IoP launches new Research Excellence Travel Fellowships The Institute of Psychiatry has launched a new Research Excellence Travel Fellowship scheme as part of its strategy towards developing outstanding early career researchers in the area of mental health and neurosciences. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/Research-Excellence-Travel-Fellowships.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-06-19T00:39:34Z Opioid treatment gets Government go-ahead MISS Seil Collins Research at National Addiction Centre at King's has played a central role in the Department of Health's (DH) recent declaration to commission Phase 2 of the supervised Injectable Opioid Treatment programme. 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T13:22:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/Supervised-IOT.aspx Long-term effect of war on healthcare costs MR. Kyle Christie New research finds that exposure to war and its effect on mental health are linked to a substantial increase in health care costs which remain high years after the conflict, especially for those who remain in the conflict zone rather than migrated. 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z 2012-01-25T15:20:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/healthcare-costs-post-conflict.aspx Researchers identify facial expression for anxiety MR. Kyle Christie Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety. The facial expression for the emotion of anxiety comprises an environmental scanning look that appears to aid risk assessment. 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z 2012-01-13T18:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/facial-expression-for-anxiety.aspx Brain response to cannabis MISS Seil Collins Brain imaging studies have allowed scientists to differentiate the effect on the brain of specific chemicals found in cannabis, providing the first experimental evidence of the effect cannabis has on the importance people attach to things they perceive. 2012-01-10T09:15:00Z 2012-03-09T17:01:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/Brain-response-to-THC.aspx Drug policies: some effective, some weak, many ill-considered MISS Seil Collins Decisions on drug policy are too rarely informed by scientific evidence of their effectiveness, according to research led by Professor John Strang, Director of the National Addiction Centre at King's College London published in The Lancet. 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z 2012-03-09T17:01:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/Drug-policies.aspx Professor Dinesh Bhugra awarded CBE MISS Seil Collins Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Chair of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Health Service and Population Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has been awarded the title of CBE for services to psychiatry. 2012-01-04T09:52:00Z 2012-01-06T12:26:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/jan/Dinesh-Bhugra-CBE.aspx