Violence, Abuse and Mental Health: Opportunities for Change
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Health Service and Population Research
Abstract
Violence and abuse are endemic globally. In the most recent Crime Survey in England and Wales, 2% reported past-year community violence (where most victims were men). Domestic violence or abuse (physical, sexual, psychological, economic and controlling or coercive behaviour) in the last year was reported by 7.5% of women and 4.3% of men, with victims of repeated or severe domestic violence and/or sexual violence more likely to be women. Most previous mental health research has neglected the impact of domestic and sexual violence on mental health and well-being, so our network will prioritise these, and their links with childhood experiences, and mental health in childhood and adulthood. We know that people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of domestic or sexual violence, or have witnessed parental violence as a child; some mental health problems are also, much less commonly, associated with committing violent acts though there is very little known about this in relation to domestic violence perpetration. The UK government has recognised that preventing and reducing the impact of domestic and sexual violence and abuse is an important way to improve mental health.
This network aims to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems among children, working age adults, and the elderly, by bringing together experts with different ways of thinking about violence, abuse and mental health - some will have personal experience of these issues, others will have expertise from the work that they do, and survivor researchers have expertise born of lived experience and their work. Understanding, preventing and reducing the impact of violence and abuse on mental health requires that we resolve problems that have prevented progress in the past. Firstly, different organisations mean different things when they talk about violence and abuse. This has meant that violence and abuse, and mental health, are measured in different ways by different organisations, and that information collected about violence and abuse does not tell us what we need to know. For example, mental health surveys sometimes ask about violence, but do not ask about the relationship between the victim or perpetrator, what type of violence was experienced, or how it impacted on mental health. Secondly, we have limited knowledge of how and why experiencing different types of violence and abuse increases the risk of developing mental disorders, or how new digital technologies are changing people's experiences of abuse and how this impacts on mental health. Thirdly, we do not have interventions that are effective in preventing or reducing violence experienced by people with mental health problems, or programmes that reduce the risk of mental health problems developing after experiences of violence or abuse.
Network activities will address these challenges through: 1) working with people who have personal experience of violence, abuse, and mental health problems to learn from different perspectives, and generate fresh ideas and research questions, with a focus on the commonest types of violence- domestic and sexual violence and abuse; 2) trying to answer research questions through small grant competitions, workshops, conferences, and other events; some of these will lead to larger grant applications; 3) sharing measurement approaches, including how to ethically and safely research this area, which will help data collection and analysis by health services, the criminal justice system, family courts, social care, charities, and researchers. We will also develop an online resource providing information about datasets that can be used in research in the future. We aim to make our results known by publicising them widely through our network and other organisations, including policy makers within NHS England, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence, technology companies and the general public.
This network aims to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems among children, working age adults, and the elderly, by bringing together experts with different ways of thinking about violence, abuse and mental health - some will have personal experience of these issues, others will have expertise from the work that they do, and survivor researchers have expertise born of lived experience and their work. Understanding, preventing and reducing the impact of violence and abuse on mental health requires that we resolve problems that have prevented progress in the past. Firstly, different organisations mean different things when they talk about violence and abuse. This has meant that violence and abuse, and mental health, are measured in different ways by different organisations, and that information collected about violence and abuse does not tell us what we need to know. For example, mental health surveys sometimes ask about violence, but do not ask about the relationship between the victim or perpetrator, what type of violence was experienced, or how it impacted on mental health. Secondly, we have limited knowledge of how and why experiencing different types of violence and abuse increases the risk of developing mental disorders, or how new digital technologies are changing people's experiences of abuse and how this impacts on mental health. Thirdly, we do not have interventions that are effective in preventing or reducing violence experienced by people with mental health problems, or programmes that reduce the risk of mental health problems developing after experiences of violence or abuse.
Network activities will address these challenges through: 1) working with people who have personal experience of violence, abuse, and mental health problems to learn from different perspectives, and generate fresh ideas and research questions, with a focus on the commonest types of violence- domestic and sexual violence and abuse; 2) trying to answer research questions through small grant competitions, workshops, conferences, and other events; some of these will lead to larger grant applications; 3) sharing measurement approaches, including how to ethically and safely research this area, which will help data collection and analysis by health services, the criminal justice system, family courts, social care, charities, and researchers. We will also develop an online resource providing information about datasets that can be used in research in the future. We aim to make our results known by publicising them widely through our network and other organisations, including policy makers within NHS England, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence, technology companies and the general public.
Planned Impact
Key beneficiaries:
1. People with lived experience of interpersonal violence or abuse and mental health problems;
2. The general population including at risk groups such as young people, and people with disabilities;
3. Mental health professionals;
4. Academics - see "Academic beneficiaries";
5. Third sector providers of support for survivors of DV and SV, and programmes for DV perpetrators. The third sector have expressed concern about mental health services failing to address DV and SV, and report mental health problems can be a barrier to effective help for perpetrators and survivors;
6. Self-help groups, peer support providers, and community groups;
7. Policy makers, regulators, commissioners and public health leads;
8. Technologists, including software designers and "Internet of Things" manufacturers;
9. Police, HM prison and probation service.
They will benefit in the following ways:
1. People with mental health problems who are survivors of violence and abuse will be supported more effectively as a result of the development of more appropriate interventions and trauma informed care; they will also be informed about our research through survivor organisations' newsletters and shape the research agenda.
2. The general population will better understand the impact of violence and abuse on mental health through public engagement activities and the media, and through education e.g. on healthy relationships in schools. Publicity and dissemination of the network's activity may also enhance awareness of violence and abuse and help-seeking opportunities.
3. Training of mental health professionals will improve as it will be more informed by a greater understanding of the impact of violence and abuse on mental health. Practitioners will be able to recognise and understand the needs of their clients more effectively; ultimately this will mean their work is more effective and rewarding, and that they understand how their own experiences of abuse may have led them to their work.
4. See earlier for specific benefits to academics.
5. The third sector will benefit through opportunities for collaborations which could result in new ways to analyse their administrative data, in addition to developing new understandings of violence, abuse and mental health which could help multi-agency working.
6. Self-help groups and community groups, working with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse, will be impacted through similar mechanisms.
7. The policy lab will include members on the DHSC Women's Mental Health Taskforce (Sacks-Jones, CEO AGENDA, named collaborator, is co-Chair with Jackie Doyle-Price MP) e.g. NHSE, which is working on sexual safety and restraint in Mental Health Trusts (relating to Regulation 13 http://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/regulations-enforcement/regulation-13-safeguarding-service-users-abuse-improper) and PHE. Research of relevance will be fed back to relevant bodies including the Home Office (Violence Against Women and Girls strategy), DHSC, NICE (e.g. NICE PH50), Health Education England, NHS England National Safeguarding Steering Group and Safeguarding Lead Networks, Mental Health Policy Research Unit, and Royal College conferences.
8. Technologists such as software developers, "Internet of Things" manufacturers and engineers will understand how technical systems and platforms can be used in violence and abuse cases and ultimately impact on mental health e.g. cyber-bullying and controlling behaviour in 'smart' and internet-connected homes.
