World Mental Health Day 2025: Celebrating One Year of the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
World Mental Health Day was established on October 10th 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health. Since then, it has been observed every year with the aim of raising awareness in the global community about critical mental health agendas through collaboration with various partners to take action and create lasting change. To mark World Mental Health Day this year, we reflect on the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry’s first year by sharing highlights from our recent Annual Meeting.
In Conversation with Dr Dina Farran
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 Dr Dina Farran, a Postdoctoral Researcher based at King’s College London who is working on a project to co-produce and pilot metabolic interventions for people with serious mental illness.
In Conversation with Elchin Asgarov
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, Elchin Asgarov, a PhD researcher based at the University of Edinburgh who is developing a digital tool to help individuals with severe mental illness track and manage their physical and mental health.
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.