Glyn Lewis

Glyn Lewis is a British professor of psychiatric epidemiology.

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 leads the Academic Unit of Psychiatry at University College London, having moved there from the University of Bristol in May 2013. 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[2] in leading journals such as The Lancet,[3] including research on the risk of psychosis due to the use of cannabis[4] and the mental health of Afghan and Iraq veterans.[5][6]

He participates in PREVENT, a trial comparing antidepressants with Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Oxcentrics". Internet Archive. 27 June 2006. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lewis G (Author)". Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ 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. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60244-0.
  4. ↑ "Cannabis 'raises psychosis risk'". BBC News. 27 July 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Press release: Mental health and the military". University of Bristol, UK. 13 May 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  7. ↑ "PREVENT Who's Who". PREVENT, UK. Retrieved May 4, 2011.

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