Global Minds

Together we can change lives

Depression, bipolar, schizophrenia and related conditions affect millions of people around the world.

Yet mental health receives less than 1% of global research funding.

This has left healthcare for these conditions stuck in the past:

Diagnosis can take years

Treatments target symptoms, not underlying causes

Half of the prescribed drugs cause severe side effects

GlobalMinds is a major research programme seeking to advance the understanding of mental health conditions and improve lives.

Find out more about Global Minds

Join thousands already taking part

We’re inviting people with depression, bipolar, schizophrenia and related conditions to join GlobalMinds.

It’s easy to sign up, and once you’ve completed the steps there is no ongoing commitment.

Find out how to join GlobalMinds

Four simple steps to sign up

Check if you’re eligible in under a minute

Read some more information about the programme and sign a consent form

Fill in a questionnaire about you

Provide a saliva or blood sample – it's your choice

Learn more about taking part

Be part of a brighter future for mental heath

GlobalMinds is creating a world-leading digital library of health information from people with mental health conditions.

Researchers will study this library – or ‘dataset’ - with the aim of making discoveries that improve the understanding, prevention and treatment of these conditions.

These advances could benefit you, your loved ones and future generations.

By joining GlobalMinds, you can be part of shaping the future of mental health.

Learn more about the research programme

What people are saying about GlobalMinds

“Quite simply, because this is FINALLY asking the questions and doing the research that has needed to be done for a very, very long time. It feels incredible to not feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall! Equally, to be valued for our insight and expertise, as peers, has been a long time coming”

Sarah

UK

“Excited to see targeted support for people with these conditions - feels like all too often the diagnosis and subsequent medications are thrown at people with little understanding of them as a person”

Sam

UK

“I hope that with more studies like this that mental health can improve and people diagnosed with these diseases can decrease. Being able to help towards mental health as I am a sufferer myself. It needs improvement”

Megan

UK

“The GlobalMinds project excited me because it felt like a unique opportunity to turn the most difficult experiences of my life into something positive, like a lotus growing out of the mud!”

Cara

Brighton