Our Impact

Effective mental health care needs innovative research that is embedded in the real world. On these pages you can explore the impact of the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and how we are making a difference to people’s lives, today and tomorrow.

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Impact stories Showing 1-12 of 40 impact stories
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CogStack - Unlocking data from patient records in real time

Informatics
AVATAR

AVATAR - A novel digital therapy to help patients manage distressing voices

Digital Therapies
myHealthE - Digital innovation in child and adolescent mental health

myHealthE - Digital innovation in child and adolescent mental health

Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Helping millions of migraine sufferers with new drugs

Helping millions of migraine sufferers with new drugs

Pain and Addictions

£50M

NIHR Funding Award (2022 - 2028)

The NIHR awarded the NIHR Maudsley BRC funding in 2022 to continue our work developing better and more targeted treatments in brain and mental health.

FREED - Early intervention for eating disorders

FREED - Early intervention for eating disorders

Eating Disorders and Obesity
Understanding genetic contributions to mental health

Understanding genetic contributions to mental health

Trials, Genomics and Prediction
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SloMo: Improving paranoia with blended digital therapy

Digital Therapies

500

Research Papers (2022 - present)

Over 500 publications acknowledging NIHR Maudsley BRC infrastructure support

Point-of-care testing to enable patients to access clozapine

Point-of-care testing to enable patients to access clozapine

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics

66

Research Career Development studentships and fellowships (2022-present)

Number of people conducting PhD Studentships, Preparatory Fellowships and Introductory Clinical Research Secondments.

Using neuroimaging to target treatment in psychosis

Using neuroimaging to target treatment in psychosis

Neuroimaging
RADAR-base: collecting data from wearables and mobile apps

RADAR-base: collecting data from wearables and mobile apps

Informatics
New non-sedating drug treatment for anxiety disorders

New non-sedating drug treatment for anxiety disorders

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics
Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression - (GLAD) study

Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression - (GLAD) study

Trials, Genomics and Prediction