Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are more than just struggles with food and body image—they carry serious medical and psychological risks. Among these risks, mortality, especially suicide, stands out. Eating disorders have some of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric conditions, with a significant portion of deaths attributed to suicide. But why do these conditions and suicidal ideation so often go hand in hand?
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 17 Mar 2025
75% of a sample of nearly 20,000 people who have taken selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) report they found them helpful, finds new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Mar 2025
The Early Life Cross-Linkage in Research, Born in South London (eLIXIR BiSL) project uses opt-out consent to collect routine maternity and neonatal clinical patient data, mental health data and primary care data. It is also collecting blood samples from mothers to build a unique bioresource that can be used to investigate the underlying biological processes involved in pregnancy and those influenced by environmental factors. NIHR Maudsley BRC and King’s College London researchers are already using this valuable resource. In this blog Principal Investigators Professor Lucilla Poston and Professor Laura A Magee, along with Research Associate Tisha Dasgupta explores the potential of the eLIXIR cohort to enable research to address health inequalities and improve services.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Feb 2025
Last week, members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Motor Neuron Disease (MND) visited King’s College London to witness firsthand the pioneering research undertaken as part of the UK MND Research Institute’s national collaboration to tackle the disease.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Feb 2025
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the brains of adolescents with depression process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 14 Feb 2025
