Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London

02/09/2026

Social connections impact young people's job prospects and NEET status. Check out The Conversation UK article by Prof Louise Arseneault and Dr Bridget Bryan highlighting their research on social isolation and loneliness.

https://bit.ly/4h5DzXV

27/08/2026

From the Swiss mountains 🇨🇭 to the UK Dementia Research Institute at King's College London, Professor Marc-David Ruepp reflected on his journey during his inaugural lecture earlier this summer.

That journey has been scientific as well as geographical, from beginning his research career in RNA biology to moving into ALS research, where he found his scientific home at King's.

Read about Professor Ruepp's journey ⬇️
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/marc-david-ruepp-delivers-inaugural-lecture-from-mountains-to-metropolis-a-serendipitous-journey-from-rna-biology-to-als

27/08/2026

Internet access has become a crucial part of modern society. Researchers from the IoPPN, as well as King's Departments of Geography and Informatics, have found that differing levels of broadband access can affect the mental health of elderly people, with those with low quality access experiencing a higher burden of depression.

25/08/2026

Can AI help personalise epilepsy treatment?

Dr Richard Rosch combines neuroscience, medicine and artificial intelligence to better understand epilepsy and develop models that could help clinicians identify the most effective treatments for individual patients.

Watch the short video to hear about Richard's research, and read more in our latest spotlight ⬇️
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/meet-dr-richard-rosch

18/08/2026

Researchers from the IoPPN's LeDeR project have found that people with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average, and that 40% of deaths in this group are classed as avoidable

Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidable

06/08/2026

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound found in 'magic mushrooms', has been found to produce significant improvements in depression compared to a placebo.

These are the promising results from the UK's first publicly-funded randomised controlled trial, led by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the NIHR Biomedical Resource Centre: Maudsley.

The study not only looked at the effectiveness of psilocybin as a treatment method, but also whether delivering care outside a hospital setting was possible and safe to do so.

Read more about this study:

The first publicly-funded randomised controlled trial in the UK has found that a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound found in 'magic mushrooms', produced significant improvements in depression compared to a placebo.

05/08/2026

76% of people with an eating disorder miss out on specialist NHS treatment, with body weight, gender and location affecting who does and doesn't get seen, according to new research from the IoPPN, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Maudsley, National Institute for Health and Care Research, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and University of British Columbia

Body weight plays a large part in who gets referred on to specialist NHS treatment

29/07/2026

Why do people in Denmark living with schizophrenia do better than those living in other countries?

The blog by Dr Ricardo Twumasi (IoPPN), Dr Frederikke Hørdam Gronemann (Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital), and Professor Merete Osler (University of Copenhagen) explores work which followed more than 65,000 People in Denmark diagnosed with schizophrenia for up to ten years.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/why-do-people-in-denmark-living-with-schizophrenia-do-better-than-expected

29/07/2026

How do you build a virtual reality... for fish 🐟?

🔈 Listen to the latest episode of Inside Neuroscience with former King's PhD student Dr Phoebe Reynolds to find out how she built fish VR, in collaboration with researchers at Universität Konstanz.

🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3okzB2y7T151gjyFO4jbfm?si=gaH2RxnqTYS5i0-ETttDHQ
🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-build-a-virtual-reality-for-fish/id1896943810?i=1000778828663

28/07/2026

Every research career is different, but the challenges, and the lessons learned along the way, often have common threads.

At a recent research culture event, a panel of female leaders in neuroscience reflected on their journeys into research leadership, sharing honest insights on resilience, mentorship, confidence and creating a more inclusive research culture.

🎥 Hear directly from the panellists, then read our latest blog ⬇️ to explore more of the conversation and their advice for early career researchers.

🔗 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/road-to-research-leadership