News and Views
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June 2026 Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30 BST on Thursday 18th June. The meetings provide a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss research related topics and the issues and barriers we face in...
Peer mentoring with our survivor researchers
We have funding from the Community Fund Awards for All to continue providing our free online research mentoring sessions delivered by experienced survivor researchers for an extended period until the end of this year. This is for people with lived...
Self Documentation as a Personal Practice
Here, we are sharing a contribution written by Survivor Researcher Network member, Jason Antoniewicz. Jason is considering research around practices that he has developed for himself and found useful. Cumulative Self-Talk "From October 2025 to...
May 2026 Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30 BST on Thursday 21st May. This month our speaker, Charlotte Crowl, will be talking about: "Lived experience research and reality". Charlotte is a self-awareness advisor, author, speaker,...
April 2026 Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30 BST on Thursday 16th April. The meetings provide a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss research related topics and the issues and barriers we face in...
Palantir in NHS Data Systems
Medact briefing for NHS organisations and local authority health scrutiny committees. "Palantir is a US-based data analytics firm specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and software commonly used by states in surveillance,...
The Migrant Art of Coping
New book, The MIgrant Art of Coping by Sohail Jannesari. looking at the 'intersecting worlds of sanctuary-seeking and mental health'. "Refugees don’t just survive displacement, they build strength, community, and new ways of coping that challenge...
Crafting a Mad Zine Methodology
"Doing it Ourselves: Crafting a Mad Zine Methodology". New article by Hel Spandler, Jill Anderson and Tamsin Walker, describing the approach they developed in their research project about radical mental health zines or mad zines. "Rather than...
Black students experiences of racism in higher education
Hári Sewell reviews two 2025 research papers by Nkasi Stoll and colleagues in a Mental Elf blog: "Academics and researchers have long been interested in the nature and impact of racism in higher education, and in particular, how it affects the...
March 2026 Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30 GMT on Thursday 19th March. We have moved these meetings to the third Thursday of each month. We would welcome any feedback on this change – especially if you now find yourself unable...
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