
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
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Globally renowned institute for research excellence and education in #MentalHealth and #Neuroscience at @KingsCollegeLon
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A new blog by our director Melanie Amna Abas highlights some of the inspiring mental innovations taking place across Africa with partners AMARI-II Friendship Bench kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-thā¦

Great to meet the team at King's MND Centre jemeen sreedharan Ammar Al-Chalabi Leon Crowley last week and hear about the latest progress on the various research projects we are funding. So good to see new talent joining the fight to #endMND


"Chronic pain is treated with much less success than acute pain", says David Andersson, Professor of Neuroscience at IoPPN, in a The Guardian article on the development of a new generation of non-opioid painkillers. theguardian.com/science/2025/aā¦


Congratulations to King's IoPPN researchers Dr Emily McBride and Dr Sophie Bennett! They have both received a National Institute for Health and Care Research Team Science Award, as part of their work on multiple long-term conditions and type-2 diabetes. kcl.ac.uk/news/ioppn-resā¦

New research Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience supported by our BRC has shown that a biological brain mechanism called the ākynurenine pathwayā is imbalanced in adolescents with depression, and this imbalance is more pronounced in teenage girls than boys. Read morešmaudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/marā¦

The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from King's College London's staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo. Register now: kcl.ac.uk/events/ioppn-rā¦




Join us & NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at Peckham Levels on 16 May for a special #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek evening of powerful stories, poetry & artwork exploring lived experience of #MentalHealth, diagnosis, stigma & more. šFree event - register on Eventbriteševentbrite.co.uk/e/voices-of-exā¦


You have probably heard that exercise is good for the brain. But how does this actually work? PhD student Sahand Farmand explores how exercise supports brain stem cells and keeps our hippocampus sharp in our latest #neuroscience IoPPN blog: kcl.ac.uk/jogging-your-mā¦

š§ New research from Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience is redefining how we understand the brain in action. The DYSCO project is uses dynamic functional connectivity to unlock insights into mental health conditions. Learn more: kcl.ac.uk/unlocking-the-⦠#Neuroscience #MentalHealth #fMRI

You're probably familiar with the #DClinPsy, but did you know we offer a range of specialist #MentalHealthTraining courses funded by NHS England? Learn more in our latest blog by Professor Cathy Fernandes and Programme Manager Cora Marr: kcl.ac.uk/guide-to-commiā¦


In this #OpenAccess paper, Alice M.G. Quinton (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience) et al. investigated if higher #Autistic traits in childhood predispose individuals to #Trauma exposure, #PTSD and worse general psychopathology, as well as greater functional impairment by age 18. bit.ly/4hRPnKI

We are honored to be featured in the The Guardian to highlight the launch of Friendship Bench in Sussex, a model that was born in Zimbabwe with one man and 14 grandmothers, now resonating around the world. theguardian.com/society/2025/a⦠Dixon Chibanda Diversity Resource International C.I.C. BMA @ Brighton and Sussex Medical School


"We have a clinical definition of ADHD that is increasingly unanchored from what weāre finding in our science.ā IoPPN Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke comments in a NYT Magazine long-read on ADHD, scientific studies and medication. nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magā¦

Applications for the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (Adult IAPT) PG Dip at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are now open- closing 23:59 on Sunday 27th April (UK GMT). Please see here for course info kcl.ac.uk/study/postgradā¦