Join a research community of people with lived experience of psychosis and bipolar disorder
The Brain and Genomics Hub is one of five new research hubs that make up the Mental Health Research Platform funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The platform was established to accelerate progress towards new and more effective treatments for serious mental illness. The Hub is made up of a number of universities and third sector organisations working together to better understand serious mental illnesses and to better support the people living with these conditions.
The Bipolar, Schizophrenia and Psychosis Research Initiative (B-Sprint) study from the Brain and Genomics Hub aims to go beyond diagnostic boundaries, to help identify ways to develop more targeted treatment approaches for people living with these conditions and to improve how they are diagnosed.
To help researchers learn more about psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar and schizoaffective disorder, they are looking to recruit 600 people with lived experience of these conditions.
If you decide to take part, you will be asked:
- questions about your mental health and life experiences
- to complete some cognitive tasks to assess your memory and learning styles
- for a blood sample
- to have an MEG (Magnetoencephalography) and an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan
If this sounds of interest, register your details today so the researchers can get in touch and discuss your eligibility to take part.
For more information, visit the study website.