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Description
Professor Angie Hart led the Brighton contribution to a five-year project involving 11 institutions around the UK. With overall funding of £35.4m, the overarching project was led by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre.
Professor Hart's team focused on a workstream entitled Flourishing & Wellbeing, drawing on expertise to enable initiatives and interventions for patients and non-patients, to be delivered in accessible and inclusive spaces beyond the clinic - such as communal public spaces and workplaces.
These initiatives have created inclusive real-world ‘laboratories’ bringing together ordinary people with academic experts in mental health issues to create practical and effective interventions that have been demonstrated to boost wellbeing and resilience at both an individual and wider community level. By helping ‘beat the odds’ for myriad individuals, the community-focused work carried out by the University of Brighton improves the odds for wider communities to cope with the day-to-day struggles many people are increasingly facing.
One in four people will experience mental illnesses in their lifetime, and while some recover completely, many struggle for years with symptoms. The University of Brighton has been a pioneer in initiatives to find accessible and inclusive pathways to boost mental health in the community.
The University of Brighton partnered with social enterprise network Boingboing which has, since 2005, brought together researchers and those with lived experience of complex mental health challenges to create and implement projects that work with a range of disadvantaged or overlooked groups.
The project asked
> What are the cognitive, behavioural and affective mechanisms
underpinning flourishing; e.g. compassion, gratitude, attention, social
connectedness?
> What are feasible and effective interventions to promote flourishing and
mental health in non-clinical settings, among patients and non-patients?
> How should flourishing be measured?
> What ethical standards are required for flourishing initiatives and
interventions in non-clinical settings?
> How can public institutional infrastructures support flourishing initiatives
that are inclusive, accessible and acceptable to patients and diverse
publics?
Professor Hart's team focused on a workstream entitled Flourishing & Wellbeing, drawing on expertise to enable initiatives and interventions for patients and non-patients, to be delivered in accessible and inclusive spaces beyond the clinic - such as communal public spaces and workplaces.
These initiatives have created inclusive real-world ‘laboratories’ bringing together ordinary people with academic experts in mental health issues to create practical and effective interventions that have been demonstrated to boost wellbeing and resilience at both an individual and wider community level. By helping ‘beat the odds’ for myriad individuals, the community-focused work carried out by the University of Brighton improves the odds for wider communities to cope with the day-to-day struggles many people are increasingly facing.
One in four people will experience mental illnesses in their lifetime, and while some recover completely, many struggle for years with symptoms. The University of Brighton has been a pioneer in initiatives to find accessible and inclusive pathways to boost mental health in the community.
The University of Brighton partnered with social enterprise network Boingboing which has, since 2005, brought together researchers and those with lived experience of complex mental health challenges to create and implement projects that work with a range of disadvantaged or overlooked groups.
The project asked
> What are the cognitive, behavioural and affective mechanisms
underpinning flourishing; e.g. compassion, gratitude, attention, social
connectedness?
> What are feasible and effective interventions to promote flourishing and
mental health in non-clinical settings, among patients and non-patients?
> How should flourishing be measured?
> What ethical standards are required for flourishing initiatives and
interventions in non-clinical settings?
> How can public institutional infrastructures support flourishing initiatives
that are inclusive, accessible and acceptable to patients and diverse
publics?
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/12/22 → 30/11/27 |
Funding
- NIHR
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