A blog by Dr Ellie Robson, CONNECT project manager at SPFT’s Research and Development department
What’s one way we can save the NHS money? Stop people needing beds in the first place. Easy right? If only it was! Psychosis is the most common reason for referral into secondary mental health services, the social and personal impact of a psychosis episode is often...
Helping to CONNECT: Digital Inclusion in Glasgow
Access to the internet and digital technology has become a growing part of everyday life, changing how we communicate, learn, relax and work. We have become so used to living our lives on smart devices, that it can feel difficult to imagine a time without them or...
Designing the CONNECT app
Designing the mobile app for the CONNECT study was a collaborative process that emphasised the importance of user-centric design. The app, which plays a central role in the study's goal of predicting and preventing psychosis relapse, was developed through a series of...
Watch the CONNECT Launch Event
The CONNECT Study was launched on 11th March with over 120 people in attendance. Guest speakers included Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE, Director of Mental Health at Wellcome, Professor Sandra Bucci, Chief Investigator for CONNECT, Alex Kenny, Public Involvement in...
Announcing the CONNECT Study Launch Event
The CONNECT Study is launching on 11 March! It's an online event and registration is free. REGISTER HERE or scan the QR code below...
The Fear of Relapse and How the CONNECT Study Could Help
The aim of the CONNECT study is to produce a digital remote monitoring system (DRM) whereby healthcare professionals and service users receive an early warning alert about a potential relapse of psychosis and intervene in a timely manner. The DRM system includes a...
Meet Research Assistants at our Kings College London site
Discover what Research Assistants Robin Lau and Lois Parri think is most important about the CONNECT study and why they're excited about the potential impact of the study and the benefits for service users. [video width="1920" height="1080"...
Meet research staff at our Sussex site
The CONNECT study is based at six universities across the UK. Each site has Research Coordinators and Research Assistants. Here, Joe Sherbourne and Alice Warner Research Assistants at Sussex, talk to Sybil Clifford, Research Coordinator at Sussex about their roles and...
Meet a member of the CONNECT Team: Sandra Bucci
Professor Sandra Bucci is the Chief Investigator for the CONNECT Study. She is responsible for the overall delivery of the project to time and budget. Here she answers some questions about her thoughts on the study. What made you want to work in digital mental health...
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