This proposal brings together the interests of senior clinical academic staff, supported by early-stage career researchers. Small group work would be led by our Academic Clinical Fellows (Bethan Impey, Beth McCausland, Amy Kunicki and Holly Austin).
This topic incorporates a series of seven seminars, each lasting between 45-60 minutes: the other components of the proposal comprise small group work, further reading, and guided insights from the arts and humanities.
- Professor Samuele Cortese: ADHD – what is it, what are its consequences, and how can it be treated – seminar, with introduction to principles of evidence synthesis.
- Professor Julia Sinclair: alcohol consumption - how much is too much, how does it affect health, and how can people reduce their drinking – seminar, including calculation of personal alcohol consumption.
- Professor David Baldwin: anxiety and depression – distinction and overlap, causes, and how can they be treated – seminar, including discussion of controversies relating to anxiolytics and antidepressants.
- Professor Sam Chamberlain: impulsive and compulsive behaviour – when it becomes a problem, insights from neuroscience, how to stop once started – seminar, with illustrated use of cognitive tests.
- Associate Professor Ruihua Hou: mind and body – immune disturbances in anxiety and depression, and the potential for new treatments – seminar, with psychoneuroimmunology.
- Dr Nathan Huneke: placebo effects and responses – relevance to medicine, and how they can be explored – seminar with demonstration of ENASAL, ROAR and ITSADD approaches.
- Associate Professor Jay Amin: our ageing brains – memory problems from mild forgetfulness to dementia, their causes, and new treatment approaches – seminar, including how to interpret structural and functional brain scans.