9. The police, HM Prison and Probation service will understand more about the violence and abuse experienced by mentally disordered victims and perpetrators. Furthermore, we will provide opportunities to discuss how criminal justice can better liaise with mental health services, and understand the factors that increase risks of violence, suicide, and re-victimization in those with mental health conditions.
1. People with lived experience of interpersonal violence or abuse and mental health problems;
2. The general population including at risk groups such as young people, and people with disabilities;
3. Mental health professionals;
4. Academics - see "Academic beneficiaries";
5. Third sector providers of support for survivors of DV and SV, and programmes for DV perpetrators. The third sector have expressed concern about mental health services failing to address DV and SV, and report mental health problems can be a barrier to effective help for perpetrators and survivors;
6. Self-help groups, peer support providers, and community groups;
7. Policy makers, regulators, commissioners and public health leads;
8. Technologists, including software designers and "Internet of Things" manufacturers;
9. Police, HM prison and probation service.
They will benefit in the following ways:
1. People with mental health problems who are survivors of violence and abuse will be supported more effectively as a result of the development of more appropriate interventions and trauma informed care; they will also be informed about our research through survivor organisations' newsletters and shape the research agenda.
2. The general population will better understand the impact of violence and abuse on mental health through public engagement activities and the media, and through education e.g. on healthy relationships in schools. Publicity and dissemination of the network's activity may also enhance awareness of violence and abuse and help-seeking opportunities.
3. Training of mental health professionals will improve as it will be more informed by a greater understanding of the impact of violence and abuse on mental health. Practitioners will be able to recognise and understand the needs of their clients more effectively; ultimately this will mean their work is more effective and rewarding, and that they understand how their own experiences of abuse may have led them to their work.
4. See earlier for specific benefits to academics.
5. The third sector will benefit through opportunities for collaborations which could result in new ways to analyse their administrative data, in addition to developing new understandings of violence, abuse and mental health which could help multi-agency working.
6. Self-help groups and community groups, working with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse, will be impacted through similar mechanisms.
7. The policy lab will include members on the DHSC Women's Mental Health Taskforce (Sacks-Jones, CEO AGENDA, named collaborator, is co-Chair with Jackie Doyle-Price MP) e.g. NHSE, which is working on sexual safety and restraint in Mental Health Trusts (relating to Regulation 13 http://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/regulations-enforcement/regulation-13-safeguarding-service-users-abuse-improper) and PHE. Research of relevance will be fed back to relevant bodies including the Home Office (Violence Against Women and Girls strategy), DHSC, NICE (e.g. NICE PH50), Health Education England, NHS England National Safeguarding Steering Group and Safeguarding Lead Networks, Mental Health Policy Research Unit, and Royal College conferences.
8. Technologists such as software developers, "Internet of Things" manufacturers and engineers will understand how technical systems and platforms can be used in violence and abuse cases and ultimately impact on mental health e.g. cyber-bullying and controlling behaviour in 'smart' and internet-connected homes.
9. The police, HM Prison and Probation service will understand more about the violence and abuse experienced by mentally disordered victims and perpetrators. Furthermore, we will provide opportunities to discuss how criminal justice can better liaise with mental health services, and understand the factors that increase risks of violence, suicide, and re-victimization in those with mental health conditions.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Medical Research Council (Co-funder)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (Co-funder)
- Women's Aid (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- The Lancet (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Cambridge University Press (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Springer Nature (Collaboration)
- McPin Foundation (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
Publications
Hisham I
(2021)
Domestic abuse and mental health: the amplified risks created during the pandemic
in BJPsych Advances
Bhavsar V
(2020)
The association between neighbourhood characteristics and physical victimisation in men and women with mental disorders.
in BJPsych open
Sparrow K
(2020)
The experience of health and welfare workers in identifying and responding to domestic abuse among military personnel in the UK
in BMC Health Services Research
Keynejad RC
(2022)
Domestic abuse is important risk factor for suicide.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Turner S
(2024)
In principle vs in practice: User, expert and policymaker attitudes towards the right to data portability in the internet of things
in Computer Law & Security Review
Matthews T
(2020)
A longitudinal twin study of victimization and loneliness from childhood to young adulthood
in Development and Psychopathology
Sweeney A
(2019)
Who gets to study whom: survivor research and peer review processes
in Disability & Society
Whiting D
(2019)
Violent outcomes in first-episode psychosis: A clinical cohort study
in Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Sweeney A
(2019)
Out of the silence: towards grassroots and trauma-informed support for people who have experienced sexual violence and abuse.
in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
Oram S
(2019)
Sexual violence and mental health.
in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
Hughes E
(2019)
Sexual violence and mental health services: a call to action.
in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
Kandaswamy R
(2021)
DNA methylation signatures of adolescent victimization: analysis of a longitudinal monozygotic twin sample.
in Epigenetics
Brathwaite R
(2021)
Predicting the risk of depression among adolescents in Nepal using a model developed in Brazil: the IDEA Project.
in European child & adolescent psychiatry
Lagerberg T
(2020)
Associations between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and violent crime in adolescents, young, and older adults - a Swedish register-based study.
in European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Gregory A
(2019)
Children's experiences and needs in situations of domestic violence: A secondary analysis of qualitative data from adult friends and family members of female survivors
in Health & Social Care in the Community
Borschmann R
(2020)
The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis.
in International journal of population data science
Baldwin JR
(2021)
Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening.
in JAMA pediatrics
Rasmussen LJH
(2020)
Association of Adverse Experiences and Exposure to Violence in Childhood and Adolescence With Inflammatory Burden in Young People.
in JAMA pediatrics
Sariaslan A
(2020)
Limitations of Case Register Studies for Violence and Psychiatric Disorders-Reply.
in JAMA psychiatry
Sariaslan A
(2020)
Risk of Subjection to Violence and Perpetration of Violence in Persons With Psychiatric Disorders in Sweden.
in JAMA psychiatry
Meehan AJ
(2020)
Developing an individualized risk calculator for psychopathology among young people victimized during childhood: A population-representative cohort study.
in Journal of affective disorders
Tanksley PT
(2020)
Identifying Psychological Pathways to Polyvictimization: Evidence from a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Twins from the United Kingdom.
in Journal of experimental criminology
Tanczer L
(2021)
'I feel like we're really behind the game': perspectives of the United Kingdom's intimate partner violence support sector on the rise of technology-facilitated abuse
in Journal of Gender-Based Violence
Rose A
(2020)
A Cross-sectional Comparison of the Mental Health of People Trafficked to the UK for Domestic Servitude, for Sexual Exploitation and for Labor Exploitation
in Journal of Human Trafficking
Latham R
(2020)
Understanding practitioners' and young people's views of a risk calculator for future psychopathology and poor functioning in young people victimised during childhood
in Journal of Mental Health
Taggart D
(2021)
Trauma, mental health and the COVID-19 crisis: are we really all in it together?
in Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
Gayer-Anderson C
(2020)
A comparison between self-report and interviewer-rated retrospective reports of childhood abuse among individuals with first-episode psychosis and population-based controls
in Journal of Psychiatric Research
Beaudry G
(2021)
An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis: Mental Disorders Among Adolescents in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities
in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Beaudry G
(2021)
Ms. Beaudry et al. Reply.
in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Oram S,
The Lancet Psychiatry
in Lancet Psychiatry Commission: Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Change.
