RELAX Study

14/01/2025

Join an online Q&A about anxiety and worry in pregnancy and motherhood with Professor Colette Hirsch, Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Chief Investigator of the RELAX study.

Professor Hirsch is Deputy Lead of our Digital Therapies theme and Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience: https://lnkd.in/eb874ACQ

She leads the RELAX study, exploring if online training effectively reduces anxiety in pregnant women and new mothers.

Have your questions answered by:
👉 submitting them in advance
👉 or ask live in the event

Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eshj7PtH

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre

25/06/2024

Hear Professor Colette Hirsch speaking about the main symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder for

17/05/2024

As reaches to a close, we would like to encourage you to reflect on your mental health, the progress you have made & any tools you use to improve your mental wellbeing. We welcome any thoughts or ideas in the comments below.
Yesterday, the RELAX team wore green to bring awareness to this very important week!
Just another reminder, you mental health matters.

22/04/2024

The RELAX team strongly support Five X More and all the amazing work they do to advocate for better maternal health outcomes for black individuals.

This week is the 5th annual Black Maternal Health Awareness week. You can find out more about the week here: https://fivexmore.org/black-maternal-health-week-2024

The RELAX team want to contribute to this very important cause by encouraging black, brown or mixed-race mothers-to-be to take part in our research.

Find out more about the study and register your interest here: https://uat.rel.healthmachine.io/

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07/02/2024

💫Thank you 💫to all 100 women who have joined our RELAX Study!

With your help we can understand whether our online training is effective in reducing for pregnant women.

Thank you to our PPI groups, advisors and people in the community who are sharing the study!

Anxiety UK (official) Best Beginnings National Childbirth Trust The Motherhood Group Make Birth Better Pandas Foundation (Pre And PostNatal Depression Advice and Support) The Motivational Mums Club - sister company, Young Positive Minds National Maternity Voices Maternity Action

23/01/2024

The RELAX Study targets worry and anxiety in pregnancy by asking people to listen to scenarios about everyday situations and think about different ways to respond to them. These are presented in 12 sessions over 4 weeks.

Professor Colette Hirsch explains how the training works in this short video.

We are looking for women who are 16-28 weeks pregnant, who worry a lot, to help trial this training to see how effective it is.

Find out more on our website: https://relax.healthmachine.io/

05/01/2024

We would like to wish all our participants, partners and supporters a very happy and healthy new year!

Whether you have resolutions or not, we hope everyone can set aside some time to look after their mental wellbeing in 2024. 💙

20/12/2023

✨Wishing all our friends and followers a restful and enjoyable holiday season!✨

We will be taking a break from social media over the festive season but will be back in the new year!

A member of our team will be around later this week and next week after Christmas and Boxing Day on an ad-hoc basis to address any queries or check-in with anyone who is currently taking part in the study

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our study this year - we really appreciate all your help!

14/12/2023

Omar Campbell, Co-chair, King’s College London Maternity Voices Partnership: “At King's College Hospital NHS Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP), we’ve been involved in the RELAX study since its initial phases. I’m pleased to be part of the study - poor mental health affects 1 in 4 of our service users, so this is a much-needed study for our NHS trust.”

The RELAX Study aims to reduce anxiety in pregnant women and we are currently recruiting for an ongoing study. Find out more and sign up here: https://relax.healthmachine.io

11/12/2023

A huge🌟thank you🌟to the 50 women who have joined our
RELAX Study - we appreciate every one of you.

We couldn't have reached this milestone without our PPI groups, supportive colleagues, charities, organisations and Trusts (& our team) sharing our study with pregnant women.

Find out more and sign up: https://relax.healthmachine.io/

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London | King's College London| King's College Hospital NHS | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | Anxiety UK (official)| | MQ Mental Health Research| GLAD Study

06/12/2023

Thank you to Tania for supporting us and encouraging pregnant people to find out if our training could help them reduce and .

Reaching communities who are typically underrepresented in healthcare research is one of our most important goals, and wouldn’t be possible without amazing women like Tania.

Find out more about the RELAX Study (RELAX is short for ‘REducing Levels of AnXiety’ in pregnancy and after birth) and sign up via: https://relax.healthmachine.io/

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London | MQ Mental Health Research | King's Maternity Voices | NCT | NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre

01/12/2023

"As founder of The Motherhood Group, I encourage Black women to get involved with the RELAX study. Research like this is needed to address disparities in care, and RELAX has taken thoughtful steps to be safe, respectful and inclusive for all birthing people."

Sandra Igwe, Chief Executive of The Motherhood Group

Thank you to Sandra and the The Motherhood Group for your support! It’s vital that under-represented groups have their say in healthcare research.

The RELAX Study is looking for pregnant woman to try out online training which aims to reduce worry and anxiety before and after birth.

Find out more about the study and how to take part: https://relax.healthmachine.io/