Our Team

The NCCMH is a multi-disciplinary team made up of systematic reviewers, health economists, an information scientist, research assistants, guideline development managers, and administrative staff. The team provides technical support to the guideline development process and coordinates input from the Guideline Development Group (GDG) members.

 

 
Professor Tim Kendall - Director
Tim Kendall
Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health; Director, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ College Research Unit; Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT.

Current guidelines: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update), Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People,


Previous guidelines: ADHD, Anxiety (update), Bipolar Disorder, Dementia, Depression and Chronic
Physical Health Problems, Depression in Children, Eating Disorders, OCD, Psychosis with Coexisting Substance Misuse, Schizophrenia (update), Self-Harm, Self-Harm (longer term management), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health
Professor Steve Pilling - Director
Steve Pilling
Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health;
Director, Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, University College London.

Current guidelines: Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults,
Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People, Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines: Alcohol Dependence and Harmful Alcohol Use, Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder,
Common Mental Health Disorders,Depression (update), Drug Misuse: Opioid Detoxification,
Drug Misuse: Psychosocial Interventions, PTSD, Schizophrenia (update)

Research interests:
Health services research, including trials of complex interventions
Psychological treatment
Systematic reviews in mental health and their use in clinical guidelines
Clinical guideline development and implementation in mental health
Chris Sealey - Associate Director (Operations)
Chris Sealey
Current guidelines
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Previous guidelines: ADHD, Common Mental Health Disorders, Depression (update)




Dr Craig Whittington - Associate Director (Clinical Effectiveness)
Craig Whittington
Current guidelines
: Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People,
Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update)

Previous guidelines: Common Mental Health Disorders, Depression in Children, Dementia, Eating Disorders, OCD, Psychosis with Coexisting Substance Misuse, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia (update), Service User Experience in Adult
Mental Health

Research interests:
Guideline methodology
Meta-analysis and meta-regression
Evidence tables and summary of findings
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)
Meta-analytic methods for evaluating behaviour change interventions and enhanced care
The safety and effectivess of antipsychotic and antidepressant medication

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Dr Evan Mayo-Wilson - Senior Systematic Reviewer
Craig Whittington
Current guidelines
: Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines:

Research interests:
Systematic reviews
Clinical guidelines
Reporting guidelines
Methods for conducting studies of psychological and social interventions
Treatments for common mental health problems and other interventions with potential for widespread impact

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Dr Ifigeneia Mavranezouli - Senior Health Economist
Ifigeneia Mavranezouli
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults,
Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update)

Previous guidelines: Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, Anxiety (update), ADHD, ASPD, Bipolar disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dementia, Drug Misuse: Psychosocial Interventions, Long-acting Reversible Contraception (NCC WCH), Schizophrenia (update)

Research interests:
Economic evaluation of mental health interventions
Incorporation of health economics in clinical guideline development
Economic modelling methods
Development of preference-based measures of health-related quality of
life in mental health
Health economics of contraception

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Sarah Stockton - Senior Information Scientist
Sarah Stockton
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults, Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People, Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update), Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People, Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines: ADHD, Alcohol Dependence and Harmful Alcohol Use,
Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anxiety (update), Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Common Mental Health Disorders, Dementia, Depression (update), Depression and Chronic Physical Health Problems, Drug Misuse: Opioid Detoxification, Drug Misuse: Psychosocial Interventions, Psychosis with
Coexisting Substance Misuse, Schizophrenia (update), Self Harm (longer term management),
Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health

Research interests:
Literature searching to support systematic reviews and evidence based practice  
Search methodology design, construction methodologies, and use of taxonomies and thesauri in retrieval systems
Metadata for description of digital objects
Systematic review methodology
Information behaviour of collaborative research groups
Training resources to support evidence based practice and clinical governance
Teaching methods for evidence based practice and critical appraisal
Website design and development

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Dr Clare Taylor - Senior Editor
Clare Taylor
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults, Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People, Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update), Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People, Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines: ADHD, Alcohol Dependence and Harmful Alcohol Use,
Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anxiety (update), Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Common Mental Health Disorders, Dementia, Depression (update), Depression and Chronic Physical Health Problems, Depression in Children, Drug Misuse: Opioid Detoxification, Drug Misuse: Psychosocial Interventions, Eating Disorders, OCD, Psychosis with Coexisting Substance Misuse, PTSD, Schizophrenia (update), Self Harm (longer term management), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health

