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Transforming our understanding and treatment of mental health problems: The Birmingham Institute for Mental Health approach

Friday 8th November 2024

This seminar will be taking place on Friday 8th November 2024, 2.30-3.30pm

Faculty of Arts Building FAB 0.08 - please join us from 2.15 for refreshments

Professor Matthew Broome BSc (Hons) MBChB (Hons) PGCAP PhD PhD FRCPsych (he/him)

Matthew Broome is Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, Director of the Institute for Mental Health and Director of The Midlands Translational Centre, Mental Health Mission at the University of Birmingham; Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford; and Visiting Professor, Suor Orsola Benicasa University of Naples. In the NHS, Matthew is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to East Birmingham Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Matthew studied Pharmacology and Medicine at the University of Birmingham and trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Matthew has a PhD in Psychiatry from the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London and in Philosophy from the University of Warwick.

Matthew’s research interests include youth mental health, the prodromal phase of psychosis, delusion formation, mood instability, neurodevelopmental disorders, functional neuroimaging, interdisciplinary methods, mental health humanities, and the philosophy of psychiatry. His research is funded by the Wellcome Trust, NIH, MRC, NIHR, EU and the Wolfson Foundation.

In this talk, Matthew will give an overview of the first 7 years of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham, discussing some of his own research and that of colleagues but also how they have tried to develop interdisciplinary research both across campus but also with external partners, including the NHS.

The seminar will be hosted by the Health Spotlight's Mental Health and Wellbeing theme leads:

Nicole Tang, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology

Liz Barry, Professor, English and Comparative Literary Studies

Domenico Giacco, Professor, Warwick Medical School