Clinical practice

Our Impact

SGDP clinical academics, working with their clinical teams have produced a series of resources to support families where young people are experiencing difficulties such as anxiety or depression. These include the "Keep Cool" project featuring videos co-produced with adolescents and "Families Under Pressure", a set of animated parenting tips narrated by famous parents.

SGDP Centre research has shown for the first time the impact of using high potency cannabis daily both on risk to develop psychotic disorders and on the clinical and functional outcomes of those who continue to use after the onset of illness. Our work has provided the scientific foundation to develop the first and only Cannabis Clinic for Patients with Psychosis in the UK. This service supports young adults with Psychosis and cannabis use to stop/reduce their use.

Our genetic study of anorexia nervosa found that this is both a psychiatric and metabolic disorder which is changing both clinical views and practice in the field worldwide.

SGDP academics were involved in guidance commissioned by NHS England about how to involve and support partners and family members in perinatal services, which also included an accompanying video animation. Similarly, SGDP academics led the development and implementation of a national framework for the child and adolescent mental health response to emergencies and disasters in collaboration with the RCPsych, Department of Health, and NHS-England, which was published in 2020.