Events
Events led or co-led by IMRY plus other mental health related events at the University and events organised by external friends and partners.
Past events
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Mental Health and Sentencing
Join a fascinating exploration of current issues relating to mental health and sentencing. This public lecture/seminar is led by the Sentencing Academy in conjunction with the University of York.
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The History, Present & Future of LGBTQ+ Mental Health
The Department of Psychology celebrates LGBTQ+ history month! In line with the theme of health, they will have a series of short talks and a panel discussion on The History, Present & Future of LGBTQ+ Mental Health.
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Burton's 'Anatomy of Melancholy'
Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy explores historical views on delusional thought, connecting ancient wisdom to modern philosophy and psychiatry.
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When reality retreats: How schizophrenia distorts reality and self
When we think, how do we know that our thoughts are truly our own? What happens in the brain when someone suffers a break or detachment from these common-sensical notions of reality?
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Training event: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
The Department of Health Sciences (DoHS) Contract Researchers Forum team warmly invites all DoHS staff to an in-person EDI training event.
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Mental Health and The Law
An afternoon dedicated to exploring research at the intersection of mental health and the law interspersed with networking opportunities and refreshments. Registration is open until January 23rd 2024.
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MSc Mental Health Research: information session
Meet the programme team, find out more about the course and ask any questions.
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Green for health
There is a wealth of evidence to indicate accessing nature and the outdoors can have a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits.
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Yorkshire Youth Mental Health Research Forum
In person meeting of this academic forum dedicated to sharing ideas about current and future research and and generating new activity and increasing funding for child and adolescent research in the region
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Self-Envy, Grief, and Nostalgia
This talk is part of the project 'Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience' which is a four-year AHRC-funded project exploring what it is to experience grief.
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Men's mental health panel
With the aim of fundraising for Menfulness (a charity in York), the Mental Health Awareness Society has organised a panel to discuss the important topic of men’s mental health.
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Neuro-queer Now! Exploring Mad and Affective Knowledge
Join the Mad Feeling Collective for a series of short provocations and a roundtable discussion on the value of neuroqueer approaches and mad knowledges in feminist academia.
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Can fairer processes in public services promote the public good?
An online webinar for policy-makers, government officials, and charities bringing together researchers from the University of York’s Administrative Fairness Lab
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Grief, Aesthetics, and Emotion Regulation: A Workshop
In which ways do aesthetic practices shape and regulate the experience of grief and its course over time?
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AMICABLE Project Launch Event
AMICABLE research programme is a 4-year programme grant funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to evaluate a Problem Support Mentor Scheme in prisons in the North East, North West, and Yorkshire/Humber regions.
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“A flaw in the great diamond of the world”: On contemporary psychology and the enigmas of subjectivity
Louis Sass considers the enigmatic nature of human subjectivity, which the philosopher Merleau-Ponty referred to as the “flaw in the great diamond of the world.”
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Festival of Social Science
The 2023 festival theme is lifelong wellbeing, with a number of events exploring this area as well as many others covering a wide range of social science topics.
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Global Consortium for the Prevention of Depression 2023
The Global Consortium for Depression Prevention is an international, interdisciplinary body that brings together world-class researchers focusing on depression prevention.
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GAPS2 - Global Arts and Psychology Seminar "Creativity in music and the arts"
Can we examine the different creative processes in the arts without approaching the notion of creativity in excessively vague terms? This and other questions.
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International Consortium for Hallucination Research 2023
A scientific platform to collaborate on research topics related to hallucinations, and to act as a vehicle for the cross-fertilization of ideas.
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Reimagining Healthcare: Treating the body and mind
How can we reimagine and rebuild our current healthcare system to be more inclusive and accessible for people with severe mental illness?
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Dementia Research Day
The York Biomedical Research Institute Dementia Day brings together a range of inspiring people working towards the understanding of the disease, plus the treatment and care for people with Dementia.
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Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) Workshop
The Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) is a mandatory dataset, which should record all contacts with secondary and specialist mental health services in England.
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Responding to stress with resilience
How can we break out of the perfectionist’s cycle of self-defeat? How do we avoid the ‘thinking traps’ of anxiety? How can we learn to respond to stress with resilience?
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A conversation about anxiety: Its impact upon us and how best to manage it
How can we break out of the perfectionist’s cycle of self-defeat? How do we avoid the ‘thinking traps’ of anxiety? How can we learn to respond to stress with resilience?
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Explaining Mental Illness: Sociological Perspectives
How can sociology explain the emergence of mental disorders in societies or individuals?
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Masterclass with Sarah Ticho + Anna Firbank from Hatsumi
The role of body mapping, and how it has been iteratively adapted into a virtual reality environment, and how it is being brought to the public across a range of contexts.
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The European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD)
The aim of the event, supported by the European Union project EAAD-Best, was to foster the exchange of experiences and knowledge related to depression treatment strategies and the prevention of suicidal behavior among European stakeholders.
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The mental health of older people
Professor Osvaldo Almeida, from the University of Western Australia, gives a lecture and Q & A on the mental health of older people.