The Staying Well After Depression Trial is running at two sites, the University of Oxford and University of Wales, Bangor. At both sites participants have the same assessments and are offered identical treatment.

If you would like to view video clips of interviews with some of the Welsh members of our research team describing more about the different treatments on offer in this trial, what would happen if you were to take part, and how other people have found the treatments you can do so through the Bangor University website http://stayingwell.bangor.ac.uk/ . To find out more about the team in Oxford, have a look at the Recruitment and Assessment Team page.

Specific Links

Professor Mark Williams, study principal investigator, describes the pupose of the Staying Well trial  and gives an overview of the treatment approaches we are researching.http://www.bangor.ac.uk/bangortv/stayingwell1.php.en

 Sarah Silverton, trial therapist, describes Cognitive Psycho-Education, its aims, how the course is structured, the skills taught and what taking the treatment involves. http://stayingwell.bangor.ac.uk/cpe.php.en

Rebecca Crane, trial therapist, describes Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, its aims, how the course is structured, the skills taught and what taking the treatment involves.http://stayingwell.bangor.ac.uk/therapy.php.en

You can also find out more about mindfulness at http://www.bemindful.co.uk/ a site run by the Mental Health Foundation which provides general information on mindfulness including interviews with people who have taken the mindfulness program and more general information about the approach.

Mariel, one of our Bangor recruiters,  describes the what happens when someone contacts the research team. If you were to contact the research team in Oxford, you would speak to our lead recruiter, Adele, who would ask the same questions as described by Mariel, in order to find out if participating in the trial is likely to be right for you.
http://stayingwell.bangor.ac.uk/eligible.php.en