COMIC Child Oriented Mental health Innovation Collaborative

Welcome to the COMIC Research website!

You're probably wondering what COMIC stands for? COMIC stands for Child Oriented Mental health Innovation Collaborative (the "h" is silent"). COMIC is an NHS research team at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) based in York. Our team of highly skilled researchers develop research ideas in collaboration with children, young people and their families, clinical staff, academics and external partners with a vested interest in the improvement of the mental wellbeing of children and young people. Our work aims to provide innovative mental health research in areas such as: Social and emotional wellbeing, Neurodiversity (including autism and ADHD), Social prescribing, The deaf experience and Attachment.

At COMIC we place children, young people and their families at the centre of everything we do to further develop support that is accessible, child-friendly and child-focused. We advocate the use of child friendly support which incorporates health care in a fun and engaging way. Our research increases the evidence base for clinical decisions, decreases uncertainty, and can lead to improvements in care for service users.

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The COMIC virtual network of researchers is led by two strong researchers, Dr Clare Fenton, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Professor Lina Gega, Chair in Child Mental Health at the Hull York Medical School and at the University of York. They bring strong clinical and academic leadership to the COMIC network of researchers and support the planning of the work around a central agenda of improving the mental health of children and young people. Feel free to check out our research pages to find out more about the research we are currently working on.