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UK
2026

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Neuroscience

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146
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78397
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Psychology

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147
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Anthony S. David is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive contributions to the fields of psychiatry and mental health, neurology, clinical psychology, philosophy, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies

Anthony S. David has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Jonathan Rogers
  • Glyn Lewis
  • Timothy R. Nicholson
  • Trudie Chalder
  • Matthew Hotopf

The scientist has published many articles in notable research venues. Frequent publication journals include:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Among their recent and impactful papers are:

  • "Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • "Inflammation and Brain Structure in Schizophrenia and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders" (2022, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "A Population-Based Cohort Study Examining the Incidence and Impact of Psychotic Experiences From Childhood to Adulthood, and Prediction of Psychotic Disorder" (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Neuroimaging in Functional Neurological Disorder: State of the Field and Research Agenda" (2021, NeuroImage Clinical)
  • "Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology" (2023, Journal of Psychopharmacology)

Anthony S. David has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Jonathan P Rogers;Edward Chesney;Dominic Oliver;Thomas A Pollak;Thomas A Pollak

  • A specific neural substrate for perceiving facial expressions of disgust

    Mary Phillips;A W Young;C Senior;Michael Brammer

  • Meta-Analysis of Regional Brain Volumes in Schizophrenia

    Ian C. Wright;Sophia Rabe-Hesketh;Peter W.R. Woodruff;Anthony S. David

  • Insight and psychosis

    Anthony David

  • Activation of Auditory Cortex During Silent Lipreading

    Gemma A. Calvert;Edward T. Bullmore;Michael J. Brammer;Ruth Campbell

  • Measuring empathy: reliability and validity of the Empathy Quotient

    E J Lawrence;P Shaw;D Baker;S Baron-Cohen

  • Regionally Localized Thinning of the Cerebral Cortex in Schizophrenia

    Gina R. Kuperberg;Matthew R. Broome;Philip K. McGuire;Anthony S. David

  • Predictors of amygdala activation during the processing of emotional stimuli: A meta-analysis of 385 PET and fMRI studies.

    Sergi G. Costafreda;Michael J. Brammer;Anthony S. David;Cynthia H.Y. Fu

  • The auditory hallucination: a phenomenological survey.

    Tony H. Nayani;Anthony S. David

  • Compliance therapy in psychotic patients: randomised controlled trial

    Roisin Kemp;Peter Hayward;Grantley Applewhaite;Brian Everitt

  • Statistical methods of estimation and inference for functional MR image analysis

    Edward Bullmore;Michael Brammer;Steve C. R. Williams;Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

  • Randomised controlled trial of compliance therapy. 18-month follow-up.

    Roisin Kemp;George Kirov;Brian Everitt;Peter Hayward

  • Health of UK servicemen who served in Persian Gulf War

    Catherine Unwin;Nick Blatchley;William Coker;Susan Ferry

  • Proportion of patients in south London with first-episode psychosis attributable to use of high potency cannabis: a case-control study.

    Marta Di Forti;Arianna Marconi;Elena Carra;Sara Fraietta

  • Explicit and implicit neural mechanisms for processing of social information from facial expressions: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    H. Critchley;E. Daly;Mary L Phillips;M. Brammer

  • The planum temporale: a systematic, quantitative review of its structural, functional and clinical significance.

    J Shapleske;S.L Rossell;P.W.R Woodruff;A.S David

  • Self-reflection and the brain: a theoretical review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies with implications for schizophrenia

    Lisette van der Meer;Sergi Costafreda;Andre Aleman;Anthony S. David

  • A systematic review and quantitative appraisal of fMRI studies of verbal fluency: Role of the left inferior frontal gyrus

    Sergi G. Costafreda;Cynthia H.Y. Fu;Lucy Lee;Brian Everitt

  • A Longitudinal Study of Premorbid IQ Score and Risk of Developing Schizophrenia,Bipolar Disorder, Severe Depression, and Other Nonaffective Psychoses

    Stanley Zammit;Peter Allebeck;Anthony S. David;Christina Dalman

  • Regionally localized thinning of the cerebral cortex in schizophrenia

    G.R. Kuperberg;M. Broome;P.K. McGuire;A.S. David

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin M. Murray
Robin M. Murray King's College London
Michael Brammer
Michael Brammer King's College London
Paola Dazzan
Paola Dazzan King's College London
Mary L. Phillips
Mary L. Phillips University of Pittsburgh
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford
Valeria Mondelli
Valeria Mondelli King's College London
Carmine M. Pariante
Carmine M. Pariante King's College London
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
Fiona Gaughran
Fiona Gaughran King's College London

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