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Raymond W. Lam is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Subfields of particular emphasis include Pharmacology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Biological Psychiatry.

The scientist's work centers on various mental health topics, with a strong focus on the Treatment of Major Depression. Other notable research topics include Mental Health Research Topics broadly, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Digital Mental Health Interventions.

Raymond W. Lam has frequently published in several academic venues. The list of prominent publication venues includes:

  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors. These include:

  • Sidney H. Kennedy
  • Benício N. Frey
  • Roumen Milev
  • Susan Rotzinger
  • Daniel J. Müller

Recent notable publications by Raymond W. Lam are:

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Réseau canadien pour les traitements de l'humeur et de l'anxiété (CANMAT) 2023: Mise à jour des lignes directrices cliniques pour la prise en charge du trouble dépressif majeur chez les adultes (2024, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry)
  • The effect of intravenous, intranasal, and oral ketamine in mood disorders: A meta-analysis (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Machine learning in the prediction of depression treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Psychological Medicine)
  • The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Racemic Ketamine in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Recommandations Du Groupe De Travail Du Réseau Canadien Pour Les Traitements De L'humeur Et De L'anxiété (Canmat) Concernant L'utilisation De La Kétamine Racémique Chez Les Adultes Souffrant De Trouble Dépressif Majeur (2020, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Use of Machine Learning for Predicting Escitalopram Treatment Outcome From Electroencephalography Recordings in Adult Patients With Depression (2020, JAMA Network Open)

Best Publications

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Sagar V Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder Section 3. Pharmacological Treatments

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Raymond W. Lam;Roger S. McIntyre;S. Valérie Tourjman

  • Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial

    Daniel M Blumberger;Daniel M Blumberger;Fidel Vila-Rodriguez;Kevin E Thorpe;Kevin E Thorpe;Kfir Feffer

  • Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a multisite, randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Paul E. Holtzheimer;Mustafa M. Husain;Mustafa M. Husain;Sarah H. Lisanby;Stephan F. Taylor

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults. III. Pharmacotherapy.

    Raymond W Lam;Sidney H Kennedy;Sophie Grigoriadis;Roger S McIntyre

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Raymond W. Lam;Sagar V. Parikh;Scott B. Patten

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 2. Psychological Treatments

    Sagar V. Parikh;Sagar V. Parikh;Lena C. Quilty;Paula Ravitz;Michael Rosenbluth

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and inflammatory markers in patients with early- vs. late-stage bipolar disorder.

    Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna;Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna;Flávio Pereira Kapczinski;Ana Cristina Andreazza;Ana Cristina Andreazza;David J. Bond

  • Antidepressant effects of exercise: evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?

    Carl Ernst;Andrea K Olson;John P J Pinel;Raymond W Lam

  • Epidemiology and outcomes of traumatic dental injuries: a review of the literature

    Raymond Lam

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of ketamine in the rapid treatment of major depressive episodes

    A. McGirr;M. T. Berlim;David J Bond;M. P. Fleck

  • Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: Effects on Psychosocial Functioning and Implications for Treatment

    Raymond W Lam;Sidney H Kennedy;Roger S McIntyre;Atul Khullar

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults. IV. Neurostimulation therapies.

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Roumen Milev;Peter Giacobbe;Rajamannar Ramasubbu

  • A multicenter pilot study of subcallosal cingulate area deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression

    Andres M Lozano;Peter Giacobbe;Clement Hamani;Sakina J Rizvi

  • Nanotopography Influences Adhesion, Spreading, and Self-Renewal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Weiqiang Chen;Luis G. Villa-Diaz;Yubing Sun;Shinuo Weng

  • Quality of life in bipolar disorder: A review of the literature

    Erin E Michalak;Lakshmi N Yatham;Raymond W Lam

  • Chronotherapeutics (light and wake therapy) in affective disorders.

    Anna Wirz-Justice;Francesco Benedetti;Mathias Berger;Raymond W. Lam

  • The Can-SAD Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Light Therapy and Fluoxetine in Patients With Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Raymond W. Lam;Anthony J. Levitt;Robert D. Levitan;Murray W. Enns

  • Clinical guidelines for the treatment of depressive disorders. IV. Medications and other biological treatments.

    Kennedy Sh;Lam Rw;Cohen Nl;Ravindran Av

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Introduction and Methods

    Raymond W. Lam;Sidney H. Kennedy;Sagar V. Parikh;Glenda M. MacQueen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lakshmi N. Yatham
Lakshmi N. Yatham University of British Columbia
Sidney H. Kennedy
Sidney H. Kennedy University Health Network
Sagar V. Parikh
Sagar V. Parikh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Roumen Milev
Roumen Milev Queen's University
Erin E. Michalak
Erin E. Michalak University of British Columbia
Glenda MacQueen
Glenda MacQueen University of Calgary
Arun V. Ravindran
Arun V. Ravindran University of Toronto
Roger S. McIntyre
Roger S. McIntyre University of Toronto
Peter Giacobbe
Peter Giacobbe University of Toronto
Zafiris J. Daskalakis
Zafiris J. Daskalakis University of California - San Diego School of Medicine

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