Understanding the Mental Health–Diabetes Link: Insights from the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
Last week (9th-15th) June was Diabetes Awareness Week, a week dedicated to shining a spotlight on a condition that affects 4.3 million people in the UK and that can have a profound impact on both physical and mental health. In this blog, Caroline Jackson, Kelly Fleetwood and Sarah Wild, explore the link between severe mental illness and type 2 diabetes and share more about what they are doing to investigate this link as part of their research at the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry.
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.