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January 2012 - New C2:AD seminar schedule launched. The 2012 schedule of workshops and talks has now been posted on the website. We look forward to seeing you at these events throughout the year.
January 2012 - A new appointment for 1 year has been made. Dr Jill Newby will come from Sydney to work on developing the treatment manual for ou new transdiagnostic modular intervention for mood and anxiety disorders in adults - the Modular Protocol for Mental Health (MP:MH).
January 2012 - New NIHR Fellow. Dr Laura Jobson, an NIHR Fellow working on PTSD and identity within a cross-cultural context, will join C2:AD for 3 years from February 2012. Laura will be based at the HSB site.
December 2011 - New funding has been obtained from the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Scheme for a clinical trial at C2:AD of trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young children aged 3-8 years old. The trial - PYCES (Parents and Young Children under Extreme Stress) - is currently in the set up phase and will start in Autumn 2012.
November 2011 - New C2:AD manager appointed. Susanne Schweizer has been appointed as the new manager of C2:AD and will start in March 2012.
October 2011 - New PhD student. Dr Georgina Smith, a clinical psychologist working at The Haven in West London, has begun a part-time PhD at C2:AD working on autobiographical memory and Postttraumatic Stress Disorder in adult women who have been victims of sexual abuse and violence. Georgina will be based at the MRC CBSU.
October 2011 - New funding from the MHRN Flexibility and Sustainability Fund has been awarded to support a research assistant - Theresa Dahm - from January to April 2012 to work on the ASPECTS trial. Theresa will be based at the MRC CBSU.
September 2011 - Farewell to Ann-Marie Golden, C2:AD manager, who is leaving for Canada. Ann-Marie has helped the Centre grow from the very start and will be sadly missed. We wish her the best of luck with her ongoing career.
August 2011 - The Cambridge Specialist Depression Service (CSDS) opens. The service is initially being run as part of a pragmatic clinical trial in comparison to usual care. The CSDS offers specialist and coordinated psychiatric, psychological and nursing care for refractory depression and is funded by the NIHR CLAHRC and the MRC. The trial will run for 2 years and is in collaboration with the University of Nottingham. Emily Hammond, the research associate on the trial, will be based at the HSB.
July 2011 - MHRN funding. C2:AD in association with the Mood Disorders Centre in Exeter has been awarded a grant form the Mental Health Research Network to develop a large-scale funding application for a transdiagnostic intervention for mood and anxiety disorders in adults.
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10th September, 2010 - East Anglia Mental Health Research Network Hub Regional Conference: "From design to implementation: How the MHRN supports research in East Anglia". The Moller Centre, Cambridge, from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
For more information email Eastangliahub@cpft.nhs.uk
September 2010 - Publication of key paper on the mechanisms by which Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy works, involving a collaboration between C2:Ad and the Exeter Mood Disorders Centre
September 2010: All day Clinical Workshop: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Bipolar Disorder by Warren Mansell (University of Manchester) (3/9/10)
July 2010: The University of Cambridge is placed as the top European Institution for Psychiatry and Psychology research (http://tiny.cc/eu9h5)
July 2010: Booking for the CBT for Bipolar Disorder:Clinical Workshop is now closed (and we have a long waiting list too)
July 2010: ASPECTS trial launched-run by Richard Meiser-Stedman and Anna McKinnnon (http://c2ad.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/projects/aspects.html). ASPECTS stands for Acute Stress Programme for Children and Teenagers and is this trial evaluates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, in comparison to waiting list group, looking at how children and teenagers feel after frightening experiences such as road trafic accidents or violence.
June 2010: Professor Ian Goodyer (C2:AD co-director) will be giving the next C2:AD seminar on June 11th, entitled "Treatment of depressed adolescents"March 2010: A new treatment trial helping adults overcome post-traumatic reactions following admission to intensive care - the CANResT Trial - was launched.
March 2010: PREVENT trial launched (http://www.prevent-southwest.org.uk/) - a large definitive RCT based at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with C2:AD, that evaluates Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, in comparison to continuation anti-depressant medication in the prevention of depressive relapse over a two year period.
February 7th 2010: Prof David. Clark innaugarated the C2:AD seminar series
December 14th 2009: C2:AD launch:
New centre for affective disorders opens in Cambridge
Affective disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress can have a devastating effect on the lives of children and adults. A new centre to support research that improves understanding and treatment of these affective disorders in children, adolescents and adults opens on the 14th December in Cambridge. The Cambridge Clinical Research Centre in Affective Disorders (C2AD) will research the development and evaluation of clinical interventions for affective disorders across the lifespan and aims to promote an integrated perspective on treatment, across the various support services. C2AD will bring together NHS clinical practitioners and researchers from academic departments, uniting the affective disorders community in Cambridge.
The C2AD centre is a partnership between the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBSU), the University of Cambridge, and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). C2AD is co-directed by Dr Tim Dalgleish from the MRC CBSU and Professor Ian Goodyer from the University of Cambridge, with Dr Rajini Ramana (CPFT) as the Clinical Director. The centre will be based at the Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences on the Forvie Site at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, and at the Douglas House site on Trumpington Road in Cambridge.
C2AD is already hosting a range of translational research projects. These include basic science studies examining core mind and brain processes that underpin affective disorders, the ROOTS study following teenagers at risk for depression through into early adulthood to understand onset and vulnerability, and treatment trials evaluating the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy for treatment and relapse prevention of depression and posttraumatic stress in adults and children.
To mark the launch, a one day conference is being held at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. Keynote speakers from across the UK will be talking about clinical research in affective disorders, ranging from fundamental science through to delivery of treatments in health service settings, and over 60 delegates will be attending from the academic and clinical communities. Due to demand for places registration for the event is already closed.
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