I think psychiatry is mostly about treating diseases that haven't been discovered yet

...and psychiatric neuroscience is mostly about discovering them and handing them over to the neurologists.

Love how The Transmitter covered our study – not copy-paste from press release but quality journalism. Elissa Welle, PhD did 3 interviews with Barbara Hollunder, Ningfei Li and myself, and more w/ Helen Mayberg, MD, The McIntyre Lab, Anastasia Yendiki to write a coherent & balanced piece!

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Really enjoyed this opportunity to deep dive into the world of DBS for depression and think about how to move forward with current biomarkers + approaches. Now is an exciting time for neuromodulation in psychiatry 🧠⚡️ Michael Okun Katherine Scangos Helen Mayberg, MD Coralie de Hemptinne

such an honor to receive the 2023 ACNP Barbara Fish Memorial Award. Even better to receive it together with my longtime role model and dear friend Suzanne Haber Haber Neuroanatomy Lab

A musical introduction to neuropsychiatry in 3 minutes: youtube.com/watch?v=zvpS43….

The result of a transatlantic collaboration with Prof Sheldon Benjamin. Enjoy!

Pre existing OCD can worsen during pregnancy / postnatal or symptoms can appear for the first time - the important thing to know is that it CAN get better & there are safe & effective treatments available

#OCDAwarenessWeek Maternal OCD OCD Action Maternal Mental Health Alliance RCPsych Perinatal

Applications welcomed: 1-year clinical & 2-year clinician-scientist tracks in MGH #BehavioralNeurology & #Neuropsychiatry fellowship.
UCNS accredited. July 2025 start. DickersonLabMGH Joan Camprodon Schmahmann Lab Sylvia E. Josephy Hernández Joel Salinas, MD, MBA, MSc Sara Mitchell Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD (she/her) MassGeneralNeuroscience

Final plenary of an excellent day 2 #NeuroConf23 . Himanshu Tyagi talking about the Neuropsychiatry of #OCD .

Agnes Ayton 💙 Great! Well done! I suspect the situation with respect to OCD is even worse ... or if mentioned at all is a propagation of harmful myths!

Calling all film-loving psychiatry trainees!

We’re planning Medfest 2023 the medical film festival and looking for an enthusiastic trainee to lead this year’s run.

It’s a fun, creative project and a great learning experience. DM me if you’re interested 🎬

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Some of the cognitive, neurological and psychological effects of #COVID on the brain discussed in our new review with Sijia Zhao Sofia Toniolo Adam Hampshire
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We are looking forward to talks from Himanshu Tyagi and Harith Akram on neuroscience based advanced treatments for obsessive compulsive and related disorders at the RCPsych Neuropsychiatry Faculty Conference 2023! Book now: bit.ly/3HETMRK #NeuroConf23

Michael Okun Kara Johnson, PhD The Lancet Neurology MDS Our paper demonstrating long-term safety and efficacy of deutetrabenazine in Tourette was just published

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MDS Michael Okun PDCMDC Alfonso Fasano Alberto J Espay TouretteAssn

Looking for #postdoc at my #ucla lab to run a new #DOD -funded personalized #TMS trial for people suffering from chronic #concussion , largest study of its kind. Pls share Colleen Hanlon Shan Siddiqi Desmond Oathes 🧲🧠⚡️👨🏻‍💻 Valerie Sydnor Nolan Williams Magnus Medical recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08629

Dr Philip Mosley Luca Cocchi Michael Breakspear Andrew Zalesky Bjorn Burgher LachlanWebb Important to exercise caution when interpreting results though - this study wasn’t about TMS for OCD in general, it was about a specific investigational TMS target which is very different from the one that’s most commonly used.

NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention.

At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No other developed country is like this, which immediately tells you there’s a problem.

Let’s dig deeper:

Well done to Dr Josie Fielding, who won trainee of the year at the rcpsychLDN division awards. We're very proud of Josie, what an achievement! The Trust picked up four awards on the night. Read more here: westlondon.nhs.uk/news/latest-ne…

Amazing work presented at @ohbm! DBS personalization is really happening. For Parkinson's, selecting specific sweetspots and fibre tracts to target the patient's dominant symptom (tremor vs bradykinesia etc). Andreas Horn

PhD graduation done! 👩🏻‍🎓🥂✅