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From Here to Where…?
Prof Stephen Lawrie,
Acting Director
Outline
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Where are we now?
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Where are we going?
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SMHRN team
Portfolio of adopted studies
Key challenge
Network’s renewed aims
Why should you contact the Network?
Under-funding of mental health research
Future directions for the Network
Where are we now: The SMHRN team
Chief Scientist Office
Advisory Board
Network Director:
Stephen Lawrie
Associate Director:
Gordon Murray
Management Group:
Andrew Gumley,
Jonathan Cavanagh,
Keith Matthews &
Ross Hamilton
Manager
Research
Nurses:
Lewis Harpin
& Jacqueline
McTaggart
Study
Co-ordinator:
Laura Hodges
Administrator:
Amy Lambert
Research
Assistants:
Emma Witt,
Anna Peel,
Sarah Browne &
Lisa Blacklaw
Where are we now:
Portfolio of adopted studies
ProCEED
ACTp*
COBALT
CBASP*
CEQUEL
DOWNSLit*
SMaRT Oncology-2
GCIT*
SMaRT Oncology-3 Pilot
Research Register*
SMaRT Oncology-3
EDIE-2
iMANTRA-R
Bipolar High Risk Study
PODS
Brain Fitness Programme
Deep Brain Stimulation
* Adopted since 1st
October 2009
Where are we going?
Key challenge :
To facilitate the development, set-up
and successful completion of large,
well-funded research studies across
Scotland.
Network’s renewed aims:
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Primary goals:
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To increase the amount of mental health research
To increase the number of people participating in
mental health research studies
Broadening the scope:
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Trials at various stages of development
Epidemiological, genetic and imaging studies
A broad view of health services research
To remove some of the barriers to
research….
To help you achieve your aims…
Why should you contact the Network:
(1) Adoptions Service
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Aim of the Adoptions Service is to support Study Set up
and Completion
Recruitment
Data collection
Regulation
SMHRN Adoptions
Service
help
with
Site files / Master files
Study documentation
Statistical advice
User Involvement
Why should you contact the Network:
(2) Protocol Development Service
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Aim of the PDS is to encourage a pipeline of research
Focussing and refining the study
question
Development of the protocol
SMHRN Protocol
Development
Service
help
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Planning practical aspects of study
execution
Addressing regulatory
requirements
Making a power calculation and
analysis strategy
Identifying funding sources
Why should you contact the Network:
(3) Protocol Development Groups
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Aim of PDGs is to bring together researchers with a shared
interest in specific research questions
Funding to support PDG
activity
Call for Applications
for Protocol
Development
Groups
Peer
Review
Methodological support
Focus on producing high
quality fundable research
proposals
Supporting the current PDGs
Lead
Research Area
Kate Davidson
Borderline Personality
Disorder
Jane Morris
Anorexia Nervosa
Alan Carson
Functional Neurological
Symptoms
Recovery after Psychosis
Andrew Gumley
Call for new PDGs
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2010 – 2011
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Imbalance of resources
Recent figures show that mental health
research received 6.5% of the total
research funding compared with 25% for
research for cancer and 15% for
neurological diseases.
(Fair deal for mental health campaign, Royal
College of Psychiatrists)
Cost of brain disorders in Europe*
All brain disorders:
• Health care costs:
• Direct non-medical:
• Indirect costs:
€386b
€135b
€72b
€178b
Mental Disorders inc. dementias
€295b
Neurological
€84b
Neurosurgical
€7b
Slides courtesy of Ian Ragan, Executive Director
European Brain Council
* Andlin-Sobocki P,
Jonsson B et al. Eur J
Neurol 2005, 12 Suppl
1:1-27
Brain research is underfunded
Future directions for the Network (1)
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Focus on helping researchers develop their
ideas for treatment trials and related studies
by strengthening the Protocol Development
Service.
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Actively encourage the development of
PDGs in key areas such as depression
(primary and secondary care), substance
misuse and developmental disorders.
Future directions for the Network (2)
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Work more closely with:
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The Mental Health Research Networks in England
and Wales
Topic-specific Networks such as the Scottish
Primary Care Research Network and the Scottish
Dementia Research Network
NHS R&D Departments
Research organisations such as the WTCRFs
Future directions for the Network (3)
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Consult with:
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Clinicians and researchers
Psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counsellors,
physiotherapists…
Patients, carers and the public
Industry
on how the Network can best engage and
support them in research.
Contact Us:
Web: www.smhrn.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0131 537 6542