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Derek Tracy

@derektracy.bsky.social
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Chief Medical Officer of South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Adjunct Professor at the IoPPN, & Honorary Prof at Brunel Med School. Editorial Board at the BJPsych. slam.nhs.uk/trust-board/?consultant…

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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/11/2025
Just a few million years after the end-Permian mass extinction event, aquatic reptiles and other vertebrates had recovered to form thriving and diverse oceanic ecosystems, according to a Science study of an Early Triassic-age fossil site in the Arctic. Learn more: scim.ag/4r0k0U1
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Earliest oceanic tetrapod ecosystem reveals rapid complexification of Triassic marine communities
Tetrapods invaded oceanic environments after the cataclysmic end-Permian mass extinction (EPME), with temnospondyl amphibian to reptile-dominated assemblages succeeding across the Early Triassic [~251...
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Research Methods in Mental Health, our new book from @universitypress.cambridge.org & @rcpsych.bsky.social is out now: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to The Coroner's Court and Inquests @briefguide.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @derektracy.bsky.social #MDDUS
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Learning from Preventable Deaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic im...
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The NHSA @thenhsa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
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Northern Mental Health Network - Professor Derek Tracey
YouTube video by Northern Health Science Alliance
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Maudsley Charity @maudsleycharity.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We're delighted to see this paper about the journey to create VIEWER. At the Maudsley Charity, we've been pleased to fund continued development of this digital tool, now called Locating Useful Clinical Information (LUCI). Find out more here: maudsleycharity.org/case-studies...
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Locating Useful Clinical Information (LUCI) - Maudsley Charity
We’re supporting the development of a new digital tool called LUCI—short for Locating Useful Clinical Information—which is providing clinicians with more accurate and timely information.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our open-access paper on #LUCI, our new NLP that sits over our EPR allowing real-time whole population data extraction from single clincian to team to service. Enormous care & research potential: informatics.bmj.com/content/32/1/e… collaborators: @kingsioppn.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
My thoughts on the past quarter century and next 25 years for mental health services: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kingsioppn.bsky.social
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.
An Amsterdam street packed with colourful cars in gridlock in the 1970s.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Still time to book on our @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 'A new era in leadership, with great speakers including @suhana.bsky.social. Details here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
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A New Era of Leadership
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 29/04/2025
This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It's getting closer! Our Royal Society of Medicine conference on why evolution matters to psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Details: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/psych...
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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Im running a leg in the Belfast marathon with some awesome Perinatal CMHT peeps for Action Postpartum Psychosis www.justgiving.com/page/perinat...
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Perinatal CMHT fundraiser for APP
Help Karen Smyth raise money to support APP
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from our staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo. #NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky Register now:
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IoPPN Research Festival 2025 - Bridging disciplines, brain to behaviour
An annual showcase of exciting and innovative research celebrating academic success across the IoPPN.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This Thursday, online and in person at the Medicolegal Society London, Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury gives a clinicans' guide to the Coroner's court: www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk
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The Medico-Legal Society
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Wonderful #SLAM consultant inpatient away-day. Thankful to have such thoughtful, patient-centred colleagues. Lots of ideas for change. Thanks to pharmacy, liaison, & community forensic leaders for joining, & our AMDs & QI team for planning. #GratefulCMO
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A visit to our Croydon North & Croydon South CMHTs at Jeanette Wallace House this morning, and how lovely to meet a team member I worked with as a higher trainee 20 (🙈) years ago.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thank you to our Bethlem CAMHS inpatient teams for showing me around yesterday. Really helpful to hear from patients & staff on what's working well & where we need to improve. Inspiring seeing the co-located Ofsted outstanding Maudsley & Bethlem school.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Always sunny in Lambeth... thank you to the patients & staff on our Lambeth Early Onset ward for showing me around, telling me what's going well, and where we need to do better. Compassion in our care emphasised by all.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A privilege to be at the RCPsych yesterday to celebrate the life & work of Dr Aggrey Burke, & hear from the outstanding three medical students awarded the inaugural Fellowship named after him. The first Black Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK, his legacy in deep & enduring.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thank you to Professor Emmanuel Peters & her PICuP team for showing me around this afternoon. The Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis has set an international standard for developing & delivering their evidence-based care models & training.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Our chapter on inpatient treatment is now out in the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Thanks to the chapters first author, & my old mentor Dr Frank Holloway for leading this throughout 🙏 academic.oup.com/book/59676
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thank you to our SLAM adult eating disorders' team for meeting & taking me through our care models. World leading research, one of the greatest concentrations of expertise in the world, but always person-centred in approach. Grateful to work with such wonderful clinicians.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A belated thanks to our Lambeth drug & alcohol team for showing me around on Friday. Supporting individuals with opioid, non-opioid & alcohol, & criminal/justice problems, the team will take walk-in self-referrals, & there's no waiting list. Do drop in if we can help.
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
How does #depression alter the brain? New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression. Click the link to learn more 👇 #IoPPNNews www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
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New MRI study reveals altered brain activity in depressed adolescents while watching 'Despicable Me'
