NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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Bringing experience and research together to understand psychosis

Recently a group of researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience worked on a project to depict psychosis in a way that better represented the range of experience. The result was a research paper in the journal World Psychiatry. In this blog the authors talk about this novel approach and the value it brings. It includes direct quotes from some of the authors about the project.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 29 Jul 2022

Making referrals to the AVATAR2 trial: An interview with Dr Helen Harding

The AVATAR2 trial is a multi-centre study of therapy aiming to help people who hear distressing voices by enabling them to build an avatar to represent the owner of the voice. Referrers play a pivotal role by recommending participants take part in the trial. Here Clinical Psychologist, Dr Helen Harding, talks about the referral process and how she sees the research benefitting patients in the short and long term. Dr Harding is a Clinical Psychologist in Lambeth Community Services.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 20 May 2022

VIEWER platform receives high commendation for Best Mental Health Partnership with the NHS at 2022 HSJ Partnership Awards

The Psychosis VIEWER population health management platform has received high commendation at the 2022 HSJ Partnership Awards.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 25 Mar 2022

Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi receives Forbes Norris Award

Professor Al-Chalabi received the award at the 31st International Symposium on ALS/MND on December 9 2020

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 11 Dec 2020

Thirty risk factors found during and after pregnancy for children developing psychosis

More than 30 significant risk factors have been identified for the development of psychotic disorders in offspring in research led by the NIHR Maudsley BRC. It is the first comprehensive meta-analysis of pre- and perinatal risk factors for psychosis in nearly 20 years.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 24 Mar 2020