Understanding the factors impacting MND psychology services and how to improve them.
Principal Investigator: Dr Emily Mayberry
Lead Institution: University of Sheffield
MND Association Funding: £155,000
Funding dates: October 2023 - September 2025
About the project
Some people with MND can experience changes in their thinking and behaviour that can affect their daily lives and their care. Psychologists can support people living with MND and their carers to manage these challenges and feedback from people living with MND, MND carers, and healthcare professionals shows that access to psychological support has been very useful. However, it is difficult to gather enough evidence about the difference access to psychology can make. This project aims to identify what is important for MND psychology services to deliver, how this care is being delivered, funded, and evaluated, what is working well, and what can be improved.
What could this mean for MND research?
This project will look to improve the delivery of psychological care in MND. It will hopefully be able to provide recommendations about how best to run MND psychology services to provide the care people with MND and their carers need.
Project code: 973-794