Our research
Our research is organised around four main themes that reflect our longstanding interest in psychological and developmental approaches to mental health:
- Psychological therapies
- Infancy and early years
- Child and family mental health
- Educational psychology
We also have a developing portfolio of research in a number of additional areas including forensic mental health, patient experience, clinical innovation and child maltreatment.
We are a leading provider of clinical services and postgraduate training and education — a key strength of our research is that it is grounded in clinical practice. Our clinician trainers and researchers work in a variety of settings in health, education and social services.
We are at the forefront of innovation in mental health and in recent years have developed a number of award-winning clinical services.
Research pages:
A showcase of current and completed research studies undertaken by our staff and their collaborators.
As part of our focus on research our staff body publishes widely. See the collections of their writing in the below venues.
A showcase of completed research studies undertaken by our students.
Our joint research conferences bring together staff and students from the University of Essex and The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust to...
Performance in initiating and delivering research – Q1 2021–2022 Performance in initiating and delivering research – Q4 2020–2021 Performance in...