Professor Swaran Singh

Swaran Singh

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Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

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Mental Health & Wellbeing
Room B031
Medical School Building
Gibbet Hill Campus
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: 024 7615 0190
Fax: 024 7652 8375
Email: S.P.Singh@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


My research has mainly been health services oriented, with focus on early psychosis, somatisation, and deliberate self-harm, cultural and ethnic factors in mental illness, mental health law, transitions and medical education. Over time I have become more interested in youth and minority mental health problems in the context of service configuration and delivery, with particular focus on improving access to care and outcomes. My current and recent research projects include 1. ENRICH Programme Grant: A series of interlinked projects to understand ethnic differences in pathways to care 2. AMEND study: A multisite exploration of the impact of the 2007 Amendments to the Mental Health Act (1983) 3. ENDEAVOUR Trial: A multisite randomised trial for improving vocational outcomes in early psychosis 4. The BRIDGE Project: Comparison of two models of transitional care to improve transitions from CAMHS to adult mental health care 5. Development and Evaluation of YouthSpace programme: an evidence based approach to the development and evaluation of youth mental health service (16-25) in Birmingham 6. Understanding mental health provision for young offenders: mapping of provision and care delivery in youth offending teams in west midlands 7. The TRACK study: A multisite study of transitions of care from CAMHS to adult services

BACKGROUND


I initially trained as a surgeon and became interested in mental health following involvement with human rights groups working with children traumatised in ethnic violence in New Delhi. I trained as a psychiatrist at the Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), Chandigarh, and moved to the UK in 1991. I was a Lecturer and Consultant in Nottingham and in 2001 was appointed Senior Lecturer at St George's University of London. There I developed the ETHOS early intervention service, which gained an international reputation for its success in improving outcomes for young people with psychosis and for its cost-effective use of resources. I was appointed Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the University of Warwick in March 2006.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Sustaining Positive Engagement and Recovery (SUPEREDEN) ? the next step after Early Intervention for Psychosis., Funded by: NIHR-PGR, Project Start Date: 01/06/2010 Project End Date: 01/06/2015
  • An investigation of the usefulness of Social Firms in promoting vocational recovery for people with mental health problems., Funded by: NIHR, Project Start Date: 01/12/2012 Project End Date: 01/01/2015
  • The Warwick Model for strengthening the impact of research though live and digital ethnodrama, with Gillian Hundt, WMS, Funded by: Warwick Impact Fund, Project Start Date: 01/11/2012 Project End Date: 31/10/2014
  • Transition from CAMHS to Adult Mental Health Services in Ireland (ITRACK): A study of services, policies, process and user and carer perspectives., Funded by: Health Research Board - Health Research Awards scheme, Grant No. HRA_HSR/2010/27 198,973.80 Euros, Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 01/10/2013
  • Strategies for Reducing Duration of Untreated Psychosis in an Inner City Area, Funded by: CLAHRC, Project Start Date: 01/04/2008 Project End Date: 31/05/2013

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Winsper C, Ganapathy R, Marwaha S, Large M, Birchwood M, Singh S. (2013) 'A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis of Aggression during the First Episode of Psychosis.' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Published online [article]
  • Prof Swaran P Singh,Kath Harley and Kausar Suhail, (2013) 'Cultural Specificity of Emotional Overinvolvement: A Systematic Review' Schizophrenia Bulletin 39 (2), 449 - 463 [article]
  • Bhui K, McCabe R, Weich S, Singh S, Johnson M, Szczepura A. (2013) 'THERACOM: a systematic review of the evidence base for interventions to improve Therapeutic Communications between black and minority ethnic populations and staff in specialist mental health services.' Systematic Reviews 2 (15), [article]
  • Connor C, Birchwood M, Palmer C, Channa S, Freemantle N, Lester H, Patterson P, Singh S. (2013) 'Don't turn your back on the symptoms of psychosis: a proof-of-principle, quasi-experimental public health trial to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis in Birmingham, UK.' BMC Psychiatry 13 (67),
  • Marwaha S, Durrani A, Singh S. (2013) 'Employment outcomes in people with bipolar disorder: a systematic review.' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1 - 15

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