Dr Cassandra Lovelock
Lecturer in Qualitative Methods and Inequality (Sociological & Cultural Studies), University of Glasgow
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Service User Research Enterprise
SURE (the Service User Research Enterprise) is a unique academic research group comprised predominantly of neurodivergent researchers and survivor researchers with direct experience of trauma violence and abuse, mental distress, and/or using (or refusing) mental health services. SURE offers Advisory Sessions on patient and public involvement (PPI) to researchers in Mental Health and Psychological Sciences (IoPPN) and the Centre for Society and Mental Health (KCL). Please visit our booking page to find out more.
Understanding mental health in the UK welfare system: representations of distress among working-age benefit claimants and their implications for assessment and support
A qualitative exploration of UK benefits claimants' understanding of mental distress and how this affects interactions with welfare and employment systems.
Project status: Ongoing
Features
The mental health conversation hasn't gone too far, but has it become too narrow?
In the second blog of this series on mental health and the UK welfare system, Annie Irvine and Cassie Lovelock highlight the need for a more holistic approach...
World Mental Health Day: understanding the role of our society
On World Mental Health Day, the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health is highlighting the need to understand how societal systems, structures and...
We need a ceasefire in the welfare system
An insight from ongoing research into how the welfare benefits system could be improved to better support people with health conditions and disabilities.
Research
Service User Research Enterprise
SURE (the Service User Research Enterprise) is a unique academic research group comprised predominantly of neurodivergent researchers and survivor researchers with direct experience of trauma violence and abuse, mental distress, and/or using (or refusing) mental health services. SURE offers Advisory Sessions on patient and public involvement (PPI) to researchers in Mental Health and Psychological Sciences (IoPPN) and the Centre for Society and Mental Health (KCL). Please visit our booking page to find out more.
Understanding mental health in the UK welfare system: representations of distress among working-age benefit claimants and their implications for assessment and support
A qualitative exploration of UK benefits claimants' understanding of mental distress and how this affects interactions with welfare and employment systems.
Project status: Ongoing
Features
The mental health conversation hasn't gone too far, but has it become too narrow?
In the second blog of this series on mental health and the UK welfare system, Annie Irvine and Cassie Lovelock highlight the need for a more holistic approach...
World Mental Health Day: understanding the role of our society
On World Mental Health Day, the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health is highlighting the need to understand how societal systems, structures and...
We need a ceasefire in the welfare system
An insight from ongoing research into how the welfare benefits system could be improved to better support people with health conditions and disabilities.