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Research and Education news... Excellence for Innovation The Institute of Institute of Mental Health Mental Health seeks In this issue... to help transform announces collaboration with the understanding • New study awarded and treatment World Health Organization grant to investigate of mental illness. the urge to tic

The Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights at the Institute of Mental • Key ethical questions We are a partnership Health has been designated as a new World Health Organization (WHO) for research during between two highly collaborating centre on Mental Health, Disability and Human Rights. COVID-19 respected organisations, Nottinghamshire Under the joint directorship of Professors Martin Orrell (Director, Institute of Mental Health) • Digital technology and Peter Bartlett (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Professor of Mental could help youth mental Healthcare NHS Health Law), the designation begins in April 2020 for a four-year term (which can be renewed). Foundation Trust health crisis This new collaborative partnership will utilise the and The University knowledge and expertise of the members of the Institute • Aggression and brain of . of Mental Health’s Centre for Mental Health and Human injury review wins Rights to support the development and understanding international journal of this area within the WHO’s policy, education, legal and advocacy programmes. prize Continued on page 2 • Call for submissions: exhibition for young artists exploring mental health

01 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk May 2020 Continued from page 1 Welcome Over the next four years the new Mental Health, Disability and Human Rights collaborating centre will: Our May newsletter shares updates and achievements from across • Assist WHO in assessing the • Work with WHO in the development effectiveness and impact of WHO of best practice guidance related to the Institute of Mental Health and education programmes relating to topics in mental health and human showcases the best in mental mental health and human rights, rights – in particular services and in particular related to the WHO’s supports that promote recovery health research. QualityRights training programmes. and human rights for people with dementia in line with UN Convention • Assist the development, for the Rights of Persons with maintenance and promotion of WHO Professor Martin Orrell Disabilities (CRPD). Director, The Institute of Mental Health resources relating to mental health and human rights – most notably • Work under the guidance of WHO, the WHO’s MiNDBank web resource provide advice on legal structures, of laws and official policies relating mental health/disability law, human The research world is now a very different The exhibition received a lot of media to all aspects of mental health and rights both generally and in the place as we find ourselves adapting to life coverage, and featured on BBC Radio mental disability. specific context of dementia and also under lockdown. As the vast majority of 4’s Today Programme, The Independent, to assist WHO with capacity building. our research activities have been paused BBC Today and BBC Radio and our busy events programme has been Derby. suspended, this edition of our newsletter For the safety of our colleagues and is a little different, but I’m pleased to be Professor Peter Bartlett said Michelle Funk, Unit Head for Policy, visitors our building remains shut for the able to share a round-up of some positive of the designation: Law and Human Rights, Dept of Mental foreseeable future, but you can read all Health and Substance Use at the research news in these challenging times. “Events of the last weeks have our latest announcements and news by World Health Organization commented: We were delighted to receive the news visiting our website institutemh.org.uk highlighted the importance of WHO as the primary body that our Centre for Mental Health and or following us on Twitter @InstituteMH. “We are excited to embark on this for promotion of health collaboration with the Institute Human Rights has now been designated A heartfelt thank you to everyone who internationally. The current of Mental Health. The wealth of a World Health Organization Collaborating has supported the Institute and our work global emergency highlights the expertise and experience that they Centre. This recognises the importance over the last few weeks, and to our NHS importance of a voice for human bring make them an ideal partner in that the WHO places on the expertise and rights and for people experiencing colleagues who are working tirelessly to promoting access to good quality skills of our centre of excellence and mental health problems. This has care, services and supports and keep us all safe and well. its work. never been more important. We respect for the rights of people Stay home, save lives. are proud to stand with the WHO with psychosocial, cognitive and On page 6 we describe how International in this mission.” intellectual disabilities in countries Nurses Day on 12 May was marked by across the world.” a new digital exhibition led by Prof Paul Crawford (Centre for Social Futures) launched to commemorate 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale. Click here for more information: www.institutemh.org.uk

02 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Key ethical questions for research during the COVID-19 pandemic

As new COVID-19 related research projects progress at speed, it is important that they are done so with the same thought and consideration for participants as we would normally provide. Ellen Townsend (Professor in the School of Psychology and Institute of Mental Health) and colleagues PsychStart founders, student-led committee members and Dr Derek Tracy (centre). from the self-harm research group (Emma Nielsen, Sarah Cassidy and Rosie Allister) expressed their concern in an open access Lancet Psychiatry article earlier this week, encouraging researchers to conduct ethically sound studies. The group explained the need to write the article: PsychStart awards

