr Simon Bradstreet is a freelance consultant supporting research and learning in health and social care. He brings experience from a variety of roles and settings including evaluation consultancy, clinical trial management and digital health and care education. He was founding Director of the Scottish Recovery Network and retains a keen interest in the development and research of recovery, peer support and lived experience approaches in mental health. Simon has contributed to an extensive range of academic publications and his doctorate focused on the internalisation of mental health stigma.
Simon is responsible for our blogs on: Secondary care (including inpatient and crisis care), Physical activity, Psychosis, Bipolar disorder, Complex emotional needs (including ‘personality disorders’)
Follow Simon on LinkedIn or Twitter, see his ORCID account, and view his Mental Elf blogs here.
Who writes for the Mental Elf?
We have an ever-expanding team of people who contribute to the site. The group includes senior clinicians and researchers, health and social care professionals, academics, service users, students, information scientists and carers.
We’re adding to our network of writers all the time, so find out more if you’re interested in getting involved yourself.
Click on the little pointy eared fella to find out more about writing for the Mental Elf
- Esha Abrol, General and Older Adult Psychiatry Registrar, Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust
- Clive Adams, Chair of Mental Health Services Research and Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, University of Nottingham
- Sally Adams, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
- Vishal Aggarwal, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Leeds
- Yasmin Ahmadzadeh, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King’s College London
- Sophia Ahmed, Assistant Psychologist, National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Syeda Akther, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Oxford
- Lia Ali, Consultant Psychiatrist, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Eva Alisic, Psychologist and Research Fellow, Monash University
- Ahmed Al-Shihabi, Medicine Student, University College London
- Ariadna Albajara Saenz, Postdoctoral Researcher, Wiener-Anspach Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge
- Rachel Allan, Practice Leader, The Royal Mencap Society
- Rob Allison, Senior Lecturer, University of York
- Lucía Almazán Sánchez, Medical Student, King’s College London
- Murtada Alsaif, Pharmacist
- Hanzla Amir, Senior House Officer, Oxleas NHS Trust
- Ian Anderson, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
- Ole A. Andreassen, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oslo
- Kinga Antal, MSc Student, Kings College London
- Alexis An Yee Low, MB-PhD Student, University College London
- Becky Appleton, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
- Steve Appleton, Managing Director, Contact Consulting
- Briana Applewhite, MSc Clinical Mental Health Student, King’s College London
- Sophie Archer, Assistant Psychologist, CAMHS, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Trust (RDASH)
- Golnar Aref-Adib, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, University College London and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Alejandro Arguelles Bullon, MSc Clinical Mental Health Student, UCL
- Mahmoud Arif, Student Wellbeing Officer, Dubai
- Rosario Aronica, Medical Doctor / Senior Trainee Doctor / Researcher, NHS Oxford Trust / University of Milan, Spain / University of Oxford
- Athina Aruldass, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Stanley Centre for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT
- Louise Arseneault, ESRC Mental Health Leadership Fellow and Professor of Developmental Psychology, King’s College London
- Jessica Armitage, PhD Student, University of Bristol
- Andie Ashdown, MSc Student, University College London
- Emma Ashworth, Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University
- Henry Aughterson, PhD Student, University College London
- Tuba Saygin Avsar, Health Economics Research Fellow, University College London
- Camilla Babbage, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
- Douglas Badenoch, Director of Minervation Ltd
- Eleanor Bailey, Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, Orygen, Australia
- Megan Bailey, PhD Researcher, University of Bath
- Jemma Baker, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
- John Baker, Chair of Mental Health Nursing, University of Leeds
- Ioannis Bakolis, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Kings College London
- Piumee Bandara, Consultant, World Health Organization
- Michelle Banfield, Associate Professor, Australian National University
- Jason Bantjes, Chief Specialist Scientist, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
- Lucy Barrass, Evidence Synthesis Analyst, Newcastle University and NIHR
- Joe Barnby, Research Assistant, University College London
- Kirsten Barnicot, Senior Lecturer, City, University of London
- Jack Barton, PhD Student, University of Manchester
- Aslihan Baser, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
- Bibire Baykeens, Medical Student, Univesity of Plymouth
- Luke Bayliss, PhD Student / Research Officer, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health
- Imogen Bell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Psychologist, Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Dhea Bengardi, Assistant Psychologist, NELFT NHS
- Jonny Benjamin, Mental Health Campaigner, Film Producer, Public Speaker, Writer and Vlogger
- Laura Bennett, Research Assistant for the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR), University of Bristol
- Vanessa Bennett, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
- Clara Belessiotis, Core Trainee in Psychiatry, East London Foundation Trust
- India Bellairs-Walsh, Research Assistant, Orygen, Australia
- Francesca Bentivegna, PhD Student, University College London
- Hollie Berrigan, Lived Experience Lead, Beam Consultancy
- Natalie Berry, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
- Kathryn Berzins, Research Fellow in Mental Health, University of Leeds
- Victoria Betton, Director of mHabitat
