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News
Professor David Llewellyn has been awarded the prestigious Turing Fellowship which will aim to accelerate the application of machine learning within the healthcare industry.
The University of Exeter Medical School was well-represented at the Alzheimer's Association Internation Conference (AAIC) this year.
Research led by Professor David Llewellyn found that living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person's genetic risk of dementia. This was widely covered, in the UK (BBC News, The Telegraph, The Guardian and New Scientist) and the US (The New York Times, TIME and The Washington Post).
Depression is common in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the actual causes of depression in this group are unknown.
In a Neurogastroenterology & Motility study, depression was linked with more severe IBD symptoms, and a less positive cognitive bias in emotional recognition (a reduced ability to recognize basic emotions in others) was involved in this association.
The results raise the possibility that psychological interventions targeting emotional recognition biases could be used to treat or even prevent depression in high-risk individuals with IBD.
Chris Dickens, PhD, of the University of Exeter and senior author, said: "These findings are preliminary but suggest that negative cognitive biases associated with IBD activity may lead to the development of depression in people with IBD. Our results could indicate novel ways to treat or even prevent depression in people with IBD, though our findings require replication in prospective studies, which will allow us to draw stronger inferences on the causal association of cognitive biases with depression."
Depression is common in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the actual causes of depression in this group are unknown. In a Neurogastroenterology & Motility study, depression was linked with more severe IBD symptoms, and a less positive cognitive bias in emotional recognition (a reduced ability to recognize basic emotions in others) was involved in this association.
The results raise the possibility that psychological interventions targeting emotional recognition biases could be used to treat or even prevent depression in high-risk individuals with IBD.
“These findings are preliminary but suggest that negative cognitive biases associated with IBD activity may lead to the development of depression in people with IBD. Our results could indicate novel ways to treat or even prevent depression in people with IBD, though our findings require replication in prospective studies, which will allow us to draw stronger inferences on the causal association of cognitive biases with depression,” said senior author Chris Dickens, PhD, of the University of Exeter, in the UK.
Date: 4 July 2019
Events
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2017
Exeter Advanced Course in Liaison Psychiatry was held 19th – 23rd June 2017. This intensive, five-day course on advanced aspects of Liaison Psychiatry has run for more than 20 years. Previously in Manchester under the leadership of Professor Else Guthrie, the course has moved to Exeter but kept its highly successful format.
The Devon Partnership NHS Trust Research Conference took place at Exeter Castle on 17th and 18th May 2017. The exciting two-day event focused on Mental Health on day 1 (17th May) and Dementia on day 2 (18th May).
Speakers included: Professor Richard Byng, Professor Rose McCabe, Professor Chris Dickens, Professor Jon Mill, Professor Linda Clare, Professor Clive Ballard and Professor Rick Fortinssky. If you have any questions please contact dpn-tr.research@nhs.net
2016
APEx Seminar - David Llewellyn - 14th December 2016 - Identified Patients with dementia: from clinical judgement and simple test to precision medicine
Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Professor Belinda Carpenter - Coronial practice and suicide rates: Beyond reasonable doubt?
13th September 2016 - Professor David Batty - Reader in Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at University College College - 'Psychosocial factors and death: a bigger data approach'
16th March 2016 - Ilaria Meo - visited from Rome University and presented her research project, introduced by Professor Rose McCabe.
17th March 2016 - Professor Eric Taylor - Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, and is an honorary consultant at the Maudsley hospital. He spoke on practice issues related to ADHD.
2015
4 November 2015 - 5:15 - 6:15 pm - Professor Sir Simon Wessely who is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine and Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry delivered a key note lecture held in the large lecture theatre in North Cloister's at St Luke's campus.
6 October 2015 - Rose McCabe would like to thank everyone for their interest and was pleased to introduce Jemima Dooley (PhD student), Norms and Elaine McNamara (who talked about living with dementia and caring for someone with the disease) and Matt Murray from Alzheimer's UK. This event took place at the RILD LT in the University of Exeter Medical School, Wonford, Barrack Road RD & E Hospital site.
8th September 2015 Robert Stewart and Dr Johnny Downs Kings College London - Using electronic records for paediatric and adult mental health research - experiences from the Maudsley.
7th July 2015 - Dr David Llewellyn and his team presented their research in advance of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2015 which was held in Washington.
18 June 2015 - Listening to Patients - Part of the APEx inaugural seminar series Professor Rose McCabe and Professor Jose M Valderas
20 May 2015 - APEx Seminar: The challenges of integrating primary care for people with physical and psychological health problems. Professor Chris Dickens.
