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Society and Mental Health Reviews

08 June 2022

Society and Mental Health Reviews help our target audiences keep up to date with research produced by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health.

The Reviews are short and snappy summaries that highlight key findings and recommendations from our high-quality evidence-based publications.

We hope that readers can use and share these summaries to start conversations, help with essays and assignments, bring to appointments, or to simply find out more about our work.

We want to make research easy to read and accessible to all, and to facilitate discussions between people in the community, as well as researchers, policy makers, health and social care professionals. Summaries will be free to access, and listed both on this page, and on relevant Programme and Project pages.

Barriers to healthcare for refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants in the UK

Centre researcher Zara Asif leads this paper exploring the barriers that refugees face in accessing event the most basic health services. Read this summary to find out what these barriers are and how can we address them, and what role policies play in making it difficult for refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants to access appropriate care

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How did Covid-19 affect young people’s mental health?

The Centre's REACH Study team take a look at ways that the Covid-19 pandemic affected the lives of young people in South London. Read this summary to find out the extent that young people’s mental health was affected by Covid-19; and what other factors contributed to their mental distress during the pandemic.

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Lessons from an arts-health collaboration involving young people

Centre researchers Helen Fisher contributes to this paper which evaluates a project that aimed to challenge mental health myths through an innovative gallery audio tour. Read this summary to find out what challenges are likely to arise in an arts-health project designed to raise awareness about mental health; and how young people with lived experiences can contribute and benefit from involvement in such projects.

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