Please note:  This research group is not active at this time.
Convenor
Dr Paul, Moli	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Dr Tony Winston	Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Membership
Dr Anderson, Liz	Warwick Medical School (WMS)
Professor Barlow, Julie	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS), Coventry University
Ms Bennet, Vivienne	South Warwickshire PCT
Ms Biggerstaff, Deborah	Centre for Health Service Studies (CHSS)
Dr Binyon, Sharon	North Warwickshire PCT
Professor Bywaters, Paul	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS), Coventry University
Dr Campbell, Colin	South Warwickshire PCT
Dr Cushway, Delia	Coventry University
Professor Dale, Jeremy	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Dr England, Simone	North Warwickshire PCT
Ms Fisher, Angela	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS), Coventry University
Dr Fisher, Joanne	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Dr Fleming, Eve	South Warwickshire PCT
Professor Fulford, Bill	Philosophy
Mr Goss, Ken	Gulson Hospital
Ms Harrison, Christine	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Mrs Hawley, Carol	Warwick Business School (WBS)
Dr Holmes, Robert	Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Jackson, Ann	School of Postgraduate Medical Education
Dr Javed, Afzal	North Warwickshire PCT
Ms Keeton, Ros	North Warwickshire PCT
Dr Kumar, Raj	Microbiology, Leicester University
Dr Mace, Chris	Psychology
Dr Malik, Ather	Caludon Centre, Coventry
Dr Maylor, Elizabeth	Psychology
Ms McLeod, Eileen	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Professor Mullender, Audrey	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS)
Professor Powell, Janet	University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Dr Saad, Karim	University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Dr Savin-Baden, Maggi	Coventry University
Professor Vostanis, Panos	Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Leicester University
Professor Wallace, Louise	School of Health and Social Studies (SHSS), Coventry University
Mr Watson, Peter	George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton
Dr Wilmot, Liza	South Warwickshire PCT
Dr Winston, Tony	South Warwickshire PCT

 

The aim of this Research Development Group is:

 

to facilitate mental health-related research collaborations between academics at local universities and clinicians and practitioners from local health, social care and inter-connecting services. This group tends to have seminars rather than meetings.

 

Seminars

 

May 2005 - What’s On! A one day conference: Local NHS research. Speakers: Current structure, strategy, governance and funding Dr Chris Mace, University of Warwick; Achievable collaborative research, Professor Scott Weich, Professor of Psychiatry, Warwick Medical School/Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Coventry PCT; A decision support system for mental health-risk screening and assessment, Dr Christopher Buckingham, University of Aston, Birmingham; Cognitive antecedents of bulimic behaviours, Dr Caroline Meyer, University of Warwick/ Honorary Research Fellow, Reed Unit for Eating Disorders, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham; Identification of training needs for tier 1 professionals (primary care) in relation to child and adolescent mental health Mrs Irene Lacey, Consultant Nurse/Systemic Psychotherapist, South Warwickshire Primary Care Trust.

 

June 2005 - Child Health Research: Implications for CAMHS & Adult Mental Health Services. Speakers: Family Matters: The significance of inter-generational cycles in the determinants and consequences of child maltreatment, Dr Peter Sidebotham, Senior Lecturer in Child Health; What are the mental health issues of parents whose children go into care? Are early interventions to improve their parenting possible? Dr Doug Simkiss, Senior Lecturer in Child Health.

 

July 2006 - Parental Mental Health and Children’s Wellbeing: Current research: Who is doing what? and The Interfaces Project, Marie Crofts, National Institute for Mental Health for England (NIMHE); The SCIE/ NICE Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Guideline Development; Patients as parents, Dr Kate Gingell, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dudley CAMHS.

 

May 2007 - Research on Attachment across the Lifespan: Attachment issues in clinical practice: issues for research,  Dr Ken Ma, Consultant child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; The politics of attachment, Dr Anita Schrader McMillan, Research Fellow; Mother’s Voice, Ms Karen Arnold, Consultant Child Psychotherapist; Comparison of attachment development in very pre-term and full-term infants, Professor Dieter Wolke, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Individual Differences.

 

June 2007 (with the User Involvement Research Group) - New Policy, Opportunities and Tensions: Moving Forward with User Involvement in Health and Social Care Services.

 

Selected publications

 

Dinca O, Paul M and Spencer N (2005) Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for behavioural problems associated with pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 19 (5), 521-532

 

Harriss L, Barlow J, Paul M. (2007) Specialist residential education for children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties: Pupil, parent and staff perspectives. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties 13(1)

 

Paul M, Berriman JA, Evans.  Would I attend Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)? Fourteen to sixteen year olds decide. Child And Adolescent Mental Health In press

 

Paul M, (2007) Rights. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 92(8), 720-725

 

Paul M, Newns K, Creedy K.V (2006) Some ethical issues that arise from working with families in the National Health Service. Clinical Ethics Vol 1(2), 76-81