Physical health and multimorbidity in people with severe mental illness
PROJECT
ARC ROLE
Deputy Director and Theme Lead, Multimorbidity
PROFESSIONAL ROLE
Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS
David examines the interface between physical health and mental health and the effectiveness and long-term adverse effects of psychotropic medications. His work involves data science using large-scale routine clinical and registry data.
Other areas of expertise include cardiovascular health in people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI), applied health research to improve outcomes for people with SMI and the effectiveness of psychiatric acute community services.
