Young people and student mental health

• Mental Health in Young People research initiative
  Find out all about our research initiative looking at ways to improve young people's mental health and wellbeing with a particular focus on students.
• Online Science of Happiness
  Led by Bruce Hood this project will undertake an evaluation of the University of Bristol online 'Science of Happiness' course on student mental wellbeing. This project has been joint funded by the Rosetrees Trust.
• Adolescence, Digital Technology and Mental Health
  Led by Lucy Biddle this project explores questions around how young people’s use of digital technology could benefit mental health consultations and improve the delivery of care and manage risk.
• The impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate students
  Led by Felicity Sedgewick this project will look at the impact that distance learning is having on undergraduate students’ resilience and psycho-social wellbeing. This project has been joint funded by the Rosetrees Trust. We'll be sharing findings as the research progresses.

• Supporting Autistic Students
  Led by Felicity Sedgewick this project is titled: Breaking down, dropping out: supporting mental health and academic achievement among autistic students
• Preventing suicide in young people
  Led by Lucy Biddle and Rachel Cohen this project is helping to prevent suicide in young people/students: a user-informed review of existing online support services and their onward signposting strategies
• Social media and help seeking
  Led by Oliver Davis this project looks at social media, help-seeking and peer support in student mental health
• Barriers to student support
  Led by Nicholas Turner tis project is titled: Seeking, accessing and barriers to student support for mental and emotional health problems – improving university services
• Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow
  Dr Myles-Jay Linton is our Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Young People’s Mental Health. He is working across a number of research projects including research looking at the Consent to Contact policy.