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    • PRESIDE
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    • SATURN
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    • SMART MCI
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    • STADIA
    • TRIPOD
    • Waiting Well
    • WoW Study
      • Wellbeing of the workforce (WOW) study
      • Meet the team
      • Reports and Publications
      • Links and Resources
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      • ADHD in Primary Care
      • AQUEDUCT
      • BRIGhTMIND
      • Covid 19 Studies
      • EME
      • Evaluating the care certificate
      • ExTRAPPOLATE
      • Far Away From Home
      • gameChange
      • NEON
      • NEON Good Practice Guidelines
      • ORBIT
      • ORCHARD
      • PRIDE
      • QUOTA
      • REBOOT
      • SAAND
      • UNFOLD 2
      • VOICE
      • WAIT study
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      • Enhancing ADHD awareness in schools
      • Surviving by storytelling
      • Wellbeing in the Woods
    • Completed projects
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      • Learning disability secure care network
      • Me thinking: Learning a new outlook in life
      • Youth mental health and wellbeing
      • Young adults living with learning disabilities
      • Trauma, resilience and growth
      • Studio House Choir
      • Post modern slavery
      • Respiratory Mentors
      • People's choir
      • Digital Technology for Mental Health: Asking the Right Questions
      • Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing in Neurological Conditions
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    • Psychosis and schizophrenia studies
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OPTIMISE

OPTIMISE stands for Optimising Pathways of Psychological Care after Transient Ischaemic Attack and MInor StrokE and is led by Dr Eirini Kontou, Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist. It is an acronym for a research project. This project aims to improve support for people with TIA and minor stroke who have emotional and ‘cognitive’ (thinking difficulties).

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