Tom Pollak

We are really hoping for more responses from people who have had autoimmune encephalitis. Please do consider helping us with this survey if you can. Thank you.

We think this will be a great way to better understand coping with encephalitis - do consider signing up.

Do you have lived experience of psychosis &/or of being a carer, family member or close friend of someone with psychosis? If so, you could help make a difference in our new study with @UniofOxford @KingsCollegeLon & @TheCrick Find out more & apply here👉 bit.ly/3V4X4VU

Clozapine is not dangerous, nor difficult to use in patients with psychotic symptoms in Parkinson's disease, and yet it is woefully underprescribed. Instead we use quetiapine, a drug that failed 3 x DB RCTs. We need to do more to understand the barriers. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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.

Temporarily breaking X hiatus to advertise this great opportunity for a trainee doctor to work with our team and @KathaSchmack (+ many others) on exciting studies of the immune system in psychosis. Deadline now extended to next Wednesday 12th! kcl.ac.uk/jobs/104885-cl…

Last few days to apply for this post!

Amazing opportunity for a trainee doctor to join @tompollak and team working on studies of the immune system in psychosis and severe mental illness! kcl.ac.uk/jobs/079105-cl…

I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to address the @KingsIoPPN @IoPPN_NREG #Neuropsychiatry Meeting! Gratitude to @tompollak & @Tim_R_Nicholson for the invitation! My presentation will focus on '#Psychosis in the neuropsychiatric borderland.' The perspective of @INNNMVS

🚨 Please spread the word 🚨 We're currently doing a study to learn about what 𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 & 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 think about #catatonia, and to see if a 1-hr educational module changes impressions. Recruitment open thru December. Link: tinyurl.com/neurocatatonia

Dr @KathaSchmack's #BrainMeeting talk will explore how computational psychiatry can capture psychotic symptoms across species and facilitate biological investigations into psychosis 🧠 🗓️ Today: 15.15 - 16.15 📍 12 Queen Square & Zoom Sign up now 👇🔗 fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/ks171120…

New article CBT for Neurologists was led by neurologist @BibaStanton to convince colleagues of the value of CBT. Also useful for some clinical psychologists who remain skeptical that psychological approaches are valuable for people with neuro disorders pn.bmj.com/content/early/…

The @encephalitis 2023 Conference on 4-5 December is dedicated exclusively to #encephalitis & covers #epidemiology, #pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment & rehabilitation in children & adults, covering both infectious & #autoimmune aetiologies. encephalitis.info

Calling all neuropsychiatry researchers! 🧠 We're pleased to announce a call for abstracts for our 2024 annual conference, 14 & 15 March bnpa.org.uk/abstract-submi… We look forward to receiving your submissions! #BNPA2024 #neuropsychiatry #mentalhealth youtu.be/_dZyR7hHKeo?si…