10 October 2021
IoPPN staff share their thoughts on inequality on World Mental Health Day 2021
Staff and students share their thoughts on how to tackle inequality within the mental health sector.
In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2021, we asked staff and students from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) two questions:
1. What is the single biggest obstacle to equality in mental health right now?
2. How do we help to fix it?
We received the following responses.
Professor Dame Til Wykes - Vice Dean for Mental Health and Psychological Sciences
Professor Melanie Amna Abas - Professor of Global Mental Health
Zoe Kennedy - Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Lead
Professor Allan Young - Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry
Nkasi Stoll - PhD Student from the Department of Psychological Medicine
Emilie Wildman - a PhD Student of Psychology
Professor Rob Stewart - Academic Lead for Clinical Informatics
Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft - Professor of Community Psychiatry
Professor Andrea Danese - Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Head of School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences
Professor of Psychological Medicine
Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology & Clinical Informatics
Emeritus Professor
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Professor of Global Mental Health