Research Assistant position – Applied Computational Psychiatry Lab

Delighted to announce a new Research Assistant position www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/current-vaca…. It’s part of the Mental Health Mission Mood Disorders Research Clinic Network, aiming to support clinical trials in mood disorders in the UK. Should be very interesting! oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/mhm/mood-dis…

Recent publications

New Preprint: Differential effects of dopamine and serotonin on reward and punishment processes in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis18/01/2025

New preprint! https://acplab.org/wp-content/uploads/pub/MkrtchianHuys25.pdf

Computational Mechanisms Underlying Multi-Step Planning Deficits in Methamphetamine Use Disorder03/10/2024

Current theories suggest individuals with methamphetamine use disorder (iMUDs) havedifficulty considering long-term outcomes in decision-making, which could contribute to risk ofrelapse. Aversive interoceptive states (e.g., stress, withdrawal) are also known…

Safety and efficacy of a modular digital psychotherapy for social anxiety: A randomized controlled trial03/10/2024

Background: Social anxiety disorder is a common mental health condition characterized by an intense fear of social situations which can lead to significant impairment in daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy…

Delay discounting correlates with depression but does not predict relapse after antidepressant discontinuation03/10/2024

Background: Approximately one third of people with major depressive disorder experience a relapse within six months of discontinuing antidepressant medication (ADM), however, reliable predictors of relapse following ADM discontinuation are…

Towards a consensus roadmap for a new diagnostic framework for mental disorders03/10/2024

Current nosology claims to separate mental disorders into distinct categories that do not overlap with each other. This nosological separation is not based on underlying pathophysiology but on convention-based clustering…