Research news

Dr Anupam Bhardwaj, child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist at CPFT, has been appointed to lead a national committee to improve mental health care for young people

Clinical researchers at CPFT and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust have collaborated to model how many patients might receive potential new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

CPFT researcher and consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Anna Moore has been named as one of the UK’s “most promising research leaders” winning national funding for their research and innovation projects

NHS England has published a report on children and young people’s mental health, which found that 20.3% of eight to 16-year-olds had a probable mental health condition in 2023

Expert colleagues at CPFT have contributed two new textbooks to the psychiatry canon, which have been published today

Clinical researchers at CPFT are running a major international study as UK partner to improve treatment and prevention of psychotic disorders, one of the most urgent needs in mental health

A clinical innovation project at CPFT trialling an app to help nurses improve wound care management and recovery for patients has been named as a finalist in three national awards

Two consultant psychiatrists at CPFT have been appointed as clinical professors by the University of Cambridge, recognising their extensive contributions to mental health research and practice

CPFT’s resident schizophrenia expert Dr Emilio Fernandez-Egea has edited a special edition of the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry to highlight an area of unmet need in mental health

Local researchers have launched the world’s first national childhood DNA research programme, to help transform healthcare for children and young people

Honorary nurse consultant in palliative care Dr Ben Bowers has been named by Nursing Times as one of the top 75 nurses who have contributed significantly to the NHS since its creation