The Southampton Psychosis and Bipolar Research & INnovation Group (SPRING) is a newly formed group of researchers and clinicians. Based in the University of Southampton’s School of Psychology and Center for Innovation in Mental Health, we are developing projects collaboratively alongside people with lived experience, their relatives, and healthcare organisations and charities.
The following blog is a summary of the research, based on two reviews by the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology. Both reports and their research references can be found here: By Katie Burke, Kaelyn Dias, and Emma Palmer-Cooper Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to any technology that allows machines to do tasks we would usually…
Keep readingDondé, C., Palmer-Cooper, E., Gauld, C., Polosan, M., & Alderson-Day, B. (2025). Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 136, 111214. By Emma Palmer-Cooper Background Experiences of psychosis often involve changes in how people experience sounds. One well-known issue is difficulty in early auditory processing (EAP), which…
Keep readingEmma Palmer-Cooper Our recent systematic review published in Schizophrenia Research explored research published about patient perspectives on integrating digital or mobile tools with traditional face-to-face care, known as mHealth. Digital technology is increasingly being integrated into mental healthcare, particularly for serious mental illnesses like psychosis. Mobile health (mHealth) tools, such as smartphone apps and digital platforms, offer…
Keep readingDr Monica Sood Paranoia broadly refers to beliefs that others are a threat, with limited or no evidence of this. It ranges from mild beliefs such as “people are talking about me” to extreme delusions such as “there is a conspiracy against me”. Paranoia is common in people with a clinical psychosis diagnosis (e.g., schizophrenia)…
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