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Pleased with the recent interview with the BBC, and Guardian on our new trial. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… theguardian.com/society/2025/m… Any clinicians, or patients who feel themselves suitable, to please register on the link below. brain-pacer.com The Guardian BBC Breakfast

So, maybe antidepressants don’t “blunt” emotions as those who appear to hate them so much are always saying.

OPTIMA at our Trust was featured in a BBC article on bipolar care in the UK. While many face delays, OPTIMA provides cost-effective, specialist support - reducing hospital readmissions by 80%. More info: ow.ly/35S150VtKy7 BBC article: ow.ly/yObq50VtKy8 #Bipolar #NHS

Same for suicide risk, where the assessment itself can be part of treatment. It’s not about prediction - it’s more about identifying risk factors and collaborating, where possible, on addressing them. And other benefits as explained in our OxSET paper: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/27/1/e…

Thanks to our NHS Maudsley Lewisham #perinatal team for showing me around today. A super friendly team, great QI ideas on improving equity of care & AI for some admin tasks. Roxanne Keynejad Mano Manoharan

New from Jennifer Foley and me: How could CBT for psychosis be usefully applied to psychosis in Parkinson's disease? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

NEW FND FILM !- 'Recognising Functional Seizures'🎥 neurosymptoms.org/en/media/fnd-v… This 7-minute film was made to help health professionals, especially in emergency medical settings, learn about functional seizures and how they differ from epileptic seizures. 1/

Beware commercial tissue based assays (TBAs) to detect cell surface autoantibodies in neurology. TBAs are often used as screening tests and are reader dependent. Bottom line: please think clinically when diagnosing autoimmune neurological syndromes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40393020/

Are We in an Age of Overdiagnosis? | Cheltenham Festivals Very excited to be speaking⁩ to ⁦Claudia Hammond at the Cheltenham science festival about over-diagnosis in mental health. It’s on Friday 6th June at 2pm - hope to see you all there cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/are-we-…

Important paper finding that UK psychiatry residents want more neurology and neuropsychiatry exposure. Congratulations to Harry Costello and Graham Blackman for spearheading this!

The programme for this year's RCPsych Neuropsychiatry Faculty annual conference is now available! Head over to our webpage to view and book your place: bit.ly/42gO9UE #NeuroConf25

SUPER COOL…Can a NMDAR-reactive (monovalent) antibody block binding/actions of pathogenic antibodies against the same receptor?? Yes 👍 Many expts in marmosets 🙉 A realistic precision therapeutic? 💊 nature.com/articles/s4146… BUT…….if this is to go into patients….🥼🩺

Robert Howard Today, at a conference in Pune, India, Dr Sule a senior psychiatrist talked about his 50 years of psychiatry practice in Nashik, India. Only Chlorpromazine and unmodified ECT were available as treatment when he started practice. He expressed gratitude to scientists who made

He et al. recorded neural activity from the motor cortex and thalamus, along with hand tremor signals, in people with essential tremor. Their findings provide new insights into the cortico-thalamic network involved in tremor generation. tinyurl.com/4b3ppah2

Most studies on esketamine (and the UK licence) have been as add-on to antidepressants. This study suggests monotherapy may also be effective - although only short term data. As ever the challenge with (es)ketamine comes in the longer term.

Covered by BMJ bmj.com/content/390/bm…

We were excited to see Dr. Jacqueline Philips-Owen speak at the House of Commons on behalf of Maudsley Education Consultation service (MECS) sharing how they're supporting students' mental health across South London.

Well done Cordelle Ofori !!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎊

CTE and normal aging are difficult to distinguish, new study finds news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/0… by Northwestern #dementia #TBI #sports #health