From Postpartum Bipolar Diagnosis to Metabolic Psychiatry: A Story of Healing and Community
12th-18th May is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and this year’s theme is ‘community’. At the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, people with lived experience of severe mental illness are central to our research efforts. As active members of our research community, their insights guide our work and ensure that our approach is rooted in real-world challenges. In this blog, Hub Lived Experience Group member, Dyane Harwood, shares her powerful story of navigating postpartum bipolar disorder, finding support through peer groups, and ultimately discovering a sense of belonging within the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry.
The Power of Belonging: Reflections on Joining the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry Research Community
12th-18th May is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and the theme this year is ‘community’. At the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, people with lived experience of severe mental illness are integral members of our research community. Their voices shape our questions, guide our methods, and ensure our work is grounded in real-life needs and experiences. In this blog Hub Lived Experience Group member, Nomhle Nhlapho, reflects on the importance of community and what being part of the Hub research community, in particular, means to her.
In Conversation with Etsubdink Teklebirhan Gebretsadik
Welcome back to our ‘In Conversation’ series where we introduce you to the people who make the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry’s research happen. In this post, meet our newest Hub member, Etsubdink Teklebirhan Gebretsadika, a PhD researcher based at the University of Glasgow who is exploring the genetic links between type 2 diabetes and severe mental illness.
New Opportunities to Participate In and Shape the Future of Research in Metabolic Psychiatry
April has been a busy month for the Hub team with the launch of two new initiatives aimed at enhancing our understanding of the connection between metabolic and mental health. In this blog, we introduce the METPSY study and our Metabolic Interventions Priority Setting Partnership and share more about how you can get involved in advancing research to better understand and address the needs of individuals living with severe mental illness.
In Conversation with Christina Steyn
For our first post of 2025, we are continuing our 'In Conversation' series! In this blog, meet Christina Steyn a PhD student on the Wellcome Trust Translational Neuroscience programme here in Edinburgh, with a keen interest in uncovering the biological basis of psychiatric disorders.
Baszucki Trials Meeting 2024: The Impact of Lived Experience in Metabolic Psychiatry Research
In this blog, Dr Iain Campbell, our PPIE co-lead and Baszucki Research Fellow in Metabolic Psychiatry, explores some of the key themes raised at the Baszucki Trials Meeting he attended in October, and shares some of his thoughts on how the voices of those with lived experience are impacting the research taking place within this growing field for the better.
In Conversation with Dr Joanne Kenney
Today is World Mental Health Day, the perfect day to launch our 'In Conversation' series, where we will be getting to know more about the people who make the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry's research happen. For our very first 'In Conversation', meet one of our newest members, Dr Joanne Kenny, who recently joined the Hub as a Research Fellow specialising in machine learning and data science.
World Mental Health Day 2024: Introducing the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
To mark World Mental Health Day this year, we are launching the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry's blog! In our inaugural post we introduce the Hub, its key aims and some highlights from our recent launch event.