Why does research matter to psychiatrists?

Lindsey I Sinclair^{1

2}, Laura Ajram³, Gertrude Seneviratne^{4

5}, Derek Tracy^{4

6

7

8}, Hugo Critchley^{2

9}

Affiliations

¹ Dementia Research Group, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² Academic Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK.
³ British Neuroscience Association, Bristol, UK.
⁴ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ South London Partnership, London, UK.
⁶ Brunel University Medical School, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁹ Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

PMID: 39803635
PMCID: PMC11724414
DOI: 10.1177/23982128241305866

Editorial

Why does research matter to psychiatrists?

Lindsey I Sinclair et al. Brain Neurosci Adv. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 11:9:23982128241305866.

doi: 10.1177/23982128241305866. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Lindsey I Sinclair^{1

2}, Laura Ajram³, Gertrude Seneviratne^{4

5}, Derek Tracy^{4

6

7

8}, Hugo Critchley^{2

9}

Affiliations

¹ Dementia Research Group, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² Academic Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK.
³ British Neuroscience Association, Bristol, UK.
⁴ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ South London Partnership, London, UK.
⁶ Brunel University Medical School, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁹ Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

PMID: 39803635
PMCID: PMC11724414
DOI: 10.1177/23982128241305866

No abstract available

Keywords: Academic psychiatry; psychiatric careers; psychiatric research; reproducibility.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: Dr L.I.S. is the finance officer for the Academic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Professor H.C. is the immediate past chair of the Academic Faculty. Dr G.S. is the Registrar of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This work was not funded, and there are no direct conflicts of interest to report. Dr L.I.S. has received funding in the past 3 years from the Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, the British Association of Psychopharmacology and the Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust. Professor H.C. has received funding from the Wellcome Trust and the MRC.

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