Inflammation may influence weight loss surgery outcomes, new study reveals

Research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has shown that higher levels of inflammation in the blood of patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery predicts poorer weight loss six months after the procedure.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 1 Sep 2023
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NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowships awarded to eight applicants from King’s IoPPN

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowships to eight candidates from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London. This is the fifth round of fellowships, which are funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 17 Aug 2023
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Identifying mentions of pain in mental health records text: A natural language processing approach

Jaya Chaturvedi recently won the Best Student Paper Award at MedInfo 2023, the 19th world congress on medical and health conference, in Sydney, Australia. Jaya is a KCL DRIVE-Health CDT PhD Student in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. Jaya writes about the  process and findings from her winning paper.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Aug 2023
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New brain scan study discovers possible biological basis of visual snow syndrome

Researchers from King’s College London have used a novel approach to show that the patterns of activity in two brain chemical systems - glutamate and serotonin – are different in people with visual snow syndrome compared to those without the condition.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 9 Aug 2023
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Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of psychiatric services in people with dementia

New National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supported research has found exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of Community Mental Health Teams among people with dementia. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 7 Aug 2023
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