Brathwaite R
(2020)
Predicting the risk of future depression among school-attending adolescents in Nigeria using a model developed in Brazil.
in Psychiatry research
Sideli L
(2020)
Childhood adversity and psychosis: a systematic review of bio-psycho-social mediators and moderators.
in Psychological medicine
Lamsma J
(2020)
Use of illicit substances and violent behaviour in psychotic disorders: two nationwide case-control studies and meta-analyses.
in Psychological medicine
Sweeney A
(2020)
Balancing closeness and distance through identity enactment: Psychological therapy assessments explored through the assessor-client dyad
in Qualitative Research in Psychology
Beards S
(2020)
Threatening Life Events and Difficulties and Psychotic Disorder.
in Schizophrenia bulletin
Lamsma J
(2020)
Cognition and violent behavior in psychotic disorders: A nationwide case-control study.
in Schizophrenia research. Cognition
Clarke V
(2021)
Medium-term health and social outcomes in adolescents following sexual assault: a prospective mixed-methods cohort study.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Saunders KRK
(2021)
Past-year intimate partner violence perpetration among people with and without depression: an individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
McManus S
(2021)
Receiving threatening or obscene messages from a partner and mental health, self-harm and suicidality: results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Oexle N
(2020)
Childhood bullying victimization, self-labelling, and help-seeking for mental health problems.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Kadra-Scalzo G
(2023)
Adverse outcomes associated with recorded victimization in mental health electronic records during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Fritz FD
(2021)
1324 prison suicides in 10 countries in South America: incidence, relative risks, and ecological factors.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Keynejad RC
(2023)
Research, education and capacity building priorities for violence, abuse and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: an international qualitative survey.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Miller P
(2023)
Invited commentary.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Kienzler H
(2022)
Ethical spaces in imperfect global health collaborations. A commentary on Keynejad's research, education and capacity building initiative to address gender-based violence in the Global South.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Faulkner A
(2023)
Respect for the journey: a survivor-led investigation of undergoing psychotherapy assessment.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
| Description | Our meetings and events have been attended by hundreds of people, providing opportunities for learning, dissemination, and networking. We now have over 1,249 subscribers to our monthly newsletter, which shares latest findings from research and practice and collaboration, funding, and training opportunities, and over 2,600 followers on Twitter. We continue to actively seek out opportunities to expand our membership further. VAMHN members are conducting and publishing important and high-quality research relevant to the network's aims. Through our collaboration with Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology journal we have commissioned original articles and commentaries from our network members with 6 papers now published. Members engage through a variety of means, including through our programme of network meetings and seminars, with speakers selected to represent the cross-disciplinary and multi-sectoral nature of our network. We are working to set the future research agenda on violence, abuse, and mental health problems. Activities include our collaboration with The Lancet Psychiatry we have brought together a Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health, an international and multi-disciplinary team of academics and practitioners to examine evidence and propose recommendations for changes in practice and research that will set the agenda for future work. The Commission was published in May 2022 and was officially launched at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference in June 2022. We have commissioned twelve research projects which will address the measurement and definition of violence, abuse, and mental health problems; understanding pathways between violence, abuse, and mental health problems; and, interventions for violence, abuse, and mental health problems. We have also commissioned 5 artistic public engagement projects which aim to promote the discussion around violence, abuse and mental health to the general public. Findings are being shared with network members through network meetings and via peer-reviewed journal articles. We recognise that developing the capacity and competitiveness of junior researchers will be vital in progressing violence, abuse, and mental health research. Accordingly, we target bursary funds, grant-writing workshops, and development seminars to our early career researchers, and strongly encourage the inclusion of early career researchers as co-applicants to our plus funds grant competitions. We have developed resources that will be useful both during and beyond the lifetime of the award including our online data directory, which indexes UK datasets that are accessible for secondary analysis and report violence, abuse, and mental health. We have also developed a directory of experts and networks to support new research collaborations and to support non-academic members (including media) to access academic expertise and commentary. Additionally, we have developed a lived-experience guided online blog repository, aiming to clearly communicate the state of the art for non-academic uses. Our Lived Experience Advisory Group meet regularly and have developed and participated in the creation of numerous resources including podcasts, blogs, webinars and written outputs. They are currently working on an autoethnography piece on the medicalisation and stigmatisation of trauma in collaboration with The McPin Foundation. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | APPG Inquiry into Domestic Abuse and Mental Health: Invited submission |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Crown Prosecution Service Public Consultation on Pre-Trial Therapy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.cps.gov.uk/consultation/public-consultation-guidance-pre-trial-therapy |
| Description | Domestic Abuse Bill - Public Bill Committee Briefing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmpublic/DomesticAbuse/memo/DAB37.pdf |
| Description | Home Office Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/violence-against-women-and-girls-vawg-call-for-evidence/... |
| Description | King's Health Partners "Meet the Expert" global, clinical seminar series on "Identification of, and response to, domestic violence and abuse in healthcare settings during the Covid pandemic" |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Maudsley Learning (BRAINCAST) podcast on DVA and mental health |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl_OF_Kvxnk&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Member of SafeLives Advisory Group for project relating to Domestic violence in London - a whole health approach. |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | NHSE/NHSI webinar on domestic abuse and perinatal mental health during Covid with 850 attendees online |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html |
| Description | Off-radar interim report was shared with Government bodies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Prof Louise Howard: Advisor for new Covid-19 guidelines on DVA |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-work/oxppl/domestic-violence-and-abuse/ |
| Description | Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of General Adult Psychiatry Conference on "Domestic violence and abuse and mental health during the Covid pandemic and beyond: implications for general adult psychiatrists" with 436 attendees |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/conferences/faculty-of-general-adult-psychiatry-conference-2020 |
| Description | IAA Social Science Festival award - Home is not always a safe place - young people's experiences during the pandemic and opportunities for change (Fisher) |
| Amount | £1,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Improving national and local responses to identifying and supporting children and young people at risk of violence and abuse in the home during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Amount | £7,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | KCL Global Research Grant (PI: Roxanne Keynejad) |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | Mental health impact of Covid-19-related societal changes on "off-radar" children at risk of violence/abuse at home |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | NIHR ARC National Priority for Adult Social Care and Social Work Priority Projects (PI: Ruth McGovern) |
| Amount | £62,942 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | NIHR North East and North Cumbria Applied Research Collaboration (PI: Ruth McGovern) |
| Amount | £49,762 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | PROTECT COVID 19: Exploring lived experiences of the impact of intimate partner violence and abuse on children, affected family members and perpetrators during the COVID- 19 global pandemic: N8 (PI: Ruth McGovern) |
| Amount | £19,836 (GBP) |
| Organisation | N8 Research Partnership |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Royal College of Psychiatrists Margaret Slack Travelling Fellowship (PI: Roxanne Keynejad) |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | Study on the economic, social, and human costs of trafficking in human beings within the EU |
| Amount | € 309,836 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | HOME/2018/ISFP/PR/THB/0000 Lot 2 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | The needs of domestic violence and abuse service providers in the wake of coronavirus: A scoping study -King's Together Fund |
| Amount | £9,902 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Victimization and domestic violence experienced by mental health services users during the COVID-19 lockdown period: understanding outcomes and their correlates. |
| Amount | £24,873 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2021 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Violence, Health and Society |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | UK PRP |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Violence, Health and Society: VISION |
