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. In line with covid-19 regulations, this event may be a zoom event.
Please come along to Sussex Mindfulness Centre's annual one-day conference
· Byron Lee: 'An Anti-oppressive Mindfulness - is a radical agenda needed to shape the future?'
· Yanai Postelnik: 'Mindfulness in the Time of Extinction: contemplating the inseparability of inner peace and outer transformation.'
· Clara Strauss & Robert Marx: 'How can we create a more mindful workplace?'
The conference is free for SMC advocates and for current/recent (over the last year) Sussex Partnership service users, SMC Trust Approved Mindfulness Teachers/ Practitioners and trainees, and SMC researcher staff and students. The conference is £20 for other Sussex Partnership staff and £75 for the public. You will be provided with a Continued Professional Development certificate. Tea and coffee will be provided, but not lunch.
Booking details will be posted here soon.
Follow Sussex Mindfulness Centre on Twitter: @SMCmindful_SPFT #SMC2021 for live tweeting
For any queries, please contact: smc@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Web: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/events/conferences/
Tel: 0300 304 2057
Tuesday 27 April 2021, 11.00am-3.00pm
In line with COVID-19 rules, this event will be held online. Please hold the date, sign up and book your place if you would like to attend and we'll send you a programme and a link to join us.
If you would like more information about research involvement, please contact us: involvementinresearch@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
For further information please contact:
T: 0300 304 0088 or E: research@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Twitter: @research_SPFT @sam_recovery
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.
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
Please join us for a day of fascinating talks on the latest in dementia research
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.
Book your place via Eventbrite (or cut and paste this link into your browser)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dementia-research-conference-tickets-1244...
A joining link will be sent to delegates via eventbrite.
Confirmed speakers include:
Professor Hugo Critchley, Head of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)
Professor Louise Serpell, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Sussex
Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, Professor of Sleep & Physiology, Director, Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Uni of Surrey
Richard Oakley, Head of Research and Influencing, Alzheimer's Society
Professor Frohlich, Director, Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey
Professor Malcolm Reed, Dean of Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Dr Nicolas Farina, Research Fellow in Dementia, BSMS
Dr Laura Hughes, Research Fellow in Dementia, BSMS
Dr Ben Hicks, Research Fellow in Dementia Studies, BSMS
Professor Sube Banerjee, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth
Prof Mazair Nivokee, Head of Centre for Advanced Comms, Mobile Technology and IoT, University of Sussex
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
Alternatively, follow us on twitter (@SPRiGSussex) or visit our website at www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab
