Dementia drugs can help many more sufferers Research has found that the dementia drug donepezil, widely used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease, also helps in moderate to severe patients, potentially opening up treatment for twice as many sufferers worldwide. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Dementia-drugs-can-help-more-patients-with-AD.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-06-20T12:07:23Z IoP Neuroscientists develop new 'Brain' App MISS Seil Collins A team of neuroscientists from the Institute of Psychiatry have developed a digital atlas of the human brain for iPad based on cutting edge neuro-imaging research from the IoP's NatBrainLab. 2012-03-29T12:57:00Z 2012-04-03T17:30:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Brain-app.aspx Promising treatment for rare neurological disorder MISS Seil Collins New research suggests that a combination treatment of gene therapy and bone marrow transplants could be a promising treatment for infants with Batten disease, a rare but fatal neurological disorder. 2012-03-26T23:00:00Z 2012-03-26T13:59:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Batten-disease.aspx Stem cell study aids quest for MND therapies MISS Seil Collins A breakthrough using cutting-edge stem cell research could speed up the discovery of new treatments for motor neurone disease (MND). 2012-03-26T23:00:00Z 2012-08-24T10:18:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Stem-cell-study-aids-quest-for-MND-therapies.aspx Unprecedented collaboration in autism research MISS Seil Collins King's is leading an international consortium of scientists in the largest ever academic-industry collaboration to find new methods for the development of drugs for autism spectrum disorder. 2012-03-19T09:37:00Z 2012-03-26T12:30:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/EU-AIMS.aspx Peer-led parenting classes prove effective Miss Despina Koniordou Research finds that peer-led parenting classes help improve parenting practices and children's behavioural problems and are less stigmatising and more accessible than standard professionally-led programmes. 2012-03-14T10:00:00Z 2012-03-20T13:56:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Peer-led-parenting-programme.aspx Predicting psychosis in high-risk patients MR. Ian Meadows Researchers have been able to predict the risk of transition to full illness in patients at high risk of psychosis. The research may help identify those that will benefit from early intervention programmes. 2012-03-13T09:49:00Z 2012-10-15T11:33:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/March/Predicting-psychosis-in-high-risk-patients.aspx