15/08/2024
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience has no places available in Clearing this year.
Visit the King's website for the full list of courses and to call the Clearing hotline from 08.00 (BST)
Available courses
Courses available for September 2024 entry at King's College London.
17/07/2024
Two new PhD projects will partner with Science Card – a new online banking start-up dedicated to accelerating science and innovation.
Both projects are at the EPSRC DRIVE-Health Doctoral Training Centre at the IoPPN and King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London. They will use a variety of technologies, including AI, to harness the extensive data collected by the NHS to aid clinical predictions and healthcare decision-making.
This is the second King’s collaboration with Science Card, following the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences collaboration announcement in May 2024.
🔗Read the news story 👉https://lnkd.in/gEMiWAwj
15/07/2024
We can’t wait to hear from award-winning humanitarian and IoPPN alumnus Mea Boykins (Child & Adolescent Mental Health MSc, 2013) at IoPPN graduation on 29 July.
If you're King's alumni, new or old, learn more about how you can benefit from alumni perks: https://buff.ly/4eWBqLe
10/07/2024
The needs of younger generations barely featured in the UK .
The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health explore the reasons so many young people feel politically disengaged & why addressing the challenges should be a priority for the incoming government in their most recent blog post.
Addressing the overlooked challenges faced by young people: A call for a government mission | Feature from King's College London
The needs of younger generations barely featured in the UK General Election campaigns. ADNA HASHI, SILVIA MILLS and PROFESSOR CRAIG MORGAN explore the reasons so many young people feel politically disengaged and why addressing the challenges they face should be a priority for the incoming government...
09/07/2024
What drives eating disorders and how do we develop better treatment that is free of stigma?
Janet Treasure, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, speaks with Professor Prof Jim Al-Khalili for BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific podcast about her story and decades of research on eating disorders.
BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers
Professor of Psychiatry Janet Treasure discusses her career researching eating disorders
08/07/2024
REMINDER: In celebration of Benedikt Berninger's appointment of Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, we invite you to his inaugural lecture 'The Art of Forging Neurons' 🧠✨ at Guy's Campus next week
Monday 15 July 2024, 17.30-18.30
Register now 👇
Professor Benedikt Berninger - Inaugural Lecture
An inaugural lecture on 'The Art of Forging Neurons.'
05/07/2024
Do you have depression and who are taking medication but still have symptoms? We are looking for participants for a study by the Centre for Affective Disorders. Please check out the attached post for more details.
The Centre for Affective Disorders at King's College London is looking for people who have depression and who are taking medication but still have symptoms.
If this is you, you can go to: www.measureyourpersonality.com
Enter the following access code: 81510001
Complete a questionnaire. You will receive a detailed description of your personality profile.
Dependent on your answers, you may receive an invite to take part in the screening process for a clinical trial in depression based at King's College London.
You will be reimbursed for those expenses directly related to the study visits such as local travel, meals, accommodation and parking. In recognition of your time and effort involved in taking part in this study, you will receive an inconvenience payment. If you agree to take part in this study, you will receive £50.00 per completed site visit.
For more information, visit: bit.ly/3zrMuzD
26/06/2024
REMINDER: In celebration of Benedikt Berninger's appointment of Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, we invite you to his inaugural lecture 'The Art of Forging Neurons' at Guy's Campus in July.
Monday 15 July 2024, 17.30-18.30
Register now 👇
Professor Benedikt Berninger - Inaugural Lecture
An inaugural lecture on 'The Art of Forging Neurons.'
21/06/2024
With the rolling into Wembley today, what's the science behind ?
For Channel 4 UNTOLD, Dr Eamonn Walsh, Department of Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, put a mega-fan in a MRI scanner to uncover the secret to fandom.
Watch what happened below
I'm Obsessed With Taylor Swift | UNTOLD | Channel 4 Documentaries
There is no bigger star in the world right now than Taylor Swift. Having just become a billionaire according to Forbes, and with the UK leg of her record-bre...
14/06/2024
Are workplaces approaching “peak mental health awareness”?
Professor Simon Wessely spoke with the Financial Times on how taking action on mental health at work has to be effective.
Employers should do more than just talk about mental health
Workers still fear discrimination despite years of raising awareness — do companies need to go further?
13/06/2024
REMINDER:
We welcome Deepak Srivastava to IoPPN with his inaugural lecture 'Synapse Confidential – Understanding the Secrets of Neuronal Connections in Health and Mental Health'. All are welcome to join the lecture next week.
Date: Tuesday 18 June 2024, 17.30 - 18.30
Location: New Hunt's House Lecture Theatre 1, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus
Register now: https://buff.ly/4bXb2yX
*This is an in-person event only.
Professor Deepak Srivastava - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Deepak Srivastav's inaugural lecture on Tuesday 18 June 2024.
25/05/2024
Ancient viral DNA in the human genome could be linked to major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
New research has found that thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections are expressed in the brain, with some contributing to susceptibility for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
24/05/2024
: can the world lose this controversial term?
Dr Kate Polling and Professor James MacCabe spoke with the British Medical Journal about a term that has no reliable medical basis for use.
“Excited delirium”: can the world lose this controversial term, which is accused of covering up deaths in police custody?
Updating of medical guidance on the term has been brought forward, The BMJ learns, in the latest sign of the tide turning against its use. Chris Stokel-Walker explores whether “excited delirium” is ever fit for purpose—and what should happen next When George Floyd died in police custody in Min...
