Month: April 2011

ENACT: Exploring social Networks to Augment Cognitive behavioural Therapy is led by Prof Shaun Lawson with co-investigators Prof Niroshan Siriwardena, Prof Kevin Morgan and Dr Kate Cavanagh is funded through the EPSRC “Healthcare Partnerships” programme to improve the uptake, adherence and completion rates of those referred to Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CCBT) interventions using the power of…Continue Reading REST leads to new EPSRC funded study: ENACT

Niro Siriwardena talks about how learning from the REST project has led to improvements in how people with insomnia can be helped by GPs and nurses in primary care using better assessment methods and psychological approaches including CBTi. Interview by Professor Colin Espie, November 2010….Continue Reading Niro Siriwardena talks to Prof Colin Espie about insomnia in primary care

The REST project is included the Mental Health Research Network Magazine, ‘Mental health research can help all of us‘ (page 5, February 2011)….Continue Reading REST provides alternatives to sleeping tablets

19/04/2011The REST team has been awarded funding through East Midlands Health Innovation Educational Cluster (EMHIEC) to deliver a programme of blended learning for primary care practitioners in the management of insomnia and sleep problems: Improving Primary Care Resources for Effective Sleep Treatment (IPCREST).  …Continue Reading REST educational programme supported by EMHIEC