Being poor and experiencing mental ill-health don’t have to be entwined, but they are because of the ways we have set up our society and the ways we continue to run it. The following is the text of a speech given by Mark Brown to the North East Together AGM…

The following is the text of an opening remark made by Mark Brown via Zoom to the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2022 fringe debate: ‘0930 clinic appointment with Skynet? …

…but the notices were lacking and the auditorium mostly empty — The following is the text of a short talk given by Mark Brown as part of the panel discussion ‘The Digital Transformation of Mental Health’ as part of Leeds Digital Festival 2021 on Thursday 30th September 2021. We’ve been through the largest ever field test of digital technology. The imposition…

The following is the text of a lecture given to Goldsmiths College, University of London Social Entrepreneurship MA students via video conference on 8th June 2021. Traditional approaches to mental ill-health have focused on either benign or malign paternalism. Until relatively recently in the UK, the experience of mental ill-health…

A short contribution made by Mark Brown to a digital ethics roundtable event on 24th May 2021. Technology has the capacity to cross boundaries. It can find its way into the secrets of people’s lives like a woodlouse finds its way into a damp home. What is important is to…

In January 2021 The UK Government published Reforming The Mental Health Act, a White Paper setting out proposed changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 which applies to England and Wales.. The consultation period ends at midnight April 21st 2021. …

You don’t need to act the goat for clout to change the world — The following talk was delivered in a shortened form by Mar Brown to the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network lunchtime seminar series via Zoom on 27th February 2020 The first thing to consider when attempting to use social media as an early career researcher is: why? If you’re already…

Mental health, social entrepreneurship and inequality — The following is the text of lecture ‘Mental health, social entrepreneurship and inequality’ given by Mark Brown to Goldsmith College Social Enterprise MA students via Zoom on 21st July 2020. In one way or another, all of my adult career has been about asking the question ‘where does the money…

The answer is simple. Do better research and research the right things. But how? — The following is the text of a speech delivered by Mark Brown to Pathways to progress: Next steps for digital tech in mental health services at Lumen United Reformed Church & Community Centre in London on 27th November 2019 I’ve been asked to speak to you today in an effort…