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Tatiana Taylor Salisbury

Dr Tatiana Taylor Salisbury

Reader in Global Mental Health

Research interests

  • Mental Health

Biography

I am a public mental health scientist who uses human-centred design to help health and community service providers in low resource settings actively engage young people in the development of scalable and sustainable solutions to positively transform their health, wealth and relationships. After completing an undergraduate degree in Human Biology at Stanford University, I moved to England to study Evidence-based Social Work (MSc) at the University of Oxford. In 2012 I completed a PhD in Psychiatry examining the relationships between mental health expenditure, service provision, and quality of care in longer term psychiatric rehabilitation facilities across Europe at University. In the same year I joined the faculty at King’s College London as well as the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Lecturer and member of the Centre for Global Mental Health. I am the Deputy Programme Lead of the MSc in Global Mental Health and co-organiser of one of the programme’s core modules (Theory to Practice in Global Mental Health).  

My research aims to accelerate the implementation of innovative mental health interventions for adolescents and young adults in low-resource settings. I am PI of Catalyst: Better Mental Health for Young Mozambican Mothers, which uses human-centred design to engage young women and other key stakeholders in the development of an intervention to prevent mental disorders among women aged 16-24 years during pregnancy and the year after birth. My other current research focuses on the adaptation and evaluation of an electronic version of the mhGAP Intervention Guide for use in Nepal and Nigeria as well as the development of stigma reduction interventions and assessment tools to measure stigma and discrimination. I am also Deputy Director of the College’s WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health. 

Research Interests 

  • Child and adolescent mental health  
  • Maternal mental health 
  • Health service evaluation 
  • Intervention development 

Teaching

  • Theory to Practice in Global Mental Health.

Expertise and Public Engagement

  • Invitations to expert group meetings (UK Foreign Office, World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef, Save the Children, and the Canadian Ministry of Health) and commissioned work (WHO and Save the Children, UK Department for International Development).  
  • Chaired a panel on innovation in mental health at the Emerge conference on social innovation hosted by the Saïd Business School, Oxford University and presented at the Design in Health meeting (Royal Society of Medicine). I also participated in a Mental Health Foundation podcast discussion of my research

    Research

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    Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH)

    The Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH) aims to address inequities by closing the care gap, and to reduce human rights abuses experienced by people living with mental, neurological and substance use conditions, particularly in low resource settings with a view to contributing to a world where all people living with mental, neurological and substance use disorders can live a life of meaning and dignity.

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    WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health

    The IoPPN became a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health (WHOCC) in 1992.

    Project status: Ongoing

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    Centre for Conflict & Health Research

    Cross disciplinary initiative studying the intersection of global health, security, and political governance in conflict-affected fragile states and regions.

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    Together to Transform

    A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health

    Experts call for radical global action to end stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, as this is often ‘worse than the...

    Mental Health

    King's Hosts Joint Seminar with Peking University on Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health

    The Lau China Institute and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience held a joint seminar with Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of...

    mentalhealth

    Researchers call for a reimagining of global mental health in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

    A new review, co-authored by King’s College London researchers, has explored the potential mental health impacts of Covid-19 in low-income and middle-income...

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    New Co-Directors for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at IoPPN

    Dr Tatiana Salisbury and Dr Charlotte Hanlon have been appointed as new Co-Directors of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and...

    New Co-Directors for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at IoPPN

    Events

    10Jun1908x558_lightbulb

    KGHI Research Seminar - Human Centred Design (TBC)

    Focusing on King's research in human centred design in global health

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      iStock-506102084
      Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH)

      The Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH) aims to address inequities by closing the care gap, and to reduce human rights abuses experienced by people living with mental, neurological and substance use conditions, particularly in low resource settings with a view to contributing to a world where all people living with mental, neurological and substance use disorders can live a life of meaning and dignity.

      who-collaborating-centre-for-research-and-training-in-mental-health-cropped-780x440
      WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health

      The IoPPN became a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health (WHOCC) in 1992.

      Project status: Ongoing

      mental health conflict hero
      Centre for Conflict & Health Research

      Cross disciplinary initiative studying the intersection of global health, security, and political governance in conflict-affected fragile states and regions.

      TogetherTransform-giulia-may-unsplash
      Together to Transform

      A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health

      Experts call for radical global action to end stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, as this is often ‘worse than the...

      Mental Health

      King's Hosts Joint Seminar with Peking University on Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health

      The Lau China Institute and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience held a joint seminar with Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of...

      mentalhealth

      Researchers call for a reimagining of global mental health in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

      A new review, co-authored by King’s College London researchers, has explored the potential mental health impacts of Covid-19 in low-income and middle-income...

      Globe-banner-web 1094

      New Co-Directors for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at IoPPN

      Dr Tatiana Salisbury and Dr Charlotte Hanlon have been appointed as new Co-Directors of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and...

      New Co-Directors for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at IoPPN

      Events

      10Jun1908x558_lightbulb

      KGHI Research Seminar - Human Centred Design (TBC)

      Focusing on King's research in human centred design in global health

      Please note: this event has passed.