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Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Levels of dementia underestimated in developing countries

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New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's finds that conventional estimates of dementia incidence in middle-income countries have been too optimistic - levels might be much the same as in higher-income countries.

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23 May 2012

Friday 18th May 2012

New Head of Department for Psychology at the IoP

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The Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Richard Brown as the new Head of Department for Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry.

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18 May 2012

Wednesday 16th May 2012

World-class imaging centre launched

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Imanova, a new state-of-the-art imaging centre, was formally launched this week at a showcase event attended by Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, and representatives from the founding organisations.

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16 May 2012

Effect of Psychiatric Medication on Brain Structure

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Research from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry provides new insight into the effect of antipsychotic medication and lithium on brain structure. The findings may hold clues to new treatment approaches.

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16 May 2012

Friday 11th May 2012

European Roadmap for Mental Health

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Experts from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's are playing a key role in developing a new mental health research strategy in Europe.

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11 May 2012

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    • 2011
      • January
        • Personality moderates adolescent alcohol use
        • Ultrasound scans in premature babies predict their social and cognitive functioning as adolescents
        • Nidotherapy reduces hospital bed usage
        • Barriers to domestic violence disclosure
        • Researchers shape ADHD drug use
        • Childhood self-control predicts future
        • Tackling children's alcohol related emergency visits
        • Scientists show brain 'wiring' in babies
        • Investment for those with cancer
        • Prestigious Excellence Fellowship Programme launched
        • NARSAD award three top IoP researchers
        • Genetics and teen smoking risk
        • Murray awarded knighthood
      • February
        • Schizophrenia 'mirrored' in healthy brains
        • The Alzheimer's inheritance mystery
        • New guidance to tackle alcohol problems
        • Smoking can contribute to dementia
        • King's researchers star in Alzheimer's charity relaunch
        • Star student wins inaugural research award
        • Safe treatments for CFS/ME
        • Analysis of Violent Deaths of Iraqi Civilians
        • Understanding brain changes in older people
        • Explaining behaviour in early dementia
        • Selective deficits and Bipolar Disorder
        • Why can't I stop worrying?
        • A chicken and egg story: whiplash
        • Children's genes influence response to education
        • IoP research impacts on policy and patients
      • March
      • April
        • Promotion, prevention and early intervention
        • New gene found with potential role in female drinking
        • New target for developing effective anti-depressants
        • Study reveals bias in X-chromosome balancing act
        • Scientists find gene linked to alcohol consumption
        • Professor Mark Richardson to lead the IoP Department of Clinical Neuroscience
        • Alzheimer's Disease Open Day 2011
      • May
        • Stress changes brain size during psychosis
        • CBT works: a Spanish study
        • Chunking in early Alzheimer's disease
        • Fostering Changes
        • Medfest-2011
        • Successful interventions lead to reductions in teenage drinking
        • Serious mental illness shortens lives
        • Scientists find genetic link to depression
        • Finger length clue to motor neuron disease
        • CBT methods succeed against IBS
        • Identifying brain dysfunction preceding psychosis
        • Coping with rejection
        • GP alerts for epilepsy mortalities
      • June
        • Babies tune in to human voices even when they are sleeping
        • Dr Jigar Jogia wins the Samuel Gershon Award for Bipolar Disorder
        • Domestic violence in pregnancy linked to child behavioural problems
        • Gisli Gudjonsson awarded CBE
        • Depression and work performance
        • New films for mentalhealthcare.org.uk made with British Psychological Society support
        • Public Engagement: Alzheimer's Disease Open Day
        • Researchers link between OCD and eating disorders in teenagers
      • July
        • Cancer drugs may help treatment of schizophrenia
        • Impact of behaviour on alleviating menopausal symptoms
        • IoP teaching awards announced
        • CBT helps psychosis patients process threats in less distressing way
        • New report on the use of animals containing human material published today
        • Poor homecoming impacts Reservist's mental health
        • Onset of psychosis could be predicted by brain scans
        • Prescribing antidepressants to dementia patients could prove more harm than good
        • Minority of patients express persistent desire for hastened death
        • Professor Francesca Happé awarded Rosalind Franklin Award
        • Global Mental Health Challenges for the next decade
        • Professor John Weinman awarded Honorary Fellowship
        • Shrinking brain could aid diagnosis of depression
      • August
        • New link found between Alzheimer's disease and healthy ageing
        • New funding for King's BRCs
        • Childhood maltreatment linked to long-term depression
        • Eating disorders linked to fertility problems and unplanned pregnancies
        • Post-traumatic stress disorder common after stroke
        • 9% of women have suicidal thoughts after giving birth
      • September
        • 2011 World Alzheimer's Report
        • Twin study reveals epigenetic alterations of psychiatric disorders
        • In dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
        • Prof Martin Prince receives IPA Distinguished Service Award
        • Increasing mortality gap for mental health sufferers must be addressed
        • New light on brain networks
        • Research reveals why certain children are difficult to parent
        • Iraqi civilians hit hard by suicide bombs
        • Prof Trudie Chalder nominated President-Elect of BABCP
      • October
        • Barriers to seeking treatment for breast cancer
        • Community CBT workshops prove effective for treating insomnia symptoms
        • Special ceremony to honour IoP Deans
        • Lack of consistency in assessing Deprivation of Liberty
        • IoP researchers collaborate in 'most powerful genetic studies of psychosis to date'
        • Women still have hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause
        • Positive effect of stimulant medication for ADHD
        • Prof Dinesh Bhugra voted President-Elect of the WPA
        • 'Sensitivity gene' predicts whether anxious children will benefit from CBT
      • November
        • IoP showcases exciting plans for new Education Hub
        • Groundbreaking research institute at Denmark Hill
        • Novel mechanism for memory formation discovered
        • mentalhealthcare.org.uk awarded funding by Maudsley Charity
        • Scans to predict result of psychotic episodes
        • Dr Rina Dutta named RSM Young Research Trainee of the year
        • IoP Professor leads The Schizophrenia Commission
        • Study finds 1 in 12 teenagers self-harm but most stop by their twenties
        • Link found between substance use and ADHD
      • December
        • "Brain tsunamis" are clue to helping victims of major head injuries
        • Childhood Theory of Mind may predict bullying victimisation
        • Study reveals financial burden of autism in very young children
        • CRIS highlighted as exemplar in PM speech
        • "Hazardous" drinking in minor injuries unit similar to that of emergency care
        • Prof Plomin selected for first Advanced ERC Award at the IoP
    • 2010
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    • 2008
      • January
        • Antipsychotics no better than placebo for aggression in the intellectually disabled
        • Callous and unemotional traits in UK children and adolescents
        • Child mental health issues need to be addressed
        • Children with obsessive compulsive disorder show abnormalities in inhibitory brain networks
        • Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population
        • Intervention not medication: treating children with conduct problems effectively
        • Increased activation in left anterior cingulate during reward in people with Asperger's syndrome
      • February
        • Being bullied can contribute to children's internalising problems
        • Heavy cannabis use damages gums
        • New training for Sri Lankan psychologists following 2004 Tsunami
        • No link between MMR jab and autism spectrum disorders
        • Ministers announce talking therapies roll-out
      • March
        • How age changes brain responses to facial expressions of emotion
        • Can brain imaging help to diagnose depression?
        • Brain-imaging evidence of poor inhibition in people with bi-polar disorder
        • Brain scans highlight effectiveness of one bi polar medication during depressive phase
        • Relationship between compliance, false suggestion and ADHD amongst prisoners
        • Girls' childhood hyperactivity and physical aggression predict adult adjustment problems
        • Maudsley '100 years' and establishing the mental health biomedical research centre
        • How negative symptoms of schizophrenia impact on the recognition of facial expressions
        • Psychological effects of chemical weapons: follow-up study on WW1 veterans
      • April
        • Childhood maltreatment history contributes to the risk for medical illness in depressed adults