24/05/2024
Dr Nicolás Marichal receives an Emerging Leadership Fellowship Award from Epilepsy Research Institute UK. The grant supports the project "Reprogramming of reactive glia into fast-spiking interneurons in a mouse model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
Dr Nicolás Marichal receives Emerging Leadership Fellowship Award from Epilepsy Research Institute UK
The grant supports the project "Reprogramming of reactive glia into fast-spiking interneurons in a mouse model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
13/05/2024
New research from Ryan Hammoud has shown that when we experience nature with more biodiversity, such as waterways, plants and animals, it can have a greater impact on our mental health.
Biodiversity is key to the mental health benefits of nature, new study finds
New research from King’s College London has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated with stronger improvements in our mental wellbeing compared to spaces with less natural diversity.
26/04/2024
We're excited to announce that NICE has recommended AVATAR therapy and SloMo digital health technologies for psychosis for use in the NHS while researchers continue evaluation!
AVATAR therapy uses digital avatars to represent the internal voices experienced by people with psychosis, helping them take control of their relationship with the voice.
SloMo helps people with psychosis manage distressing thoughts or paranoia by visualising their thoughts as fast spinning, grey bubbles to recognise unhelpful, fast thinking patterns.
Both therapies, supported by Wellcome and NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, have been recommended under NICE's early value assessment. The teams will now establish whether the powerful impact of these digital therapies seen in clinical trials can translate to diverse NHS settings.
🔗 Read the full story 👉 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/avatar-and-slomo-digital-therapies-for-psychosis-recommended-for-use-in-nhs
King's College London
08/02/2024
We are deeply saddened to share that Emeritus Professor Peter McGuffin died at his home in Wales on 30 January 2024.
Peter McGuffin was Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric Genetics at the IoPPN, and Dean from 2007-2010. He was Director of our Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre from 1998 until his retirement in 2012, and a consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Through his leadership and remarkable research contributions, Professor McGuffin shaped the landscape of psychiatric genetics, advancing our understanding of the genetic basis of mental illness.
He carried out one of the earliest allelic association studies in psychiatry, pioneered family linkage studies, and spearheaded the application of machine learning and AI in psychiatric genetics.
There will be session honouring Professor McGuffin and bestowing the Dobzhansky Award for Lifetime Achievement on 27 June 2024 at Bush House at the annual Behavior Genetics Association conference.
Read the full tribute below:
King's College London
Professor Peter McGuffin (1949 - 2024)
Tribute to Emeritus Professor Peter McGuffin CBE FMedSci, who died at his home in Wales on 30 January 2024.
05/02/2024
Did you know? Around two-thirds of children encounter at least one type of adversity before turning 18. These experiences can range from emotional abuse to the death of a loved one, and can leave a lasting impact on mental and physical health.
But what about adolescence?🤔
For , we spoke to Research Fellow Dr Kathryn Bates and young person advisor Afraa Din to learn more about the Lifespan Modelling Psychometrics Lab's research and their experiences co-creating an animation to summarise their findings so far.
Through their ESRC-funded project, they've identified adversities that are most prominent in adolescence, and called for better support transitioning from child to adolescent mental health services.
Click the link below to read Kathryn and Afraa's blog🔗
Watch the animation📽️ https://buff.ly/49jYjEI
King's College London
https://buff.ly/48ZAfqN
Adversity in adolescence: Research insights and co-creation with young people | Feature from King's College London
The Lifespan Modelling and Psychometrics lab has been investigating how adverse experiences during adolescence impact development. At the end of the project, they worked with young person advisors to create an animation aimed at disseminating their research findings in an engaging and accessible way...
01/02/2024
⭐New podcast series⭐
The King's College London Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre has a new series of their Qualitative Open Mic podcast🎙️
In this series they are exploring the art of making interpretations in research to get deeper insights from various types of data and methods.
In episode 1, Sohail Jannesari is joined by Shira Birnbaum from the School of Nursing at Rutgers University to explore ways supervisors and mentors can support their students in making interpretations from qualitative health data.
🎧 Listen here👉 https://buff.ly/3SEdRh8
26/01/2024
Friendship Bench therapy delivered by community 'grandmothers' in Zimbabwe could help control HIV.
In the Friendship Bench project, wooden park benches are placed in discreet areas near to health clinics, where therapy is delivered by older community volunteers, known as ‘grandmothers’, who do not have prior medical knowledge but receive training in problem-solving therapy through the initiative.
The new study, led by King's College London , London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University of Zimbabwe , found that individuals with HIV and common mental health disorders are three times more likely to maintain a low level of the virus when supported by Friendship Bench therapy, with better adherence to their anti-viral medication.
Read the full story⤵️
Friendship Bench 'grandmothers' could help control HIV
Friendship Bench therapy delivered by community ‘grandmothers’ could empower people living with HIV to take their medication, according to new research by King's College London and London School of…
25/01/2024
Could mood interventions improve more than just mental health for people living with Crohn’s and colitis?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) is a chronic autoimmune condition affecting more than 500,000 people in the UK.
Our King's College London researchers have found that interventions which improved mood, such as psychological therapies, antidepressants, and exercise, reduced levels of inflammation in people with IBD by 18%, compared to having no mood intervention.
The NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and MRC funded study suggests that interventions for mood show promise for the management of IBD, improving both mental health and inflammation. Integrated mental health support alongside anti-inflammatory medications may offer a more holistic approach to IBD care, potentially leading to reduced disease and healthcare costs.
Read the full story⤵️
Mood interventions may reduce inflammation in Crohn's and Colitis
New King’s College London research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease by 18 per cent, compared to having no mood intervention.