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Fiona Gaughran is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has a primary research focus in medicine, with a strong emphasis on psychiatry and mental health. Their extensive work spans 170 publications in medicine, including significant contributions to the subfields of psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology.

Their research output includes topics such as schizophrenia research and treatment, chronic disease management strategies, tryptophan and brain disorders, mental health and psychiatry, vitamin D research studies, mental health treatment and access, and the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their work. These include "Implementation, Adoption, and Perceptions of Telemental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review" (2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research), "Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ)" (2020, BMC Psychiatry), "DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia" (2021, eLife), "Implementation of Telemental Health Services Before COVID-19: Rapid Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews" (2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research), and "Antidepressant and antipsychotic side-effects and personalised prescribing: a systematic review and digital tool development" (2023, The Lancet Psychiatry).

Fiona Gaughran frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Brendon Stubbs, Robin Murray, Julie Williams, David Taylor, and James H. MacCabe. These partnerships likely contribute to their multidisciplinary approach within mental health research.

Their publications appear predominantly in venues specializing in psychiatry and mental health research, including:

  • BJPsych Open
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Best Publications

  • Prevalence, incidence and mortality from cardiovascular disease in patients with pooled and specific severe mental illness: a large-scale meta-analysis of 3,211,768 patients and 113,383,368 controls.

    Christoph U. Correll;Marco Solmi;Nicola Veronese;Beatrice Bortolato

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Najma Siddiqi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Dan J Siskind

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Felipe B. Schuch;Simon Rosenbaum;Simon Rosenbaum

  • 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

  • Diabetes mellitus in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a systematic review and large scale meta-analysis.

    Davy VanCampfort;Christoph U Correll;Britta Galling;Michel Probst

  • EPA guidance on physical activity as a treatment for severe mental illness: a meta-review of the evidence and Position Statement from the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), supported by the International Organization of Physical Therapists in Mental Health (IOPTMH).

    Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Davy Vancampfort;Mats Hallgren;Joseph Firth

  • Association between influenza vaccination and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients: a meta-analysis.

    Jacob A. Udell;Rami Zawi;Deepak L. Bhatt;Deepak L. Bhatt;Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi;Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi

  • Daily Use, Especially of High-Potency Cannabis, Drives the Earlier Onset of Psychosis in Cannabis Users.

    Marta Di Forti;Hannah M Sallis;Fabio Allegri;Antonella Trotta

  • How much physical activity do people with schizophrenia engage in? A systematic review, comparative meta-analysis and meta-regression

    Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Joseph Firth;Alexandra Berry;Felipe B. Schuch

  • Remission and recovery from first-episode psychosis in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcome studies.

    John Lally;Olesya Ajnakina;Brendon Stubbs;Michael Cullinane

  • How sedentary are people with psychosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Julie Williams;Fiona Gaughran;Tom Craig

  • Two distinct patterns of treatment resistance: clinical predictors of treatment resistance in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum psychoses

    J. Lally;O. Ajnakina;M. Di Forti;A. Trotta

  • The impact of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to improve physical health outcomes in people with schizophrenia: a meta-review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

    Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Christoph U Correll;Marco Solmi

  • Hippocampal FGF-2 and FGFR1 mRNA expression in major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Fiona Gaughran;Joachim Payne;Philip M. Sedgwick;David Cotter

  • Can high-intensity interval training improve physical and mental health outcomes? A meta-review of 33 systematic reviews across the lifespan

    Rebecca Martland;Valeria Mondelli;Fiona Gaughran;Fiona Gaughran;Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs

  • The interface of physical and mental health.

    Anne M. Doherty;Fiona Gaughran

  • An examination of polygenic score risk prediction in individuals with first-episode psychosis

    Evangelos Vassos;Marta Di Forti;Jonathan Coleman;Conrad Iyegbe

  • The prevalence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Davy Vancampfort;Nicola Veronese;Marco Solmi

  • Cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in people with established psychotic illnesses : baseline data from the IMPaCT randomized controlled trial

    P Gardner-Sood;J Lally;S Smith;Z Atakan

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. MacCabe
James H. MacCabe King's College London
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London
Valeria Mondelli
Valeria Mondelli King's College London
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
Daniel Stahl
Daniel Stahl King's College London
Julie Williams
Julie Williams Cardiff University
Juliana Onwumere
Juliana Onwumere King's College London
Sukhwinder S. Shergill
Sukhwinder S. Shergill King's College London
Joseph Firth
Joseph Firth University of Manchester
Felipe Barreto Schuch
Felipe Barreto Schuch Universidad Autónoma de Chile

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