Biography
Professor Anthony Cleare BSc MBBS PhD FRCPsych
Prof Cleare trained in psychiatry at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals in London, also spending time as a liaison psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital. At the end of his training, he was awarded the Laughlin Prize of the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the highest examination performance nationally. In 1998, he obtained his PhD looking at neuroendocrine aspects of affective disorders and has since continued an active research programme into all aspects of affective disorders.
Prof Cleare is consultant psychiatrist in The National Affective Disorders Service at the Maudsley Hospital, offering a tertiary care service specialising in the multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of patients with treatment resistant depression and bipolar disorder. He is also specialist advisor in aviation psychiatry to the Civil Aviation Authority. He has previously worked as a psychiatrist in several medical clinics including a pain clinic, a chronic fatigue syndrome clinic and a general medical outpatient clinic.
Prof Cleare has over 380 peer-reviewed and other publications and has contributed to many books and national guidelines, most recently the British Association for Psychopharmacology Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Depressive Disorders.
Research Interests
- Clinical psychopharmacology; neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry and functional neuroimaging (PET and f-MRI) of depression,
- chronic fatigue syndrome and aggression;
- neuroimaging of serotonin receptor function;
- biological effects of psychological therapies
Expertise and Public Engagement
Prof Cleare is Treasurer of the International Society for Affective Disorders and a member of many scientific societies including the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
Description
Affective Disorders
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Ko, K., Knight, G., Rucker, J. J. & Cleare, A. J., 12 Jul 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13, 917199. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.917199
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Strawbridge, R., Alexander, L., Richardson, T., Young, A. H. & Cleare, A. J., 3 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychological Medicine. p. 1-10 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722002343
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Scott, F., Hampsey, E., Gnanaprgasam, S., Carter, B., Marwood, L., Taylor, R., Cleare, A., Young, A. & Strawbridge, B., 10 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Au-Yeung, S. K., Griffiths, J., Roberts, S., Edwards, C., Yu, L. M., Bogacz, R., Rendell, J., Attenburrow, M. J., Watson, S., Chan, F., Cipriani, A., Cleare, A., Harmer, C. J., Kessler, D., Evans, J., Lewis, G., Singh, I., Simon, J., Harrison, P. J., Cowen, P. & 3 others, Shanyinde, M., Geddes, J. & Browning, M., 1 May 2022, In: Evidence-based mental health. 25, 2, p. 77-83 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2021-300282
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Juruena, M. F., Cleare, A. J. & Young, A. H., 1 Jan 2022, Biomarkers in Bipolar Disorders. Elsevier, p. 313-330 18 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821398-8.00018-7
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Strawbridge, B., Cleare, A. & Young, A., 15 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bipolar Disorders. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13208
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Young, A., Cleare, A. & Juruena, M. F., 13 Feb 2022, Translational research methods for Major Depressive Disorder: The Role of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in the Pathophysiology of Major Depression: A Translational Research Perspective of the Prednisolone Suppression Test. Kim, Y-K. & Amidfar, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Humana, p. 3-20 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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McKeown, L., Taylor, R., Day, E., Shah, R., Marwood, L., Tee, H., Kerr Gaffney, J., Oprea, E., Geddes, J., McAllister-Williams, R. H., Young, A. & Cleare, A., 27 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fekadu, A., Demissie, M., Birhane, R., Medhin, G., Bitew, T., Hailemariam, M., Minaye, A., Habtamu, K., Milkias, B., Petersen, I., Patel, V., Cleare, A. J., Mayston, R., Thornicroft, G., Alem, A., Hanlon, C. & Prince, M., 5 Feb 2022, In: Systematic Reviews. 11, 1, p. 21 21. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01893-9
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Sforzini, L., Worrell, C., Kose, M., Anderson, I. M., Aouizerate, B., Arolt, V., Bauer, M., Baune, B. T., Blier, P., Cleare, A. J., Cowen, P. J., Dinan, T. G., Fagiolini, A., Ferrier, I. N., Hegerl, U., Krystal, A. D., Leboyer, M., McAllister-Williams, R. H., McIntyre, R. S., Meyer-Lindenberg, A. & 30 others, Miller, A. H., Nemeroff, C. B., Normann, C., Nutt, D., Pallanti, S., Pani, L., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Schatzberg, A. F., Shelton, R. C., Yatham, L. N., Young, A. H., Zahn, R., Aislaitner, G., Butlen-Ducuing, F., Fletcher, C., Haberkamp, M., Laughren, T., Mäntylä, F-L., Schruers, K., Thomson, A., Arteaga-Henríquez, G., Benedetti, F., Cash-Gibson, L., Chae, W. R., De Smedt, H., Gold, S. M., Hoogendijk, W. J. G., Mondragón, V. J., Maron, E. & Pariante, C. M., 15 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01381-x