Anxiety Research

Researchers:

If you are undertaking research in the field of anxiety disorders and would like to recruit participants for your study and have your research listed on this page, please submit details of your study via the research submission form. We require a small payment of £20 for each research listing placed. This payment helps us to cover some of the cost involved with updating the website. Please email info@anxietyuk.org.uk for details on how to make your payment.

Research into anxiety

• Living with a parent with OCD: the lives and experiences of children
• Social Visualization Tasks 2
• Treatment approaches to Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Setting up Anti-depressant and SSRI medication withdrawal support groups
• Self and Relational Views
• Social Phobia; A Question of Theory of Mind?

Details

Living with a parent with OCD: the lives and experiences of children

I’m a trainee clinical psychologist doing some research about the experiences of children who have a parent with OCD. I’m looking for 12-18 year olds who’d talk to me about themselves, their lives, their friends and family and their understanding of their parent’s OCD. There is very little research in to this area at present. Participation involves a one-off meeting with the young person (only with permission from their parent) at their home. We would talk privately for around one hour about their experiences. All data is confidential and anonymised and the project has full NHS ethical approval.

Contact : Jenny Griffiths
Telephone : 07834 826641
Email : psjfg@bris.ac.uk

Social Visualization Tasks 2

The study involves visualizing various social situations and completing questionnaires about yourself and your relationships with other people.

Contact : Michelle Luke or Mike Brown
Telephone : +44 (0)2380 597334
Email : crsi2@soton.ac.uk
Website : http://http://mindstudies.psy.soton.ac.uk/ShowJava.aspx?sname=SocAnx1&w=600&h=500

Treatment approaches to Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Practitioners with experience of working therapeutically with sufferers of Body Dysmorphic Disorder required for short online survey.
We are a group of counsellors in training undertaking a research project that aims to investigate therapeutic approaches for treatment of those affected by issues of Self Harm and/or Body Dysmorphia.
The multiple choice questionnaire should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
All questionnaires have been sanctioned by LC&CTA (providers of counsellor training at Lewisham College) and responses will be treated confidentially.
We will be applying to exhibit our findings at the BACP annual conference in August 2009. Students from LC&CTA have successfully presented their research at conference for the past two years.

Contact : Suzi Mackenzie
Email : hpdresearchgroupbdd@live.co.uk
Website : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BH26Rz41UfEpjphy36vlwA_3d_3d

Setting up Anti-depressant and SSRI medication withdrawal support groups

The Seroxat User Group have received thousands of testimonies from people who have experienced negative effects when taking and trying to withdraw from Anti-Depressants or SSRIs (selective seretonin re-uptake inhibitors) such as Seroxat. These drugs are prescribed for various conditions including anxiety disorders and depression.

Unfortunately patient testimonies are not always taken into consideration in drug safety assessment, unless they are flagged up in adverse side effect reporting schemes. We want to build on patient testimonies and use them proactively to help inform support groups for people who have had negative experiences of medication.

If you are currently taking, are trying to stop taking or have taken SSRI medication in the past, you are invited to take part in a current piece of research to share your story. The research is being conducted by a Manchester Metropolitan University Psychology Masters student in association with the Seroxat group. Contribution to this research can be as easy as sending an e-mail response or taking part in a short interview.

Research Aims
• Record people’s experiences of medication
• Look at commonalities in drug experiences and in the coping techniques people use when experiencing side effects when taking or stopping medication
• To investigate whether patient’s interests are being served in relation to the receipt of thorough information about potential drug side effects on prescription
• To utilise the information that participants give to inform the formation of support groups. Support groups will act as supportive networks where people can share experiences, look into alternative coping mechanisms and support either other if they experiencing negative medication side effects

Please contact me for more information, and a participant information pack. I am happy to do call backs if required.

Contact : claudia.liberatoscioli@student.,mmu.ac.uk
Telephone : 07825292975

Self and Relational Views

My name is Maria Day and I'm a Trainee Clinical Psychologist. As part of my thesis, I am working with Dr Michelle Luke and Dr Lusia Stopa on a study of social anxiety. We hope that the results of this study will be useful to our clinical colleagues when working with individuals who experience anxiety disorders. We would be very grateful to anyone aged over 18 years who would like to take part in this study. We are interested in the responses of people with different levels of anxiety and so you do not have to have social anxiety to take part. Participation involves completing an online questionnaire, which should take 15-20 minutes of your time. If you are interested in taking part in this study then please click on the following link:

http://mindstudies.psy.soton.ac.uk/ShowJava.aspx?sname=RelFun6&w=800&h=450

Contact : Maria Day
Telephone : 023 80 597 334
Email : med105@soton.ac.uk
Website : http://mindstudies.psy.soton.ac.uk/ShowJava.aspx?sname=RelFun6&w=800&h=450

Social Phobia; A Question of Theory of Mind?

Over the past few years, I have been looking at social anxiety and a potential link to theory of mind for my doctoral research. I still need a number of participants in my generalised anxiety group and my social anxiety group. The research entails taking a mini-IQ test and answering questions to a number of stories. I see each participant individually at City University. The research takes about one hour.

Contact : Vanessa Schjelderup
Telephone : 07747777361
Email : vschjelderup@hotmail.com
Website : http://www.heaththerapy.co.uk