Paper from the ENRICH trial of peer support in mental health services published today. Huge amount of work went into this study by a great team. Peer support for discharge from inpatient mental health care versus ca... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Those Supported in the Community with Long-Term Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Analysis of Power, Threat, Meaning and Survival | SpringerLink link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Important new research programme including an RCT of Behavioural Activation in adolescents led by Professor Lina Gega at University of York ComBATDepression yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/music-e…

Social prescribing transformed Jason’s life. He is now helping others improve their mental health and wellbeing through his work in the community. Thank you to all social prescribing workers like Jason — supporting our friends, families and loved ones. #SocialPrescribingDay

New PT researcher role at the University of Huddersfield to support the evaluation of ‘Past Times’, a weekly social event for vulnerable older people in the community provided by Arch-Way Project in Halifax. See Project Assistant post here vacancies.hud.ac.uk

Socioeconomic Indicators of Treatment Prognosis for Adults With Depression: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis | Depressive Disorders | JAMA Psychiatry | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

First session completed with our intervention development group that is co-producing a physical activity intervention in medium secure services 😃 Guy Faulkner @LizHughesDD Prof Kiara Lewis Mike Lucock @GloriaMYLui see here if you wish to know more 😀👇👇👇 isrctn.com/ISRCTN15546527

People with poor mental health use emergency healthcare services much more often than others. growkudos.com/publications/1…

Cognitive change before sudden gains in cognitive behavioural therapy for panic disorder. A study supported by the Northern IAPT Practice Research Network. Northern IAPT PRN doi.org/10.1017/S13524…

Important research work at the University of Huddersfield, led by Philip Brown on the impacts of poor quality housing including impact on mental health. School of Human and Health Sciences. hud.ac.uk/news/2024/febr…

New paper ‘Cognitive change before sudden gains in cognitive behavioural therapy for panic disorder’, has now been published in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. doi.org/10.1017/S13524….

4 more days to sign up to the IMPACT dissemination event 👀Excited to present some interesting results and discuss future plans on increasing physical activity in medium secure psychiatric services. Important area of study that could improve the quality of life for service users!

Come and work with me as a Policy Fellow to work on housing policy in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Excellent opportunity to feed research into policy and vice versa hud.ac/rfl

We must act on the social determinants of health and place sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future to ensure a healthy society, argue experts in two new reports from The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS 🔗 bit.ly/3TOFL9s 🔗 bit.ly/3Ub5YjY

We did it! We successfully recruited 261 participants which means that we exceeded our target of 236! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve this. We will contact each site individually to describe next steps.

Our December 2024 newsletter is here! A very Merry Christmas and Happy 2025 from everyone at ComBAT and thanks again to all of you for your support throughout the year. 🎄🎅🎇combatdepression.org/wp-content/upl…

Exciting announcement🎉👀 My first peer reviewed, published paper as second author in the Journal of Mental Health and Physical Activity, looking at the barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health services! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our first published paper from the IMPACT study, where we explored staff perceptions on the barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health settings. Watch this space for more to come! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

SHARP self-help leaflets for anxiety and depression now available on new webpages here. research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-cen…

This paper from the ENRICH trial of peer support in mental health services suggests adding peer support after discharge from inpatient treatment reduces average costs of care. doi.org/10.1136/gpsych…