A list of Acronyms & Abbrieviations often encountered within The Mental Health Reference Group.
| i4i | Invention for Innovation |
| rTMS | repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| 3As Committee | Adoption, Allocation and Advisory Committee |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team |
| CMHTOP | Community Mental Health Team for Older People |
| COMM | Commissioning |
| CA | Competent Authority (incorrectly used for Confidentiality Agreement (CDA)) |
| CAB | Citizens Advice Bureau |
| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
| CAS | Community Alcohol Service |
| CHI | Commission for Health Inspection |
| CBT | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| CI | Chief Investigator |
| CIP | Carers in Partnership |
| CISS | Community Information Support System |
| CC | Co-ordinating Centre |
| CCRN | Comprehensive Clinical Research Network |
| CDA | Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement |
| CDT | Community Drug Team |
| CESP | Carers' Education and Support Programme |
| CLAHRC | Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care |
| CLRN | Comprehensive Local Research Network |
| CF | Consent Form |
| CPA | Care Programme Approach |
| CPMS | Central Portfolio Management System |
| CPN | Community Psychiatric Nurse |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
| CRD | Centre for Reviews and Dissemination |
| CRF | Clinical Research Facility |
| CRG | Clinical Research Group |
| CRHT | Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Service |
| CRN | Clinical Research Network |
| CRNCC | Clinical Research Network Co-ordinating Centre |
| CRO | Clinical Research Organisation |
| CRT | Crisis Resolution Team |
| CSCI | Commission for Social Care Inspection |
| CSIP | Care Services Improvement Partnership |
| CSO | Clinical Studies Officer |
| CSP | Co-ordinated System for gaining NHS Permissions |
| CSW | Carers Support Workers |
| CT (scan) | Computerised Topography |
| CTA | Clinical Trial Authorisation |
| CTAg | Clinical Trial Agreement |
| CTIMP | Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product |
| CTU | Clinical Trials Unit |
| BME | Black and Minority Ethnic (inc. certain European nationalities) |
| BMJ | British Medical Journal |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| BAD | Bipolar Affective Disorder |
| BFT | Behaviour Family Therapy (Family Work is now preferred) |
| BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder |
| BRC | Biomedical Research Centre |
| BRU | Biomedical Research Unit |
| A&E | Accident & Emergency |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Professional |
| AMRC | Association of Medical Research Charities |
| AOT | Assertive Outreach Team |
| AG | Access Grid |
| AHP | Allied Health Professional |
| AHSC | Academic Health Science(s) Centre |
| ABF | Activity Based Funding |
| ABPI | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| ACW | Active Carers Workshops |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
| AE | Adverse Event |
| AR | Adverse Reaction |
| ARMS | At Risk Mental State |
| ARSAC | Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASR | Annual Safety Report |
| GAfREC | Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
| GP | General Practitioner - i.e. doctor |
| GPwSI | General Practitioner with a Special Interest |
| GTAC | Gene Therapy Advisory Committee |
| DMB | Data Monitoring Board |
| DMC | Data Monitoring Committee |
| DMEC | Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DBT | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy |
| DIAL | Disablement Information and Advice |
| DPA | Data Protection Act |
| DQ | Data Query |
| DRN | Diabetes Research Network |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| DSMB | Data and Safety Monitoring Board |
| DTC | Day Treatment Centre |
| DeNDRoN | Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Network |
| FACS | Fair Access to Care |
| FACTOR | Family members/Friends And Carers Together in Research |
| FAST-R | Feasibility And Support to Timely Recruitment for Research |
| FIS | Family Intervention Services |
| FEC | Full Economic Costing |
| FESP | Family Education and Support Programme |
| FSF | Flexibility and Sustainability Funding |
| FT | Foundation Trust |
| EME | Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation |
| EI | Early Intervention |
| EIS | Early Intervention Services |
| EC | Ethics Committee |
| ECT | Electroconvulsive Therapy |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
| ETC | Excess Treatment Costs |
| EU | European Union |
| EUCTD | European Union Clinical Trials Directive |
| HIC | High Impact Changes (10) in NHS MH |
| HIEC | Health Innovation and Education Cluster |
| HCA | Health Care Assistant |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| HPLC | Helping Professionals Learn from Carers |
| HRC | Honorary Research Contract |
| HS&DR | Health Services and Delivery Research |
