Global Minds

What is GlobalMinds?

GlobalMinds is a mental health research programme powered by people. By bringing together thousands of people with lived experience, we are creating a unique research resource that will help researchers learn more about depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and related mental health conditions.

By taking part, you'll be contributing to research that helps shape the future of mental health care, supporting new discoveries that improve understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and support for people affected by mental health conditions.

Find out more about GlobalMinds

Why Your Participation Matters

Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, 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

By taking part, you can help drive progress towards better outcomes for people living with mental health conditions.

Who Can Join GlobalMinds?

Every participant helps make GlobalMinds possible. To take part, simply check whether the points below apply to you.

You are aged 18 or over

You have a diagnosis of depression, schizophrenia, bipolar or a related condition

You live in one of the regions currently recruiting (Check our Taking Part page for details)

You have access to an email address to join and receive study updates.

Learn more about joining GlobalMinds

Four simple steps to sign up

Create your GlobalMinds Hub account (Estimated time: 2 minutes)

Review information about the study and check if you are eligible

(Estimated time: Under 5 minutes)

Sign a consent form and complete a questionnaire about you

(Estimated time: 15-20 minutes)

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

Transparency is important to us. Learn more about how your data is protected and used responsibly throughout the GlobalMinds programme.

Learn More About Protecting Your Data

A thank you gift

Taking part in GlobalMinds takes time and commitment, and we recognise the important contribution participants make to the programme.

As a thank you for your time, you'll receive:

A £25 voucher when you provide a saliva sample
A £50 voucher when you provide a blood sample

You can choose to receive the voucher yourself or donate it to a charity of your choice.

Thank you for considering GlobalMinds. We look forward to welcoming you to the study and supporting you throughout your journey with us.

Join GlobalMinds today

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