Research interests:
Service user and carer experience of services for mental health problems

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Dr Odette Megnin - Systematic Reviewer
Odette Megnin
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults

Research interests:
Autism Spectrum Conditions
Electrophysiology
Neuro-developmental disorders
Language development
Neuroimaging

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Megan Stafford - Systematic Reviewer
Megan Stafford
Current guidelines
: Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People

Research interests:
Systematic reviews
Psychological interventions in mental health care
Methods for conducting studies in psychotherapy

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Dr Amina Udechuku - Systematic Reviewer
Amina Udechuku
Current guidelines
: Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults,
Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People

Previous guidelines: Alcohol Dependence and Harmful Alcohol Use

Research interests:
Alcohol use disorders
Meta-analytic techniques
Diagnosis, and modifiable risk and protective factors (such as hormones and
nutrition) for age-related cognitive decline and dementia
Neuropsychological testing
Epidemiological aging research

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Benedict Anigbogu - Health Economist
Benedict Anigbogu
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People,
Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update)

Previous guidelines: Self-Harm (longer term management)

Research interests:
Economic evaluation of mental health interventions
Use of health economics and decision analysis in clinical guideline development Economic evaluation of weight management interventions in adults
Challenges of recruitment and retention of subjects in clinical trials
Review of use of preference-based outcome measures in mental health interventions

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Nadir Cheema - Health Economist
Nadir Cheema
Current guidelines
: Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults, Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People

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Katherine Leggett - Guideline Development Manager
Katherine Leggett
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autistic Spectrum Conditions in Adults

Previous guidelines: Depression and Chronic Physical Health Problems,
Psychosis with Coexisting Substance Misuse, Self-Harm (longer term management), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health

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Maryla Moulin - Guideline Development Manager
Maryla Moulin
Current guidelines
: Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People,
Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update)

Previous guidelines:

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Kate Satrettin - Guideline Development Manager
Kate Sattretin
Current guidelines
: Schizophrenia in Children and Young People, Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines: Alcohol Dependance and Harmful Alcohol Use

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Bronwyn Harris - Research Assistant
Naomi Glover
Current guidelines
: Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People

Research interests:
Conduct disorder
Innovative treatments in Mental Health
TMS for autism
Traumatic Brain Injury

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Naomi Glover - Research Assistant
Naomi Glover
Current guidelines
: Autism Spectrum Conditions in Adults, Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People

Research interests:
Post traumatic stress disorder
Self-harm
Quality improvement within mental health services

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Hannah Jackson - Research Assistant
Marie Halton
Current guidelines
: Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People

Previous guidelines:

Research interests:
Schizophrenia and psychosis in children and young people
Attachment styles and ways of coping
The role of psychological and physiological factors in the development and maintenance of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
The meaning behind psychotic experiences

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Kayleigh Kew - Research Assistant
Flora Kapinski
Current guidelines
: Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults (update), Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines:

Research interests:
Social Anxiety
Neuropsychology of epilepsy
Cognitive assessment
Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury

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Rachael Lee - Research Assistant
Rachel Lee
Current guidelines
: Autism - the Mangement of Autism in Children and
Young People, Autism Spectrum Conditions in Adults

Previous guidelines:

Research interests:
Autism in adults and children
Evaluating mental health interventions
Psychosocial interventions for carers in Parkinson's disease
Therapeutic interventions for children in primary schools

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Melinda Smith - Research Assistant
Melinda Smith
Current guidelines
: Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People,
Social Anxiety Disorder

Previous guidelines:

Research interests:
Adjustment to long-term health conditions
End-of-life mental health issues and care
Healthcare and quality improvement

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Nuala Ernest - Assistant Editor
Nuala Ernest
Current guidelines
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Previous guidelines: Alcohol Dependence and Harmful Alcohol Use, Depression (update), Depression and Chronic Physical Health Problems, Schizophrenia (update)

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Administration
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