CRIS Blog: Artificial Intelligence and Data in Suicide Prevention

This blog was written by Dr Rina Dutta, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist at IoPPN. She tweets @rina_dutta

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 2 Mar 2020

Largest ever study of eating disorders launches in England

A National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded study launched today (Wednesday 26 February) is aiming to recruit at least 10,000 people in England who have experienced an eating disorder at some point in their life to a pioneering new study that aims to unlock the secrets of eating disorders.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 26 Feb 2020

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