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Tessa

Dr Tessa Roberts

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Tessa is a British Academy-funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Society & Mental Health, King’s College London. Her current project explores the role of neighbourhood social environments in influencing the course of psychosis.

Tessa joined the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) in January 2018, and has worked on the multi-country research programme on psychoses, INTREPID II, led by Professor Craig Morgan, as well as completing an ESRC post-doctoral fellowship. Tessa gained her PhD from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2018, where she was an active member of the Centre for Global Mental Health and conducted research on the PRIME programme. She previously completed an MSc in Global Mental Health at both the IoPPN and LSHTM and was awarded the Global Mental Health prize. 

Research Interests 

  • Global mental health
  • Psychiatric epidemiology
  • Social determinants of mental health

Teaching

Tessa leads the Society & Mental Health module at the IoPPN and contributes to teaching on the MSc Global Mental Health programme.

Expertise and Public Engagement

Tessa has written blogs for the Mental Elf and the London International Development Centre, done consultancy work on mental health policy and research uptake for the Mental Health Innovation Network, organised public events including most recently a round table on psychosis and global mental health, facilitated discussions on neighbourhood influences on mental health at the Academy of Medical Sciences policy event on social determinants of global mental health, given “lunch and learn” sessions at United for Global Mental Health, presented her work at the World Congress of Social Psychiatry, and recently spoke on a panel about the future of global mental health at the Road to Global Mental Health conference.

    Research

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    Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH)

    The Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH) aims to address inequities by closing the care gap, and to reduce human rights abuses experienced by people living with mental, neurological and substance use conditions, particularly in low resource settings with a view to contributing to a world where all people living with mental, neurological and substance use disorders can live a life of meaning and dignity.

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    Social Epidemiology Research Group

    The Social Epidemiology Research Group primarily focuses on how social contexts, interactions and experiences shape the occurrence, outcome, and management of mental health problems. Our goal is to provide evidence on the relationships between all aspects of society and mental health problems that can inform the development of interventions, mental health services, public health programmes, and social policies in order to prevent the onset and improve outcomes of mental health problems.

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    Together to Transform

    A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    New funding to continue the comprehensive research programme on psychoses in diverse settings in the Global South

    Over £3 million funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) has been awarded to Professor Craig Morgan at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &...

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    King's researchers to lead Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Psychoses in a Global Context

    This new international collaboration will develop a global road map for future research, practice and policy to improve the lives of people living with...

    globes

    Researchers call for a reimagining of global mental health in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

    A new review, co-authored by King’s College London researchers, has explored the potential mental health impacts of Covid-19 in low-income and middle-income...

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    Events

    11NovViews of a rural community in Chiapas, Mexico, where speaker Georgina Miguel Esponda conducted her PhD research. Credit: Georgina Miguel Esponda

    Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health?

    Virtual seminar on the topic: Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health?

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    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...

    Busy society at tube

      Research

      iStock-506102084
      Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH)

      The Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH) aims to address inequities by closing the care gap, and to reduce human rights abuses experienced by people living with mental, neurological and substance use conditions, particularly in low resource settings with a view to contributing to a world where all people living with mental, neurological and substance use disorders can live a life of meaning and dignity.

      centre-society-mental-health
      Social Epidemiology Research Group

      The Social Epidemiology Research Group primarily focuses on how social contexts, interactions and experiences shape the occurrence, outcome, and management of mental health problems. Our goal is to provide evidence on the relationships between all aspects of society and mental health problems that can inform the development of interventions, mental health services, public health programmes, and social policies in order to prevent the onset and improve outcomes of mental health problems.

      TogetherTransform-giulia-may-unsplash
      Together to Transform

      A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      New funding to continue the comprehensive research programme on psychoses in diverse settings in the Global South

      Over £3 million funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) has been awarded to Professor Craig Morgan at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &...

      globes

      King's researchers to lead Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Psychoses in a Global Context

      This new international collaboration will develop a global road map for future research, practice and policy to improve the lives of people living with...

      globes

      Researchers call for a reimagining of global mental health in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

      A new review, co-authored by King’s College London researchers, has explored the potential mental health impacts of Covid-19 in low-income and middle-income...

      Globe-banner-web 1094

      Events

      11NovViews of a rural community in Chiapas, Mexico, where speaker Georgina Miguel Esponda conducted her PhD research. Credit: Georgina Miguel Esponda

      Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health?

      Virtual seminar on the topic: Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health?

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      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...

      Busy society at tube