“We wrote this piece as we had to think carefully Dr Tom Hewson and Dr Nikki Thomas and Since its inception two years ago, over 100 about the work we are currently doing and whether the student PsychStart committee hosted the medical students have passed through the it was reasonable and safe to continue it during the second PsychStart annual awards evening PsychStart scheme and there are currently pandemic. Some studies we have had to pause. in March this year. The event was sponsored 66 active mentoring relationships. Demand We work closely with people with lived experience by the Institute of Mental Health, along with for mentoring in psychiatry is increasing, with so felt confident that we were doing the right thing Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation over 20 students on the reserve list waiting for for our work. Trust and University of Nottingham Cascade. mentors. Impressively, over 90% of mentees rate their experience on the PsychStart scheme as “Then we started noticing the huge volume of The prestigious ceremony took place at the good or excellent and a third of students state surveys and studies being promoted online on the University of Nottingham and was attended it has increased their interesting in pursuing impact of COVID-19. Many of these studies seemed by over 50 mentors and mentees. Special careers in psychiatry. The scheme has rapidly quite worrying in their lack of support or mitigation guests included Dr John Brewin (Chief expanded to three other medical schools and of the impact that taking part in them might have Executive Nottinghamshire Healthcare continues to attract national attention and on participants. We hope that the article will help NHS Foundation Trust) and Dr Derek Tracy recognition. people review work that they are considering doing, (RCPsych Communicator of the Year). ensuring a clear pathway to impact and involving For all the latest updates on PsychStart people with lived experience in a meaningful way.” follow them on Twitter: @Psych_Start

03 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Centre for ADHD and Neurodevelopmental New study awarded grant Disorders (CANDAL) to investigate the urge to tic The Medical Research Council have awarded a grant of £527,000 to Professor Georgina Jackson (Institute of Mental Health and University of New ADHD eye resting-state data Nottingham, School of Medicine), Professor Stephen Jackson (University of Nottingham School of Psychology), and Matthew Brookes, Penny Gowland, published in Brain Sciences journal and Richard Bowtell (all University of Nottingham School of Physics and Astronomy) to develop novel neuroimaging approaches to investigate the A new paper has been published by Alessio Bellato and colleagues from the functional anatomy and physical processes that contribute to the urge to tic in Institute of Mental Health in the special issue ‘New Advances in Attention Tourette Syndrome. Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)’ of the journal ‘Brain Sciences’. The new MRC-funded project will investigate a more accurate and reliable The authors investigated brain activity in children with ADHD and Autism, way to identify functional brain activity that is associated with the occurrence during a resting-state session which included an eyes-closed and an eyes- of premonitory urges in circumstances where tics are effectively suppressed open condition. The results of the study indicate that both children with ADHD (i.e. there is no tic to use as an external timing event). A key focus of the and Autism might experience difficulties in filtering sensory information at rest, study will be to investigate the relationship between the parts of the brain that however children with ADHD might show this difficulty especially during eyes- generate the urge-for-action, with those involved in initiating action. closed resting-state. The authors have proposed to create a shared database of resting-state EEG Find out more: data collected in individuals with different psychological, psychiatric and www.institutemh.org.uk neurodevelopmental conditions, including ADHD and autism (see osf.io/azkhs if interested).

“We are very excited by this project as it allows us for the first time to investigate in detail how the communication between different brain areas leads to the occurrence of tics in Tourette syndrome. In addition, the novel technology developed at Nottingham by our colleagues in Physics will also allow us to study individuals who, because of their severe movement disorder, would be ‘unscannable’ using conventional brain scanning approaches”

