List of Clinical Research Groups

Established 2003:

• Early Intervention in Psychosis (now completed)
Convenor: Professor Max Birchwood, University of Birmingham
(e-mail: m.j.birchwood.20@bham.ac.uk)
• Self Help (now completed)
Convenor: Professor Dave Richards, University of York
(e-mail: dr17@york.ac.uk)

Established 2004:

• Treatment of Depression
Convenor: Professor Tony Kendrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton
(e-mail: ark1@soton.ac.uk)

Established 2005:

• Evaluation of Treatment Interventions in Adults with Learning Disability
Convenor: Professor Nick Bouras. Estia Centre, Health Service Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
(e-mail: e.tsakanikos@iop.kcl.ac.uk )
• Employment and Mental Health
Convenor: Professor Tom Craig, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
(e-mail: bob.grove@scmh.org.uk)
• Methodology Research Group
Convenor: Professor Graham Dunn, University of Manchester
(e-mail: graham.dunn@manchester.ac.uk)
• Rehabilitation and Recovery
Convenor: Dr Helen Killaspy, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Psychiatry, Department of Mental Health Services, University College London
(e-mail: h.killaspy@medsch.ucl.ac.uk)
• Physical and Metabolic consequences of Severe Mental Illness (SMI)
Convenor: Dr David Osborn, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Department of Mental Health Services, University College London
(e-mail: d.osborn@medsch.ucl.ac.uk)
• Patient-professional Treatment Partnerships in Mental Health
Convenor: Professor Robert Peveler, University of Southampton
(e-mail: rcp@soton.ac.uk)
• TASC: Theory & Analysis of Social Capital in Mental Health Research
Convenor: Professor Justine Schneider, University of Nottingham
(e-mail: justine.schneider@nottingham.ac.uk)
• Personality Disorder
Convenor: Professor Peter Tyrer, Imperial College London
(e-mail: p.tyrer@imperial.ac.uk)
• Long-term effect of psychotropic medication in children
Convenor: Professor Ian Wong, School of Pharmacy & Institute of Child Health London
(e-mail: ian.wong@ulsop.ac.uk)

Established 2006:

• Psychosis and co-morbid substance misuse
Convenor: Professor Thomas Barnes, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Imperial College London
(e-mail: t.r.barnes@imperial.ac.uk)
• Developing more effective treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder across the age-span
Convenor: Professor Derek Bolton, Professor of Philosophy & Psychopathology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
(e-mail: d.bolton@iop.kcl.ac.uk)
• Treatment of Addiction
Convenor: Professor Colin Drummond, Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, St Georges Hospital, University of London
(e-mail: colin.drummond@sghms.ac.uk)
• Acute Care
Convenor: Dr Sonia Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Social & Community Psychiatry, University College London
(e-mail: s.johnson@ucl.ac.uk)
• Environmental and Neurobiological Determinants of Outcome in Schizophrenia
Convenor: Professor Eileen Joyce, Professor Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Neurology, University College London
(e-mail: e.joyce@ion.ucl.ac.uk)
• Psychotropic Medication and Childbirth
Convenor: Dr Hamish McAllister-Williams, Reader in Clinical Psychopharmacology, University of Newcastle
(e-mail: r.h.mcallister-williams@newcastle.ac.uk)
• Consultations in Primary Care
Convenor: Dr Hugh Middleton, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Nottingham
(e-mail: hugh.middleton@nottingham.ac.uk)
• Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health
Convenor: Professor Graham Thornicroft, Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
(e-mail: g.thronicroft@iop.kcl.ac.uk)
• Ethnic Inequalities in Mental Health Care
Convenor: Professor Scott Weich, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Warwick
(e-mail: s.weich@warwick.ac.uk)

Established 2007:

• Establishing a national surveillance system for rare Child & Adolescent psychiatric disorders
Convenor: Dr Dasha Nicholls, Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
(e-mail: d.nicholls@ich.ucl.ac.uk)
• Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Age Range: Matching Patient Characteristics to Interventions
Convenor: Professor Ulrike Schmidt, Professor of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
(e-mail: u.schmidt@iop.kcl.ac.uk)
• Assessment and Treatment of Mental Health Problems in Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities
Convenor: Professor Emily Simonoff, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
(e-mail: janet.fullerton@iop.kcl.ac.uk)
• Early risk identification & intervention group (ERIIG)
Convenor: Dr Margaret Thompson, Reader/Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Southampton
(e-mail: B.Speiser@soton.ac.uk)
• Service user and carer developments in secure settings
Convenor: Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Oxleas NHS Trust
(e-mail: Dominic.Beer@oxleas.nhs.uk)

Established 2008:

• Service User Involvement in Services
Convenor: Dr Mike Crawford, Reader in Mental Health Services Research, Imperial College London
(email: m.crawford@imperial.ac.uk)
• Management of Treatment Refractory Unipolar Depression
Convenor: Professor Nicol Ferrier, Professor of Psychiatry, Newcastle University
(email: i.n.ferrier@ncl.ac.uk)
• Assessment and Treatment of ADHD
Convenor: Professor Chris Hollis/ Dr Kapil Sayal, University of Nottingham
(email: Kapil.Sayal@nottingham.ac.uk)
• Psychosocial Interventions in Bipolar Disorder
Convenor: Dr Fiona Lobban, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of
Manchester
(email: f.lobban@lancaster.ac.uk)
• Bipolar Disorder and Integrative Translational Systems
Convenor: Dr Iain Macmillan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust
(email: Iain.MacMillan@nwmhp.nhs.uk)
• Clinical Pharmacy Research Group
Convenor: Professor David Taylor, Chief Pharmacist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
(email: David.Taylor@slam.nhs.uk)