22 April 2015 - Professor Chris Dickens and Professor Tamsin Ford presented at the first APEx inaugural seminar series
23 April 2015 - Dr Darren Moore and Dr Ruth Gwernan-Jones presented their findings from the RAIS Systematic review of ADHD interventions in school settings
23 February 2015 - PhD students showcased their research,
2014
11 November 2014, Professor Mike Slade of Health Services Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.
6th November 2014 - Dr Chris Marshall, Director - Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre, Cardiff University gave a talk about the GW4 Consortium, Parkinson's Disease and the Cardiff PET Scanner.
28 July 2014 - Dr Dorota Religa, MD, PhD from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden presented "Driving in Dementia"
- Dr Richard Laugharne - South West Peninsula Deanery,Clare Dale and Dr Karen Cocksedge - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Research in Cornwall - held at the Lecture Theatre, Medical School Building, Barrack Road, EX2 5DW.
19 June 2014 - Dr Iain Lang, Janice Ranson and Dr Elzbieta Kuzma
17 April 2014 - Dr Tom Russ - Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry
23 January 2014 Professor Seth Love - Professor of Neuropathology, Bristol University
13 February 2014 - PhD students presented their research.
Claire Parker - presentation to MHRG Seminar 13 March 2014 - An exploration of the impact of school exclusion on children's mental health and well-being: a mixed methods approach.
21 March 2014 - PRIMARY CARE MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
The theme for the conference was "Co-morbidity, Multi-morbidity and Complexity within Primary Care".
2013
17 January 2013
Christabel Owens, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School
The place of qualitative methods in suicide research: What can and can't they tell us?
14 February 2013
Claire Falck - The process and outcomes of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in health care research: a natural experiment conducted through PenCLAHRC
Lucy Perry - Acknowledging and responding to the early signs of dementia in the family and social network
Iliana Lourida - Adherence to Mediterranean diet, cognitive function and dementia
Tom Littlejohns - Serum leptin and risk of cognitive decline in elderly Europeans
12 March 2013
Guest speaker Professor Ian McKeith, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Newcastle University Insitute for Ageing and Health - Doctor I have dementia - will there be a cure? Current advances in research and new treatments.
14 March 2013
Guest speaker Dr Susan Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology, University of Exeter - Applying the sociology of diagnosis to mental health
18 April 2013
Guest speaker Dr Barnaby Dunn, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Exeter - Learning how to feel good: Understanding and treating the anhedonic symptoms of depression
16 May 2013
Guest speaker Dr Peter Coventry, Research Fellow, Centre for Primary Care - Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester
13 June 2013
Guest speaker Professor Francis Creed - Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at the School of Community-based Medicine Manchester University - Can we now explain medically unexplained symptoms? This seminar will take place at 13:00 pm in the Lecture Theatre, Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane, Exeter
1 July 2013
Professor Alan Sinclair – Professor of Medicine at the University of Bedfordshire and Deputy Dean at the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Postgraduate Medical School. Further details will follow shortly.
4 July 2013
Dr David Llewellyn, Dr Maya Soni, Thomas Littlejohns and Dr Elzbieta Kuzma will present their work in advance of their oral presentations at the Alzheimer's Conference in Boston later in July.
19 September 2013
Professor Adrian Taylor, Professor of Exercise and Health Psychology, University of Exeter. The title of his talk will be The role of physical activity in enhancing mental health (and treating addictions): from theory, lab and evidence to practice.
17 October 2013
Professor Pat Kehoe - Professor of Translational Dementia Research, Bristol University
Dr Argyris Stringaris - Senior Lecturer, King's College London
2012
20 January 2012
Guest Speakers: Katie Reeves - PhD Student, Child Health, PCMD
Dr Liz Sampson - Senior Clinical Lecturer/Hon. Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist - The Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL
27 February 2012
Guest Speaker: Professor Navneet Kapur, University of Manchester - Suicide and self-harm: recent findings and future directions Please find link to Professor Kapur's presentation - if this is reproduced please ensure acknowledgement is given to all contributors of this research
20 April 2012
Guest Speaker: Ginny Russell - Research Fellow Child Health Group, PCMD - Is earlier always better in the diagnosis of Autism?
22 June 2012
Professor Willem Kuyken - Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Founder of the Mood Disorders Centre, University of Exeter. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: A Promising New Approach
2 July 2012
Associate Professor Brett Thombs, McGill University, Canada - Rethinking Recommendations for Depression Screening - This event is jointly hosted by the Mood Disorders Centre and will be held in their new building
20 September 2012
Guest Speaker: Professor Ed Watkins, Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology & Chartered Clinical Psychologist "The How and Why of Rumination and worry: lessons for psychological treatments from experimental research into repetitive thought"
25 October 2012
Professor Chris Dickens - Professor of Pyschological Medicine - details to follow
16 November 2012
Stephen Scott FRCP FRCPsych - Professor of Child Health and Behaviour
How to improve the Nation’s Parenting to achieve more secure attachments and more considerate behaviour in children
