We hold regular seminars and events to inform people about our pioneering research which is organised along our research themes.We are looking at holding events online when we can't have face-to-face events.
Booking information is given under each event. If you have any queries, please contact us at research@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Date: Friday 17th September 2021, 9.30am to 4.30pm (UK time) (registration from 9.00am)
Hosted by Dr Robert Marx and Dr Clara Strauss
Venue: Friend's Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF.
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
Life in a pandemic has been challenging in many ways. Inequalities in our society have been heightened, leaving some groups isolated and others able to connect in new ways. As we take tentative steps towards a ‘new normal’, how can we ensure mindfulness helpfully reaches populations and institutions that most need it?
With workshops looking at:
See more details on the flyer here and on the SMC website: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/events/conferences/
Follow Sussex Mindfulness Centre on Twitter: @SMCmindful_SPFT #SMC2021 for live tweeting
For any queries, please contact: smc@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Tel: 0300 304 2057
Our next seminar is Wednesday 30th June 4.00-5.00pm (UK time)
(Note this is the last for the academic year, seminars resume again in September)
"Increasing access to CBT for people experiencing psychosis: Findings and lessons learnt from the GiVE2 trial"
Mark Hayward & Kathy Greenwood
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & University of Sussex
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is recommended for all people experiencing psychosis but is offered to only a minority. This is attributable, in part, to the resource intensive nature of CBTp. Responses to this problem have included the development of CBTp in brief and targeted formats and its delivery by briefly trained therapists. Our programme of research is exploring a combination of these responses by evaluating a brief CBT-informed intervention targeted at distressing voices (the GiVE intervention) and delivered by briefly trained Assistant Psychologists (APs).
We conducted the GiVE2 trial, a three-arm feasibility RCT comparing: 1) the GiVE intervention; 2) a Supportive Counselling intervention; and 3) Treatment-as-usual. Feasibility outcomes were favourable regarding the recruitment and retention of participants and the fidelity of APs to therapy and supervision protocols. For the candidate primary outcomes, benefits were in favour of GiVE in comparison to both SC and TAU at post-treatment. At follow-up, the picture was less clear, as there seems to be a belated benefit of SC.
This presentation will explore some of the lessons learnt from the GiVE2 trial and will consider possible implications for clinical practice.
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https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/94826432283?pwd=VHBTZHlOeW8zY0djUUJ...
Meeting ID: 948 2643 2283
Passcode: 040192
Time: Every month on the Last Wednesday 4pm-5pm (UK time)
Do get in touch if you have any questions: E.Robson@sussex.ac.uk
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Join us for our next seminar: Wednesday 26th May 4.00-5.00pm (UK time)
Dr David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP, Director, Spirituality & Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
"Beyond Religious Delusions: Spirituality, Religion & Mental Health"
Individuals with symptoms of psychosis (as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder, and mania) often present with religious symptoms, involving idioms, themes, and content of a religious nature. The extant literature is replete with descriptions and clinical approaches to religious delusions, given that such instances involve the core symptoms of psychopathology and are difficult to ignore. However, there are many other aspects of spirituality and religion which tend to not be discussed by academicians and clinicians, even though these are much more commonplace and often relevant to both symptoms and treatment. Based on current research, this lecture will provide a clinically useful framework for identifying and addressing positive and negative facets of spirituality/religion, as well as religious symptoms, when treating and studying individuals with psychosis and other concerns.
David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. He has innovated several methods for integrating spirituality into evidence-based mental health treatments, and he is a well-cited researcher in this area who has authored over 90 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Rosmarin’s clinical and academic accomplishments have been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
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https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/94826432283?pwd=VHBTZHlOeW8zY0djUUJMQ3pvYkpmZz09
Topic: SPRiG Sussex Psychosis Research Group Seminars
Meeting ID: 948 2643 2283
Passcode: 040192
Time: Every month on the Last Wednesday 4pm-5pm (UK time)
Do get in touch if you have any questions: E.Robson@sussex.ac.uk
Alternatively, follow us on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
Tuesday 27 April 2021, 11.00am-3.00pm
Click on the links below to see the presentations
Session 1: Sam Robertson Setting the scene - The AIR research theme and Recovery
What do we mean by AIR?
What is this thing called recovery?
What do we mean by patient, public and carer involvement (PPI)? Potential impact
How do we get the research that we want funded?
Session 2: Helen Leigh-Phippard: Covid 19 PPI response - PPI Café Chat & Connect
Session 3: Julia Fountain: What is the value of PPI?
· Kathy Greenwood film - impact and value of PPI for researchers
· Dementia film - impact and value of PPI for PPI members
Session 4: Abi Thomson: Youth PPI Café
Engaging Young People in Research: Young people have always sought to have their voices heard by researchers, and clinicians alike. We just need to listen.
If you would like more information about research involvement, please contact us: involvementinresearch@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
See the programme here
For further information please contact:
T: 0300 304 0088 or E: research@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Twitter: @research_SPFT @sam_recovery @CafePpi
#AIR2021
Wednesday 31st March 4.00-5.00pm (UK time)
Prof. Dr. Mar Rus-Calafell
Mental Health Research and Treatment Centre, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Digital technology offers new opportunities to enhance effective cognitive and behavioural techniques to improve symptoms of psychosis in a novel, engaging and personalised way. At the same time, it provides new therapeutic contexts that can go beyond face-to-face communication between the person and the therapist, such as virtual environments capable of eliciting real-time reactions and providing immediate feedback. Despite the rapid increase on the design and testing of digital psychological therapies using different technologies (e.g., internet-based, smartphone technology or virtual reality), important aspects such us implementation or mental health professional training remain big challenges. This talk will focus on my experience as a clinician and researcher working with digital psychological therapies for psychosis and it will bring up the opportunity to have an open discussion about the future of these approaches, and how we can all work together to overcome important challenges.
See the presentation here
You can join us for our seminars via the Zoom link:
https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/94826432283?pwd=VHBTZHlOeW8zY0djUUJMQ3pvYkpmZz09
Meeting ID: 948 2643 2283
Passcode: 040192
Time: Every month on the Last Wednesday 4pm-5pm (UK time)
Do get in touch if you have any questions: E.Robson@sussex.ac.uk
Alternatively, follow us on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
Jamie Moffatt, Doctoral Researcher, University of Sussex: “Recreating Unusual Bodily Sensations"
Note that this is now the same Zoom link for all seminars until the end of the academic year
Join Zoom Meeting: https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/94826432283?pwd=VHBTZHlOeW8zY0djUUJ...
Topic: SPRiG Sussex Psychosis Research Group Seminars
Meeting ID: 948 2643 2283
Passcode: 040192
Time: Every month on the Last Wednesday 4pm-5pm (UK time)
Do get in touch if you have any questions: E.Robson@sussex.ac.uk
Alternatively, follow us on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
DEMENTIA RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Wednesday 3 February 2021
10am – 4.30pm
Media: mix of live and pre-recorded presentations via ZOOM
CPD points for attending: 6
Dr Naji Tabet, will host talks from a range of experts in dementia and brain research across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Dr Tabet (Reader in Old Age Psychiatry (Neuroscience and Imaging) Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Director Centre for the Centre for Dementia studies and Lead for the Living Well with Dementia research theme, Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex) will bring together the various strands of his work.
Presentations:
Dr Claire Lancaster, Research Fellow (Psychology), University of Sussex
Brain overactivity in carriers of a genetic risk for Alzheimer's Disease: an important avenue for lifespan risk reduction
Julia Fountain, is Co-ordinator of public, patient and carer involvement in dementia research at Sussex Partnership and coordinates the Dementia Consultation Group, who advise dementia researchers in the region.
The group gave a wonderful presentation about their work. The role of the Dementia Consultation Group is to work with researchers and share experiences of dementia to inform and guide their research. Some of the group have a dementia diagnosis, others have experience as a carer. The presentation looked at the impact of patient involvement and ways to make their voices count.
Chris Maddox Chris Maddox, a member of the group who was diagnosed with early onset dementia 2016 gave a clear message to researchers: “See the person, don’t see the person with dementia …Ask us early – get our opinion before decisions are made. Use less jargon and use less acronyms. Remember words are important – being called a dementia sufferer can be hurtful. Think about the timing and length of meeting – we can’t concentrate for long periods of time, allow us short breaks, we can get tired. Please ask us a question and give us time to process and answer, don’t ask us lots of questions at once. Make sure we’ve understood. If there’s a silence, don’t try to fill it, we may still be trying to process and give you an answer. People might hear what we’re saying but might not be listening. Consider the emotional impact research has on us, talking about certain issues may be distressing for us. If you make the meeting work for someone with dementia, it will work for everyone.”
See the film on our youtube channel here
Wednesday 27th January 4.00-5.00pm (UK time)
Dr. Sarah Reeve, Post Doctoral Researcher and Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University College London:
"The role of sleep problems in psychosis: causal relevance and clinical implications"
Sleep problems are a common issue for patients with psychosis, and a growing body of research identifies sleep as having a causal role in the onset and maintenance of psychotic symptoms. Yet, sleep problems are rarely addressed in standard clinical practice. In this talk I will describe my doctoral research, supervised by Prof Daniel Freeman and Dr Bryony Sheaves, on how sleep contributes to psychotic experiences. I will then provide an overview of recent (and ongoing) RCTs investigating sleep interventions across the spectrum of psychosis, including patients at-risk of psychosis, patients with chronic psychotic symptoms, and inpatient settings. Overall, I hope to show that sleep is an accessible and relevant treatment target for many patients, and that taking sleep seriously in psychosis can have significant benefits.
Please see this presentation on the SPRiG website here
Do get in touch if you have any questions: E.Robson@sussex.ac.uk
Please follow SPRiG on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
JOIN US ON ZOOM FOR OUR NEXT SPRIG (psychosis research) SEMINAR:
Wednesday 9th December FESTIVE SHOWCASE 3.00-5.00pm (UK time)
Speakers from the SPRiG will be presenting a short 10 minute overview of their research
Everyone welcome!
