Glyn Lewis

Glyn Lewis is a British professor of psychiatric epidemiology and the current head of the Division of Psychiatry at University College London

Education

Glyn Lewis was born in Wales. He studied at University College, Oxford, where he played saxophone with The Oxcentrics, a Dixieland jazz band.[1] Lewis trained as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London and as an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[2] He received his PhD from the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London.

Research

Lewis worked at the University of Bristol and the Cardiff University prior to his current post at UCL. He has published extensively on psychiatric epidemiology, including investigating the causes of psychiatric disorders. His research is in the area of the aetiology of schizophrenia and depression and the treatment of depression and other mental disorders. He has published widely[3] in leading journals such as The Lancet,[4] including research on the risk of psychosis due to the use of cannabis[5] and the mental health of Afghan and Iraq veterans.[6][7] He has conducted several randomized controlled trials, including the PREVENT study, a trial comparing antidepressants with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy,[8] ANTLER Antidepressants to prevent relapse in depression,[9] and PANDA, a trial investigating the effectiveness of antidepressants in mild depression.[10]

References
  1. "The Oxcentrics". Internet Archive. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. UCL. "Professor Glyn Lewis". Brain Sciences. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. "Lewis G (Author)". Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. Odd, David E., Lewis, Glyn, Whitelaw, Andrew, and Gunnell, David (2009). "Resuscitation at birth and cognition at 8 years of age: a cohort study". The Lancet. 373 (9674): 1615–1622. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60244-0. PMC 2688587. PMID 19386357.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Cannabis 'raises psychosis risk'". BBC News. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. Lewis, Glyn (22 May 2010). "Mental health of UK Afghan and Iraq veterans". The Lancet. 375 (9728): 1758–1760. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60716-7. PMID 20471077. S2CID 19870829.
  7. "Press release: Mental health and the military". University of Bristol, UK. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  8. "PREVENT Who's Who". PREVENT, UK. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  9. "ANTLER Antidepressants to prevent relapse in depression". Iris Research Activity. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  10. "PANDA". Iris Research Activity. Retrieved 2018-07-24.



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