| Amount | £7,128,297 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/V049879/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Special Issue on Sexual Violence and Mental Health |
| Organisation | Cambridge University Press |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The PI was invited to guest edit a special issue of the journal on the topic of sexual violence and mental health. As guest editor she commissioned two 3,000 word commentaries from leading experts working in this field and authored a 1,500 word editorial to introduce them. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences is an international peer-reviewed journal; each issue has a focus on one topic. |
| Impact | All outputs are listed under publications: (1) Oram et al (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000106) (2) Sweeney et al (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000131) (3) Hughes et al (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000040) Collaboration involves applied health researchers, epidemiologists, and survivor researchers. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | International Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The iVAMHN is an auxiliary network established by network member Dr Roxanne Keynejad (King's College London) to bring together early career researchers from or with a focus on researching violence, abuse, and mental health in low- and middle-income countries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The VAMHN has supported the iVAMHN with hosting events and circulating newsletters and opportunities. iVAMHN members were also invited to submit a manuscript to our linked series with the Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Journal which has now been published. |
| Impact | Paper published by iVAMHN as part of the VAMHN's SPPE Journal Series: Keynejad, R.C., Bentley, A., Bhatia, U. et al. Research, education and capacity building priorities for violence, abuse and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: an international qualitative survey. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02061-5 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health |
| Organisation | The Lancet |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research's senior leadership team conceptualized the scope of the commission and identified commissioners in partnership with the editor of The Lancet Psychiatry. The research team provided the secretariat to the commission, including through the organisation of travel and accommodation for commissioners to attend two in-person meetings (June 2019 and February 2020). The PI chaired the in-person meetings with the editor of The Lancet Psychiatry and provided guidance and support to commissioners between meetings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Lancet Psychiatry has contributed staff time from the editor and deputy editor, access to facilities and equipment (i.e. catering and room hire), and printing. Future contributions will include printing and dissemination of the commission, podcasts and advertising, and additional staff time including for development of online content. |
| Impact | An editorial announcing the Commission was published in July 2019 (Oram et a doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30186-5.l, see publications). The collaboration is multidisciplinary: the team of commissioners brings expertise in child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychology, primary care, neuroscience, behavioural science, violence against women research, service user-led research, epidemiology, law, sociology, and journalism. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Prof. Seena Fazel - Post doctoral fellowship supervision of Dr Vishal Bhavsar |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Seena Fazel was involved in a study on perpetrators of IPV that was published in PLoS Medicine. This involved a collaboration between Seena Fazel and network co-lead Louise Howard that arose from the network. Seena was subsequently invited to co-supervise a post-doc fellowship application for network member Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London) which is ongoing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London) is applying to a post-doctoral fellowship with the supervision of Prof. Seena Fazel. |
| Impact | Initial collaboration between Seena Fazel and Louise Howard: Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study. Yu R, Nevado-Holgado AJ, Molero Y, D'Onofrio BM, Larsson H, et al. (2019) Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study. PLOS Medicine 16(12): e1002995. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002995 Post-doctoral fellowship application by Vishal Bhavsar and supervised by Seena Fazel is currently in process. Vishal Bhavsar is a consultant psychiatrist and epidemiological researcher in women's mental health. Seena Fazel is a Professor of Forensic Psychiatry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Prof. Seena Fazel - Post doctoral fellowship supervision of Dr Vishal Bhavsar |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Seena Fazel was involved in a study on perpetrators of IPV that was published in PLoS Medicine. This involved a collaboration between Seena Fazel and network co-lead Louise Howard that arose from the network. Seena was subsequently invited to co-supervise a post-doc fellowship application for network member Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London) which is ongoing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London) is applying to a post-doctoral fellowship with the supervision of Prof. Seena Fazel. |
| Impact | Initial collaboration between Seena Fazel and Louise Howard: Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study. Yu R, Nevado-Holgado AJ, Molero Y, D'Onofrio BM, Larsson H, et al. (2019) Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study. PLOS Medicine 16(12): e1002995. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002995 Post-doctoral fellowship application by Vishal Bhavsar and supervised by Seena Fazel is currently in process. Vishal Bhavsar is a consultant psychiatrist and epidemiological researcher in women's mental health. Seena Fazel is a Professor of Forensic Psychiatry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Journal linked series |
| Organisation | Springer Nature |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We partnered with the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology to produce a linked series of papers on violence, abuse, and mental health, with contributions from academic and third sector network members, and multidisciplinary invited commentaries. So far six papers have been published under this series, all authored by network members. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The network invited members to submit manuscripts and commentaries to the SPPE journal. Prof Louise Howard acted as guest editor. |
| Impact | A full list of publications under this series can be found below: Faulkner, A., Kelly, K., Gibson, S. et al. Respect for the journey: a survivor-led investigation of undergoing psychotherapy assessment. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-02017-1 Keynejad, R.C., Bentley, A., Bhatia, U. et al. Research, education and capacity building priorities for violence, abuse and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: an international qualitative survey. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02061-5 Yapp, E., Booth, T., Davis, K. et al. Sex differences in experiences of multiple traumas and mental health problems in the UK Biobank cohort. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02092-y Miller, P. Invited commentary. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02134-5 McManus, S., Bebbington, P.E., Tanczer, L. et al. Receiving threatening or obscene messages from a partner and mental health, self-harm and suicidality: results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02113-w Clarke, V., Goddard, A., Wellings, K. et al. Medium-term health and social outcomes in adolescents following sexual assault: a prospective mixed-methods cohort study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02127-4 Saunders, K.R.K., Landau, S., Howard, L.M. et al. Past-year intimate partner violence perpetration among people with and without depression: an individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02183-w Kienzler, H. Ethical spaces in imperfect global health collaborations. A commentary on Keynejad's research, education and capacity building initiative to address gender-based violence in the Global South. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02213-7 D'cruz, M.M., Chandra, P.D. Invited commentary on "Medium-term health and social outcomes in adolescents following sexual assault: a prospective mixed-methods cohort study" by Clare and colleagues. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02205-7 McTavish, J.R., MacMillan, H.L. The need for meaningful support following exposure to sexual assault. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02232-y |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Supporting survivor involvement |
| Organisation | McPin Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team provided support to conceptualize, design, and conduct the survivor research consultation; and invited McPin Foundation to be represented at The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health and to speak at network events. |
| Collaborator Contribution | McPin Foundation led the survivor research consultation (detailed below) including through the design, piloting, and promotion of an online survey; organizing two survivor workshops; analyzing findings; leading write up of findings; and supporting dissemination. McPin Foundation additionally support the network through attendance at and participation in network activities and events and supporting dissemination. |
| Impact | (1) The collaboration has resulted in a consultation exercise to identify priority issues and potential research questions from survivor perspectives, led by the McPin Foundation, a member of the grant-holder team (Dr Angela Sweeney), and an independent researcher affiliated with Survivors Voices, a national peer-led organisation run by and for adult survivors of abuse. The aim of the consultation was to develop a list of priority research topics and potential research questions on the topic of violence, abuse and mental health from the perspective of survivors. The consultation involved collecting information from an open survey and workshops with survivors, followed by the assimilation of findings from both sources into a set of research themes and question. The consultation report was launched and made publicly available in June 2019 (https://www.vamhn.co.uk/uploads/1/2/2/7/122741688/consultation_report_on_website.pdf). It has been disseminated electronically and in hard copy via the research network and its findings used to inform network activities, including its annual grant competitions. (2) McPin Foundation contribute to network activities and events, including through The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI Grant on Victimization and domestic violence experienced by mental health services users during the COVID-19 lockdown period: understanding outcomes and their correlates |
| Organisation | Women's Aid |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This grant builds on the development work funded by the NIHR Research Professorship to develop a natural language processing application to identify domestic abuse in electronic health records. We are now planning to use this NLP app to examine the impact of Covid-19. This is therefore a collaboration between the NIHR BRC informatics team and Women's Aid and myself. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Women's Aid are helping with development of the protocol and dissemination of results. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | 1st Measurement Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop hosted by VAMHN co investigator Prof. Sylvia Walby at City University. Approximately 45 invited stakeholders attended in order to facilitate a dialogue between NGOs, researchers, policymakers, funders and publishers regarding the development of a shared measurement framework. The day included presentations, panel discussions and marked the launch of the VAMHN's first small grant competition on the theme of measurement. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new connections made, channels of ongoing discussion opened across sectors, small grant competition launched to stimulate new research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 1st Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 1st network meeting attended by approximately 50 network members. The event included talks from Dan Robotham (McPin Foundation), Suzanne Jacob, Emma Vallis and Shanti Rao (SafeLives), Sarah Hughes (StandingTogether) and Khatidja Chantler, Solveig Vatnar and Nicky Stanley (Domestic Homicide International Research Group). The event also included roundtable discussion sessions and opportunities for networking. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new cross-sector connections made, new research shared, Mental Elf live tweeting and podcasts shared online, results of roundtable discussion used to influence network's aims and activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/news/first-network-meeting-podcasts |
| Description | 2nd Measurement Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Measurement workshop hosted by VAMHN co investigator Dr Emma Howarth. The event involved preliminary work to support the development of a core outcome set to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of family and child focused targeted interventions. Key stakeholders were invited included healthcare practitioners, academics, members of the third sector and people with lived experience of violence, abuse and mental health problems. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new connections made, contribution to core outcome set publication - expected in 2020/21. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2nd Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2nd Network Meeting hosted at the Institute of Mental Health in Nottingham. The day included presentations from Concetta Perot, Prof. Vanessa Munro, Dr Parveen Ali and Dr Julie McGarry. The event also included roundtable discussions and opportunities for networking. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new connections made, Theory of Change output for the network planned as a result of roundtable discussions - impact on research an policy, podcasts and live tweeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/news/second-network-meeting-071019 |
| Description | 3rd Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We have previously held network meetings every six months, providing an opportunity to share and receive feedback on network strategy and activity, as well as providing opportunities to network and share resources. Our March 2020 meeting was cancelled, due to COVID-19. This meeting was held online, and involved the launch of the VAMHN data directory, discussion around the VAMHN small grant competition on the theme of understanding as well as a keynote speech from Prof. Rachel Jewkes (Sexual Violence Research Initiative, and the South African Medical Research Council). Additionally, we hosted two networking sessions designed to allow members of the network to connect with other people who work in different sectors and disciplines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/fourth-vamhn-network-meeting.html |
| Description | 4th Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This meeting was attended by 97 network members from the academic, healthcare and third sector and people with lived experience of violence, abuse and mental health problems. At this meeting we launched our third VAMHN grant call on the theme of interventions for violence, abuse and mental health. We welcomed a keynote speech from Dr Emma Howarth (University of East London) and launched the Safe, Seen, Supported report and infographic with co-authors Jane Chevous and Laura Fischer. We also hosted networking breakout sessions and discussed our upcoming plans for expert and network directories with VAMHN grantholder Dr Jude Towers. The meeting was recorded and will be uploaded to the VAMHN website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Blog: No quick fix: the long-term needs of sexual assault survivors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this blog Laura Watt, David Gadd, Maria Pampaka, Filippo Varese and Rabiya Majeed-Ariss explain their findings from their VAMHN funded research project that investigated the long term needs of sexual assault survivors and make recommendations for policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2022/02/no-quick-fix-the-long-term-needs-of-sexual-assaul... |
| Description | CPS Consultation Response to Guidance on Pre-Trial Therapy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This call brought together therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, members of the third sector and academics from the network to coordinate a response to the CPS pre-trial therapy guidance consultation. The response will be written up and submitted by the 30th October and we aim to make the output public on the VAMHN website to share with our members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Chair; Roundtable hosted by Maternal Mental Health Alliance on domestic abuse and perinatal mental health (Louise Howard) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Chair; Roundtable hosted by Maternal Mental Health Alliance on domestic abuse and perinatal mental health. 3rd November 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Children and Domestic Abuse Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar was the third in our series of online events on the theme of understanding violence, abuse, and mental health, and focused on Children and Domestic Abuse: Identifying and Responding to Harm. The webinar was hosted by VAMHN grant holder Dr Emma Howarth (University of East London). We welcomed three speakers; Prof. Helen Minnis (University of Glasgow), Dr Leesa Hooker (La Trobe University) and Concetta Perot (Survivors' Voices & King's College London). The event was live tweeted and the webinar recording and other resources were shared on the VAMHN website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/children-and-domestic-abuse.html |
| Description | Co-production workshops with young peer researchers (Latham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham held a series of workshops with 4 young peer researchers (recruited through McPin Foundation) for her VAMHN-funded project on multi-level violence exposure and adolescent mental health problems. These peer researchers assisted with interpreting and writing up the findings from this project and created a blog of their experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Dr Leonie Tanczer's Keynote speech at the "Unmasking Stalking" Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On the 21st April 2021, VAMHN Co-I Dr Leonie Tanczer spoke about "Tech Abuse and Stalking" at the "Unmasking Stalking" Conference organised by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust as part of the National Stalking Awareness Week 2021. The Conference took place in London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Science event on "Home is not always a safe place" (Fisher & Fully Focused Productions) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Fisher collaborated with Fully Focused Productions (https://www.fullyfocusedproductions.com/), to host an Instagram survey and online event to open up the conversation with young people to hear about their experiences of feeling 'unsafe' at home during the pandemic, what they've found has helped them to cope/feel more safe, and learn about what they think are the best ways to support young people to survive and thrive during these more socially restricted times. https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/home-is-not-always-a-safe-place-a-young-peopleas-experiences-during-the-pandemic-and-opportunities-for-change/ A report was published on the UKRI VAMHN webiste and circulated widely on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/uploads/1/2/2/7/122741688/fear_at_home_report_final.pdf |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Sciences: Resilience to Transformation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on "Resilience to transformation: improving the response to violence against women and its impact on mental health" hosted by Dr Helen Adams. The event looked at concepts of resilience and transformation from a geographical and psychological perspective. The event was held as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: Podcasts and live tweeting from the mental elf, new connections made, collaborative publication planned from Helen Adams, Nadia Mantovani and Collette Hirsch who met at the workshop - impact on research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Early Career Researcher Grant Writing Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | These virtual workshops support junior researchers working in the field of domestic/sexual violence and mental health to prepare competitive funding applications for research and fellowships. The workshops are facilitated by two senior members of VAMHN (Dr Helen Fisher and Prof. Louise Howard) and provide a supportive environment for ECRs to receive constructive feedback on their grant applications. The workshops take place online via Zoom every two months over a year. Three proposals are discussed at each workshop. All participating ECRs are required to provide a draft proposal to the group at least a week before their allocated workshop, which all other group members read in advance and provide feedback on during the session. ECRs present in rotation, so that all members have feedback on their proposals over the course of the workshops. