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EDGI UK collaborating with the Broad Institute to sequence exomes of participants with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

The NIHR BioResource Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative UK (EDGI UK) is now collaborating with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a research organisation in the USA that convenes a community of researchers from across many disciplines and partner institutions.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Mar 2025

Does the ethnicity of mental health research participants reflect the eligible population?

Dr Aikaterini Dima, Core Psychiatry Trainee at the Maudsley Training Programme and Dr Juliana Onwumere, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Reader in Clinical Psychology at King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust explore in this blog how well the ethnicity of mental health research participants aligns with the local population served.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Mar 2025

Genomic links between eating disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are more than just struggles with food and body image—they carry serious medical and psychological risks. Among these risks, mortality, especially suicide, stands out. Eating disorders have some of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric conditions, with a significant portion of deaths attributed to suicide. But why do these conditions and suicidal ideation so often go hand in hand?

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 17 Mar 2025

Three quarters of people who have taken antidepressants say they were helpful

75% of a sample of nearly 20,000 people who have taken selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) report they found them helpful, finds new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Mar 2025

eLIXIR BiSL - How early life data is changing our understanding of health

The Early Life Cross-Linkage in Research, Born in South London (eLIXIR BiSL) project uses opt-out consent to collect routine maternity and neonatal clinical patient data, mental health data and primary care data. It is also collecting blood samples from mothers to build a unique bioresource that can be used to investigate the underlying biological processes involved in pregnancy and those influenced by environmental factors. NIHR Maudsley BRC and King’s College London researchers are already using this valuable resource. In this blog Principal Investigators Professor Lucilla Poston and Professor Laura A Magee, along with Research Associate Tisha Dasgupta explores the potential of the eLIXIR cohort to enable research to address health inequalities and improve services.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Feb 2025