        • Largest ever genetics study includes two IOP research projects
        • Can micro-scaffolding help stem cells rebuild the brain after stroke?
        • Nine IoP NIHR senior investigators announced
        • Size zero culture damages models and general public
        • Virtual reality tube ride reveals extent of public paranoia
      • May
        • Dr Daniel Freeman wins clinical psychology award
        • MPs back hybrid embryo research
        • Improving physical health for people with severe mental health problems
        • Music and the Mind
        • Two new academy of medical sciences fellows
        • High rates of physical illness amongst depressed people
        • Defining social exclusion and its relationship with mental health
      • June
        • Major biomedical ethics funding for King's
        • Different brain dysfunctions in ADHD patients compared to children with conduct disorder
        • Important new study of CBT for schizophrenia
        • IoP Experts at Cheltenham Science Festival
        • Cost of mental health care up to 2026 - new report published
        • Top scientists warn of dementia threat to NHS
        • Eight IOP researchers scoop NARSAD young investigator awards
        • Scientists launch major study into depression
      • July
        • Antidepressants have limited efficacy in juvenile depression
        • New study into decision-making capacity in patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals
        • Depression and stress increases likelihood of chronic fatigue in later life
        • Molecular memories mark males from females
        • Multiple vaccinations have not caused ill health in UK soldiers in Iraq
        • Alzheimer's Research Trust and Centre for Neurodegeneration Research Open Day report published
        • New neuroimaging research highlights interplay with genes and environment as risks for major depression
        • Obesity gene works by influencing appetite
        • Prevalence of dementia in the developing world 'underestimated'
        • Retrain scheme is awarded for innovation and excellence
        • Robin Murray Research Centre opens in Sao Paulo, Brazil
        • GPs with Special Interest provide more satisfactory care for patients with headache at less cost
      • August
        • Bipolar Disorder genetic consortium discover genes which increase the risk of developing Bipolar Affective Disorder
        • Inflammation in depression confirmed in three independent studies
        • What makes one person paranoid and another anxious?
        • SGENE Consortium discover deletions in the Human Genome linked to risk of Schizophrenia
        • Low social capital is associated with increased rates of schizophrenia
      • September
        • IoP research worker awarded British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section undergraduate project prize
        • CLUMPHAP: A simple tool for performing haplotype-based association analysis
        • Study reveals cultural differences in attitudes towards caring for people with dementia
        • Online database reveals structural brain abnormalities in bipolar disorder
        • Why do UK military personnel refuse the anthrax vaccine?
        • Variations in antidepressant prescribing suggest disparities in provision of care
      • October
        • Study examines how and why some children become chronically abused by peers
        • Compulsive Hoarding may be a separate syndrome from OCD
        • Genetic consortium discover gene deletion that increases risk of schizophrenia
        • Adult health risk increases in adolescents who drink
        • King's Centre for Military Health highly commended
        • Mental health and debt – implications identified in new think tank report
        • New secure care and psychiatry research centre opens
        • New research shows pre-school children also suffer from PTSD
        • Professor Eric Taylor rewarded for outstanding achievement in ADHD research
        • Movement for Global Mental Health is launched on World Mental Health Day
      • November
        • Researchers identify a gene for cocaine addiction
        • Gilbert Blane Medal Award
        • Lithium and MND – the need for a definitive answer
        • New study to assess post-traumatic stress disorder in ambulance workers
        • Talking therapies can help control diabetes
        • The cost of MS to the UK economy
      • December
        • Next steps for Academic Health Sciences Centre
        • Crisis houses viable alternative to psychiatric wards for voluntary admissions
        • Link between insomnia and paranoid thinking identified
        • Intelligence predicts sperm quality in new study
        • New treatment for recurring depression
        • Institute Success in the RAE Assessment
    • 2007
      • January
        • Is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder properly diagnosed and treated in adults?
        • Childhood abuse can harm health as an adult
        • Electroconvulsive therapy effective option for severe depression
        • HRH opens flagship research centre
      • February
        • Aromatherapy massage proven to improve anxiety in cancer patients
        • New Report Predicts Soaring Cost of Dementia
        • Important genetic link to autism
      • March
        • Unique Brain Scanning Trial to Explore ADHD Functionality
        • No robust evidence yet regarding Community Treatment Orders
        • New Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Schizophrenia Patients
        • Women with eating disorders higher risk of obstetric complications
      • April
        • Foundation trust awarded £12 million in Department of Health R&D grants
        • Antisocial Behaviour in boys leads to ill health in men
        • Truth about biological effects of depression - new research presented at conference
        • Higher Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in children looked after by local authorities
        • Enduring Consequences of London Bombings
      • May
        • Are antisocial youths cognitively impaired?
        • Cognitive remediation therapy can help schizophrenia patients
      • June
        • Genes Underlie both Academic Underachievement and hyperactivity
      • July
        • Cannabis smokers 'are taking huge risk of psychotic illness'
        • New consortium wins £18 million bid to fight growing problem of mental health discrimination
        • New statistical genetics unit based at Institute of Psychiatry
        • Temporal lobe dysfunction in children with ADHD may explain attention problems
      • August
        • Is anorexia the female Asperger's?
        • Overstretch by the armed forces increases mental health risk
        • High pressure jobs linked to depression and anxiety
        • King's Professor leads dementia strategy
        • No clear differences in science performance amongst boys and girls
        • Increased risk of suicide in hot weather
        • Psychopharmacologists pay tribute to eminent professors R Kerwin and L Pilowsky
      • September
        • Mental illness contributes significantly to global disease burden
        • Paul Getty III funds King's epilepsy chair
      • October
        • £170 million boost to mental health therapies
        • Drug no more than a placebo in treating behavioural symptoms of Alzheimer's
        • Clear anatomical brain differences in women with autism
        • Symmetry in human brain language correlate to verbal recall
        • Trends in UK family life and in adolescent conduct problems - possible links
        • Brain scans reveal circuits that control food intake
        • Paternal age and autism research up for Times Higher Award
        • Severe mental illness in mothers can affect children's long-term health and development
      • November
        • Anthony Clare: Psychiatry's Ambassador to the Public
        • Bhugra is president-elect of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
        • Personality-targeted interventions delay growth of binge drinking in adolescence
        • Depressive symptoms in older people higher in European Latin countries
        • Impact of diet on brain specific gene expression, adult neurogenesis and behaviour
        • Difficult childhoods predict later psychological problems in UK military men
        • Guardian public sector awards recognises mental health nurse project supporting people with MS
        • Higher IQ found in breastfed babies if the right gene is present
        • Litvinenko poisoning caused limited public concern
        • Parenting academy opens at King's
        • People with schizophrenia can be more logical
        • Poor school performance linked to schizophrenia
        • Shell shock and mild traumatic brain injury - a historical review
      • December
        • Genetic and environmental influences on victims, bullies and bully-victims in childhood
        • Intelligence and working memory may be the key to identifying the genes for schizophrenia
        • Very preterm births associated with altered brain structure and cognitive impairment in adolescence
    • 2006
      • August
        • IoP launches podcasting service
      • September
        • ADHD awareness week
        • Time to give up on a single explanation for Autism
        • Mad Tales from Bollywood
        • South London Pupils Attend Mental Health Awareness Days
        • The life and death of Harry Farr
        • What do we know about the health and experiences of the UK Armed Forces personnel?
      • October
        • Alzheimer's blood test development
        • IoP Centre for Cellular Behaviour shares US National Institute of Health grant worth $2.9 million
        • Eating Disorders Unit urges fashion bosses to ban 'clearly anorexic' girls
        • New efficacy results for schizophrenia anti-psychotic drugs
        • Focus on World Mental Health Day: photography exhibition opens at the Institute of Psychiatry
        • Pre-screening for mental health conditions in armed forces - is there a need?
      • November
        • New research provides fresh insight into why certain ethnic minority groups experience higher rates of psychoses
        • Relationship between false confessions and perceptions of parental rearing practices
      • December
        • Biological Brain Differences found in Criminal psychopaths when processing facial emotions
        • Success in Department of Health Research Centre bid
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