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Professor Thomas R Barnes
Profesor of Clinical Psychiatry
Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health
Tel: +44 (0)20 7386 1230
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Professor Thomas R Barnes
Professor Barnes MD FRCPsych DSc is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at Imperial College, Honorary Consultant and Director of R&D in West London Mental Health Trust (WLMHT), and joint Head of the national Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH-UK).
Professor Barnes trained in psychiatry in London and Cambridge, developing a research interest in the psychopharmacology of schizophrenia. Past appointments include membership of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Schizophrenia Guideline Group, chairman of the Special Interest Group for Psychopharmacology (Royal College of Psychiatrists), and President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
His research in schizophrenia over the last 30 years has covered the phenomenology and neuropsychology of the condition, and substance use, but the focus has been its drug treatment and antipsychotic side effects, particularly movement disorders. This work has generated over 250 publications. He is a regular reviewer for a wide range of journals and funding bodies and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.
