Information for volunteers

New volunteers

To volunteer as a control research participant for any research project at CCRN, you should:

Be aged between 18 and 60 years of age
Have English as your first language
Have no immediate family history (yourself, your parents, your brothers and sisters, your children) of diagnosed and/or treated psychiatric illness

If you would like to volunteer as a control research participant at CCRN, please phone

1800 648 223 (freecall within WA, answering machine)

Current volunteers

If you are participating in one of our studies, please read these documents carefully so that you understand what is involved.

We currently have four research projects which you might be involved in.

Western Australian family study of schizophrenia

This study aims to increase our understanding of how genes and environment influence people suffering from disorders such as schizophrenia.
» Download the WAFSS information sheet (PDF 66KB)

Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)

This project will tell us more about how schizophrenia affects the brain, and may help us to find ways in which it might be treatable or preventable
» Download the ASRB information sheet (PDF 67KB)
» Download the ASRB DNA storage information sheet (PDF 67KB)
» Download the ASRB MRI scan information sheet (PDF 66KB)

Sleep-Wake Project

This project will help us understand sleep-wake pattern abnormalities in schizophrenia.
» Download the Sleep-Wake project information sheet (PDF 40KB)

Mechanisms underlying auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

»Download the Mechanisms project information sheet (PDF 48KB)

Control group

If you are a member of a control group for any of our studies, you can download the information sheet for control group volunteers (PDF 60KB).

Past projects

The effects of cannabis use on eye blinks and brain function

This research will tell us more about relationships among marijuana use, schizophrenia and brain function.

» Download the Cannabis use information sheet (PDF 62KB)

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depression

This study will look at the benefits of this new technique for noninvasively activating the brain as a treatment for depression.
» Download the rTMS information sheet (PDF 59KB)

Cortical inhibitory deficits as a core feature of schizophrenia: electrophysiological and neurocognitive studies

This research is a part of the Western Australian family study of schizophrenia.
» Download the Cortical inhibitory deficits information sheet (PDF 60KB)

File Formats

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