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Waterloo Foundation awards new ADHD research grant to Nottingham team Dr Maddie Groom has been awarded a grant of just over £42,000 to conduct an 18-month study investigating the brain mechanisms NIHR recognise STADIA behind attention and concentration in adults with attention deficit project team’s public hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). involvement activities The study has been funded by the This is the system that controls things like Waterloo Foundation and is a collaboration heart rate, sweating and changes in the size The STADIA project’s public involvement contributor with colleagues in the University of of the pupils in our eyes. It is responsible and researcher shared their experiences of working Nottingham schools of medicine (Chris for preparing our bodies for activity or together with the NIHR’s INVOLVE team and featured in Hollis), psychology (Lucy Cragg, Claudia calming them down when we rest. It also their national bulletin. Danielmeier), life sciences (Nic Blockley) and sends signals to the brain and influences our The STADIA study (STAndardised DIagnostic the Beacon in Precision Imaging (Jyothika attention. Assessment for children and adolescents with Kumar) and will fund the work of Institute of There is some evidence that this system emotional difficulties) is investigating the impact of a Mental Health PhD student, Iman Idrees, who might function differently in ADHD and the standardised diagnostic assessment tool, in addition is funded by a Beacon in Precision Imaging research team think this might also lead to usual clinical care, on the diagnosis of emotional studentship. The study will also be supported to differences in the way that people with disorders in children and adolescents who are referred by colleagues in the Sir Peter ADHD control their attention. There are both to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Imaging Centre, and the Nottingham Adult strengths and difficulties associated with this (CAMHS). ADHD Support group who are helping different attentional style and the researchers The PPI team consists of Colleen Ewart (Parent Co- to shape the rationale and design of the want to understand more about it. This will Applicant and PPI Co-Lead), Alexandra Lang (STADIA study and will help to disseminate findings lead to further investigations in the future that PPI Research Co-Investigator) and Ellen Bradley afterwards. aim to develop more effective interventions for (Research Assistant). Colleen shared her experience The study will start in September 2020 and ADHD that are tailored to an individual’s own of working with the STADIA team, and Ellen provided will recruit 25 adults with ADHD and 25 profile of ADHD. an account of how she experienced PPI during her without. Those who take part will undergo a recruitment process. brain scan while they complete different tests of attention. The research will also measure activity in the ‘autonomic nervous system’. Click here to read the article in the NIHR’s INVOLVE archive

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Shining a light on the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ on the bicentenary of her birth

To mark International Nurses Day on 12 May “Whilst the current pandemic has meant a delay a new digital exhibition has launched to to our planned exhibition, we still wanted to shine commemorate 200 years since the birth of the a light on the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ and give the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale. public a glimpse into her fascinating life, which Florence Nightingale Comes Home has been will hopefully provide some welcome relief in curated by experts at the University of Nottingham these difficult times. In particular, we want to draw including its Manuscripts and Special Collections attention to the place of the home in her life and team, Professor Paul Crawford (Centre for Social work – something that will resonate with the millions Futures/School of Health Sciences) and of people who have faced social lockdown over Dr Anna Greenwood in the School of History. recent months.” The exhibition, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, was intended to be Visitors keen to get a sneak peak of the full shown in the Weston Gallery at Lakeside Arts in exhibition, will be able to visit the website April. However, the team moved quickly to respond and find: to the postponement of the physical exhibition • An introduction to Nightingale and the exhibition, due to the COVID-19 outbreak by adapting the her family roots in Derbyshire, and ‘health collection to be shown digitally. at home’ – her work after the Crimean War Professor Crawford, who leads the research project to improve living conditions with a focus on funded by the Arts and Humanities Research sanitation and hygiene). Council, said: “We are pleased to be able to launch • A gallery of Crimean War photographs this digital exhibition to mark what would have been 200 years since Nightingale’s birth. The online • A virtual ‘turning the pages’ version of a exhibition is intended to act as a taster for the scrapbook of the Crimean War, compiled physical exhibition, which will hopefully be shown by Florence’s sister Parthenope. at Lakeside Arts at some point later this year. • A selection of images relating “Never has the message about the importance to Nightingale’s life and work of nurses been as pertinent as it is now. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazer for modern medicine and much of what she achieved is still represented Find out more: in our hardworking NHS nurses today. www.nottingham.ac.uk

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Youth Justice Digital technology could help Reform Programme evaluation youth mental health crisis

The Ministry of Justice has awarded the MindTech have been awarded £100,000 to contract to carry out an evaluation of the kick-start research into how digital technology Youth Justice Reform Programme to a can be used to help support young people research group partnership between the with mental health problems, including those Centre for Health and Justice, Get the Data emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic. and a services user group called Leaders The project, which is led by Professor Chris Unlocked. Hollis, Director of MindTech and Professor The evaluation will look at the Youth Ellen Townsend, Head of the Self-Harm Secure Estate, in particular, the elements Research Group in the School of Psychology of the recent reform programme and how at The University of Nottingham, will look they have impacted upon progress of the at how digital technology could potentially Children and Young People (CYPs) within the transform adolescent mental health and establishments. The reduction in the number wellbeing and provide a safe, and supportive, of CYPs in custody over recent years has digital environment to tackle the growing crisis resulted in a smaller cohort of CYPs but with of unmet need arising from mental health more complex needs. disorders in young people. In addition to this, there are issues of gang The project will address two key challenges: conflict within CYPSE (Children and Young • Harnessing digital technologies to People Secure Estate) settings which impact identify those young people at risk of upon the management of individual young mental health problems and developing people. The Ministry of Justice introduced personalised digital interventions that a series of reforms aimed at tackling these bridge the adolescent mental health complex issues and the Centre for Health treatment gap. and Justice, along with their partners, will work with them, the secure establishments • Understanding how the digital environment and the CYPs to understand their impact. influences, and is influenced ,by adolescent mental health problems, brain Find out more about the project here: and cognitive development and what www.institutemh.org.uk factors promote resilience.

