Robin Murray
Sir Robin MacGregor Murray (born 1944) is Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, United Kingdom.[1]. He also sees patients with schizophrenia and bipolar illness at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. He is originally from Glasgow.
He is part of The Psychosis Research Group, one of the largest outside the USA. It uses a range of methods to improve understanding and treatment of psychotic illnesses, particularly schizophrenia. For the 1997-2007 decade Murray was ranked 8th most influential researcher in psychiatry by Thomson Reuters' Science Watch,[2] and 3rd in schizophrenia research.[3]
In 1994 he was the President of the European Association of Psychiatrists; now the European Psychiatric Association. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and also a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[1] Murray is one of two Editors of Psychological Medicine.[4]
In 2009 Murray had a public disagreement with David Nutt in the pages of The Guardian about the dangers of cannabis in triggering psychosis.[5] Murray previously wrote that while the risk increase is "about five-fold [...] for the heaviest users", the issue has become political football.[3] Murray has commented repeatedly on these issues in BBC articles and programmes,[6][7][8] including in the Panorama documentary on BBC One.[9][10] He has also been critical of the proposed use of cannabis for its anti-depressive effects as a "very big leap of faith" based solely on preclinical data.[11]
Murray was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to medicine.[12]
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- ^ a b http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10328
- ^ Scientist Rankings in Psychiatry/Psychology
- ^ a b Profile in Science Watch and interview with Murray
- ^ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSM
- ^ Robin Murray, A clear danger from cannabis, The Guardian, 29 Oct 2009 replying to David Nutt The cannabis conundrum, The Guardian, 29 Oct 2009
- ^ Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre'. Scientists have shown how cannabis may trigger psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia
- ^ Cannabis hospital admissions rise. Mental health hospital admissions in England due to cannabis have risen by 85% under Labour, figures show
- ^ Parents 'ignorant about cannabis'. Police chiefs are accusing parents of showing ignorance and complacency in the face of widespread cannabis use among teenage children.
- ^ Cannabis and our genes
- ^ Programme transcript. What follows is a transcript of Panorama's Cannabis:what teenagers need to know. Broadcast Sunday 19 June 2005, 22:15 BST on BBC One
- ^ 'Cannabis' acts as antidepressant. A chemical found in cannabis can act like an antidepressant, researchers have found.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59647. p. 1. 31 December 2010.
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