Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

Showing 18 projects in "Mental health"

Assessing a training programme for IAPT therapists designed to better support people with personality difficulties

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review version 2
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (version 2)

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Providing smartphones to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking

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Overcoming Digital Exclusion during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of Mobile Technology for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – A Mixed Method Study of Survivors and Support Service Provider Views

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NHS CHECK: Understanding the mental health and wellbeing of all NHS staff during the pandemic

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Evaluating ‘Breathing Space’: a safe space for people experiencing mental health crisis

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Working with the Samaritans on the Step-by-Step suicide recovery programme for schools

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Engaging patients meaningfully in self-harm research: user involvement and appropriate outcomes

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Measuring outcomes in trials of interventions for people who self-harm: qualitative study of service users' views

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Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

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Antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: a review of systematic reviews

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Understanding self-harm using Bristol Self-Harm Surveillance Register data

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Evaluating the long-term impact of investment in psychiatric liaison services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm

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Evaluating digital technology in mental health care

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Pilot implementation of co-designed software for co-production in mental health care planning: a qualitative evaluation of staff perspectives

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How does school discipline affect pupil mental health and wellbeing?

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Evaluating HOPE, a project to reduce suicide in the Bristol area

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Are there effective drug-based strategies for treating depression that does not improve after a first course of antidepressants?

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Pharmacological interventions for treatment‐resistant depression in adults

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Psychological therapies for adults with treatment-resistant depression

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Cochrane Review: Psychological therapies for treatment‐resistant depression in adults

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Evaluating the Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service

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Evaluation of new investment in psychiatric liaison services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Evaluation of new investment in liaison psychiatry services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Extending the liaison psychiatry service in a large hospital in the UK: a before and after evaluation of the economic impact and patient care following ED attendances for self-harm

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety: systematic review

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety

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Interventions to reduce the impact of unemployment and economic hardship on mental health in the general population: a systematic review

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