Follow the links for further
details, including the study protocol and questionnaires
Conversion Disorder
* This study commenced in
October 2008.
* It aims to estimate
incidence, describe features and presentation, co-morbidities and
family psychiatric history
* Current management and
short term outcome will also be investigated
* This study is the first
to involve all child and adolescent psychiatrists as well as
paediatricians
* Funded by: BUPA
Foundation
* REC Approval: the
Charing Cross Hospital MREC (Ref: 08/H0711/30), PIAG Section 60
Support (Ref: PIAG/BPSU 3-06(FT1)/2008)
Lead
Investigator: Dr
Cornelius Ani
Further information on the study, including
the case definition and reporting instructions, are available
from:
Paediatric Bipolar 1 Disorder
* This study
commenced in September 2009
* The study aims to
estimate incidence, describe features and presentation,
co-morbidities and family psychiatric history
* Current management and
short term outcome will also be investigated
* Funded by: Research and
Clinical Effectiveness Dept, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS
Trust
* REC/ECC Approval:
Charing Cross REC (09\H0711\28)
Lead
Investigator: Dr Adi Sharma, Academic Specialist Registrar
and Hon Clinical Lecturer Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS
Trust, Newcastle University, 3rd Floor, Sir James Spence Institute,
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, NE1 4LP
Email address:SPBD-UK.ROI@ncl.ac.uk
Further information on the study including the
case definition and reporting instructions are available from:
The Bipolar presented interim results from 6
months of surveillance at the 2010 Paediatric Bipolar Conference in
Boston, USA in March.
Results from 12 months surveillance were
presented at the RCPsych Annual Child & Adolescent Faculty
Meeting. Download the
poster.
Childhood Non-Affective Psychoses
* This
study commenced in September 2010
* The study aims to
estimate incidence, describe features and presentation,
co-morbidities and family psychiatric history
* Current management and
short term outcome will also be investigated
* Funded by: Wolfson
Research Institute and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation
Trust
* REC/ECC Approval:
TBC
Lead
Investigator: Dr
Paul Tiffin, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant
in the Psychiatry of Adolescence, Durham University
Further information on the study including the
case definition and reporting instructions are available
from:
Gender Identity Disorder (GID)
* This UK- and Republic of Ireland-wide
study commenced in November 2011.
* It is the first formal epidemiological
study of GID in children and adolescents and will involve
consultant Paediatricians as well as Child and Adolescent
Psychiatrists
* The study aims to estimate the
incidence of GID; describe clinical presentation, co-morbidities
and natural history; and examine current management and short-term
treatment outcomes
* The study will inform service
provision and clinical management of this important condition
* Funded by: Tavistock & Portman
grant via the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services
* REC Approval: London Bloomsbury REC
(ref.11/LO/1512) and the National
Information Governance Board under Section 251 (ECC
8-02(FT4)/2011).
REC Approval: the Charing Cross Hospital MREC
(Ref: 08/H0711/30), PIAG Section 60 Support (Ref: PIAG/BPSU
3-06(FT1)/2008)
Lead
Investigator: Dr
Sophie Khadr Academic Clinical Lecturer General and
Adolescent Paediatrics, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford
St, London WC1N 1EH.
Further information on the study, including
the case definition and reporting instructions, are available
from: