One of our members (Matt) is a speaker next Friday 9th May at the Courtauld x IoPPN study day on Henri Michaux, an artist who utilised psychedelics. There will be sessions on the clinical applications and neuroscience of psychedelics. Tickets = free.

RT @tompollak: Temporarily breaking X hiatus to advertise this great opportunity for a trainee doctor to work with our team and @KathaSchma….

All welcome to today's @KingsIoPPN Neuropsychiatry Research & Education Group (NREG) meeting today 1pm by Daniel Kondziella on potential origin of the fascinating phenomenon of near-death experiences from an evolutionary perspective. Teams link below👇.

Amazing opportunity for a trainee doctor to join.@tompollak and team working on studies of the immune system in psychosis and severe mental illness!.

Please see below for a recent relevant article the team has published from working with patients:. Prevalence and identification of neuropsychiatric symptoms in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an international mixed methods study.

and is well-known as leading the way in fully involving patients as research partners and changing care by the work they publish. This is only made possible by all YOUR involvement in these studies.

This study team is led by Dr Melanie Sloan (mas229@medschl.cam.ac.uk), who has an autoimmune disease herself as well as being a Cambridge academic. The team consists of senior clinicians from many different specialties, including Prof David D'Cruz and Dr Tom Pollak.

Everyone who enters can choose to be entered into a prize draw with two prizes of £200 being drawn once the survey closes (likely Spring 2025). If you have any questions, please contact Melanie on mas229@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

This survey asks about your medical relationships, disease symptoms, and health. It should take around 30 minutes to complete (you can pause or stop at any time). Please use this link ( to access the survey and information sheet.

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES PATIENT SURVEY FROM UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. If you have an autoimmune disease (including autoimmune encephalitis or stiff person syndrome) then Mel Sloan (Cambridge) and Tom Pollak (King's College London) and team would be grateful for your participation.

RT @The_BNPA: Our 2025 annual conference is happening in London, March 13-14. Neuropsychiatry of sleep, FND treatment, impulsive control d….

📣Do join us this Tues (14th) 1-2pm for 1st @kingsioppn.bsky.social Neuropsychiatry Research & Education Group (NREG) talk of 2025. @livia_asan will give us a great tour of the science & clinical impact nocebo👌. All welcome via Teams link below👇.

RT @jonstoneneuro: Neuropsychiatry starter pack on bluesky - thanks @Tim_R_Nicholson.

RT @FNDSociety: Dear FND network 📢,. It's time for the November FREE Featured Webinar - Placebo Effects presented by Matthew J. Burke, MD,….

Join us today for talk by @AshwinVV on the incredible @MaudsleyNHS @NIHRMaudsleyBRC MRI structural brain scan 'image bank' he's set up . 2 stellar Clin Neuropsych MSc student projects from @emilylowery20 on FND/PTSD & Natasha Stevanovich on Dementia👏👏.

RT @The_BNPA: 🧠 The Essentials of Neuropsychiatry: BNPA Teaching Weekend 2024 🧠.The BNPA invites you to their December Oxford Teaching Week….

RT @Tim_R_Nicholson: This is a superb 3 day residential course in Oxford for any neuro, psych or psychol trainees - grab a ticket whilst y….

RT @Tim_R_Nicholson: Really important work led by @susannah_pick . Huge, for qual study, & detailed look at what experts in FND, including….

RT @neuroads_lab: Stakeholder views on outcome measurement in #FND!!! Check it out 👇.

RT @Brain1878: Using thalamic and cortical intracranial EEG recordings, Wodeyar et al. identify a circuit through which sleep spindles—rhyt….