NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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Tackling loneliness through art, science, and shared lived experiences

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025Zine-making workshop: Stories of loneliness and substance usewas held at Peckham Levels on 4 November 2025.  

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Nov 2025

Inequalities in mental health compulsory admissions worsened during the pandemic: Researchers call for Mental Health Act reforms'

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has shown striking inequalities between ethnic groups in the rate of involuntary admissions to mental health units during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 14 Nov 2025

From Lab to Lifesaver: Rethinking How We Detect and Respond to Opioid Overdose

Researchers from our NIHR Maudsley BRC Pain and Addictions theme are conducting innovative new studies on opioid overdose to assess the use of remote monitoring technology and novel approaches to improve the accessibility of antidotes. Research Associate, Dr Mariana Gonzalez Utrilla discusses these innovations in this blog which covers a new paper published in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 22 Oct 2025

Research establishes wide variation in physical side-effects of antidepressants

Antidepressants differ widely in how they affect the body, according to new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with the University of Oxford.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 22 Oct 2025

Group singing reduces symptoms of postnatal depression for up to six months

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and the social enterprise Breathe Arts Health Research has shown that a specially designed group singing intervention, Breathe Melodies for Mums, is an effective and acceptable way to treat mothers with postnatal depression.  

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 15 Oct 2025