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2026

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Psychology

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Overview

Guy M. Goodwin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their investigations focus extensively on mental health, with particular attention to psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology. The wider scope of their work also includes epidemiology and organic chemistry as relevant subfields.

The main research topics explored by Guy M. Goodwin include bipolar disorder and treatment, psychedelics and drug studies, mental health research topics, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, treatment of major depression, and digital mental health interventions.

Recent publications reflect a focus on the use of psilocybin in treating major depressive episodes resistant to conventional therapies and the broader implications of psychedelic treatments. Notable recent papers include:

  • Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression (2022) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • Single-dose psilocybin for a treatment-resistant episode of major depression: Impact on patient-reported depression severity, anxiety, function, and quality of life (2023) published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Must Psilocybin Always "Assist Psychotherapy"? (2023) published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Psilocybin for treatment resistant depression in patients taking a concomitant SSRI medication (2023) published in Neuropsychopharmacology

Additional work includes research on digital cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder.

Guy M. Goodwin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Kate Saunders, Rasmus Wentzer Licht, Lindsey Marwood, Ekaterina Malievskaia, and Judit Simon, among others.

Best Publications

  • Risks of all-cause and suicide mortality in mental disorders: a meta-review.

    Edward Chesney;Guy M. Goodwin;Seena Fazel

  • Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE-epsilon4 allele.

    Nicola Filippini;Bradley J. MacIntosh;Morgan G. Hough;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Cognitive deficits in depression: possible implications for functional neuropathology.

    Marie-Paule Austin;Philip Mitchell;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

    Mark J. Millan;Yves Agid;Martin Brüne;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Relapse prevention with antidepressant drug treatment in depressive disorders: a systematic review

    John R Geddes;Stuart M Carney;Christina Davies;Toshiaki A Furukawa

  • Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression.

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  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

    G. M. Goodwin;P. M. Haddad;I. N. Ferrier;J. K. Aronson

  • Lithium toxicity profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rebecca F McKnight;Marc Adida;Katie Budge;Sarah Stockton

  • Long-term lithium therapy for bipolar disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    John R. Geddes;Sally Burgess;Keith E. Hawton;Kay Jamison

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory responses to changes in central command during isometric exercise at constant muscle tension

    G. M. Goodwin;D. I. McCloskey;Jere H Mitchell

  • Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antimanic drugs in acute mania: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis

    Andrea Cipriani;Corrado Barbui;Georgia Salanti;Jennifer Rendell

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Sustained attention deficit in bipolar disorder

    Luke Clark;Susan D Iversen;Guy M Goodwin

  • Polymorphism in serotonin transporter gene associated with susceptibility to major depression

    A.D Ogilvie;S Battersby;G Fink;A.J Harmar

  • Antidepressants for Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials

    Harm J. Gijsman;John R. Geddes;Jennifer M. Rendell;Willem A. Nolen

  • Neuropsychological testing of cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    C. Bourne;C. Bourne;Ö. Aydemir;V. Balanzá-Martínez;E. Bora

  • Proprioceptive Illusions Induced by Muscle Vibration: Contribution by Muscle Spindles to Perception?

    Guy M. Goodwin;D. Ian McCloskey;Peter B. C. Matthews

  • The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis

    Daniel Freeman;Daniel Freeman;Bryony Sheaves;Bryony Sheaves;Guy M Goodwin;Guy M Goodwin;Ly-Mee Yu

  • Increased positive versus negative affective perception and memory in healthy volunteers following selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibition.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Nicholas C. Shelley;Philip J. Cowen;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Why do antidepressants take so long to work? A cognitive neuropsychological model of antidepressant drug action

    Catherine J. Harmer;Guy M. Goodwin;Philip J. Cowen

  • Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE e4 allele

    N Filippini;BJ MacIntosh;MG Hough;GM Goodwin

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Geddes
John R. Geddes University of Oxford
Catherine J. Harmer
Catherine J. Harmer University of Oxford
Klaus P. Ebmeier
Klaus P. Ebmeier University of Oxford
Philip J. Cowen
Philip J. Cowen University of Oxford
Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling
Robert D. Rogers
Robert D. Rogers Bangor University
Rasmus Wentzer Licht
Rasmus Wentzer Licht Aalborg University
Heinz Grunze
Heinz Grunze Paracelsus Medical University

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