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Helen Fisher participated in VAMHN ECR lunchtime seminar on "Meet the Publisher" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Helen Fisher provided a talk and participated in the panel discussion for the UKRI VAMHN ECR lunchtime seminar on "Meet the Publisher" in September 2021 which was attended by 80 early career researchers and the recording has subsequently been watch by a further 75 ECRs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/meet-the-publisher.html |
| Description | How do sexual assault services identify and treat mental health and substance misuse problems? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mental Elf blog written by network coordinator Anjuli Kaul evaluating the paper 'The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review.' by Stefanidou (2020). Mental Elf blogs reach hundreds of researchers and practitioners and have significant impact on the uptake and readership of a scientific paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/substance-misuse/sexual-assault-services-mental-hea... |
| Description | How to engage with policy - ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar took place as part of our ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series on the 17th March 2021.The webinar was about how to engage with the policy as a researcher. The following speakers were invited: Dr Benedict Wilkinson - Director of Research at The Policy Institute (King's College London), Alasdair Love - Clerk to the Communications and Digital Select Committee (House of Lords), Dr Vivienne Moxham-Hall - Research Associate at The Policy Institute (King's College London), Dr Brynmor Lloyd-Evans - Associate Professor at the Division of Psychiatry (University College London) & Deputy Director of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit and Dr Claire Wilson - MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow (King's College London). This webinar was hosted by VAMHN Co-lead Dr Helen Fisher (King's College London). The webinar was attended by approximately 65 people and has been watched a further 40 times online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/how-to-engage-with-policy.html |
| Description | How to engage with the media: Early Career Researcher Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 27th January 2021 the network hosted the first webinar in our Early Career Researcher (ECR) Lunchtime Seminar Series. This webinar was on "How to engage with the media" and was directed at Early Career Researchers. Speakers included; Stephen Khan (Executive Editor of The Conversation), Mark Brown (Development Director of Social Spider CIC), Freya Robb (Press Officer Science Media Centre), Kirsty Walker (Director of UCL Media Relations) and Shiroma Silva (Senior Shooting Director and Senior Producer at BBC). This webinar was hosted by VAMHN Co-investigator Dr Leonie Tanczer (UCL). The webinar recording and additional resources have been uploaded to the VAMHN website and the event was live tweeted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/how-to-engage-with-the-media.html |
| Description | International Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural meeting of the International Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network created by network member Dr Roxanne Keynejad (King's College London) who obtained seed funding to bring international early career researchers together to present their work. Research was presented from India, Ethiopia, Somaliland and Uganda. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new international connections made |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Royal College of Psychiatrists annual scientific congress, June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker for symposium at Royal College of Psychiatrists annual scientific. Title of talk: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence and abuse, and implications for mental health services in high income settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited speaker to Joint meeting of the Welsh Psychiatric Society, National Centre for Mental Health & The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales, May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker to Joint meeting of the Welsh Psychiatric Society, National Centre for Mental Health & The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales. Violence and mental health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited symposium - 20th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Transforming mental health service responses to intimate partner violence. 20th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry - virtual congress. Invited symposium. 09.03.2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Juggling Commitments - ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar took place as part of our ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series on the 12th May 2021. This webinar was on juggling commitments as a researcher. This webinar was hosted by VAMHN Co-investigator Dr Leonie Tanczer (University College London). This webinar was attended by 17 people and has been watched a further 33 times online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/juggling-commitments.html |
| Description | Lancet Psychiatry Commission Preliminary Meetings: Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Additional two meetings which bought together approximately 25 international experts for preliminary work on a planned publication with the Lancet Psychiatry on 'Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health'. The meetings took place from the 11th-12th February 2020. The publication aims to establish a roadmap for future work across mental health research, services, and policy. The publication is expected in the summer of 2021. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public, new international connections made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036619301865?via%3Dihub |
| Description | Lancet Psychiatry Commission Preliminary Meetings: Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two meetings which bought together approximately 25 international experts for preliminary work on a planned publication with the Lancet Psychiatry on 'Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health'. The publication aims to establish a roadmap for future work across mental health research, services, and policy. The publication is expected by November 2020. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public, new international connections made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036619301865?via%3Dihub |
| Description | Launch Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | <100 people attended from different areas including third sector, policy and academia to celebrate the launch of the UKRI Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network. The day included presentations from 5 key network partners; Kate Lovett, Wendy Burn, Felicity Callard, Donna Covey and Louise Arseneault. The event also included opportunities for networking. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: influence research and policy through subsequent activities of the network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lived Experience, Artist and Researcher Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To help connect network members who are artists, researchers or people with lived experience who wanted to apply to our VAMHN Arts Funding Competition, we set up an online forum to allow them to advertise their ideas and interests. As of February 2022, 34 members have signed up and are using the forum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://leraforum.wixsite.com/my-site |
| Description | Maudsley Learning podcast on DVA and mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Maudsley Learning podcast on DVA and mental health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl_OF_Kvxnk&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | McPin Survivor Research Priorities Consultation Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Two workshops conducted with people with lived experience of violence, abuse and/or mental health problems in order to gain insight into what their research priorities are as survivors. One workshop was held in London and the other in Birmingham, and both were hosted by Dan Robotham (McPin), Concetta Perot (Survivors' Voices, King's College London, Independent Researcher) and Angela Sweeney (St George's University of London). The workshops acted as preliminary work to create the 'VAMHN Survivors' priority themes and questions for research consultation report' which aims to inform the activities of the network. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: to influence research in the area of violence, abuse and mental health in a way that reflects the views and needs of survivors, to create the VAMHN consultation report to guide the activities of the network in a way that reflects the views and needs of survivors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/uploads/1/2/2/7/122741688/consultation_report_on_website.pdf |
| Description | Meet the publisher - ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar took place on the 22nd September 2021 as part of our ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series. This webinar was on academic publishing. We welcomed the following speakers: Prof. Helen Fisher (King's College London), Dr Niall Boyce (The Lancet Psychiatry) and George Vousden (PLoS One). The webinar as attended by 65 people and has been watched a further 22 times online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/meet-the-publisher.html |
