NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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C4C research register now totals 20,000 people

More than 20,000 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) service users have now joined the Consent for Contact (C4C) register participation register, part of the Trust’s pioneering research participation scheme.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 25 Feb 2020

CRIS Blog: Appropriate use of healthcare records for research

CRIS has been used by researchers for over 10 years now and has supported somewhere between 150 and 200 research papers, as well as helping to transform the way in which SLaM learns from its clinical practice

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 12 Feb 2020

CRIS Blog: Answering real-world questions about medication and mental health through pharmacoepidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the use and effects of medication in large groups of people, where researchers use epidemiological methods, such as population cohorts to investigate pharmacological outcomes.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 11 Feb 2020

Call opens to drive the future of health data research

Our researchers have opened applications for studentships in data-driven health, an opportunity for young health data researchers to forward this emerging field.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Feb 2020

High volumes of mental health-related tweets associated with crisis referrals

A BRC-funded study has found that referrals to two mental healthcare providers in London for patients requiring urgent help were significantly greater on days with a higher than average number of tweets discussing topics around mental health.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 6 Feb 2020