Professor Sir&nbsp;Simon Wessely is a psychiatrist and epidemiologist. He is&nbsp;Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King's College London and Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research.&nbsp;His research explores the consequences of military duty for mental health. Agatha Anet and Jennifer Fielder&nbsp;spoke to Prof Sir Simon Wessely ahead of his talk at the UCL Institute of Mental Health International Conference to find out&nbsp;more and what to expect at the conference. Read more about Professor Sir Simon Wessely:&nbsp;<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fpeople%2Fprofessor-sir-simon-wessely&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjennifer.fielder.21%40ucl.ac.uk%7C734a2ed7f13e4479bd5008da9a2d5b2e%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C637991816830982651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XwVIeNtfWQTy6V5L%2BcxbQhTZtBmQU6n9xOG1oYcLdXg%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-sir-simon-wessely</a> Follow him on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/WesselyS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WesselyS</a>

Simon Wessely - Psychiatry and War

Dr Talya Greene is&nbsp;Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Community Mental Health, University of&nbsp;Haifa, Israel, and Honorary Associate Professor at the Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK.&nbsp;Her area of research is on the impact of mass trauma exposure, including in conflict settings and also in non-conflict situations,&nbsp;emergencies and disasters. Agatha Anet and Jennifer Fielder spoke to Dr Talya Greene ahead of her talk at the UCL Institute of&nbsp;Mental Health International Conference to find out more and what to expect at the conference. Read more about Dr Talya Greene:&nbsp;<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DwNgKcA4AAAAJ%26hl%3Den&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjennifer.fielder.21%40ucl.ac.uk%7C734a2ed7f13e4479bd5008da9a2d5b2e%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C637991816830982651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EE2naUNRsCYI5g9b2k15I7MP0kheyQtqKS7wLnTi7NQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wNgKcA4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en</a> Follow her on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Talyagreene" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TalyaGreene</a>

Talya Greene – Trauma and Mental Health in Conflict Settings

Dr Maxime Taquet is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. His recent research has sought to characterise the neurological and psychiatric consequences of COVID-19 using big data. Ella Tuominen and Alvin Richards-Belle spoke to Dr Taquet ahead of his talk at the UCL Institute of Mental Health international conference to find out more and what to expect at the conference. <a href="https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/maxime-taquet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read more about Dr Taquet here</a>. Follow him on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MaximeTaquet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MaximeTaquet</a> Recent paper on the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9385200/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">neurological and psychiatric consequences of COVID-19</a>.

Maxime Taquet – Neurological and Psychiatric Consequences of COVID-19

Prof Glyn Lewis,&nbsp;Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry&nbsp;at the UCL Division of Psychiatry speaks to Anna Hall and Chatrin Suksasilp ahead of his talk at the UCL Institute for Mental Health International Conference. <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/people/lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/people/lewis</a>

Glyn Lewis - The Antidepressant Wars

The UCL Institute of Mental Health annual international conference took place on the 21st September 2022. The <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/institute-mental-health-international-conference" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conference</a> featured local experts and guest speakers from around the world, highlighting a wide range of mental health research, responding to the big issues of today, including COVID-19 and mental health; Pharmalogical and psychological treatments for depression; Conflict, war and trauma; and the future of psychiatry. The full <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/iomh-conference/conference-programme" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conference programme</a> is here.

#IoMHconf2022 - UCL Institute of Mental Health International Conference 2022

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