NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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'An inspiring day': BRC community gathers to share knowledge at conference

Around 300 delegates including researchers, clinicians, service users and members of the local community gathered yesterday for the NIHR Maudsley BRC’s Conference 2019.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 26 Sep 2019
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Study gets under way to test psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

The NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility has administered psilocybin to a patient with treatment-resistant depression in the first randomised controlled trial of its kind.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 17 Sep 2019
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Inspiring the next generation: budding young scientists go behind the scenes at the BRC

This year’s winners of our BRC Youth Awards, part of the IoPPN Youth Awards, have completed two days of work experience with leading clinicians, scientists and researchers at our Denmark Hill campus.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 28 Aug 2019
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Close monitoring essential to ensure safety of ketamine for depression

Patients, carers and advocates say better evidence is needed on the safety of ketamine for depression after long-term use, and that those prescribed it must be closely monitored. These are the results of a study undertaken as part of a collaboration between the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). 

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 30 Jul 2019
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Compensatory strategies to disguise autism spectrum disorder may delay diagnosis and have negative consequences for mental health

For the first time, compensatory strategies used by autistic adults have been investigated and collated in a qualitative study by BRC researcher, Professor Francesca Happé, and her MRC-funded PhD student, Lucy Livingston, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 24 Jul 2019
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