Search the CRIS Projects
Welcome to the CRIS project search area. As you will see below, there are a number of ways to find information about our CRIS projects. Simply add the criteria you are looking for into the relevant search field to see the relevant projects.
Please contact the CRIS Administrator for further details on existing projects or to apply to use CRIS for your own study. Email: cris.administrator@slam.nhs.uk
Evaluation of Self-Harm Service
We do not have evidence to show know how people who have had talking treatments for self-harm change in their use of mental or physical health services. Using CRIS we intend
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Providing information on QTc recording in SLaM services
QTc is a measure derived from ECG recordings which has become increasingly important to monitor in people on certain medications for mental health symptoms, particularly antipsychotic drugs. We have recently developed
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Comparing patient journeys and treatment access for adolescents and young adults with first-episode psychosis
People diagnosed with psychosis in adolescence often have poorer outcomes than those diagnosed in adulthood. This project aims to better understand this discrepancy by examining patient journeys and treatment access for
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Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of the shift to remote consultation in primary and secondary care in London
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many face-to-face meetings and patient appointments were replaced by remote assessments. We aim to investigate how remote assessments affected patients, health care professionals and the health
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Routine screening with MRI in First Episode Psychosis
Current national guidelines recommend that Magnetic Resonance Imaging is not used as a routine part of the initial investigations for the management of first episode psychosis. We will examine the adherence
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CRIS-HFEA: Developing a linked research database between South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
This project aims to link the CRIS and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) datasets. We believe it will be the first undertaking of its kind to demonstrate the use of
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Prediction of subsequent high-intensity care shortly after referral
We previously found that a range of characteristics collected in the first three months after first SLaM contact could be put together to predict those who went on to need higher
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Investigating risk-taking behaviours in bipolar disorder using Natural Language Processing
The project will form part of a PhD thesis which is investigating the language of risk-taking in bipolar disorder across different contexts (interviews, social media and medical records.) The project
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Sociodemographic, deprivation and service-related determinants of inpatient use among people with severe mental illness
People living with severe mental illnesses (SMI) are more likely to use psychiatric inpatient services than the general population. The frequency of hospital admissions can be a reliable indicator of relapse
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Understanding the relationship between sociodemographic factors, pathways to care and treatment delays for psychosis
People experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP) do better and have an increased chance of recovery when they get treatment earlier. Several research studies have shown that people from minority ethnic groups
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