Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund research into treatments for psychosis.

The Department of Health and Social Care, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), commissions a range of research into treatments for psychosis.

For example, the NIHR is currently funding a £2.6 million clinical trial of Feeling Safe, a cognitive behavioural therapy programme designed to treat persecutory delusions. Additionally, the NIHR is funding a £3 million study investigating the treatment of antipsychotic induced weight gain, and a £1 million study that aims to develop a more tailored approach to Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) treatment, which will inform national commissioning of EIP services.

The NIHR continues to welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and care, including research into treatments for psychosis.