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£1.3 million Wellcome funding awarded to SlowMo

SlowMo, an inclusive, digitally supported therapy for paranoia, has been awarded £1.3 million funding by Wellcome to scale up in three NHS Trusts.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 20 Jan 2023

UKCRF Network awarded £2.4 million in public funding to support the delivery of early phase research studies

The UK Clinical Research Facility Network (UKCRF Network), hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), has been awarded £2.4 million funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support research studies over the next five years.

By NIHR Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility at 16 Jan 2023

Relatives' experiences of violence from people living with severe mental health conditions: a neglected and poorly understood issue

Emilie Wildman is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, whose recent PhD study has explored the rates, types and impacts of violence towards relatives and informal carers by people living with severe mental health conditions (e.g., schizophrenia or bipolar disorder). In this blog, Emilie discusses the review’s findings, and why it is important to raise awareness of this misunderstood and often hidden problem.  

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Jan 2023

New framework aims to unlock the potential for social media research into young people's mental health

Research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre proposes a new framework to empower young people in providing informed consent to social media data access by researchers to better understand the relationship between social media and young people’s mental health.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Jan 2023