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Psychiatry Trainee | Doctor | Interested in Forensics and Old Age

Liverpool, England
Joined March 2019
Our specialists Dr John Crosby, Dr Celia Bell, Anastasia Kopanou and Dr Ben Cross delivered a well-received presentation on physical and mental health in secure settings 👏🏽 #rcpsychforensic26 #TeamMerseyCare @rcpsychForensic
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What do the genetics of catatonia look like? See our new systematic review in Psychological Medicine: doi.org/10.1017/S00332917251…. ❗️99 studies ❗️8600 individuals ❗️47 genetic conditions ❗️2 linkages for periodic catatonia More in 🧵...
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Thanks so much to an amazing team on this project: @_izconti, Kanchana Ramachandran, Jamie Badenoch, @JackFanshawe2, @emmarachelsamy, @BenCross23, Maria Rogdaki, @ProfTonyDavid, @profsantoshpj, @Camer0nWatson. @UCLPsychiatry, @IoPPN_NREG, @OxPsychiatry, @MaudsleyNHS
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Very pleased to have accepted an ST4 offer in Forensic Psychiatry from August 🤩
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MRCPsych ✅
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A privilege to lead this w @ella_burchill & @drjprogers, a massive thanks you to everyone that got this over the line @JackFanshawe2 @_izconti @BenCross23 @jiasongpsych @doryanthony_ @gar_mcguigan @EdKa0 @michael_zandi @ajlees @DrBenCarter @ProfTonyDavid @GlynLewis9 @atsommerlad
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The 2nd paper from my PhD has now been published as #openaccess in Molecular Psychiatry. Another big collective effort involving @forensicrg @_andreiap_ @julia_griem and others Full version @molpsychiarty: shorturl.at/huzZ8 1/5
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Pre-print of our work investigating effect of oxytocin on neural processing of fear in Antisocial Personality Disorder +/- Psychopathy now available online (1/6) researchsquare.com/article/r…
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Not a dry eye in the place for this incredible rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone 🫶 #Eurovision2023
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📢Our new British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines on CATATONIA are now out!📢 💠22 experts 💠3 continents 💠>500 references Read the full #OpenAccess guideline here: doi.org/10.1177/026988112311…. @BAPsych #catatonia
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This was collaborative work between @MedicineUoN @forensicrg @koebenhavns_uni and @rob_mccutcheon @OxPsychiatry, with input from excellent psychiatry trainee @BenCross23 and @psychstart mentee and FY doctor Dr Brooke Gerrie 2/7
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Our meta-analysis focusing on variability in structural MRI studies in youth and adult antisocial groups is now published @NatMentHealth nature.com/articles/s44220-0… 1/7
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Every entry was amazing but this came out top. Well done @BenCross23 👏👏👏
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Congratulations to joint 1st authors Rebecca Whincup & @ParisHosseini. Many thanks to the big team: @doryanthony_, @JackFanshawe2, @BenCross23, @TomasMastellari, @Documiev, @michael_zandi, @ProfTonyDavid, @DrBenCarter, @Dom__Oliver, @GlynLewis9, @DrPujaM, @BibaStanton & others.
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If you see a patient with catatonia, how do you know what's causing it? Is it due to a psychiatric condition or a neurological disorder? That's the Q we asked in this BIG meta-analysis of EEG findings in catatonia in @eClinicalMed. doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.202… Key points in 🧵:
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Awesome - well done Soham!!
I've accepted an academic clinical fellow job in #neurosurgery - a dream come true! Thank you to all the units that interviewed me, I would have loved to train and work at each and every one if I could! Thank you also to all the trainees and consultants that mentored me for this
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💡HUGE—We now have evidence that Multiple Sclerosis is likely caused by an infection—notably, the Epstein-Barr virus increased risk of developing MS by a whopping **32-fold***—via Harvard epidemiology team. ➡️ Hopeful because EBV vaccine coming soon. 🧵 statnews.com/2022/01/13/stro…
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Our new paper on catatonia and substance misuse is out NOW. See 🧵for ✅Which drugs are associated with catatonia? ✅What's the impact of intoxication, withdrawal and chronic use? ✅Is substance-related catatonia any different from other forms? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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