| Description | Mental Elf Blog: 'Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women' by Anna Sri |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Mental Elf blog written by network member Anna Sri evaluating the paper 'Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study' by Yu et al (2019). The publication of the Yu et al (2019) paper was facilitated by the VAMHN and includes L. Howard (VAMHN co-lead) and S. Fazel (VAMHN grantholder) as co authors. Mental Elf blogs reach hundreds of researchers and practitioners and have significant impact on the uptake and readership of a scientific paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/substance-misuse/mental-disorders-and-intimate-part... |
| Description | Mental Elf Blog: 'Mental health policy: are the "facts" based on "evidence"?' by Anjuli Kaul |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Mental Elf blog written by network coordinator Anjuli Kaul evaluating the paper ' The accuracy and accessibility of cited evidence: a study examining mental health policy documents.' by Hui et al (2019). Mental Elf blogs reach hundreds of researchers and practitioners and have significant impact on the uptake and readership of a scientific paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nationalelfservice.net/publication-types/policy/mental-health-policy-are-the-facts-based... |
| Description | Networking event for the VAMHN Arts Funding Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 17th January 2022, we hosted a networking event designed to foster connections and collaborations between artists, researchers and people with lived experience so that they may apply for the VAMHN Arts Funding Competition. We are particularly valuing interdisciplinarity in applicants project teams and wanted to be able to provide a space for people to connect with other members. Around 17 people attended the networking event and we received positive feedback about the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Newsletters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Monthly newsletters disseminated to VAMHN mailing list since December 2018. The newsletters contain relevant information about resources, events and collaboration opportunities facilitated by the network and externally. As of March 2022 the newsletter has directly been mailed to 1,192 people. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: new connections made, new collaborations for grant applications made, research publications and organisations spotlighted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/newsletter-archive.html |
| Description | Non-academic career pathways for researchers - ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On the 23rd February 2022 we held the sixth webinar in our Early Career Researcher (ECR) Lunchtime Seminar Series. This webinar was on non-academic career pathways for researchers. We welcomed the following speakers: Dr Eloise Crush, Research Director of the Positive Group; Dr Dan Robotham, Deputy Research Director from The McPin Foundation; Dr Stephanie Smith, Senior Advisor at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation and Dr Minh Dang, Executive Director of the Survivor Alliance. The webinar was attended by approximately 55 people and has been watched a further 16 times online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/non-academic-career-pathways-for-researchers.html |
| Description | Not My Shame Zine Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event saw the launch of the "Not My Shame" project - a VAMHN funded artistic engagement project. The event occurred at the Science Gallery and was attended by approximately 50 people. The project was an art-therapy initiative which facilitated healing by recipients of abuse. Five participants shed their feelings of shame and self-blame by producing poems and other creative output during creative writing workshops, facilitated by Andreena Leeanne. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Off-radar children and young people at risk of abuse in their homes during COVID-19: What do we need to know and what can we do? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Laura Fischer and Jane Chevous spoke about the Safe, Seen, Supported work in their talk on "Off-radar children and young people at risk of abuse in their homes during COVID-19: What do we need to know and what can we do?". This talk took place at the UKRI Emerging Minds Network & ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health conference on Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 on 2nd March 2021. This was watched live by >350 people and a further 415 watched it back on Mental Elf's YouTube channel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://emergingminds.org.uk/youth-mental-health-covid-19-the-evidence-base-2-disadvantaged-marginal... |
| Description | Oxford Department of Psychiatry - invited lecture. 'Transforming mental health services response to domestic violence: Lancet Psychiatry Commission.' (Louise Howard) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oxford Department of Psychiatry part of Psychiatry Seminar Series. Prof Louise Howard invited to speak on 'Transforming mental health services response to domestic violence: Lancet Psychiatry Commission.' November 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c18750f3-9237-4b57-a609-4a11df575c43/ |
| Description | Participation in "Ask the Experts Roundtable" for Mental Health Research Matters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Helen Fisher spoke at the "Ask the Experts Roundtable" webinar for Mental Health Research Matters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://mentalhealthresearchmatters.org.uk/ecr-series-roundtable/ |
| Description | Participation in the "Co-videos" series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Network lead Dr Sian Oram and Lived Experience Advisory Group Members Justin Coleman were interviewed as part of the Co-videos series from Mental Health Research Matters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://mentalhealthresearchmatters.org.uk/covideos/ |
| Description | Peer researcher blog on "Bringing the voice of lived experience to mental health and violence research" (Latham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Three of the peer researchers with lived experience of mental health issues and/or violence/abuse produced a blog entitled "Bringing the voice of lived experience to mental health and violence research" about their involvement in the UKRI VAMHN plus funds project led by Dr Rachel Latham utilising E-Risk data. It was published on the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health website on 7th March 2022 and circulated widely via the CSMH newsletter and VAMHN newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/bringing-the-voice-of-lived-experience-to-mental-health-and-violence-research |
| Description | Plenary: Violence Against Women and Mental Health. 29th European Congress of Psychiatry - EPA Virtual 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary: Violence Against Women and Mental Health. 29th European Congress of Psychiatry - EPA Virtual 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Podcast on "Violence during adolescence and mental health" (Helen Fisher) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Helen Fisher appeared in an episode of the Social Work Research Podcast to discuss the impact of experiencing violence during adolescence on mental health at the transition to adulthood focusing on a VAMHN-funded project led by Rachel Latham that utilised E-Risk data. This has been listened to by >100 people and sparked requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://martinwebber.net/archives/podcast/45-violence-during-adolescence-and-mental-health |
| Description | Podcast: "In conversation with...Off Radar Youth" by the Lancet Psychiatry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A podcast where Niall Boyce discusses the Safe Seen Supported work conducted in collaboration with the VAMHN, Survivors' Voices and The McPin Foundation. The report authors Laura Fischer and Jane Chevous discuss how we can improve outreach and empowerment, and help make sure at-risk youth stay on our radars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1391365/6753130 |
| Description | Policy Lab Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Policy lab workshop on the subject of "what is needed for a Trauma Informed Approach to be effectively implemented across all relevant public service settings?" The workshop synthesised the perspectives of key stakeholders on the implementation of Trauma Informed Approaches in policy. The main aim of the workshop was to identify key recommendations for policymakers and collate in the form of a briefing note to be disseminated widely. A briefing pack on trauma informed approaches was provided to attendees in advance of the workshop and published on the VAMHN website. Main outcomes/outputs/impact: impact on policy through the subsequent development of a policy briefing note, new connections made, increased profile of the network in policy, increased awareness of trauma informed approaches through online distribution of the briefing pack |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/uploads/1/2/2/7/122741688/vamhn_policy_lab_briefing_pack_website.pdf |
| Description | Presentation by Rachel Latham on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence" to ESRC CSMH staff, students & partners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a talk on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence: understanding and mitigating the impact on mental health at the transition to adulthood" to 20 ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health staff & students in March 2022 which sparked questions and debate around co-production of research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation by Rachel Latham on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence" to SGDP Centre staff & students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a talk on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence: understanding and mitigating the impact on mental health at the transition to adulthood" to 60 SGDP Centre staff & students in January 2022 which sparked questions and debate around co-production of research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation by Rachel Latham on 'Mental health and resilience: when violent experiences and violent contexts converge.' for ESRC CSMH conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a talk on 'Mental health and resilience: when violent experiences and violent contexts converge' at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health conference 'Social Change, Inequality and Mental Health: Shifting the narrative' in March 2021. This was attended by over 300 people from a range of sectors and this talk sparked questions and request for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence" at Life History Research Society meeting (Rachel Latham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a talk at the Life History Research Society conference in Oxford in July 2022 on "Violent experiences and neighbourhoods during adolescence: understanding and mitigating the impact on mental health at the transition to adulthood", showcasing findings from her VAMHN-funded project that utilised E-Risk Study data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://lifehistoryresearchsociety2020.com/schedule-at-a-glance/ |
| Description | Press release: "Survivor-led report highlights urgent need to recognise and help children and young people at risk of abuse during COVID-19 and beyond" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Press release from the KCL News Centre which discusses the publication of the Safe Seen Supported Report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/survivor-led-report-highlights-urgent-need-to-recognise-and-help-children... |
| Description | Safe, Seen, Supported Infographic and Instagram posts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | An Infographic and Instagram posts as part of the Safe, Seen, Supported project. These posts were aimed at children and young people and were designed to help them identify, recognise abuse in themselves or their peers. They also signpost what they should do if themselves or their friends are at risk of violence and abuse. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/resources.html |
| Description | Talk on violence exposure during adolescence and mental health in early adulthood to URKI Mental Health Networking & Guidance Group (Rachel Latham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Latham presented on 'Understanding the impact of micro- and macro-level violence during adolescence on mental health at the transition to adulthood' at the UKRI Mental Health Networks Networking & Guidance (NAG) Group meeting on Wednesday 5th October 2022. In this talk she showcased findings from her VAMHN-funded project that utilised E-Risk Study data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The ins and outs of grant applications: ECR Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On the 17th November 2021 we held the fifth webinar in our Early Career Researcher (ECR) Lunchtime Seminar Series. This webinar was on how to form a successful grant application. We heard some expert advice from Professor Madeline Carr - University College London, Dr Jennifer Hazelton - University College London, Björn Christianson - UCL Consultants, Eoin O'Sullivan - University of Cambridge, Dr Peter J Lovell - NIHR Research Design Service London and Annette Ewence - UKRI ESRC. The webinar was attended by approximately 50 people and has been watched a further 17 times online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/the-ins-and-outs-of-grant-applications.html |
| Description | Understanding Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | VAMHN network activities are themed by year; year two activities are themed around understanding violence, abuse, and mental health. This was the first of our theme 2 events, held online for the first time due to COVID-19. The webinar was on the topic of understanding violence, abuse, and mental health in the time of COVID-19. Speakers included Prof. Joanna Bourke (Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London), Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Akiko Hart (CEO, National Survivor User Network) and Laura Fischer (artist, activist and researcher). The event was live tweeted and the webinar recording, and other resources, shared on the VAMHN website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/understanding-violence-abuse-and-mental-health.html |
| Description | Video on top tips for better collaboration for #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign (Helen Fisher) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Helen Fisher appeared in a video shared on Twitter explaining her "Top Tips for Better Collaboration" for the UKRI Mental Health Networks #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign in December 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/McPinFoundation/status/1598316131227418625 |
| Description | Violence Against Women and Girls, Intersectionality and COVID-19 Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar formed the second of our online event series on understanding violence, abuse, and mental health, and addressed the disproportionate impact and consequences of violence against women and girls among minoritised women, including Black women and disabled women. The event was hosted by network co-investigator Dr Ravi Thiara. Speakers included Sumanta Roy (Head of Research, Imkaan), Eleanor Lisney (Sisters of Frida), Dr Akima Thomas (Clinical Director, Women and Girls Network) and Dr Ravi Thiara (University of Warwick). The event was live tweeted and the webinar recording, and other resources, were shared on the VAMHN website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.vamhn.co.uk/violence-against-women-and-girls-intersectionality-and-covid-19.html |
| Description | Webinar: Best practice when involving people with lived experience in research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar, we invited our VAMHN Lived Experience Involvement Coordinator and members of our Lived Experience Advisory Group to provide guidance on best practice and expectations surrounding the involvement of people with lived experience within research. This webinar ran as a resource to support applicants to our 2021 grant call on the theme of interventions, but was also applicable to researchers more broadly. The webinar was attended by over 60 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar: Developing the evidence base on what works for children exposed to violence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On 13th May 2021 we hosted a webinar on Developing the evidence base on what works for children exposed to violence hosted by VAMHN Grantholder Dr Emma Howarth (University of East London). We welcomed the following speakers: Stephanie Waddell (Early Intervention Foundation), Hera Hussain (Chayn) and Claire Powell (UCL). the webinar was attended by 75 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/developing-the-evidence-base-on-what-works-for-children-8203exposed-to-viole... |
| Description | Webinar: Domestic Abuse and Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On 29th September 2021 we hosted a webinar in collaboration with The Connect Centre on Domestic Abuse and Mental Health hosted by Prof. Nicky Stanley (Director of the Connect Centre, UCLan). We welcomed the following speakers; Prof. Christine Barter, Prof. Laura Howe, Dr Lis Bates and Dr Helen Richardson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/domestic-abuse-and-mental-health.html |
| Description | Webinar: Exploring Trauma and Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 22nd July 2020 we hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Trauma Informed Community of Action (TICA) on Exploring Trauma and Mental Health hosted by VAMHN member Dr Jill Domoney (King's College London). We welcomed the following speakers; Sally Amor (NHS Highland), Andrea Danese (King's College London), Dr John Read (University of East London), Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London) and Dr Khadj Rouf (Northamptonshire Healthcare Trust). Just under 100 people attended the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/exploring-trauma-and-mental-health.html |
| Description | Webinar: Lived Experience Advisory Group Arts Funding Competition Guidance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On 21st January 2022 we hosted a webinar hosted by Lisa Ward (VAMHN Lived Experience Involvement Coordinator) with two of our Lived Experience Advisory Group members - Winnie and Deborah. The webinar explores what good and bad practice looks like when involving people with lived experience in research. This is was a resource that specifically aimed to guide prospective applicants to the VAMHN Arts Competition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/leag-arts-competition-webinar.html |
| Description | Webinar: Violence, Technology and Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 6th October 2021 we ran a webinar on Violence, Technology and Mental Health hosted by VAMHN co-investigator Dr Leonie Tanczer (University College London). We welcomed the following speakers; Hera Hussain (Chayn), Prof. Peter Smith (Goldsmiths University of London), Lisa (VAMHN Lived Experience Advisory Group), Dr Emma Short (De Montfort University) and Dr Josefien Breedvelt (NATCEN). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vamhn.co.uk/violence-technology-and-mental-health.html |
| Description | iVAMHN Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The iVAMHN's first online conference took place on the 20th October 2021 and focused on understanding and addressing the relationship between gender-based violence and mental ill-health. The event featured a keynote speech from Professor Angela Ofori-Atta, followed by guest lectures by Professor Parveen Ali, Professor Charity Akotia, Dr Samuel Adjorlolo and Dr Nayreen Daruwalla. The conference was attended by over 200 people, mostly from LMICs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNjVPuThUw |
| Description | iVAMHN presentation at The Women of the World Shameless! Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Roxanne Keynejad from iVAMHN hosted a seminar at the 27th November 2021 at the Shameless! Festival organised by Birkbeck University and Women of the World. She presented anonymised video testimonies of women's experiences of the mental health impacts of violence against women, from Gambia, Uganda, and Ghana. They are planning a dedicated online meeting to showcase and discuss the videos later in the year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |