Good mental health is essential for a flourishing society and yet mental health services are not always given the same priority or funding as physical health services. The Health Foundation funds a wide range of projects that support improvements in mental health services and transform the models and approaches used to deliver care, making them more integrated and person-centred.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
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Drawing on local, linked data sources, this briefing presents analysis from the Networked Data Lab (NDL) about children and young people’s mental health. It explores trends in mental health presentati...
Investigating the role of obesity-related metabolic and epigenetic signatures in the onset of poor mental health in childhood.
Four research teams have been selected to take part in this new programme to develop the evidence base on what shapes the emotional support that young people experience.
This project addresses evidence gaps on how emotional support from families can help or hinder mental health outcomes in young people, focusing on two communities in North Yorkshire.
This project engages young people, parents and stakeholders in areas of deprivation across the UK to investigate how social factors and adversities interact to impact adolescents’ family relationships...
This project investigates whether young Londoners get the emotional support they need from their families, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.
This project will explore how work-life balance affects the level of emotional support available to young people from their families.
New analysis looking at residential mobility patterns and how they might contribute to geographical inequalities in health.
Just over a year after our COVID-19 impact inquiry published its findings, what more do we know about the pandemic’s direct and indirect effects on the nation’s health? Where is government action need...
The Health Foundation is supporting HSR UK’s 15th annual conference on 5–7 July 2022, contributing to several sessions over the three days.
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