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 13-24 of 40 impact stories
Emergency naloxone to reverse heroin overdose – implementing improvements

Emergency naloxone to reverse heroin overdose – implementing improvements

Pain and Addictions
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression

Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics
Realising the potential of healthcare records ‘big data’

Realising the potential of healthcare records ‘big data’

Informatics
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App to help the sleep of children with epilepsy

Digital Therapies

£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.

Bringing the immune system to the forefront of psychiatry

Bringing the immune system to the forefront of psychiatry

Psychosis and Mood Disorders
LENS: A digital approach to reduce anxiety and depression

LENS: A digital approach to reduce anxiety and depression

Digital Therapies
Treating cluster headaches with vagus nerve stimulation

Treating cluster headaches with vagus nerve stimulation

Pain and Addictions

500

Research Papers (2022 - present)

Over 500 publications acknowledging NIHR Maudsley BRC infrastructure support

Transforming big data into personalised psychiatry

Transforming big data into personalised psychiatry

Informatics

66

Research Career Development studentships and fellowships (2022-present)

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

Using computer models to explore networks in the brain

Using computer models to explore networks in the brain

Neuroimaging
Using ketamine to test new drug therapies for schizophrenia

Using ketamine to test new drug therapies for schizophrenia

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics
Wearable technology and sleep interventions to improve emotional wellbeing of shift workers

Wearable technology and sleep interventions to improve emotional wellbeing of shift workers

Psychosis and Mood Disorders
Building a range of targeted medicine choices for autism

Building a range of targeted medicine choices for autism

Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders