The ATTUNE Project
The ATTUNE Project
The ATTUNE Project investigates the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the mental health of young people aged 10-24 across the UK. ACEs include traumatic events in childhood, such as abuse or parental loss, which significantly affect mental health, leading to issues like anxiety and depression. This project uniquely employs arts-based research alongside traditional methods to deepen our understanding of these experiences.
Young people are central to ATTUNE, actively contributing to the design and delivery of the project. The team explores creative ways, like art, performance, and digital games, to help young people express their experiences. This approach aims to develop effective public health resources and educational tools, tailored to support young people's mental health.
ATTUNE's innovative methods and collaborative approach make it a significant contribution to mental health research, with practical applications in educational and healthcare settings.
Project lead / contact: Isabelle Butcher — Department of Psychiatry (ox.ac.uk) & Harsimran Sansoy — Department of Psychiatry (ox.ac.uk)
Website: www.attuneproject.com
Just Surviving – a short animation using insight from early ATTUNE findings in collaboration with Aardman Animation: https://youtu.be/72NfyGqoRZU
ARC theme: Mental health across the life course
Who we're working with
- School of Languages, Cultures and Societies | University of Leeds
- Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences | University of Greenwich
- Homepage — Nuffield Department of Population Health (ox.ac.uk)
- Falmouth University - Welcome to Falmouth University
- Queen Mary University, Wolfson Institute of Population Health - About us - Wolfson Institute of Population Health (qmul.ac.uk)
- UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care - Advancing health across populations | Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care - UCL – University College London
- Kings College London About us | About | King’s College London (kcl.ac.uk)
- Psychoanalysis | Psychoanalysis Unit - UCL – University College London
- Homepage - Centre for Mental Health
- About Us - Young People Cornwall
- Learn about the NSPCC: keeping children safe across the UK | NSPCC
- National Children's Bureau (ncb.org.uk)
- Theatre Troupe | Life Changing Theatre with amazing young people
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