NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme
Award winner: Daniel Freeman
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £662,320
The effects of reducing worry in patients with persecutory delusions: an explanatory randomised controlled trial
Health Technology Assessment programme
Award winner: David Fitzmaurice
Institution: University of Birmingham
Value: £198,529
A systematic review of the diagnostic and prognostic utility of tests currently available for the detection of aspirin resistance in patients with established cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease
Service Delivery and Organisation programme
Award winner: Steven Pryjmachuk
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £225,422
Identifying and evaluating mental health self-care support for children and young people
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Fellowship awards
Award winner: Joseph Hyde
Institution: Bath Spa University
Value: £39,329
An analysis of the creative process of visual music pioneer Oskar Fischinger from a practice-led perspective
Award winner: Vikki Bell
Institution: Goldsmiths, University of London
Value: £78,101
Visual art and justice in transitional Argentina (post 1983)
Award winner: Alexander Bird
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £48,257
Scientific knowledge
Award winner: Davide Deriu
Institution: University of Westminster
Value: £59,694
Picturing modern Ankara: "new Turkey" in Western imagination
Award winner: Ruth Dukes
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £65,675
The constitutional function of labour law
Award winner: Stewart Field
Institution: Cardiff University
Value: £40,360
Making sense of youth justice: a comparative study of Italy and Wales
Award winner: Miles Larmer
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £66,282
Local identities and transnational conflict: the Katangese gendarmes and Central-Southern Africa's forty-years war, 1960-99
IN DETAIL
Award winner: Karina Lovell
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £1,803,152
Obsessive-compulsive treatment efficacy trial
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a problem affecting between 1 and 3 per cent of the population, and is commonly treated with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). One of the ways people receive CBT is by following a self-help approach. There are different methods of self-help and experts are unsure which is more useful. The study will test the usefulness of two sets of self-help treatments in the short and long term: computerised CBT with email or telephone support from a mental health professional; and a self-help book combined with face-to-face, telephone or email support. The study will also consider whether either or both methods are better than the usual care that people receive.