Join the Zoom Meeting here:
https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/91286803966?pwd=U1hlZS9rVVc5dEtueVhZRDFaL0RkUT09
Meeting ID: 912 8680 3966
Passcode: 432098
Schedule of Speakers
3.00-3.15 Introduction: Professor Kathryn Greenwood Director of SPRiG
3.15-3.25: Professor Kathryn Greenwood: The EYE-2 project
Changes in Early Intervention Services: A policy and process evaluation in EYE-2
3.25-3.35 Ellie Robson: The ProReal Study
A feasibility pilot investigating the application of a therapeutic avatar platform 'ProReal' in remote online groups for young people with anxiety disorders and first episode psychosis
3.35-3.45 Dr Richard Whale: S1P Cohort
Outcomes in early psychosis: The S1P study
3.45-3.55 Jamie Moffatt: Recreating feelings of body dis-ownership with mixed-reality
I will describe a novel method for recreating the sensation of body dis-ownership in the lab and present findings from a study which explored potential causes of these unusual sensations and how they may be associated with unusual experiences that occur in daily life.
3.55-4.05 Dr. Mark Hayward: Give2 Trial
Increasing access to CBTp: is there a role for Assistant Psychologists?
This talk will present initial findings from a trial of CBT for distressing voices where the intervention was delivered by Assistant Psychologists.
4.05-4.15 Dr. Mark Hayward: The Voices Clinic
"I don't think that interventions can be delivered remotely to this client group" - What do I know!
This presentation will reflect upon experiences within the Sussex Voices Clinic as we have delivered our interventions remotely during the pandemic.
4.15-4.25 Kelly Wilson: The NEON Study
NEON (Narrative Experiences Online): Accessing recovery stories online, and assessing the impact this can have on peoples’ mental health.
4.25-4.35 Dr Christopher Scane: The STAR Trial
The Study of Trauma and Recovery (STAR) trial. This is a multi-site RCT looking at the effectiveness of a trauma-focused CBTp intervention for people experiencing symptoms of psychosis and post-traumatic stress, as we know that rates of trauma are elevated in people with psychosis
4.35-4.45: Experiences of SlowMo participation
Our service-user Angie gives her perspective on what it was like taking part in the SlowMo trial - Evaluating a digital therapy targeting reasoning in paranoia
4.55-5.00: Round Up
If you have any questions, please email the SPRiG team at Sussex University: sprig@psychology.sussex.ac.uk
JOIN US ON ZOOM FOR OUR NEXT SPRIG (psychosis research) SEMINAR:
Dr. Joseph Firth, Presidential Fellow at the University of ManchesterIf you have any questions, please email the SPRiG team at Sussex University: sprig@psychology.sussex.ac.uk
Wednedsay 28th October 4.00-5.00pm
See the presentation here
Do get in touch if you have any questions: psychology_sprig@sussex.ac.uk
Alternatively, follow us on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
Chair: Prof Kathy Greenwood
The Psychosis CAG workshop was really well attended, and we had over 150 participants live on the day, and many more who would like to watch the video, as it was all recorded.
It will be possible to access this video at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
Thank to those of you who attended the meeting and provided such great discussion and to those of you who registered and are watching this back later. I think we had a great set of speakers, and some really important ideas and information shared, both about how wellbeing, mental health and psychosis may be affected by the coronavirus pandemic and about how we can adapt our ways of working – both in psychosis services and beyond.
Talks included:
Key Note Speech - Professor Daniel Freeman – Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
'Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England’
Professor Kathryn Greenwood –SPFT/University of Sussex: ‘Incidence of First Episode Psychosis pre-post Lockdown’
Jo Hillier – Digital Clinical Lead, SPFT: ‘Engaging people digitally in SPFT post-covid’
Dr Jason Read – Associate Medical Director, SPFT & Rebecca Hills –Assistant Chief Operating Officer, SPFT
‘What’s essential to deliver face to face’
Our first talk of this year will be by Dr Lucia Valmaggia, a Reader in Clinical Psychology and Digital Mental Health at King's College London. Lucia was initially scheduled to present for us last April, but has kindly agreed to reschedule. The talk will be at 4pm-5pm on Wednesday 30th September, and you can find the link to the Zoom meeting below, along with the password you will need for accessing the meeting.
Lucia has provided the following description for the talk:
Virtual Reality for Mental Health: Bringing Reality into the Lab
Virtual Reality (VR) enables researchers and clinicians to bring social situations into the lab or consultation room. The same virtual social environment can be presented to different individuals to assess, in real-time, how they feel and behave. VR environments can also be used to help people overcome their fears and learn new ways of dealing with situations that cause them distress. I will show examples of the use of VR in mental health research and treatment.
Topic: SPRiG Seminar - Virtual Reality for Mental Health
Time: Sep 30, 2020 04:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/95407077549?pwd=Mk4waks1Z0RZVzVHN2hKc3Z1MkVJQT09
Meeting ID: 954 0707 7549
Passcode: 371854
We hope to see many of you there, and do get in touch if you have any questions: psychology_sprig@sussex.ac.uk
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