Universities join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis

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Researchers from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Nottingham have joined forces with Aardman, the award-winning independent animation studio, on a campaign to encourage young people to become more aware of the factors that may be having a negative impact on their mental wellbeing.

The series of films, called 'What's up with everyone?' is targeted at, and was co-created with young people. They can all be viewed at:聽

The campaign was led by the University of Nottingham's Professor of Health Humanities Paul Crawford, with support from Dr Sachiyo ito-Jaeger and Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos from, along with research teams including, the London School of Economics; the Mental Health Foundation and mental wellbeing charity, Happy Space; young people's mental health expert, Dr Dominique Thompson and Loughborough University.聽