NIHR ARCs national webinars: Mental health collection
Three short talks cover research looking at mental health in the context of pollution, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar is chaired by Prof Colin Drummond of ARC South London who leads the cross-ARC Mental Health Implementation Network (MHIN). NIHR senior investigator Prof Drummond is Professor of addictions psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London and a consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Talks include:
- NIHR ARC South London's Dr Ioannis Bakolis on how exposure to air pollution affects mental and physical health, and how this affects communities unequally
- NIHR ARC Northwest London's Prof Mala Rao on the impact of the climate crisis on mental health and the rise of eco-anxiety in young people
- NIHR ARC Oxford and Thames Valley's Dr Jennifer Wild on supporting hospital and paramedic employees during and after COVID-19 and implementing effective treatment for NHS staff