Until now, UK Biobank, a health data resource aiming to help scientists discover why some people develop particular diseases and others do not, had limited mental health data to work with. Following 157,366 responses to an online mental health questionnaire (MHQ) developed by researchers from King’s College London, alongside collaborators from across the UK, it now has unparalleled potential for further biomedical research in mental health, dramatically expanding potential research into mental disorders.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 3 Apr 2018
Professor Rob Stewart has been academic lead for CRIS since its development in 2007-8.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 9 Mar 2018
Recently published research shows that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) responded less well to biologics, the key treatment for many autoimmune rheumatological diseases, if they also had symptoms of depression when they started the treatment.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Feb 2018
The European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme has given R-Link €7.7m for a cohort trial of lithium initiation, the results of which could provide people with bipolar disorder and clinicians better and more accurate information to make appropriate decisions regarding prescription of lithium.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 25 Jan 2018
Researchers at King’s College London, landscape architects J & L Gibbons and art foundation Nomad Projects have used smartphone-based technology to assess the relationship between nature in cities and momentary mental wellbeing in real time.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Jan 2018
