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Are you interested in taking part in a research study that aims to reduce anxiety in older people with chronic worry? 

The purpose of this trial is to see if a new form of talking therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy plus usual care can reduce anxiety in older people with chronic worry that has not improved after previous treatment compared to usual care alone.

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We want to find out if behavioural activation (BA) works for young people with low mood. There are a lot of keen therapists in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) who would like to give better help to young people but need more training. We would like to give these therapists training in our BA. We also want to find out if our BA is good value for money, how easy it is to use for young people, carers and clinicians, and if it can reduce long waits for other therapy.

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We want to find out if parents with psychosis are happy to use a self-help parenting programme, and if they find it helpful and easy to use. 

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RAPID is a study using online and phone-based psychological support to help prevent psychiatric hospital admissions for those with suicidal thoughts. The RAPID trial aims to compare two remote interventions with the standard care people usually receive to find out how best to help those who experience suicidal thoughts, and if this can reduce admissions to hospital.

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The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) is an internationally unique project collecting in-depth information on all suicides in the UK since 1996.

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We want to explore if matching certain subgroups of people with depression to a particular therapy would help patients.  In this pilot randomized controlled trial, we will randomly assign some Talking Therapies sites to an experimental group, and others to a control group.  The TherapyMatch-D computer programme will give a personalised treatment recommendation to some patients in the experimental group. 

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

This study is looking at ways of improving therapies so they are better at supporting people who self-harm. 

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

This research study is investigating troriluzole (BHV-4157) in participants with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). A further study is aking place to evaluate how safe and well tolerated troriluzole is when administered as a single dse of 280mg over a long period of time. 

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The Community Mental Health Team is taking part in a research study to evaluate how compassion can help with your wellbeing and bonding with your baby.

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This study investigates which combinations of support and therapies are helpful for different people experiencing psychosis in order to improve services. 

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

The STAR trial is for people who have been through stressful or traumatic events that have had a lasting impact on them and have problems such as hearing, seeing or feeling things that others can’t, or who have worries about harm or persecution.

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

Combining stop smoking support with online mental health treatment via SilverCloud+.

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

The CELIA clinical trial is researching a potential treatment for people with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease or mild Alzheimer’s disease dementia by focusing on a protein called tau. Abnormal tangles of built-up tau protein can be considered a key sign of the disease. We want to understand if different doses of a study medication called BIIB080 could be safe and have an effect on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

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We aim to help scientists and doctors understand how hearing and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are linked.

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This research study tests how to use brain scans and blood tests together to diagnose the underlying causes of memory problems more accurately, and at an earlier stage than is currently possible. We are interested in detecting early changes in the brain due to vascular (blood vessel) disease and changes that may be associated with Alzheimer’s disease. We will test new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods and blood tests.

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We are looking to show the need for routine Sensory and Motor Difficulties (SMD) assessments and treatment for autistic people without learning disability (LD) and what kinds of support would be of help, leading towards an innovative new SMD pathway for them.

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EDGI is a project set up to explore genetic and environmental risk factors in individuals who have experienced or been diagnosed with an eating disorder. We want to understand how genetic and environmental risk factors influence eating disorders.

Together, with your contribution, we can make a difference and improve future treatments! 

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The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study is a project set up to support studies exploring risk factors for depression and/or anxiety. Our aim is to collect the psychological, medical, and genetic information of 40,000 people with experience of anxiety and depression.

We also want to recruit 10,000 individuals without any history of mental disorder to help us explore why some people do and some people don’t become ill. This will help us to better understand the role both our genes and environment play in the development of these illnesses. 

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

We are doing this study to see if the new medicine called semaglutide can help people with early Alzheimer’s disease. This will be done by comparing semaglutide against placebo on the effect on cognition (memory and other brain functions) and daily functioning.

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We are looking for people who may be at high risk of developing Bipolar Disorder (BD) to take part in a research trial looking at the possible benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help with difficulties associated with high and/or low mood.

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We want to see whether a group-based therapy that we developed and tested — called CALM — improves anxiety in pregnant individuals during pregnancy and if it has long-term effects up to a year after the baby is born. 

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Breaking Free Online is an internet-based, computerised treatment programme which is designed to help people to understand what may be driving their drug or alcohol use. The programme is designed to help people to learn to use psychological techniques to help them cope and control their drug or alcohol use and make positive changes to their lifestyle and health.

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Researchers from City University of London are working on a project which aims to understand how well the culturally appropriate advocacy pilots have worked.
We would like to hear the views of people who self-define as Black, Asian, or minority ethnic who have received support from a culturally appropriate advocate and people who have chosen not to meet with an advocate.

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

The goal of the IPPACT project is to improve the detection of individuals with At Risk Mental States (ARMS) most at risk of transitioning to first episode psychosis.

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

The MCT Pathway programme ran from 2014 to 2021. Its goal was to improve the health and quality of life of heart disease patients and to reduce the risk of further cardiac events through cardiac rehabilitation services.

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There is some evidence that some cases of psychosis may be caused by a specific problem with the immune system. The immune system normally controls our ability to fight infection. If the immune system goes wrong it may cause condition called ‘autoimmune’ diseases. We can diagnose some of these diseases using blood tests.

This study aims to see how many people with psychosis may have this specific problem with their immune system. We can find out that by testing your blood sample for specific antibodies. 

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Talking With Voices (TwV) is a new form of therapy that comes from the work of the International Hearing Voices Movement. It is based on the idea that what voices say may reflect real-life conflicts and difficulties in the life of the voice hearer. 

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Feeling Safer is designed for people who have strong fears that others are trying to harm them. It is a six-month online programme, supported by a mental health staff member. It has been developed with people who have experienced these difficulties.

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This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.

CardioActive is a cardiac rehabilitation programme for children and
young people. It aims to help your child adjust to living with a heart condition. While cardiac rehabilitation programmes are not currently offered to children and young people in the UK, research has shown the benefits of children and young people with heart conditions participating in these programmes.

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Like all medicines clozapine can cause side-effects and the side-effect we are interested in is where patients produce too much saliva (spit). People who take clozapine tell us that this is one of the most upsetting side effects of clozapine. This study will find out if either hyoscine (Kwells) or glycopyrronium bromide (glycopyrrolate) can improve CIH/drooling by comparing patients taking these medications with patients taking a dummy treatment (placebo). 

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