Research groups
Collaborators
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Anne Duffy
Visiting Professor - Psychiatry
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Guy Goodwin
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry
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Paul Harrison
Professor of Psychiatry; Associate Head of Department (Research)
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Nabeela Kajee
DPhil Student
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Karen Mansfield
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
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Alejo J Nevado-Holgado
Associate Professor
Kate Saunders
DPhil MRCPsych
Associate Professor
- Director of Medical Studies
- Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
- Academic Training Programme Director (OUCAGS)
Mood instability, Borderline personality disorder, Bipolar disorder, Medical education
The focus of my current research work is digital phenotyping, sleep and circadian rhythm, and student mental health.
I am responsible for psychiatry undergraduate education at Oxford University Medical School and am the Training and Capacity Development lead for the NIHR Oxford Health BRC.
Recent publications
Performance of active and passive ambulatory assessment measures and mood monitoring in bipolar disorder: a systematic review
Journal article
Astill Wright L. et al, (2026), International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 14
Academic psychiatry: a key research asset is shrinking.
Journal article
McGuire P. et al, (2026), Br J Psychiatry, 1 - 3
Brief individual psychological intervention for people with probable personality disorder: a multicentre, researcher-masked, randomised, controlled superiority trial in England.
Journal article
Crawford MJ. et al, (2026), Lancet Psychiatry, 13, 200 - 212
Perceived barriers to care and access to university mental health support services among first-year undergraduates: findings from the U-Flourish study.
Journal article
Dale M. et al, (2026), J Am Coll Health, 74, 813 - 822
Implicit learning across varying temporal scales in individuals with and without mood instability.
Journal article
Atkinson LZ. et al, (2026), J Affect Disord, 395
Corrigendum: Borderline personality disorder, but not euthymic bipolar disorder, is associated with a failure to sustain reciprocal cooperative behaviour: implications for spectrum models of mood disorders (Psychological Medicine (2025) 45:8 (1591–1600) DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714002475)
Journal article
Saunders KEA. et al, (2026), Psychological Medicine, 55
Mental health research delivery: what can the National Health Service learn from the private sector?
Journal article
Adomaviciene A. et al, (2025), Brain, 148, 3441 - 3444
Neural signatures of risk-taking adaptions across health, bipolar disorder, and lithium treatment.
Journal article
Scholl J. et al, (2025), Mol Psychiatry, 30, 2955 - 2965
Communication with children about parental bipolar disorder: a qualitative interview study.
Journal article
Tu E-N. et al, (2025), Int J Bipolar Disord, 13
Effect of lithium on circadian activity level and flexibility in patients with bipolar disorder: results from the Oxford Lithium Trial.
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Xu N. et al, (2025), EBioMedicine, 115
