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IAYMH2025 Conference, Vancouver
The International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH2025) is a conference that brings people from all over the world together with a focus on turning the tide and creating a global blueprint for prevention and integrated care in Youth Mental Health. The...
Exploring Creative Research Methods
Our team has grown considerably over the past six months, and at the same time we have started to identify some common training needs. Fanfare, then, for the National Centre for Research Methods offering a six-week, online course on creative methods at exactly the...
Optimism plus opportunity is a great foundation for resilience
Michael Ungar, PhD, Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Drawings from Octopus Island, a forthcoming comic by Dr Osarenkhoe Ogbeide, New Africa Comics and University of Cambridge (permission granted) Optimism can be a powerful predictor of...
Reflections on laying the foundations for research in Nigeria
Leading the Nigerian team and working closely with the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) has been a transformative experience. For too long, young people aged 18–24 have been denied a meaningful voice in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta. Through direct engagement...
NEETs need strengths and supports to be mentally well
10 October marks World Mental Health Day. This year the focus was on mental health in the workplace. But, what about the mental health of the many people who are not employed? Likewise, what about the mental health of those who not in employment, education or training...