What’s Going Wrong with Mental Health Awareness?

External Event - 7th Apr 2022

Conversations about mental health are now happening everywhere: in the media, at schools and universities, in workplaces and at home. In many ways this is a good thing, but there has been some collateral damage. 

Join Lucy Foulkes as she discusses how, despite the recent drive to talk more about mental health and illness, we might be more confused about this topic than ever. 

In this talk she considers what’s going right in the public conversation, what’s going wrong, and what might be a more helpful way to understand – and talk about – this often controversial subject.

Copies of Lucy's book 'What Mental Illness Really Is… (And What It Isn’t)' are available from Amazon and all good book shops. 

Event type

This is a theatre event, where the speaker and audience are together in our theatre.

This event will not be livestreamed.

About Lucy Foulkes

Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist and writer. She is a senior research fellow at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and an honorary lecturer in psychology at UCL. Her research focuses on mental health and social cognition, particularly in adolescence.

She is the author of the book What Mental Illness Really Is... (and what it isn't) (Penguin Random House, 2021), which explores how we talk about mental health and illness. She is currently writing her next book, about adolescence, which is due for publication in 2024.

Timing

Doors to the theatre will open at 6.30pm. The event will begin at 7.00pm.

Accessibility

The theatre is on the first floor and there is step-free access from the street via lift.

The closest underground station is Green Park, which is step-free.

There is space at floor level in the theatre for wheelchair users.

Seating is usually unreserved for our events. If you and your group require seating reservations, please do let us know by emailing us at events@ri.ac.uk, and we’ll be more than happy to help.

Carers can receive a free ticket to an event by emailing events@ri.ac.uk.

Our theatre is equipped with an Audio Induction Loop. 

Buy Tickets: £16 / £10 / £7 members