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January 2019 In the Research and Education news... Excellence for Innovation The Institute of Mental Health seeks to help transform the Happy New Year! Kicking off 2019 with our first understanding and treatment newsletter of the year we look back at the highlights of mental illness. from the past 12 months at the Institute of Mental Health. We have an established track record of success in pioneering education and innovative inter-disciplinary The start of a new year always puts the emphasis This year we have several exciting major new projects research. We strive to have a on what is yet to come, but it is always beneficial due to begin, and no doubt many more new ideas positive impact within the health, to also review what has been achieved. and collaborations will begin to germinate as the Institute’s networks and members So in our first newsletter of 2019, we’ve picked social care and criminal justice continue to flourish. sectors. out some of the highlights of last year from across the Institute. It not only reminds us of the great Wishing you all a happy We are a partnership between two achievements that have been made, but also and prosperous 2019. highly respected organisations, shows how the different areas of the Institute Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS continue to grow. Foundation Trust and The University This edition also celebrates the achievements of Professor Martin Orrell of Nottingham. the psychiatry trainees who won our 2018 Duncan Director, The Institute Macmillan Essay Prize competition for their visions of Mental Health of “The next big thing in psychiatry” – read more on page 2. 01 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk January 2019 2018 Duncan Macmillan essay prize winners announced The Institute of Mental Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Duncan Macmillan essay writing competition. The competition asked psychiatry trainees to share Director of the Institute of Mental Health, Professor The Duncan Macmillan essay prize competition is their ideas on “The next big thing in Martin Orrell congratulated this year’s winners: held annually by the Institute of Mental Health, and psychiatry”. was held in partnership with the Royal College of This year’s competition has yet again Psychiatrists for the first time this year. seen a high standard of entries from psychiatry Andrew Shepherd The purpose of the Duncan Macmillan prize is to trainees from across the country. It’s fantastic inspire the eminent psychiatry trainees nationwide. (University of Manchester) won first prize for his to read their entries and get an insight into what The competition is named after Nottingham-based essay “Recognising the importance of group and our up and coming trainees have identified as psychiatrist Duncan Macmillan, who helped pioneer social dynamics in recovery focussed practices”. the “next big thing in psychiatry The essay argued that by recognising mental a community-centred approach to mental health in health recovery as a social or group process, Andrew’s essay highlighted the need to the 1950’s and 1960’s. rather than an individual one, this has implications develop the delivery of mental health services for the way in which mental health research, care to reflect new recovery practices – an area I’m and support are delivered. particularly proud that the Institute continues to expand through pioneering research studies. The purpose of the Duncan Karyn Ayre “Karyn’s essay recognised that there are often limitations in research data, but solutions could (Kings College London/ South London and Macmillan prize is to inspire be found developing new research practices Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust) was awarded with existing database technology. the eminent psychiatry second prize for her essay “The future of trainees nationwide. psychiatry research” which argued for new digital Congratulations to both our winners and methodologies to be used in psychiatry research to everyone who submitted a competition in order to improve the links between research entry, and my thanks to the Royal College data and the lived experience of people with of Psychiatrists for supporting this year’s mental health problems. competition. (Dr Ayre is funded by a National Institute of Health Research Doctoral Research Fellowship. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.) 02 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk New NIHR Senior Institute Investigator awards Three new Senior Investigator awards from the NIHR have of Mental brought the total of Senior Investigator awards now hosted by the Institute Health: 2018 up to five. highlights Click here to read more Top priorities for www.institutemh.org.uk As we start a new year, digital technology we thought we would in mental healthcare reflect on achievements Publications Researchers from the NIHR MindTech MedTech Co- The Lancet Psychiatry, operative (based at the Institute) with priority setting across the Institute in Schizophrenia Bulletin, partnership specialist, the James Lind Alliance, identified Ageing and Mental Health the top 10 questions that people with mental health the past 12 months and journal, Science, The problems, their carers and healthcare professionals Conversation, The Daily Mail, some of our favourite want answered about how digital technology can help BBC Radio Four, Mental Health Foundation, with treatment and management. highlights. local radio and TV plus a variety of national and international journals have all published Click here to read more research work from individual academics and www.institutemh.org.uk research teams working within the Institute. This year we ensured that all new research grant applications included PPI activity, we Get introduced a new category in our annual research publication awards to recognise the research-active volunteers affiliated to the involved Institute and we began recruiting to four new PPI advisory group roles. We also worked Our commitment to Patient and Public with the Trent Dementia volunteers with their Involvement (PPI) has continued throughout very first conference, as well as supporting the year and we will be rapidly expanding them to appear on BBC Radio Nottingham activities into 2019 too. for a live radio interview. Trent Dementia volunteers at BBC Radio Nottingham 03 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Supporting new talent We are now supporting 80 PhD students across the Institute and host activities throughout the year to help develop their research skills and experience. Our Duncan Macmillan Essay prize competition was held for the first time in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The competition is the opportunity to inspire psychiatry trainees across the country, and this year we received our highest number of entries. We held another Research Day event, supporting early-career researchers and giving them an Bigger opportunity to present their work to peers within and better the Institute and the University of Nottingham. events Keeping in touch Grant We were delighted to be partners in the UK’s first Power of Music conference held in We refreshed and relaunched programme October this year. The conference explored our website this year, aiming the role music can play in health, social and to share more news about the expansion neurological care, with delegates including care range of research activity providers, family, volunteer caregivers, patients taking place across the Institute. Over the past 12 months we have exceeded the Institute’s research grant programme and musicians and leading academics. Our bi-monthly newsletter was also relaunched income target by over 60%. The event was also a showcase for local and we continue to gain more followers on Twitter. musicians, plus a performance from West End Our work now spans multiple fields of mental musical star, and former Pop Idol, Gareth Gates. health research, with our four largest projects focusing on children and adolescent mental The Institute also hosted the second UK Creating health (STADIA), treatment-resistant depression mental health disability law conference, and (BRIGhTMIND), online intervention for tics and the annual Trent Study Day in partnership with new networks Tourette’s (ORBIT) and psychosis recovery Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. (NEON). The Institute’s event management team also co- Our Managed Innovation Networks (MINs) continue ordinated local dissemination events as well as to grow and this year we developed four new outsourcing their services to national mental health networks focussing on post-modern slavery mental events including the MindTech annual symposium. health, arts and trauma, gender and wellbeing, and social isolation through long-term health conditions. 04 @InstituteMH www.institutemh.org.uk Visit to Indonesian At the Institute of Mental Health, Harleen is developing and testing a Cognitive chapter of Alzheimer’s Stimulation Therapy App (CST) for people Disease International with dementia and carers. In a qualitative study, she will explore (ADI) whether it is feasible to implement the app in Indonesia. She will work with people with Identifying disparity In November 2018, PhD student Harleen Rai dementia and informal carers to gain insights spent eight days visiting Alzheimer Indonesia in their attitudes towards using technology (Alzi) and Atma Jaya University in Jakarta. in access to dementia and identify any barriers and facilitators. She will be spending
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