A major new international study has found that combining specific biological markers with sociodemographic factors dramatically improves the ability to predict which adolescents will go on to develop depression. Nearly half of adolescents rated high‑risk on both biological and sociodemographic factors developed depression within three years. None of the adolescents rated low‑risk on both measures developed depression. This may pave the way for the first clinically feasible early‑warning system for one of the world’s most common and disabling mental health conditions.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 2 Mar 2026
King’s College London today announced the launch of VISI-ON-BRAIN (Cutting-edge Human In Vitro and In Silico Biomedical Tools on Brain Disorders), a Horizon Europe project, funded with over €4.5 million under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN).
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 27 Feb 2026
A new study from researchers at King’s College London has split schizophrenia risk into two genetically distinct pathways. One characterised by shared genetic risk with bipolar disorder and associated with higher educational attainment and another unique to schizophrenia itself, associated with lower educational attainment and poorer cognition.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Feb 2026
The Centre of Neuroimaging Sciences at Denmark Hill Campus, King's College London, is now home to a new investigational GE HealthCare MAGNUS 3T MRI scanner, the first of its calibre in Europe. GE HealthCare has been a 30 year-long industry-partner of researchers at King’s College London.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Feb 2026
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are shining a spotlight on this recently published commentary co-authored by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Leads and the Directors of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR Oxford Health BRC, on how women should be at the heart of mental health research.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 11 Feb 2026
