This academic partnership enables the Trust to develop new treatments and to provide specialist services to people from across the UK such as the National Psychosis Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital.

[7] The Trust's work on promoting mental health and well-being, developed in partnership with the new economics foundation, has featured in the national media.

[11] The following are some important historical dates:[12][13] The Chief Executive appointed in 2013 is Matthew Patrick, a psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalysis who was formerly head of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

[24] The centre, which is based on the Maudsley Hospital campus, is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Its aim is to speed up the pace that latest medical research findings are turned into improved clinical care and services.

The BRC's development of an advanced computer programme to accurately detect the early signs of Alzheimer's disease from a routine clinical brain scan was reported in the media in 2011.

The 'Automated MRI' software automatically compares or benchmarks someone's brain scan image against 1200 others, each showing varying stages of Alzheimer's disease.

In December 2013 it was announced that a proposed merger with Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals had been suspended because of doubts about the reaction of the Competition Commission.

[30] In partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, the Trust runs the National Addiction Centre (NAC), which aims to develop new treatment services for alcohol, smoking and drug problems.

This work ranges from trials of new therapies and preventative treatments, to studies seeking to understand the genetic and biological basis of addictive behaviour.