“At IMRY, we’re driving bold and collaborative research, working with partners across disciplines to improve how we understand, prevent, and treat mental health conditions.”
Professor Scott Cairney, Director, the Institute of Mental Health Research at York.
Working across the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities, we focus on understanding how mental health problems emerge, persist, and resolve, with the goal of improving prevention, treatment, and recovery.
We collaborate with external partners across the NHS, social care, education, academia, the justice system, industry, charities, and communities to ensure our research is grounded in real-world challenges.
Through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches, we generate evidence that informs better policies, practices, and interventions, helping to improve lives and strengthen communities.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) helps people support the mental health of children and young people by developing skills that foster emotional resilience and long-term wellbeing.
Funded by the RCN Foundation, the course is a collaboration between the Departments of Health Sciences and Psychology at the University of York.
Designed for anyone working with children, it offers practical guidance on how to have supportive conversations, where to find help, and a wide range of strategies to promote positive mental health
November 19th was International Men’s Day, the culminating moment in a month celebrating men’s mental health.
The University of York hosted two events in honour of World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2025.
On the 4 and 5 September 2025, Dr Kyla Pennington, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Section Chair hosted the British Psychological Society’s Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting within the Department of Psychology at the University of York.