07 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk NIHR MindTech Co-operative New Principal Research Fellow Meet the new members Promotion

Congratulations to MindTech’s Michael Craven, of MindTech PhD, who has achieved the role of Principal Research Fellow in the latest round of University of Nottingham promotions, having spent the past three decades in research and teaching in Becky is the MindTech Patient and Public and public involvement, research and mental the areas of healthcare technology assessment, Involvement (PPI) Coordinator, her role health. electronic engineering and computer science, for involves developing and delivering the Corrine’s roots are in peer support work, using the most part in Nottingham. Involvement strategy, whilst working with her lived experience to create positive change colleagues across the Institute of Mental As well as his role in MindTech, he is a member of within any role she works in. In her new Health, other Biomedical Research Council Faculty of Engineering’s Bioengineering research role as MindTech involvement team leader (BRC) themes and national bodies to support group and the Institute of Mental Health’s Centre Corrine aims to support the involvement team, the implementation of best practice within PPI. for Dementia. Additionally, he holds an honorary promote meaningful PPI roles within mental contract with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS As well as her own lived experience, Becky health and technology research, and provide Foundation Trust and is Health Economist in the brings a history of establishing volunteering advice on the strategy and direction on Centre for Healthcare Equipment and Technology programmes, developing mental health involvement activities to MindTech and BRC. Adoption (CHEATA) based at Nottingham University services and a recent MSC in Voluntary Sector Hospitals, Clinical Engineering. Management. She joins the team committed to continuing and strengthening the existing In MindTech, Mike contributes expertise in design PPI offer across MindTech and the BRC and evaluation of digital health and medical device Mental Health and Technology Theme through related interventions and assistive technologies. meaningful collaboration at every stage. He has previously conducted health technology assessments and reviews for National Health Corrine Hendy is the new MindTech Service organisations and industry and has involvement team leader, her role involves contributed to policy on digital mental health. managing the involvement team and is responsible for the strategic development of involvement within MindTech and Nottingham’s Biomedical Research Centre Click here for more information (BRC) at the University. Corrine joins the team on Mike’s research and teaching: having held national leadership roles in patient Becky Woodcock Corrine Hendy www.mindtech.org.uk

08 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Patient and Public Involvement Volunteer response across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire With Kate Horton, Public Involvement Co-ordinator

As Public Involvement Coordinator for the assistance and for ideas on getting Institute I have been involved in a number of help and this includes many smaller calls to support the Volunteer and Community self-organised groups and charities. support needs across the system of Health I continue to be in contact with involvement, Read the latest articles on our IMH and Social Care. It is incredible to see how volunteering and charity peers and Blog, we have two recent additions professionals in Health and Social Care colleagues across Nottingham and about the impact of working from home are working closely together to support our Nottinghamshire so if there is something you and changes in routine and how these communities in this time and volunteers are would like to know about what is happening, changes affect research involvement. invaluable to this. I am fortunate to work with where to go for help or to offer your help the Involvement Team of Nottinghamshire ‘Working (out) from home – coping then please do get in touch and I can work Healthcare Trust so if you, or someone you by keeping fit’ is written by Debbie with you to help find the right place. know would like to volunteer please get in Butler, who is one of our long-standing touch and I can work with you to find involvement volunteers. suitable opportunities. ‘Research (Involvement) in the time of Also if you or anyone you know, might be in Corona’ is written by Kate Horton, shared need of support in these times there are great her experiences of involvement activities places you can refer them to or advise them Click here for Nottinghamshire City as the pandemic started to take effect to self-refer if that helps maintain their own Council Coronavirus advice in early April. control over who they are in touch with. Both Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Councils have updated their websites with Click here for Nottinghamshire County Hub information and opportunities to seek Council Coronavirus advice

09 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Annual publication award winners announced at IMH Research Day