The brains of adolescents with depression process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Best views from the SLAM liaison team base at St Thomas's Hospital. Thank you to our CAMHS, working age adults, older adults, & neuropsychiatry teams for showing me around, & to GSTT colleagues for discussing challenges from the acute perspective.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Visited our #SLAM national Self-Harm Out-Patient Sevice (SHOPS) yesterday. A unique evidence-based model providing 2 years intensive longer-term psychotherapy for adults experiencing complex & enduring problems relating to self-harm or other forms of self-destructiveness.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Really moved by a visit on Friday to our SLAM START team for individuals who are homeless. An incredibly passionate & dedicated team doing the right thing day in & out with some of the most vulnerable people. Thank you Dr Jenny Drife & team ❤️.
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Kings Maudsley Partnership are seeking a Associate Director of Philanthropy to lead the fundraising team & secure significant long-term investment for children and adolescent mental health research & treatment. @maudsleynhs.bsky.social #AcademicSky www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/as...
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Associate Director of Philanthropy - King’s Maudsley Partnership
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Thank you & congrats to Rosa Parks Ward, Lambeth Hospital, South London & Maudsley, for the wonderful patient feedback you have received. Lovely to spend time with patients & staff at the hospital, also including Eden & Nelson wards.
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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Well that was a fun day #Running #RCPsychNIRunning #RCPsychRunning #StormontHangs @rcpsych.bsky.social @moneillfm.bsky.social @little-pengelly.bsky.social
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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Few highlights from @rcpsych.bsky.social NI residential this week, time together being educated, entertained & exercised! Launched our strategy #TimeToBridgeTheGaps addressing the workforce crisis. Thrilled to be joined by @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @derektracy.bsky.social @drladesmith.bsky.social
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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Grateful for #creation #running #headspace & to be welcome lots of friends from @rcpsych.bsky.social to a beautiful corner of Norn Iron @derektracy.bsky.social @drladesmith.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Encouraging diversity among scientists is ethically right and also leads to better science.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Our new open-access paper on the proposed syndemic between mental & oral/dental health, & socioeconomic disadvantage. Thanks to Dr Easter Joury for leading. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Frontiers | Can social adversity and mental, physical and oral multimorbidity form a syndemic? A concept and protocol paper
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Why do some people take their own lives? Join us for a filmed reading of Marooned, a communal story that confronts the epidemic of life-threatening despair, shame, grief When? 4 March, 19.00-22.00 Where? Bush House, King's Strand Campus *In-person only Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/maroo...
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Marooned
Join us for a filmed reading of the play ‘Marooned’ and a panel discussion on Tuesday 4 March.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thank you to Professor David Veale & Dr Blake Stobie for showing me around our #SLAM Centre for Anxeity Disorders & Trauma. CADAT takes local & national referrals for a whole range of anxiety disorders, with a rich tradition in training & research with @kingsioppn.bsky.social
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Suhana Ahmed @suhana.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Thanku2 #South London&Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust resident drs4inviting me2speak @their regional teaching day.I loved being there.1 of my favourite things2do is2 connect with trainees. Great2hear @derektracy.bsky.social vision4trainees in the organisation-keep dialogue open&honest. #leadership
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Special visitor to #SLAM yesterday, with the Deputy CMO of West London, Dr @suhana.bsky.social talking on leadership at our resident doctors' Calman day. Suhana exemplifies the courage in leadership about which she spoke.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Really insightful visit yesterday to our #SLAM #HIV liaison service, CASCAID. Wonderful psychosocially orientated care across traditional service boundaries to those living with HIV, helping them navigate complex systems, educating professionals, & tackling stigma. Thank you for all you do 🙏
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Lovely to visit our SLAM CAMHS Kaleidoscope today. Great integrated joint working with our community paeds colleagues from Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, & impressive 50% reduction in waiting times for ADHD assessments. Huge thank you from me to dedicated & kind staff for what you're doing 🙏
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Do you work in the field of #Perinatal #MentalHealth? Dr Claire Wilson invites you to the UKIMS Perinatal Mental Health Conference 2025, being held at King's on 24 January. Find out more and register today: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/ukims...
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
NEXT WEEK: join our inaugural lecture with Professor Barbara Barrett on 'A symphony of cost-effectiveness: reflections on 20 years of economic evaluations in mental health 📅When? 8 January 2025 at 17.30 📍Where? Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Denmark Hill Campus
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Professor Barbara Barrett - Inaugural lecture
Join us in celebrating Barbara Barrett's inaugural lecture on 'A symphony of cost-effectiveness: reflections on 20 years of economic evaluations in mental health.'
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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
V grateful for the new connections of 2024 & the running thing @derektracy.bsky.social 🤗 Bring on 2025 #createdtorun #morejesus #morerunning #morereading #perinatalfamily #parkrun
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
A privilege to be Santa today & visit patients & staff on our Maudsley & Lambeth hospital wards & HTT team, & liaison staff at King's. A real special gratitude to all those working tonight and tomorrow - #TeamNHS.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/12/2024
Delighted Health Insurance Executives Gather In Outdoor Coliseum To Watch Patient Battle Cancer theonion.com/delighted-he...
Delighted Health Insurance Executives Gather In Outdoor Coliseum To Watch Patient Battle Cancer

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies. Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to The Coroner's Court and Inquests @briefguide.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Navigating inquests #inquests
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New £20 million venture fund to start up & accelerate mental health innovation launched by Sputh London & Maudsley, KHP Ventures, & Wellcome. Details here: techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/a...
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A new $25M fund aims to give UK mental health startups a shot in the arm | TechCrunch
KHP Ventures is raising a £20 million ($25.5 million) fund specifically aimed at accelerating startups addressing depression, anxiety and psychosis.
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Tarini Grace @candidkitten.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
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I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/12/2024
My mind went to the Fermi Paradox as well, Sean. It isn't clear to me that life everywhere would be single chirality. My thought was, much like yours, that more likely there's just lots of dumb shit you can do to destroy everything and sooner or later "intelligent" life figures that dumb shit out.
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