SMHRN | Scottish Mental Health Research Network

The official launch of the Scottish Mental Health Research Network

The official launch of the SMHRN took place on 26th November 2009 at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. Over 140 people attended the event which marked the handover from the outgoing director Professor Michael Sharpe to the new director Professor Stephen Lawrie. The key note speakers were Professor Simon Wessely and Professor John Geddes. Dr Denise Coia (Principal Medical Officer, Mental Health) and Dr Richard Simpson (MSP) officially launched the Scottish Mental Health Research Network. Presentations with video footage for some of the speakers are available below:

SMHRN launch

'Research, Evidence and Practice' - Presentations

Speaker	Title	Presentation Title	Video link
Simon Wessely	Professor of Epidemiological and Liaison Psychiatry, Kings College London	'Why we need research; a short history of evidence-free psychiatry'
John Geddes	Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, University of Oxford	'Why we need research; a short history of evidence-based psychiatry	Presentation 1
John Eagles	Honorary Professor in Mental Health, University of Aberdeen	'Doing Research: How a network can help'	Presentation 2
Charlie McMillan	Director of Operations, SAMH	'The importance and value of service user involvement in mental health research'	Presentation 3
Michael Sharpe	Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh and Founding Director of SMHRN	'Research, evidence and better services: From where to here?'	Presentation 4
Stephen Lawrie	Professor of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh and Director of SMHRN	'Research, evidence and better service: From here to where?'	Presentation 5

We are planning to hold our next annual scientific meeting in autumn 2010. Please contact us on info@smhrn.org.uk if you have any feedback, comments or suggestions from this year's meeting.