NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
for Mental Health
Welcome to our Biomedical Research Centre
We bring scientists, clinicians, healthcare professionals, service users and carers to work together to improve care for patients. As testimony to our success, the Government has recently announced £53.3m new funding for our BRC of which £4.5m is a new Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) for Dementia. A boost for mental health funding...
BRC research
Our BRC brings together basic researchers, academic clinicians,
mental health professionals and service users.
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Taking part in research
Volunteers who take part in research play a crucial role in improving the lives of thousands of people.
Latest news
Psychopathy linked to structural brain abnormalities
New research from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London provides the strongest evidence to date that psychopathy is linked to specific structural abnormalities in the brain.
Read moreStudy reveals increasing drug use in older adults
New research from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudlsey NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London shows that illicit drug use in people aged 50-64 has increased ten-fold in England since 1993.
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