Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 31/10/2025ECT really does save lives. Our new SR/MA shows reduced mortality in people receiving ECT versus a comparator treatment. We didn't show a reduction in suicides but you probably wouldn't expect to be able to. 2263
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Beautiful autumn light on our morning walk with watchful roe deer. 1160
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Layla. Not really happy on trains, even when she can travel First Class. 090
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Twitter still has impressive potential for interaction. 190
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 30/08/2025At Lord Leicester’s secret beach hut in Holkham Woods. Lots of squirrels and rabbits this afternoon. 1100
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Hedgerows already filled with autumn berries. Densest crop of sloes that I can remember. 3130
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 26/08/2025It’s a Van Gogh kind of morning in Peckham. 0160
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Yuto Satake returns to Japan today after a productive year at UCL. My son commissioned his artist friend to produce this to commemorate his visit and secret support for Layla to sit on forbidden sofas. 1101
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Don’t recommend having one of these under an open bedroom window. Mrs H and myself exhausted after a night of vivid and weird dreams. 282
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 23/08/2025It’s always playtime at the weekend when Layla has us around. 2111
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Neighbours believe our house is haunted. Just taken this as I walked back after a walk with Layla. It does look a bit spooky… 2100
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Me in The Times today, talking about the dodgy presentations of Alzheimer’s drug data at AAIC. 593
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Morning view from the train at Blackfriars on a very grey day. 250
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Look again at the green lines for the early and delayed start groups. They appear to be converging towards 36 months. We are not told the 95% confidence intervals, but I bet they overlapped by 36 months. This would argue against disease course modification and any benefits from early starting Rx. 120
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2025First, the comparison we are led to is between participants who received lecanemab in the first 18 months of the RCT and then opted for open treatment AND two unrandomised, uncontrolled historical cohorts. Second, what happened to the important delayed start trial, shown at last year's AAIC? 140
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2025What's not to like about this image, presented at AAIC and touted as showing lasting and expanding (maybe, even clinically important) efficacy of lecanemab treatment through 48 months of treatment - but only if you start treatment early and don't stop? 472
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 30/01/2025For @suzanne-reeves.bsky.social a lovely little friend on the Underground platform at Warren Street. 6140
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 11/01/2025These roe deer live in our garden and field behind the house. They know Layla well and how to stay just out of reach of her. 2121
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Passing her ball back and forth to us without leaving her basket. 8131
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I’m asking if anyone knows more about the status and safety of our colleague, Dr Abu Safiya. Whilst he is not the only Gazan doctor detained by Israel, it’s difficult to not be very concerned about his detention and treatment. 284
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Even after 10 years at UCL, still get a buzz coming to work in Tottenham Court Road every morning. 3350
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Sound asleep and then someone in the room says “chocolate”. 081
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 17/12/2024South Asian colleagues have been the backbone of many NHS mental health services since the 1950s. Great to see their experiences explored and celebrated in Dinesh Bhugra and Rina Arya’s excellent new book. 0194
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 14/12/2024After days of wind, gloom and drizzle - a perfect winter late afternoon walk at Glandford. 2231
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Intriguing box at the roadside between patient visits in Primrose Hill. 241
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Some very good news for people who want to follow postgraduate training in London (and those of us who enjoy training them).The Resident Doctor Distribution Programme was always a spiteful initiative. We need to create new posts, not just shuffle around. 141
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Some kind of funky film wall has appeared next to the lifts in our offices. 340
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Ready for a chilly morning walk with my son. 1200
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024This is mostly how Layla has dealt with today’s weather. 140
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024We have the local Men’s Shed Group on site today. Their fellowship and industry are something to behold. 2182
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A reproduction of The Maze, backlit so you can see previously difficult to view details, is now on display in the Maudsley Board Room. Although an image we all know, this representation is beautiful. 090
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024We’ve fired up the chandelier (which either came from Bridewell or what is now the Imperial War Museum when it was Bethlem). 010
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Preparing for the exhibition of Charlotte Johnson’s paintings at Bethlem Museum, opening on 11th December. My favourite belonged to the late Raymond Levy who looked after her at the Maudsley in the 1970s. Do come to the free exhibition. 173
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Interviewing for a new Chair of Trustees for Bethlem Museum. What an amazing and historic space the Bethlem Boardroom is! 4414
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Before the rain came, it was a beautiful morning. 3271
Robert Howard @profrobhoward.bsky.social · 01/12/2024My sister’s dog enjoyed them. Layla very wary. 060