The Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA), housed at SOAS University of London is a globally oriented and locally connected hub for cutting-edge anthropological research, education and public engagement on mental health.

CAMHRA’s work elucidates the ways in which distress relates to experiences of economic precarity, inequality, racial and gendered violence, climate crisis and the everyday struggles related to loss, care and connection.

As societies grapple to respond to the scale and complexity of mental health needs, CAMHRA contributes anthropological perspectives to a growing global understanding of how societies can understand mental distress and build effective systems of care.