| HSR | Health Services Research |
| HTA | Human Tissue Authority |
| IMP | Investigational Medicinal Product |
| INVOLVE | Patient and public involvement in research funded by NIHR |
| IG | Information Governance |
| IAPT | Improving Access to Psychological Therapies |
| IB | Investigator's Brochure |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICF | Informed Consent Form |
| ICH GCP | International Conference on Harmonisation of technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use Good Clinical Practice |
| ID | Intellectual Disabilities |
| IRAS | Integrated Research Application System |
| ISF | see 'SF' |
| ISRCTN | International Standard Randomised Control Trial Number |
| IT | Information Technology |
| OPMH | Older Persons' Mental Health |
| OSCHR | The Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research |
| LOS | Length of Stay - e.g. in hospital |
| LIT | Local Implementation Team of the NSF |
| LD | Learning Disabilities |
| LDP | Local Development Plan |
| LES | Local Enhanced Service |
| LPA | Lasting Power of Attorney |
| LRN | Local Research Network |
| LTC | Long Term Condition |
| LoA | Letter of Access |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NICE | National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence |
| NIGB | National Information Governance Board for health and social care |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NIHR CSP | National Institute for Health Research Co-ordinated System for obtaining NHS Permission |
| NIHR CRN | National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network |
| NIHR CRNCC | National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network |
| NIMHE | National Institute for Mental Health in England |
| NCRN | National Cancer Research Network |
| NETSCC | National institute for health research Evaluation, Trials and Studies |
| NEWS | Newsletter |
| NRES | National Research Ethics Service |
| NSF | National Service Framework |
| MONITOR | Organisation responsible for regulating NHS Foundation Trusts |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MHA | Mental Health Act |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MHRN | Mental Health Research Network |
| MHSOP | Mental Health Services for Older People |
| MI | Motivational Interviewing |
| MCA | Mental Capacity Act |
| MCRN | Medicines for Children Research Network |
| MDD | Major Depressive Disorder |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MfHU(CT) | Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations |
| SAE | Serious Adverse Event |
| SAR | Serious Adverse Reaction |
| SHA | Sub-regional Health Authority |
| SCID | Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM Disorders |
| SDG | Service Development Group |
| SDO | Service Delivery and Organisation |
| SF | Site File |
| SPE | Single Point of Entry (referral to MH through CRHT) |
| SRN | Stroke Research Network |
| SSC | Service Support Costs |
| SSI | Site Specific Information |
| STR | Support Time Recovery |
| SUSAR | Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction |
| PALS | Patient Advice Liaison Service |
| PHR | Public Health Research |
| PHT | Partnership mental Health Team |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PIG | Policy Implementation Group |
| PIS | Patient Information Sheet |
| PC | Primary Care - i.e. doctors' surgeries |
| PCF | Patient/participant Consent Form |
| PCMHT | Primary Care Mental Health - works with GP practices |
| PCRN | Primary Care Research Network |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| PD | Personality Disorder |
| PET (scan) | Positive Emission Tomography |
| PPI | Patient and Public Involvement |
| PbR | Payment by Results |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RMN | Registered Mental health Nurse |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| RGF | Research Governance Framework |
| RA | Research Assistant or Research Associate |
| RISC | Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity |
| RCT | Randomised Controlled Trial |
| RDC | Regional Development Centre |
| RDMIS | Research and Development Management Information System |
| RDS | Research Design Service |
| REC | Research Ethics Committee |
| REF | Research Excellence Framework |
| RP | Research Passport |
| RSS | Research Support Services |
| ReDA | Research Database Application |
| RfPB | Research for Patient Benefit |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| TMF | Trial Master File |
| TAU | Treatment As Usual |
| TCRN | Topic specific Clinical Research Networks |
| TRN | Topic Research Networks |
| UAT | User Acceptance Testing |
| UKCRN | United Kingdom Clinical Research Network |
| UKCRC | United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration |
| UKECA | United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority |
| YC | Young Carers Projects |
| YPI | York Psychiatric Index |
| fMRI | functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |