Biological Psychiatry at BSMS encompasses research into the interaction between brain and body on mental health, cognitive neuroscience, immunopsychiatry, psychopharmacology and novel approaches to treatments for mental illness.
Current research interests include the interaction between internal physiology and mental processes (interoception), the clinical links between hypermobility and neurodevelopmental conditions and neuropsychiatric symptoms, the role of mitochondrial metabolism and the immune system in psychiatric presentations, and the use of ketamine, probiotics and biobehavioural therapies including neurofeedback in the management of depression and anxiety. Supporting these research themes is the development of novel neuroimaging methods to characterise clinically relevant markers of brain metabolism and inflammation.