Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in CAMHS, Research on 29th January, 2021
The NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula give updates regarding NIHR CRN research in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and in the January issue, have included updates on two studies recently opened by the Research and Development team at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The two Child and...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Research on 15th July, 2020
The Research and Development team have made an enormous contribution to the largest interventional mental health trial ever conducted in the UK. The HOME Study looked at whether introducing a new approach called Proactive Liaison Psychiatry (PLP) to the identification and management of psychological problems for older people in acute general...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Research on 8th April, 2020
Our Research and Development team are supporting a project called NEON - Narrative Experiences ONline. NEON is testing whether people benefit from viewing, hearing and reading real-life recovery stories. Participants will either be given immediate access to the NEON collective of recovery stories for a year, or will receive access after...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Mental health, News, Research on 5th July, 2019
Dr Steve Pearson, Consultant in Older adult Psychiatry based in West Devon, has been interviewed for a short documentary film about dementia. This touching and informative film had been made by a third year journalism student at Marjon’s University, and was part of her degree course. It also includes an interview...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Mental health, News, Research on 18th January, 2018
Research at the University of Exeter designed to help identify patients with dementia and reduce the pressure on health services has received a generous boost of £120,000 from the Halpin Trust. The research aims to help GPs make a swifter and more accurate decisions around diagnosis, meaning those who are in...