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.
By Kaelyn Dias Spring Year in Employment Intern 2025-26 Spending a year as an intern with SPRING at the University of Southampton gave me a front‑row seat to how mental health research is translated into real‑world impact. Getting Involved in Research A major part of my placement was contributing to two ongoing research projects. I…
Keep readingBy Katie Burke SPRING Year in Employmeny Intern 2025-2026 I have never been particularly decisive. In my second year of university, asking me what I would pursue after graduation seemed like an incomprehensible question. After one lecture, I would decide to be a developmental research psychologist, then after the next, I would choose to work…
Keep readingAutistic people are more likely to experience symptoms linked to psychosis. Our new research brings together findings from over 60 studies to explore why this happens, and whether the tools we use to measure these conditions are fit for purpose. What We Did We reviewed 63 studies involving nearly 7 million people (N = 6,903,960).…
Keep readingThe 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…
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