Welcome to our first virtual Congress 2021, today we welcome Peter Tyrer to talk about Health anxiety: the silent epidemic that can be treated easily. We hope you enjoy it and gain knowledge on how to improve health anxiety #RCPsychIC

Great overview of addiction brain science from Prof Anne Lingford-Hughes at #RCPsychIC2021 now what we need to implement in training and practice...

Dr Emanuele Osimo presenting really important cardiac MR data on concentric myocardial remodelling in schizophrenia as potential mechanism of earlier mortality independent of conventional cardio-metabolic risk factors...Lots of implications here #RCPsychIC

amazing start to day 2 of #RCPsychIC: Brilliant selection of rapid fire posters - really well presented (and chaired), followed by the great Prof Sir Graham Thronicroft on covid & mental health now deep mechanistic insight into gene x stress interaction from Prof Elisabeth Binder

EB: Glucocorticoids induce cell type-specific differential expression. Do genes affected by environmental effects overlap with genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders? #RCPsychIC

“We need to talk about weed”- public health and mental health implications of high potency cannabis, we are joined by Professor Sir Robin M Murray - Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and Dr Bobby Smyth - Bobby Smyth who will talk about this important topic #RCPsychIC #Cannabis

At #RCPsychIC today I was so privileged to host the Q&A session with amazing keynote speakers Profs Cynthia Bulik and Catherine Harmer: Their research has translational relevance for individualised care, through mechanistic understanding of eating disorders and mood disorders

Interesting session at #RCPsychIC on cannabis now "We need to talk about weed” - public health and mental health implications of high potency cannabis. Chaired by Mary Cannon and featuring Prof Sir Robin Murray, Dr Cannon, Dr Bobby Smith and Prof Oyedeji Ayonrinde.

On the 5th anniversary of the #Brexit referendum, I like to think that each day brings us closer to the day that a next generation will lead UK to #RejoinEU

Amazing line up at #RCPsychIC today, starting with Prof Helen Minnis! Later keynotes Dr Fiona Godlee, Dr Vivian Pender, & Prof Christopher Whitty.

Prof Minnis on need to recognise neurodevelopmental complexity

Great start to #RCPsychIC sessions today (Thursday) with excellent rapid fire posters followed by powerful keynote from Dr Rachel Clarke. Now keynote lecture from the very impressive Prof Prabha Chandra: Speaking the Unspoken - Culture, Trauma and Perinatal Psychopathology

Great day for Beachy Head Marathon supporting Tourettes Action uk.virginmoneygiving.com/hugocritchley

Ever wonder how physical sensations such as a racing heart give rise to fear? Using an adrenaline-like challenge during brain imaging we found that abnormal heart-brain communication contributes to increased fear in women with generalized anxiety disorder…ja.ma/3GmzcSH

Great session at RCPsychIC on How should we respond to the climate crisis? Dr Emma Lawrance, Imperial, Caroline Hickman, University of Bath and Dr Dasal Abayaratne, Planetary Health and Sustainability Committee, RCPsych; much (?plant-based) food for thought

Great session at #RCPsychIC chaired by Robin Murray on increasing impact of cannabis on the incidence of psychosis. Compelling evidence from Carsten Hjorthøj on cannabis induced psychosis and increased cannabis-attributable schizophrenia (esp in young men) presented to full house