Rankin P, DiFlorio A, Craddock N, Jones I, Sam Malins for his publication “Extending the use Every year the Institute hosts its Broome M, Gordon-Smith K & Jones L, 2019 of routine outcome monitoring: predicting long-term Psychological Medicine, published online ahead outcomes in cognitive behavioural therapy for severe publication awards to celebrate of print, DOI: 10.1017/S0033291719002411). health anxiety”. Malins, S., Moghaddam, N., Morriss, and promote thepublications R., & Schroder, T. (2019). Psychotherapy research. produced in the fields of mental 2. Best publication when the author has doi:10.1080/10503307.2019.1657250 health or intellectual disability no more than six previous publications research by people working within Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley 5. Best publication co-authored with a person with lived experience of mental distress or Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS for her publication “Characteristics of mental health recovery narratives: systematic review and a current or former user of mental health Foundation Trust, The University narrative synthesis”. Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Rennick- services Egglestone S, Callard F, Crawford P, Farkas M, Hui A, of Nottingham or affiliated to the Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley (entry 2) for her Manley D, McGranahan R, Pollock K, Ramsay A, Tore Institute of Mental Health. publication “Not the story you want? Assessing the Sælør K, Wright N, Slade M (2019)., PLOS ONE, 14, fit of a conceptual framework characterising mental e0214678 The six category winners for this year are: health recovery narratives”. Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Rennick-Egglestone S, Bradstreet S, Davidson L, 3. Best publication flowing from work during Franklin D, Hui A, McGranahan R, Morgan K, Pollock 1. Best overall publication – joint winners doctoral studies or as part of a doctoral K, Ramsay A, Smith R, Thornicroft G, Slade M. dissertation Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, doi: It was agreed to jointly award this prize to both Fiona 10.1007/s00127-019-01791-x Ng and Paul Briley for their respective publications: Emma Nielson for her publication “These Things Don’t Work.” Young People’s Views a. “The mechanisms and processes of connection: on Harm Minimization Strategies as a Proxy for Developing a causal chain model capturing 6. Best publication by a member of the Self-Harm: A Mixed Methods Approach, Archives of impacts of receiving recorded mental health Institute of Mental Health who is a person Suicide Research. Ruth Wadman, Emma Nielsen, recovery narratives” (Ng F, Charles A, Pollock K, with lived experience of mental distress or Linda O’Raw, Katherine Brown, A. Jess Williams, Rennick-Egglestone S, Cuijpers P, Gillard S, van a current or former user of mental health Kapil Sayal & Ellen Townsend (2019):, DOI: der Krieke L, Bongaardt R, Pomberth S, Repper J, services 10.1080/13811118.2019.162466 Roe J, Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Yeo C, Hui A, Hare- Blandine French for her entry Duke L, Manley D, Slade M, 2019 BMC Psychiatry, www.adhdinfo.org.uk – Understanding 19, 143) 4. Best publication by an employee Attention Deficit Hyperactivity b. “Explaining why childhood abuse is a risk factor of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Disorder in primary care, for poorer clinical course in bipolar disorder: Foundation Trust who does not have an online education course. a path analysis of 923 people with bipolar I a substantive contract with a university disorder” (Marwaha S, Briley PM, Perry A,

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Aggression and brain injury review wins international journal prize

A systematic review of assessment measures for aggression following Japanese colleagues visit Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) has been How do you think health data awarded second prize in The Henry Nottingham mental health Stonnington Awards, an annual recovery experts publication prize in the international should be shared and used? Brain Injury journal. The review was In February, Professor Mike Slade conducted by Stephanie Whitwham The CLIMB Project is a national • Who are you willing to share hosted an event with ImROC (Trainee Forensic Psychologist, survey gathering patient and your data with? (Implementing Recovery through Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS public opinions on sharing NHS • Would you be willing to share all Organisational Change) at the Institute Foundation Trust) when she was a health data across the UK, for both of your health data equally (for of Mental Health for visitors from doctoral student supervised by Dr healthcare and research purposes. various hospitals and universities Katy Jones (CANDAL, Centre for clinical or research purposes)? The Research Delivery team within across Japan, the group included a Dementia). • What might a health data Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS range of disciplinary and professional consent form look like? “Assessing aggression Foundation Trust are helping to backgrounds. following Acquired Brain publicise this new project and are The survey is anonymous, and Mike Slade and his Recovery Research Injury (ABI): a systematic encouraging service users, carers your answers will help the NHS team each presented on their individual and staff from the Trust to share to decide how it uses health data review of assessment research projects and specialisms. Dr their opinions. The survey is open in the UK. The survey will ask you Laurie Hare-Duke discussed: ‘Social measures” was originally to anyone over the age of 16 living where you heard about the project connectedness in mental health: published in August 2019; the in the UK and is looking to find out – please select “Nottinghamshire What is it and can it be increased?’. team of judges from Brain Injury more about: Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust” PhD student Ashleigh Charles gave - this is very important so that the evaluated all the review articles • How much people understand a presentation called: ‘Using Peer researchers can track which parts from the previous year and about health data sharing? Support in Developing Empowering of the UK have contributed to the Mental Health Services: overview of the were particularly impressed • How should identifiable and de- survey. UPSIDES project and findings so far’. with the “exceptional quality identified health data be shared Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone gave an of the manuscript”. (or not)? overview of the Narrative Experiences Online programme (NEON) and Dr The survey is available to complete online and takes approx. Fiona Ng concluded the day with a Click here for more information: 20 minutes, please remember to select Nottinghamshire presentation how recovery narratives create change. www.institutemh.org.uk Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Visit: www.climbproject.org.uk

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Looking after the wellbeing of our workforce

The new Wellbeing of the Workforce (WoW) study is investigating how people’s work and employment has changed because of COVID-19, whether this has affected their wellbeing and feelings about work, and what might be helping people to cope with the current uncertainties.

We know that peoples’ experiences of working during the COVID-19 have The findings will help us to develop recommendations and guidance for been very different: those who have remain employed may be experiencing individuals, employers and policy makers on how to support the well-being challenges of working from home or facing additional demands as key and resilience of the workforce. We will share the findings through reports, workers; those who have been ‘furloughed’ by their employer may be policy briefings, webinars and podcasts. facing concerns about their job re-starting; those on zero hours contracts or who have been made redundant due to COVID-19 are likely to be facing financial difficulties; and the self-employed may be in a similar situation due to the inability to work due to lockdown restrictions. This study aims To take part in the online survey, follow this link: to understand how these different experiences have affected people’s nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/wowstudy wellbeing, their feelings about their work and their future employment, and whether certain sources of support or resilience help to protect people from To find out more about the interviews, or to take part some of the possible negative experiences. in an interview, email the study team: People who take part in the study will be asked to complete a survey asking [email protected] about recent changes to how they work, their health and well-being, and how they feel about the support they are getting from their employer as well Follow us on Twitter: @WoWStudyUK as their family and friends. We will ask people who complete our survey to do so again at later dates, so we can see how things might change for them over time. The survey takes about 15 to 20 minutes to complete the first time but is shorter when completed later. We will also interview people to find out more details about their experience of working or being furloughed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Again, we will ask if we can repeat the interviews a few months later to see how things have changed for people.

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Call for submissions: exhibition for young artists exploring mental health Have you been online Every year the Institute holds an open art exhibition, inviting members of the public from for any reason in the across the UK, and beyond, to submit their artworks linked to a mental health theme. last month? If so, we This year we want to focus on the amazing creative talents of young people aged 13 -25 years. As we’re want to hear from you. living through some challenging times right now, we’re keeping this ReEnTrust is an interdisciplinary Your participation may help us year’s mental health theme quite and collaborative project between understand how spending time broad and we would like to see the Universities of Nottingham, online affects your wellbeing, work that relates to young artists’ Oxford and Edinburgh. One of the and how this might be related to own experiences, or just reflect aims of this project is to examine trust. This will help us to develop how young people are affected by online wellbeing, and how this a measure for assessing online mental health. relates to trust. wellbeing and trust. There are two age categories for We are currently running an There will also be the opportunity submissions: A maximum of two pieces of artwork can be online questionnaire which to enter a prize draw for shopping submitted for consideration in the exhibition – • 13 – 17 years should take around 20 minutes vouchers (1x£100, 2x£50, 4x£25). apply with a photograph of each work and a to complete. You must be aged There are no risks to taking part. • 18 – 25 years short description. You can apply online using 16 years old or over to take part. We will not ask for any sensitive the form on the City Arts website, or you can We aim to open the exhibition The questionnaire will ask a series information and you will not be download the form as a Word Document for in September 2020. The exact of questions about your online able to be identified from your email/postal submissions. opening date will be confirmed activity in the past four weeks responses. closer to the time. The deadline for and ask you to rate statements submission is 10th July 2020. Click here for more information: about your experiences in terms www.institutemh.org.uk of how true they are for you. Click here to take part

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