Our colleague Prof Maddie Groom was interviewed yesterday on BBC Radio Nottingham's midmorning show about the movie 'I Swear' and the impact of tics on people - the segment was very insightful and well worth a listen

Hear the segment on BBC sounds from 46:25: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hear from leading experts in child & adolescent mental health including
Prof @sonialivingstone.bsky.social
Prof @cathycreswell.bsky.social
Dr @orbenamy.bsky.social
Dr Mathijs Lucassen
Dr @kasiaka.bsky.social

Throughout the day there will be a variety of talks seminars & networking opportunities

Two weeks left to grab a ticket for the Digital Youth X MindTech event packed with insight, innovation, and collaboration

'Digital risk, resilience and interventions: co-creating change in youth mental health'

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📅13th November
📍County Hall, London
🎟️£20-75

Digital Youth X MindTech 'Digital risk, resilience and interventions: co-creating change in youth mental health'

📅13th November
📍County Hall, London
🎟️£20-75

🔊Workshop Highlight: Building Effective Industry Partnerships Strategies, Principles, and Practice

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Early bird ticket price deadline extended for the upcoming conference until 22nd September
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Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading experts in adolescent mental health, shape the future of digital mental health initiatives and collaborate with young voices

Join the EXPAND team for a free, interactive lunchtime webinar on supporting ethnic minority youth and families to access support for neurodevelopmental healthcare.

🗓️ 9 Dec | 🕧 12:30-13:30 | 💻 Online

Register:
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UNITE have launched the Principles of Industry–Academic Partnerships to support better collaboration in mental health research

Let’s build stronger, smarter partnerships for mental health innovation. #MentalHealth #DigitalHealth #IndustryAcademic #PPI #Innovation

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Join Digital Youth & MindTech for an inspiring event packed with insight, innovation, and collaboration.

Digital risk, resilience and interventions: co-creating change in youth mental health

📅 13th November
📍 London

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The journey is complex and not without its challenges, but with the right support and direction, there is hope!

Do get in touch if you’re interested in working or collaborating with us, we’d love to hear from you.

4️⃣ Engagement with innovators:
We offer differing levels of support for innovators depending on their stage of development, from one-off advice and signposting, through to strategic partnerships where interests align.

3️⃣ Case studies:
We are also preparing overview case studies of innovations we have supported which are now in widespread NHS use.

2️⃣ Training materials:
We are preparing training materials that innovators and researchers can review, to support understanding of the development pathway. These will also aim to help innovators understand the language of research and what funders are looking for.

✅ How can MindTech support with these needs?

1️⃣ Events:
We regularly organise events for innovators, people with lived experience and others to network and learn from each other. Please see our website (mindtech.org.uk) for upcoming events.

NHS colleagues need long term technical support to enable implementation
People with lived experience need feedback after they have contributed, so they know their feedback was worthwhile.

➡️ A number of needs:
Innovators need regulatory frameworks for real-world evidence and opportunities to meet up with other innovators, clinicians and people with lived experience.

➡️ Discussions also identified evidence gaps:
A lack of real-world evidence for some of the most promising technologies, a lack of data on efficiency rather than just accuracy, as well as a lack of health economic evidence in the field as a whole.

➡️ They had gaps in knowledge:
Knowing what the NHS would pay for and commission, knowing what care pathways looked like to be able to design something that would slot in seamlessly, knowing how procurement works, and knowing how to engage people with lived experience in the right way.

➡️ Innovators needed access:
To people with lived experience to understand the conditions they were interested in developing technology for
To clinicians to better understand care pathways and the NHS at a local and national level
To funding and support to stay alive as a company

At our recent Forum for Mental Health Technology Innovators event in Liverpool, one session gathered together digital innovators, NHS healthcare trust leaders, academics, and innovation support teams to discuss priorities and opportunities in digital mental health.

💬 What did people discuss?

It's great to see clinical research being made more accessible - exciting times!

#BePartOfResearch

www.digitalhealth.net/2025/06/nhs-...

🔍 New Research: Understanding Tourette Syndrome Through a Psychological Lens

A new systematic review from Charlotte Petter, Dr Camilla Babbage, Dr Kareem Khan and Dr Bethan Davies

🔗 Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Hall for being awarded one of the first ever NIHR Impact Prizes! 🌟🏆

Charlotte has been awarded 1 of 5 early-career researcher awards for research to show how using QbTest can increase the speed and efficiency of ADHD assessment for children and young people

Founded in 2013, MindTech is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and we are proud to be 1 of 14 HealthTech Research Centres.

We collaborate with healthcare professionals, patients, researchers, and industry leaders to improve mental health through innovative technologies.