On Friday, 25th October 2024, members of the RADiANT Team attended the Royal College of Psychiatrists Eastern Division Conference, which focussed on New Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. The event highlighted contributions in psychiatry, and we are excited to announce the success of our team’s award-winning poster presentations.

 

Multidisciplinary Team Category:

First Prize:

Development and Evaluation of the Norfolk Forensic Community Learning Disability Team

Authors: Trilochan Kayembe¹, Verity Chester², Sadie Clarke¹, Ruth Flowerdew¹, Nadine Alger³, Daniel Boughey⁴, Oliver Farrar⁵, Charlie Freeman⁶, Donna Lakin¹, Julia Large⁵, Elizabeth Patteril⁷, Andy Smith⁸, Carly Weeks⁹, and Regi Alexander¹⁰

¹Nurse, ²Research Associate, ³Clinical Team Leader, ⁴Assistant Psychologist, ⁵Psychologist, ⁶Occupational Therapy Assistant, ⁷Clinical Research Practitioner, ⁸Occupational Therapist, ⁹Speech & Language Therapist, ¹⁰Consultant Psychiatrist. All based at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Little Plumstead Hospital, Norwich

 

Second Prize:

Anticholinergic Burden in People with Intellectual Disability

Reena Tharian¹, Melissa Hicks², Sreeja Sahadevan³, Elizabeth Patteril⁴, Verity Chester⁵ and Regi Alexander⁶

¹Clinical Pharmacist & Independent Prescriber, ²Nurse, ³Specialty Registrar ST-5, ⁴Clinical Research Practitioner, ⁵Research Associate, ⁶Consultant Psychiatrist. All based at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Little Plumstead Hospital, Norwich

 

Third Prize:

Hypothyroidism in a Psychiatric Outpatient Population of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Authors: Verity Chester¹, Medha Cherukat², Nicholas Smith³, Elizabeth Patteril⁴, Indermeet Sawhney⁵, Asif Zia⁶ & Regi Alexander⁷

¹Research Associate, HPFT, ²RADiANT Research Observer & Psychology graduate student, University of Birmingham, ³Core Trainee in Psychiatry, HPFT & NSFT, ⁴Clinical Research Practitioner, HPFT, ⁵Consultant Psychiatrist & Deputy Medical Director, HPFT, ⁶Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director, HPFT, ⁷Consultant Psychiatrist, HPFT

 

General Category:

Third Prize:

Psychosis in Neuro-developmental Disorders: a phenomenological approach.

Authors: Ayomipo Amiola¹, Sreeja Sahadevan², Ignatius Gunaratna³, Regi Alexander³

¹Specialty Registrar, ST-4, HPFT & NSFT, ²Specialty Registrar, ST-5, ³Consultant Psychiatrist, HPFT