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The Judith Trust has awarded a grant to a research team from The University of Birmingham, Dudley Primary Care Trust and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Trust.

Members of the research team are:

Dr. John Rose - Academic Director, Clinical Psychology Department, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham and Divisional Clinical Psychologist, Dudley South Primary Care Trust

Dr. Biza Stenfert Kroese - Head of Psychology Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Staffordshire and Shropshire Health NHS Foundation Trust and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Birmingham.

Professor Ann Davis - Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH), The University of Birmingham

Dr. Alex O'Brien - Principal Clinical Psychologist, Adults with Learning Disabilities, Dudley PCT

The study will be conducted over a two year period, commencing in September 2008 and will examine the training, knowledge, skills and experience of a range of workers from learning disability services on the subject of mental illness and mental health promotion.