Listening to music, playing instruments and singing have all been shown to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia. At the end of its first year the Music in Dementia managed innovation network (MIN) funded by the Institute of Mental Health, is looking to extend its membership and to widen the scope of the group.

The Institute of Mental Health, in association with the Royal College of Psychiatrists is pleased to announce the 2018 Duncan Macmillan Essay Prize for psychiatry trainees in the UK.

We are seeking essay entries up to 1,000 words on:

“The next big thing in psychiatry research”

Our recent press releases which have been issued to the media:

2018

Tackling depression with targeted magnetic pulse treatment

2017

MindTech funding extension - August 2017

The Skellern Lecture is a prestigious annual event which celebrates advances in the field of mental health and mental health nursing. The Institute of Mental Health has been a long-standing supporter of the event, which celebrates the very best practice in mental health nursing.

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Experts from the Institute of Mental Health's Centre for Dementia have developed a new training course for healthcare professionals to help them communicate more effectively with patients living with dementia.

This month one of the Clinical Researchers from MindTech, Bethan Davies, smashed her personal best running record and all in aid of Tourettes Action.

The Institute of Mental Health recently hosted two visitors from Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada.

A nurse from the NIHR Clinical Research Network - East Midlands, based at the Institute of Mental Health, has had her dedication and hard work recognised with a recent award win.

For the past couple of years, IMH Research Fellow Fiona Marshall, along with numerous groups and individuals, has been working on the Rural Dementia Charter as part of the 2020 Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge. This has led to the production of two documents: the charter for policy makers and an Alzheimer's Society guide to dementia-friendly rural communities. Fiona Marshall is the first author of both documents.