- Vishal Bhavsar, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow in Epidemiology, King’s College London
- Kam Bhui, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Camilla Biggs, Assistant Psychologist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Catherine Bird, Research Assistant, King’s College London
- Molly Bird, Research Associate, University College London
- Jo Billings, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor, University College London
- Jonathan Bisson, Psychiatrist, Cardiff University
- Melissa Black, Clinical Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Black Dog Institute
- Jessica Bone, Research Fellow in Epidemiology, University College London
- Anya Borrisova, Junior Doctor, NHS
- Lisa Bortolotti, Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
- Robyn Bosworth, Assistant Psychologist, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- George Bougas, MSc Student, King’s College London
- Helen Bould, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellow, University of Oxford
- Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Founder and Director, National Problem Gambling Clinic
- Lucy Bowes, Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
- Marlee Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research for Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney, Australia
- Hannah Bowers, Research Fellow, Southampton University
- Simon Bradstreet, Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
- Rachel Brand, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Josefien Breedvelt, Research Officer, Mental Health Foundation
- Gerome Breen, Psychiatric Geneticist, King’s College London
- Alana Breen, Psychological Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies, University of Edinburgh
- Lauren Breen, Associate Professor, Curtin University, Australia
- Isabella Brereton, Learning Support Staff and Research Assistant
- Simon Brett, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner & MSci Student, University of Reading
- Amy Broadbent, Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, University of Essex
- Danielle Brocklebank, MPhil Student in Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Philip Brooks, Psychiatry CT1 Doctor, South London and the Maudsley
- Matthew Broome, Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, and Director of the Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham / Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Ellie Brown, Research Fellow, Orygen and Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Mark Brown, Development Director, Social Spider CIC
- Poppy Brown, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Sue Brown, Senior Research Fellow, MindTech Medtech Co-operative, University of Nottingham
- Stefan Brugger, NIHR Academic Clinical Research Fellow, University College London
- Martin Brunet, GP, Binscombe Medical Centre
- Kjetil Gundro Brurberg, Researcher in the Division of Primary Care and Clinical Procedures, Norwegian Knowledge Center for Health Services in Public Health, Norway
- Megan Buoey, Junior Doctor (F2), South Yorkshire Deanery
- Jennifer Burgess, Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry, Newcastle
- Lisa Burscheidt, Assistant Librarian, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Georgie Buswell, Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Richard Byng, GP and Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
- Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Royal London Hospital
- Sadhbh Byrne, Research Assistant, Orygen, Australia
- Alastair Canaway, Research Fellow, University of Warwick
- Ayana Cant, Research Assistant, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- Krysia Canvin, Independent Health Services Researcher, University of Leeds
- Sophie Carlisle, Evaluation researcher, Health Innovation East Midlands, Nottingham University Hospitals
- Victoria Carlisle, PhD Student at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
- Sarah Carr, Associate Professor of Mental Health Research, Middlesex University / Independent Consultant, Sarah Carr and Associates Ltd
- Zoe Catchpole, Peer Impact and Engagement Officer, McPin Foundation
- Laura Caven, Policy Manager, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
- Brant Cebulla, Development Director, Vitamin D Council
- Emma Cernis, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
- Iain Chalmers, Coordinator, James Lind Initiative
- Justin Chan, PhD Student, University College London
- Justin Chapman, Research Fellow, Griffith University
- Sarah Chapman, Knowledge Broker, UK Cochrane Centre
- Kate Chartres, Nurse Consultant, Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wears NHS Foundation Trust
- Natasha Chilman, PhD Student, King’s College London
- Lucy Chilton, Assistant Psychologist, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
- Athena Chow, PhD Student, University of Oxford
- Paul Christiansen, Lecturer, University of Liverpool
- Andrea Cipriani, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford / Editor in Chief of BMJ Mental Health
- Alison Clarke, Research Assistant, Orygen, Australia
- Gerard Clarke, Professor of Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork
- Natasha Clarke, PhD Student, University of Liverpool
- Philippa Clery, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, University College London
- Vanessa Coeli, CAMHS Clinician, Hackney NHS Trust
- Alys Cole-King, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board / the Royal College of Psychiatrists Spokesperson on Suicide and Self harm / the Clinical Director of Connecting with People
- Elizabeth Collier, Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Derby
- Lorna Collins, Researcher and Member of the MARCH Network
- Jennifer Collom, Research Assistant, King’s College London
- Dean Connolly, Student, University College London
- Nicola Coop, Assistant Psychologist
- Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling at the School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde
- Emma Corcoran, Research Assistant, University College London
- Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, PhD Student in Neuroscience (Immunopsychiatry), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Brazil
- Samuele Cortese, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Southampton / Honorary Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Solent NHS Trust
- Nia Coupe, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Chester
- Elana Covshoff, Programme Manager, SHRINE
- Marie Crabbe, Research Assistant, Oxford Health Foundation NHS Trust
- Jake Crawshaw, PhD Candidate at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London
- Byron Creese, Research Psychologist, University of Exeter
- Daisy Crick, PhD Student, University of Bristol
- Ioana Cristea, Associate Professor, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania / Research Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy
- Ioana Crivatu, Research Assistant, Middlesex Univerity
- Jazz Croft, PhD Candidate at the Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol
- Rebecca Crook, Research Assistant, University of Manchester
- Lauren Cross, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
- Grace Crowley, Academic Clinical Fellow and Core Psychiatry Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Laura Culshaw, Assistant Psychologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital / Research Associate, University of Westminster
- Beth Cumber, PhD Student / CAMHS Mental Health Nurse, University of Warwick / Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Trust
- Ian Cummins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
- Emily Currell, MSc Student, University College London
- Simon D’Alfonso, Lecturer in Digital Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Siobhan D’Almeida, MSc Mental Health Studies Student, King’s College London
- David Daley, Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change, University of Nottingham
- Tim Dalgleish, Programme Leader, University of Cambridge
- Christian Dalton-Locke, PhD Student, University College London
- Jennifer Dam, Researcher and Project Manager, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Jermaine Dambi, Senior Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
- Aster Daniels, Research Nurse, King’s College Hospital
- Sasha Danilina, PhD Student, University College London
- Ruth Darby, Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies, University of Edinburgh
- Trish Darcy, Research Associate, University of York
- Suzanne Dash, Graduate-Entry Medicine Student, University of Oxford
- Subodh Dave, Dean-Elect, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Geoff Davies, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Surrey
- Kelly Davies, Lecturer in Mental Health, University of York
- Ellie Davis, Supply Teaching Assistant, Harford Manor
- John M Davis, Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, United States
- Alice Dawson, Forensic Psychologist in Training, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
- Emily Day, Research Programme Administrator for the iCATS project, University of Oxford
- Jennifer de Bayer, Research Coordinator at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford
- Derek de Beurs, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Caroline De Brun, Knowledge and Evidence Manager, Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services
- Angharad de Cates, Psychiatry Registrar and Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School
- Franco de Crescenzo, DPhil Candidate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford / Honorary Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Melanie de Lange, Wellcome Trust-funded PhD Student, University of Bristol
- Lindsay Dewa, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
- Helen Dodd, Professor of Child Psychology, University of Reading
- Clare Dolan, Research Assistant, University of Edinburgh
- Jill Domoney, Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at the Section of Women’s Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Ailsa Donnelly, Lay Chair of the PRIMER group
- Nicholas Donnelly, Clinical Lecturer in General Adult Psychiatry, University of Bristol
- Muna Dubad, PhD Student, University of Warwick
- Jay Duckworth, PhD Student, University of Liverpool
- Brendan Dunlop, Clinical Psychologist in Training, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Snigdha Dutta, Project Associate, Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Cambridge
- Sharon Eager, Research Assistant, University College London
- Sammy Eden, PhD Student, University of Bath
- Sarah Egan, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia
- Thalia Eley, Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Tyler Elliot, MSc Student, University College London
- Edel Ennis, Lecturer in Psychology, Ulster University
- M. David Enoch, Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
- Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter
- Ivan Ezquerra-Romano, PhD Student, University College London
- Michelle Eskinazi, MSc Student, University College London / Core Psychiatry Trainee, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Norah Essali, Medical Student, University of Kalamoon, Syria
- Pete Etchells, Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology, Bath Spa University
- Katie Evans, Head of Research and Policy, Money and Mental Health
- Melisa Eyuboglu, MSc Student, King’s College London
- Sophie Fairweather, PhD Candidate, University of Bristol
- Alison Faulkner, Surviver Researcher and Trainer in Mental Health
- Mina Fazel, Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Oxford / Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Ana Julia Ferreira, PhD Student, University of Bath
- Jodie Ferris, Assistant Psychologist, Homerton NHS University Trust
- Matt Field, Professor of Psychology, University of Liverpool
- Chris Fielding, Academy Lead, Forwards Centre, Bolton Impact Trust
- Caroline Fiennes, Director, Giving Evidence
- Saoirse Finn, Network Co-ordinator, Arts Health Early Career Research Network
- Katie Finning, PhD Student, School of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
- Terry Flemming, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Meg Fluharty, Research Assistant at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
- Andrés Fonseca, Consultant Psychiatrist / CEO, Health eLiving Partnership / Honorary Lecturer, University College London
- Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Alexander Foster, Research Worker in Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Una Foye, Research Officer, Mental Health Foundation
- Holly Fraser, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
- Robbie Fraser, Social Worker (Mental Health), London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Eleana Frisira, Junior Doctor, NHS
- Suzi Gage, Lecturer in Psychology and Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
- Nuria Gardia, MSc Student, University of Birmingham
- Tanya Garg, Human Capital Consulting Analyst, Deloitte India
- Linda Gask, Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, University of Manchester
- Rena Gatzounis, Health Psychologist, Maastricht University, Netherlands
- Darya Gaysina, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex
- Lina Gega, Reader in Mental Health, University of York and Hull York Medical School
- Svenja Sophie Geissler, Research Associate, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, LMU University Hospital
- Clare Gerada, GP, NHS
- Clarissa Giebel, Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
- Bethany Gill, Research Associate, Lancaster Associate
- Patricia Gillen, Head of Research and Development for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs, Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) / Lecturer, Ulster University
- Maria Giorgalli, Student, MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences, University College London
- Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Artist, Midwife and Birth Activist
- Pattie Gonsalves, Project Director, It’s Ok To Talk, Sangath, India
- Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Sophie Graham, Medical Student, Newcastle University
- Jake Grange, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Service, part of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Anjana Greedharee, Trainee in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, APEIM and Rangers Foundation Trust Special Needs School, Mauritius
- Amy Green, Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol
- Bethany Green, Social Worker in community mental health services, East London
- Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Post-Doctoral Fellow, ARC South London, NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
- Sarah Gregory, Doctoral Candidate and Study Coordinator, University of Edinburgh
- Ellen Grimas, PhD Student, Imperial College London
- Alice Grishkov, Mental Health Social Worker / Care Coordinator, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- David Gunnell, MB, ChB, DSc, FMedSci Professor of Epidemiology, University of Bristol
- Carolina Guzman Holst, DPhil Student, University of Oxford
- Peter Haddad, Senior Consultant in Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar / Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Qatar
- Jonas Hagenberg, PhD Student, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
- Elizabeth Hall, MSc Student, King’s College London
- David Hallford, Clinical Psychologist and Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University, Australia
- Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor in Addiction, University of York
- Laura Hankey, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
- Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology, University of Manchester
- Ben Hannigan, Reader in Mental Health Nursing, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University
- Keir Harding, Occupational Therapist, Cynnwys (together), at the personality disorder service, Cardiff
- Emily Hards, Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bath
- Laurie Hare-Duke, Research Fellow, the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
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Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford
- Amanda Harris, Psychologist and Director of the Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
- Judith Harrison, Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellow, Cardiff University
- Camille Hart, Psychiatric Trainee Doctor, Queen’s University, Belfast
- Suzan Hassan, PhD Student, University College London
- Helge Hasselmann, Research Masters Student in Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands
- Simon Hatcher, Full Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Joseph Hayes, Clinical Training Fellow, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
- Laura Hemming, PhD Student, University of Manchester
- Jill Hemmington, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader PG Cert (AMHP) at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire
- Georgia Herring, Research Assistant, University of Bath
- Paul Heron, Research Fellow at Closing the Gap Network, University of York
- Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor in Youth Mental Health, University of Auckland, Australia
- Jessamy Hibberd, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Emily Hielscher, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland, Australia
- Nina Higson-Sweeney, PhD Student, University of Bath
- Beth Hindhaugh, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
- Kerrie-Anne Ho, PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Chris Hollis, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Nottingham / Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Mark Horowitz, Training Psychiatrist / PhD Student, King’s College London
- Maxine Howard, PhD Student, University College London
- Dochka Hristova, Project Coordinator, National Elf Service
- Samei Huda, Consultant Psychiatrist, Pennine Care
- Charlotte Huggett, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health, University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Tyler Hughes, Senior Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Zill-e-Huma, Lecturer & Doctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Pakistan
- Neil Humphrey, Professor of Psychology of Education and Head of the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
- Xanthe Hunt, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Lucy Hyam, PhD Student, King’s College London
- Jane Iles, Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS / Research Associate, Imperial College London
- Annie Irvine, Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London
- Udita Iyengar, Project Manager in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Jenna Jacob, Researcher, Anna Freud National Centre
- Pamela Jacobsen, Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Research Fellow, King’s College London
- Benjamin Janaway, Psychiatry Trainee and Science Communicator
- Alex Jarram, PhD Student, University College London
- Sameer Jauhar, Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
- Sam Jee, Research Associate, University of Manchester
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- Fiona Warner-Gale, Joint Director, Associate Development Solutions Ltd
- Andrew Watson, Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
- Sarah Watts, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Clinical Lead, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust South Staffordshire IAPT teams
- Marianne Webb, Research Assistant at Orygena and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Jasmin Wertz, PhD Student, Kings College London
- Céline Wessa, MD, PhD Student, University of Antwerp
- Simon Wessely, Chair of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London
- Karen Wetherall, Researcher at the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
- Beccy White, PhD Student, University of Manchester
- Danny Whiting, Forensic Psychiatrist and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow with the Forensic Psychiatry Research Group, University of Oxford
- Alice Wickersham, PhD Student, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
- Michael Wigelsworth, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
- Rebecca Wilkinson, CT2 Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Lucy Willetts, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist
- Jess Williams, PhD Researcher, University of Birmingham & University of Nottingham
- Oleta Williams, Newcastle University
- Bethany Williamson, MSc Student, King’s College London
- Grace Williamson, Research Coordinator, King’s College London
- Micheal J. Wilson, Researcher at Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne
- Sarsha Wilson, Research Assistant, NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility
- Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld, Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University
- Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds
- Danielle Windget, PhD Student, University of Exeter
- Isaac Winterburn, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
- Millie Witcher, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, NHS
- Katrina Witt, Research Fellow with the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford
- Jeanne Wolstencroft, Research Fellow, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- Stephen Wood, Professor of Adolescent Brain Development and Mental Health, University of Birmingham
- Gloria Wong, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, China
- Talen Wright, PhD Student, University College London
- Til Wykes, Professor, King’s College London
- Emma Yapp, Research Assistant in the Section of Women’s Mental Health in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Vanessa Yim, Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Aneta Zarska, PhD Student, City University London
- Francesca Zecchinato, Psychology PhD Candidate, University of Southampton
- Margherita Zenoni, MSc Clinical Mental Health Student, University College London; Honorary Assistant Researcher at North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Intern at World Health Organization (WHO) – Mental Health, Disability and Human Rights
- Tiago Zortea, Post-doctoral researcher in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
- Fabio Zucchelli, Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc student
Groups who have blogged
In addition to the individuals who blog for us, we sometimes publish blogs written by groups of people. These are often written as part of a training session or introduction to blogging; sometimes by students, sometimes by health professionals or academics. Here are some of the groups who have written Mental Elf blogs:
- CAMSTRAND Conference delegates
- Centre for Affective Disorders, King’s College London
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc, University College London
- EQUATOR Publication School
- Mental Health Studies MSc, King’s College London
- NPNR Conference delegates
- PenCLAHRC: NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula
- Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health MSc/PGDip/PGCert, King’s College London
- University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
- University of Glasgow, Institute of Health and Wellbeing MSc Courses
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Who decides what evidence is included on the website?
We scour over 400 databases, journals, websites and other feeds to bring you the best available mental health evidence. Items are selected using an evidence-based inclusion criteria to ensure they are relevant to UK practice and based on high quality research, policy and guidance.
The selection process has no input from any external bodies, publishers, sponsors or commercial organisations.
We critically appraise the material we find using the CASP critical appraisal checklists.
Press coverage
- Closing the gap between research and clinical practice with André Tomlin from the Mental Elf (At The Back of Your Mind podcast), July 2023
- Profile: André Tomlin. BJPsych Bulletin, April 2018.
- André Tomlin: Mental Elf Guru. The Lancet Psychiatry, January 2016.
- Keeping up to date with reliable mental health research: the Minervation white paper. Douglas Badenoch and André Tomlin, 19th May 2015.
- Keeping up to date with mental health research. André Tomlin, The Guardian, 15th Apr 2013.
- Treating mental illness in the digital age. Pete Etchells, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb 2013.
- The Mental Elf. Royal College of Psychiatrists useful resources, eNewsletter, Sep 2012.
Are there more elves for different health topics?
We cover a number of topics on our National Elf Service. Check out these other elves:
Contact us if you’d like to discuss collaborating on an elf in your field of interest.
