Who we are…
We are the National Institutes for Stress, Anxiety & Depression.
Who we are…
We are the National Institutes for Stress, Anxiety & Depression.
What We Believe
We believe that emotional support is as vital to our wellbeing as physical healthcare.
Therefore NISAD works in both.
We believe that everyone has the right to access emotional support that is either free or affordable, available quickly, and without the need for long-distance travel.
What is NISAD?
NISAD stands for the National Institutes for Stress, Anxiety & Depression. We are a non-profit research collaboration that brings together work being undertaken on non-communicable diseases [i] in many countries.
NISAD has two main points of focus:
– Pure research into the ways that behaviours and beliefs affect emotional wellbeing.
We examine, with fresh minds, some of the world’s most stubborn health challenges bringing our expertise in behaviour and biomedical science to the problem.
– The creation of programmes, products and entertainment that help children, adolescents and adults understand and manage their feelings and moods.
To this end, NISAD has created a number of products and services based on ELK (Emotional Learning & Knowledge) – an emotional competence model that can be used both for preventative and remedial purposes.
NISAD’s intention is to provide ELK programmes that will help all humans to have agency over their lives whether things are going how they’d like – or whether they’re not.
Everyone experiences difficulties, loss, uncertainty – and the odd curveball!
NISAD’s experience is that helping people to know that having the resources and support to cope with life’s challenges and difficulties is a much healthier, happier strategy than if they just hope that bad things won’t happen.
Coping not hoping
Through our progammes, it’s possible to move from simply hoping things will be OK to coping with how things are.
We are always pleased to hear from you
If there’s anything about us you’d like to know, please ask us.
We are a team of innovative scientists, researchers & therapists working with behaviour change.
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The National Institutes for Stress, Anxiety & Depression (NISAD) are 7 foundations, associations and research centres working to a common goal.
That goal is enabling everyone to access emotional healthcare.
National Institute for Changing Behaviours and Responses to Emotions (“NICBARE”)
National Institute for Better Understanding of Self-harming (“NIBUSH”)
National Institute for Research into Migrants’ Emotional Wellbeing (“NIRMEW”)
National Institute for Research into Stress and Pregnancy (“NIRSAP”)
National Institute for Research into Type 2 Symptom Alleviation (TYPE 2 Alleviation)
National Institute for Research into Domestic and Work Stress (NIRDAWS)
Which includes the Lund Centre for Entrepreneurial Motivation and Wellbeing