
What We Get Wrong About Depression with Prof Catherine Harmer
In this episode, Professor Rory O’Connor interviews Dr Catherine Harmer, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a member of the MQ Science Council. Her research focuses ...
30 Apr 45min

What’s Holding Back Global Mental Health Care? with Dr Daisy Singla
In this episode, Professor Rory O’Connor interviews Dr Daisy Singla, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and researcher whose work...
15 Apr 39min

Understanding Trauma with Prof Orla Muldoon
What is trauma? Conversations about trauma often focus on individual experiences. But trauma can also be shaped by social and political contexts, affecting entire communities as well as the people wit...
1 Apr 46min

Can Genetics Help Us Understand Mental Health? with Prof Andrew McIntosh
In this episode, Professor Rory O’Connor interviews Professor Andrew McIntosh, a psychiatrist and researcher specialising in the genetics of mental health at the University of Edinburgh. They discuss ...
18 Mars 49min

Looking Back on Open Mind Season 4
Season 4 of Open Mind has been an incredible journey, and we want to thank you for tuning in to the first half of the series. We hope it offered new insights into mental health research, while also he...
16 Dec 202536min

What Will It Take to Strengthen Mental Health Research? with Rethink Mental Illness
In this episode, Professor Rory O’Connor is joined by Brian Dow, Deputy CEO of Rethink Mental Illness, Aphra Tulip-Briggs, Lived Experience Expert and Trustee at Rethink, and Mariana Bolivar, Research...
2 Dec 202556min

Can Sharing Your Story Change Lives? with Jordan Lees
In this episode, Professor Rory O’Connor speaks with Jordan Lees, a lived experience expert and research volunteer who has worked with the National Institute for Health and Care Research Mental Health...
18 Nov 202527min


















