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Paolo Fusar-Poli

Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli

Professor of Preventive Psychiatry

Research interests

  • Psychiatry

Biography

Paolo Fusar-Poli is a Professor and Chair of Preventive Psychiatry at the Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London (KCL), where he heads the Early Psychosis: Intervention and Clinical-detection Laboratory (EPIC Lab). He is also an honorary consultant psychiatrist in the Outreach And Support In South-London (OASIS) mental health service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, one of the oldest and largest preventive services worldwide. Much of his research utilises evidence-based medicine, clinical prediction, neurosciences and experimental therapeutics and aims to develop new and effective strategies to improve the early detection and prevention of mental disorders.

He completed his medical studies, psychiatric training, PhD and first consultant job at the University of Pavia, Italy, where he is Associate Professor. During his PhD he moved to the IoPPN: this collaborative relationship has continued ever since.

He is author of about 580 publications in PubMed journals, with h-index of 124 (up to Oct 2024), invited speaker and/or chairman in several national and international scientific conferences and principal investigator or co-investigator of national and international grants focused on the prevention of mental disorders. He chairs national and international clinical research networks for the prevention of mental disorders.

Research interests

  • Preventive psychiatry
  • Early detection
  • Early interventions
  • Mental health screening
  • Youth mental health
  • Promotion of good mental health
  • Clinical prediction
  • Neurosciences
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Phenomenology

Teaching

Ad-hoc lecturer in several undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

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    New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) reduces...

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    New study assesses mental health consequences of severe coronavirus infections

    A collaborative study between King’s College London and UCL has found that nearly a third of patients with severe coronavirus infections experienced a range...

    New study assesses mental health consequences of coronavirus infection

    Events

    20Nov

    Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli - Inaugural lecture

    Join us in celebrating Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli's inaugural lecture on 'The Future of Mental Health Starts with Prevention.'

    Please note: this event has passed.

    14Sep

    Prevention Science in Global Mental Health

    Seminar from the King's Global Health Institute

    Please note: this event has passed.

      News

      Cannabis intoxication triggers cognitive mechanism of addiction

      Researchers suggest that the main component of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), could underpin the cognitive mechanisms behind cannabis use...

      cannabis plant 780x440

      Cannabis not made safer by increasing its CBD content

      New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) reduces...

      cannabis

      New study assesses mental health consequences of severe coronavirus infections

      A collaborative study between King’s College London and UCL has found that nearly a third of patients with severe coronavirus infections experienced a range...

      New study assesses mental health consequences of coronavirus infection

      Events

      20Nov

      Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli - Inaugural lecture

      Join us in celebrating Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli's inaugural lecture on 'The Future of Mental Health Starts with Prevention.'

      Please note: this event has passed.

      14Sep

      Prevention Science in Global Mental Health

      Seminar from the King's Global Health Institute

      Please note: this event has passed.