Our Executive Editor @NeuroKMC and Editors-in-Chief Rochelle A. Burgess @thewrittenro.bsky.social & @CharleneSunkel reflect on how PLOS Mental Health has worked towards its mission in its first year. Thank you to everyone who has engaged with and supported the journal 💜 speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/10/31/a-y…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 A Systematic Review from Meredith Vanstone and colleagues (McMaster University, McMaster Family Med, McGill University) focuses on the lived experiences of those living with treatment-resistant depression to help inform clinical practices and funding policies journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 How are we engaging with the support from online loneliness forums? Anietie_Andy & colleagues from HU College of Eng and Arch, George Mason University & University of Uyo analyze over 200,000 posts on a Reddit, Inc. loneliness forum to help us understand this. journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 Voices from the ground: An exploration of stakeholder perspectives by MSU, U of Minnesota CEHD & Makerere University is used to inform systemic mental health efforts in Uganda and comparable global settings journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 This Systematic Review from Aga Khan University and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine demonstrates adverse mental health outcomes among cybervictims, highlighting a need for zero tolerance policies against cyberbullying journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 To inform suicide prevention, we need to understand more about the causal factors. In this paper from Cambridge University, suicidality in those experiencing menopause is analysed journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 From Nafiso Ahmed, Alan Simpson 💙, & colleagues UCL, Oxford Health NHS FT, Anna & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience: Insights for increasing shared decision-making in management plans for individuals with severe mental health conditions. journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 From Brock University and Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa: A call to action for society to help young people navigate relationships and conflict in positive and healthy ways journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 In this Opinion, Anil Fastenau @DAHW_germany MALC & colleagues from Harvard Medical School, Universität zu Köln and Lepra consider risk factors for suicide among women in South-East Asia and offer some recommendations to help address this crisis journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 A collaboration between University of Plymouth, University of Exeter, LSE, The McPin Foundation, The University of Manchester, UHCW NHS Trust and University of Bradford evaluates PARTNERS - a collaborative care model with recovery -based coaching journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 How do we meet demands for mental health professionals without jeopardizing the quality of training? In this Opinion from Amit Kumar Soni NIMHANS, Bengaluru & Mohit Kumar AIIMS-Bhopal Official, recommendations for tackling this in India are shared journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 Researchers from National Open University of Nigeria, Federal University Lokoja and Western Illinois University begin to unravel the painful impact of conflict displacement on the mental health of children young people journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 Our Section Editor Lesley Jo Weaver University of Oregon and colleagues at Public Health Research Institute of India and UA Public Health try to understand the reasons why some may reject mental health care in India journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

In our last 'Community Case Studies' blog of 2024, we speak to Dr Kathryn Watt University of KZN and Laura Rossouw Wits University about the importance of the Asenze Cohort Study in supporting adolescent mental health in under-resourced settings speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/11/21/plo…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 In this Opinion, Archana Reddy Bongurala Omni Community Health and colleagues from Carle Health Greater Peoria, and Virufy consider how AI could be used to help improve day-to-day experiences, and therefore well-being, in people with ADHD. journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

#NewArticleAlert 🚨 A collective, international effort between UBuffalo, City of Hope, Henry Ford Health, Naseem Medical Center and مؤسسة حمد الطبية, emphasizes the importance of improving psychosocial interventions for people living with cancer journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

We're thrilled to announce that in 2025, our journal will have a Lived Experience Focus Group. We hope this will help us to drive progress in the most effective way. Details about how to be involved can be found here... speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/11/26/plo…

Our research paper recently published by PLOS Mental Health is covered by leading newspaper in india The Hindu thehindu.com/news/national/…

Our Executive Editor @NeuroKMC features in the latest 'Speakout' podcast from @global_peer. This instalment focuses on the interactions between mental health and neurodivergence...