Mental health and learning disabilities

At Glasgow we are making significant progress towards improving the lives of people with mental health needs through research to better understand causation, and improving the treatment and supports for people with mental health needs or learning disabilities, and their families. Our underlying value base is a strong commitment to promoting inclusion, and community participation. To achieve this goal we undertake leading international quality, ethical research, and work in partnership with people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, the National Health Service, support providers, charities, and other Universities.

The programmes of research are focussed on both psychobiological systems and psychosocial systems, with considerable synergy between them to allow consideration of biological, psychological, social, and developmental factors in causation and treatment/support. Our programmes aim to benefit:

• People who have had a brain injury
• People with severe and enduring mental health needs
• People with common mental health needs such as depression and anxiety (and in particular, through the development of self-help interventions, and talking therapies)
• People with sleep problems
• People with learning disabilities / intellectual disabilities