Research output per year
Research output per year
Overview
Organisation profile
Our Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) brings together experts from different disciplines to better understand how mental health systems work in practice, in order to to strengthen our capability to design, deliver and lead research that produces actionable knowledge for service improvement.
Across five interconnected projects, the Group explores how to evaluate and improve the functioning of mental health systems. Rather than focusing only on individual treatment or services in isolation, it takes a whole-system approach by examining how systems – including universities, health services, community organisations and policy structures – operate and interact to support (or, sometimes, undermine) mental health.
The MHRG's overarching aim is to build sustainable, high-quality applied mental health research capacity in the South West of England, with a particular focus on understanding and addressing imbalance in mental health systems.
Research Group Leads: Professor Richard Byng and Dr Rebecca Hardwick
University of Plymouth Principle Investigators and Co-Investigators.
Project staff: Laura Gill (Research Manager), Molly Webb (Research Coordinator), and Dr Tomasina Oh (Leadership and Governance Manager)
Research Areas
- Mental Health
- System Balance
- Knowledge Exchange
- Service Improvement
- PPIE
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Profiles
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Lorna Burns
- Peninsula Dental School - Associate Head of Postgraduate Taught
- Mental Health Research Group
- Southwest Inclusion Oral Health Research Group
Person: Academic (Teaching)
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Professor Richard Byng
- Peninsula Medical School - Professor in Primary Care Research/PenARC Deputy Director
- Mental Health Research Group
Person: Academic (Research)
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Dr Julian Elston
- Peninsula Medical School - Senior Research Fellow – Researcher in Residence (HDRC)
- Mental Health Research Group
Person: Academic (Research)
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Changing Patterns of Psychotropics Use Among Older Adults With Intellectual Disability Over a Decade, With a Focus on Designated Mental Health Conditions
Shankar, R., 29 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 39, 1, e70182.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designing a systemic intervention for student loneliness and social connectedness using a mixed-methods, co-creation approach
Homer, S., Andrade, J., May, J., Meinert, E., Milne-Ives, M., Relf, O., Rogers, A., Cornford, E. & Richardson, R., 21 Feb 2026, In: npj Mental Health Research. 5, 1, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mobile apps for psychotic disorders: a systematic review protocol
Ananthakrishnan, A., Narain Sharma, A., Anderson, D., Shankar, R. & Meinert, E., 9 Jan 2026, In: Systematic Reviews. 15, 1, 46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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