Professor Michael Larkin

Small Group Project 2015-16

Relatedness and Relationships in Mental Health

With Zoe Boden-Stuart

This research project will bring together scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives (psychology, philosophy, psychiatry, sociology) to reclaim and foreground relatedness as a central concern for mental health and wellbeing.  Through collaborative workshops, we will explore three apparent paradoxes. We plan to also invite further scholars from a range of disciplines to join us for specific workshops. We will culminate our work with a public event, attended by service-users, clinicians and policy makers, to examine the clinical and personal implications of our findings.

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Biography

Michael Larkin is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at Aston University, where they are affiliated with the Applied Health Research Group and the Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment. Their research focuses on how people make sense of and cope with difficult or distressing experiences, with particular attention to the role of relationships — with professionals, peers, and family — in shaping those processes.

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