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£1.3M awarded to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for cutting-edge research equipment and technology
The funding will go towards a new Centre for Advanced Neurotherapeutics, a Digital and Virtual Reality Centre and Hub, and retinography equipment. This will improve the Trust’s research capacity and capability, in collaboration with King’s College London and wider partners, by expanding its potential for research in specialist areas, as well as providing more opportunities for service users and patients to participate in research.
King's staff recognised at Royal College of Psychiatrists awards 2024
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) staff have been recognised at this year’s Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) Awards, which celebrate ‘the best and brightest teams and individuals’ in the field of psychiatry. Professor Janet Treasure OBE received the highest accolade – the Lifetime Achievement Award. She is Professor of Adult Psychiatry at the IoPPN and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Mortality associated with clozapine: what is the evidence?
It is undeniable that clozapine can lead to fatal outcomes if its toxic effects are not promptly identified and managed. While acknowledging the risks associated with clozapine, media reports can overestimate the number of fatal outcomes due to the drug.
A Feasibility Study of High Intensity Interval Training Intervention in Inpatient Mental Health Settings
@article{60be59ff5d6f4932bfc8c2c229b962c0, title = "A Feasibility Study of High Intensity Interval Training Intervention in Inpatient Mental Health Settings", abstract = "Severe mental illnesses (SMI) are associated with physical health comorbidities. High intensity interval training (HIIT) may improve cardiometabolic risk and mental wellbeing for people with SMI. This study explores the acceptability and feasibility of implementing HIIT amongst inpatients with SMI.
Immersive technology for mental health receives £20m investment and UKRI Innovator Support Programme
King's is a partner in a new supportive ecosystem for UK innovators working on immersive digital mental health therapeutics is being launched. The UKRI Mindset XR Innovator Support Programme, led by the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London, including partnership with King's IoPPN among others was announced today.
New tool to streamline prescribing of antidepressants
A new web tool has been designed by researchers at King's College London and the University of Oxfordto simplify the prescription of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs in a move that they hope will empower patients to have a more active role in choosing the medication that they take. The release of the web tool, the Psymatik Treatment Optimizer, has been accompanied by the publication of an umbrella review in Lancet Psychiatry.
Perspectives on implementing exercise bikes for use by inpatient mental health staff in the workplace: A qualitative study investigating staff attitudes
Focus groups A series of focus groups were undertaken with participants in their workplace. The groups were led by a doctoral level training psychologist (first author), who attended remotely via Microsoft Teams technology, in accordance with Covid-19 restrictions, with the senior author (a senior psychologist) in attendance remotely or in person. The first author had a longstanding interest in physical activity and health impacts and had no prior relationship with participants.
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Outcomes in People With Early Psychosis: The DFEND Randomized Clinical Trial
Visual Abstract. Vitamin D Supplementation and Outcomes in People With Early Psychosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial Table 3. Efficacy Measures: Primary and Secondary Outcomes at 3 and 6 Months Original Investigation Psychiatry December 28, 2021 JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(12):e2140858. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40858 Key Points Question Does monthly supplementation with 120 000 IU of vitamin D improve outcomes in people with early psychosis?
Review finds significant barriers in shift to remote mental health services during pandemic
New findings from research exploring mental health care provided by phone and video call during the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic review looking at mental health care provided by phone and video call (remote care) during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many service users were able to continue accessing some support but that the shift to remote care presented significant barriers to certain groups.
Review finds significant barriers in shift to remote mental health services during pandemic
Researchers are calling for further examination into the effects of telemental health on groups at risk of digital exclusion and for better evidence on long-term impacts. A systematic review review looking at mental health care provided by phone and video call (remote care) during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many service users were able to continue accessing some support but that the shift to remote care presented significant barriers to certain groups.
Inequalities in glycemic management in people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus and severe mental illnesses: cohort study from the UK over 10 years
Epidemiology/Health services research Inequalities in glycemic management in people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus and severe mental illnesses: cohort study from the UK over 10 years http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-6859Jayati Das-Munshi1,2,3, Peter Schofield4, Mark Ashworth4, Fiona Gaughran2,5, Sally Hull6, Khalida Ismail1,2, John Robson6, Robert Stewart1,2, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3817-8790Rohini Mathur6,7 1Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, Institute of...
Dr Brendon Stubbs receives NIHR Fellowship
Dr Stubbs was awarded the five year fellowship for research in persistent pain and serious mental illness. Dr Brendon Stubbs, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, and Head of Physiotherapy at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded a new five year National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellowship of £916,000.
New study to monitor the real-time effect of COVID-19 on mental health services
The study, led by Professor Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, will monitor the effect of the pandemic on mental health services in real time and monitor challenges as they occur in South London. The COVID-19 pandemic and the national response to this will inevitably have profound impacts across healthcare. The impact on mental health services and patients using these services is likely to be particularly acute, in both the short-term and long-term.
Potential gains in life expectancy from reducing amenable mortality among people diagnosed with serious mental illness in the United Kingdom
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Alex Dregan , Ann McNeill, Fiona Gaughran, Peter B. Jones, Anna Bazley, Sean Cross, Kate Lillywhite, David Armstrong, Shubulade Smith, David P. J. Osborn, Robert Stewart, Til Wykes, Matthew Hotopf Alex Dregan, Ann McNeill, Fiona Gaughran, Peter B. Jones, Anna Bazley, Sean Cross, Kate Lillywhite, David Armstrong, Shubulade Smith, David P. J.
Effect of lifestyle, medication and ethnicity on cardiometabolic risk in the year following the first episode of psychosis: prospective cohort study
Fiona Gaughran (a1), Daniel Stahl (a2), Dominic Stringer (a3), David Hopkins (a4), Zerrin Atakan (a5), Kathryn Greenwood (a6), Anita Patel (a7), Shubulade Smith (a8), Poonam Gardner-Sood (a9), John Lally (a10), Margaret Heslin (a11), Brendon Stubbs (a12), Stefania Bonaccorso (a13), Anna Kolliakou (a14), Oliver Howes (a15), David Taylor (a16), Marta Di Forti (a17), Anthony S. David (a18), Robin M.
Hospitalisation and length of hospital stay following first-episode psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
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