Anthropology and Student Mental Health
Can anthropology contribute to the understanding of student mental health?
The Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action
Hub for anthropological research, education and public engagement on mental health, housed at SOAS University of London
A globally oriented, locally connected academic centre
CAMHRA’s work contributes anthropological perspectives that deepen global understandings of the varied experiences of mental distress, therapeutic practice and how societies can build effective systems of care.
What does CAMHRA do?
Research
CAMHRA supports researchers at all stages of their careers to pursue cutting-edge scholarship across the broad field of mental health.
Education
Study at CAMHRA is available at postgraduate and doctoral levels, and as part of continuing professional development opportunities.
Public Engagement
CAMHRA promotes the use of anthropological methods to improve mental healthcare by working in partnership and dialogue with practitioners, service providers, clinicians, activists and service users.
Latest Research
CAMHRA’s academic team conduct cutting-edge research across the broad field of mental health
Latest News and Insight
Explore the latest updates, reflections and research highlights from CAMHRA
CAMHRA at American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
CAMHRA researchers Dr Priya Sajjad, Dr Orkideh Behrouzan, and Dr Naomi Leite participated in the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting 2025 in New Orleans.
What can and cannot be quantified when it comes to mental health?
Watch Dr Bhrigupati Singh, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at SOAS and member of CAMHRA’s research team, deliver the inaugural CAMHRA Lecture. It explores the alliances and antagonisms wrought by bringing anthropology and mental health – and the different modes of knowledge they entail – into close proximity.