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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at
@KingsCollegeLon
| Globally renowned for research excellence and education in
#MentalHealth
We are very sad to announce that Prof Sir Michael Rutter, the 'father of Child Psychiatry', passed away over the weekend.
His extraordinary career laid the foundations of Child Psychiatry and Developmental Psychopathology. He will be dearly missed
@SGDPCentreKCL
@KingsCollegeLon
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Tribute to Professor Sir Michael Rutter, ‘father of Child Psychiatry’. One of the most influential psychiatric scientists of his generation, he leaves an extraordinary legacy behind
@SGDPCentreKCL
@KingsCollegeLon
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What an honour to have the Duke of Sussex attend
#VMHC2019
today, and for
@Tobias_Ellwood
to give the opening address. The annual event brings together academics, charities & policymakers to hear the latest research on military
#mentalhealth
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We are delighted to launch our plans for a new centre for children & young people’s mental health with our partners
@MaudsleyNHS
@maudsleycharity
to identify mental health problems early & transform treatment and care for young people
'All of the successful steps we’ve taken so far have involved collaboration, and I urge all of you to commit to greater openness and coordination so we can make this change together' - Prince Harry at
#vmhc2018
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Professor Sir Michael Rutter is retiring from the IoPPN after 55 years.
To celebrate his extraordinary career and legacy, some of Sir Michael's colleagues, collaborators, and friends have come together to create a short video.
#IoPPNNews
#ChildPsychiatry
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Our fantastic
#ArtsinMind
festival will be taking place June 4-10 in
#denmarkhill
. The festival celebrates innovative collaborations between our researchers & the creative and cultural sector. Find out more about events, workshops and art exhibitions here
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Looking forward to watching the new
@louistheroux
on
@BBCTwo
tonight, partly filmed at the
@MaudsleyNHS
Mother and Baby Unit - so important to understand postpartum psychosis from the perspective of new mums
A new open access study examining 28 nations by
@Kingspsychol
Qazi Rahman, Richard Lippa, Yin Xu &
@Vaseylab
suggests that sexual orientation is not related to a society’s prevailing gender norms or patriarchal structures
#lgbt
#sexualorientation
Huge congratulations to our pioneering researchers Prof Louise Howard & Prof Terrie Moffitt who were recognised in the
#KingsBirthdayHonours
! Louise received an OBE for services to women's mental health & Terrie an MBE for services to social science👏
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‘People with the most severe forms of mental illness have the greatest needs and continue to be the most neglected' says Prof Sir Simon Wessely, in an interim report from the review of the
#MentalHealth
Act, commissioned by
@theresa_may
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New research challenges the idea that a child’s weight reflects the way their parents feed them. Instead, parents appear to adopt feeding styles in response to their children’s natural body weight, which is largely genetically influenced.
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We are delighted to welcome Prof
@MatthewHotopf
CBE as the new Executive Dean of the IoPPN!
Having been with
@KingsCollegeLon
for over 25 years, he brings outstanding expertise & experience to the role 🧵
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We’re proud to announce that Psychology at King’s has been ranked fifth in the UK in the Complete University Guide’s subject league table this year
@Kingspsychol
@KingsCollegeLon
@compuniguide
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Is it time to move on from "doctor knows best"?
New research from
@tompollak
and
@Cambridge_Uni
has found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued, as experts call for more attention to be given to patients’ lived experiences.
#IoPPNNews
Dr Tatiana Salisbury (
@SalisburyMH
) and Dr Charlotte Hanlon have been appointed as new Co-Directors of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health (WHOCC) at King’s College London:
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Huge congratulations to Prof Louise Arseneault on her election as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, joining 26 existing Fellows at
@KingsIoPPN
, 5 from
@SGDPCentreKCL
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Wishing Professor Francesca Happé (
@HappeLab
) the best of luck ahead of her appearance on
#UniversityChallenge
this evening!
We'll be cheering her on from 20:30 on
@BBCTwo
.
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Happy birthday NHS! 🎉
A special thank you to our colleagues across IoPPN,
@MaudsleyNHS
and
@KingsCollegeLon
who have worked in the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic, and to everyone who has donated time and supplies in this challenging time.
#happybirthdaynhs
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For the first time ever the highest impact factor psychiatry journal World Psychiatry has published a Forum on Perinatal Mental Health, with the lead paper written by IoPPN’s Prof Louise Howard and Dr Hind Khalifeh. Read it here:
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Over 3000 people joined
@Kingspsychol
fantastic virtual event 'Maintaining Health and Well-being during
#COVID19
' last week. For anyone unable to make it, these talks are now available online
@KingsCollegeLon
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The largest
#neuroimaging
study examining psychotic-like experiences in adolescents to date has identified previously undiscovered changes in brain activity occurring between the ages of 14 and 19 years. 🧠
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The largest review of it's kind has found that
#vaping
is substantially less harmful than
#smoking
.
The report, commissioned by
@OHID
and produced by
@KingsNRG
, represents the most comprehensive review of the risks of vaping to date.
Learn more below👇
Join us at the IoPPN Inaugural Lecture series featuring
@jamesmaccabe
as Professor of Epidemiology and Therapeutics in Psychosis at King’s College London on “When the drugs don't work: the challenge of treatment resistant psychosis.”
Register:
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Link between
#autoimmune
disorders and
#psychosis
confirmed in a study with data from over 25 million people. 'Overall, people with any autoimmune disorder are around 40% more likely to develop psychotic disorders' says Dr Alexis Cullen
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Dr Marta Di Forti awarded
@The_MRC
Senior Clinical Fellowship to support her programme that seeks both to understand the wider impact of heavy cannabis use on the mental health of young adults beyond clinical psychosis:
#fellowship
#research
We're excited to welcome Prof
@roland_zahn
for his
#IoPPNInaugural
lecture 'The finger of blame in
#depression
and the brain'!
The lecture is introduced by Prof Allan Young (right), and we'll hear from Prof Trudie Chalder at the end for a vote of thanks (left).
#KingsIoPPN
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Big congratulations to our visiting Senior Lecturer in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Dr Shubulade Smith who has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019. Very inspiring!
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2 days to go! V exciting that the Duchess of Cambridge is coming to the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute at
@KingsIoPPN
on Wednesday to learn about our research on maternal mental health, before visiting the
@MaudsleyNHS
mother and baby unit.
@KensingtonRoyal
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Prof Declan Murphy from
@KingsIoPPN
is the academic lead for AIMS-2-Trials - the largest grant ever given for neurodevelopmental conditions, announced today, which will transform
#autism
research
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Welcome to tonight’s
#IoPPNInaugural
lecture ‘Fighting for Health and Social Equity: Lessons from a southernplayalistic ATLien' featuring Professor
@HatchStephani
, Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology and Vice Dean (CEDI) from IoPPN Wolfson Lecture Theatre
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We have a packed lecture theatre for Prof Gerome Breen’s
#IoPPNInaugural
!
His talk ‘A Geneticist’s Guide to the Galaxy of Mental Health’ will explore his journey to Prof of
#PsychiatricGenetics
. He’s supported by Prof Thalia Eley (right) & Prof Robert Plomin (left).
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We're delighted that Prince Harry will be speaking at the Veterans’ Mental Health Conference, organised by
@kcmhr
, for the second year in a row. Looking forward to hearing the Prince's speech!
#VMHC2018
@WesselyS
@ntfear
@FiMTrust
Prince Harry will deliver a keynote speech at the annual Veterans’ Mental Health Conference held at
@KingsCollegeLon
on Thursday March 15th, and will discuss work he is pursuing at The Royal Foundation for mental health in the Armed Forces Community.
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“The elephant in the room - is that there is still a need to reduce barriers to accessing care” - Professor Ulrike Schmidt tells the story of FREED, a multi-award winning evidence-based service model for emerging adults
@FREEDfromED
#IoPPNfestival
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Congratulations to Dr
@bannister_lab
for receiving the
@BritishPainSoc
2023 Patrick D. Wall Award at the Annual Scientific Meeting, where she gave her plenary lecture about the top-down control of pain in health and disease.
🔗 ⬇️
#IoPPNNews
@WolfsonCARD
Is it normal to be psychotic? Actually, these experience are far more common than we realise -
@HelenLFisher
shares insights from her research and the
#AlteredStatesArt
project.
#ArtsInMind
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'Moving and doing exercise can help reduce stress levels and improve concentration' -
@BrendonStubbs
talks to
@PaigeNealHolder
about the
#RunAndRevise
scheme for the 2019 exam season🏃♀️📝🏃♂️
Read more about Dr Stubbs' work:
Congratulations Dr Matthew Grubb from
@dev_neuro
for receiving the 2022 BNA
@britishneuro
Individual Researcher Credibility Prize for his efforts to ensure his research is robust, reliable, replicable, and reproducible.
#IoPPNNews
Read the news story:
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Inside the Institute's laboratory, The Duchess receives a briefing on its work in perinatal research before meeting with academics leading research in perinatal psychiatry.
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We're proud to say that yesterday Professor
@dineshbhugra
took up his position as President of
@TheBMA
for 2018-19. Many congratulations Dinesh!
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We are here tonight as part of
#Maudsley100
hearing from Professor Sir Robin Murray about his relationship with the Maudsley in a talk titled "50 Years of Excellence in Research, and some rubbish". Executive Dean of the IoPPN, Professor Matthew Hotopf, introduces him.
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We are delighted that Dr Fernando Zelaya, Reader at Department of Neuroimaging is the recipient of the Supervisory Excellence Award 2019/2020 for the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN):
With the clocks going back and the days getting shorter and darker, many people can experience low mood.
Here are some evidence-based ways you can support your wellbeing over the coming months.
#KingsIoPPN
#SeasonalAffectiveDisorder
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