Vaughan Bell

Neuropsychologist and professor at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own.

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Looks really interesting - an update of Davison and Bagley's classic

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

New from us:

🗞️Special issue on secondary ("organic") psychosis just out in Schizophrenia Research edited by @_GrahamBlackman and me, but very much led by Graham:

https://t.co/GL2VvvW4QK

Excellent articles on pressing clinical and scientific issues from a host of authors👇

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

Charlotte Constable Fernandez, Alida Acosta-Ortiz, María Camila García Durán, Elisavet Pappa, Rob Saunders, Francesca Solmi, William Tamayo-Agudelo, Fabio Idrobo and me

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

New from our Colombia-UK team:

Intervention provision and engagement in Colombia’s PAPSIVI – a national psychosocial support service for over half a million victims of armed conflict https://t.co/cY2eK15XZl

Consisting of...

[King-Chi Yau @kingchiyau]

@vaughanbell The analysis code in R has also been made freely available online.

https://t.co/5BGlDLEJxL

[King-Chi Yau @kingchiyau]

Expertly led by Emma Blundell and co-supervised by Prof @vaughanbell, our new study published in Epilepsy and Behavior highlights the importance of addressing bullying against children with epilepsy.

https://t.co/J1YpYsGwTd

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

I'm glad to share our new paper!
Relearning the epistemology, history, and future of #neuropsychiatry

https://t.co/x5DGWMcwam

1/5 Neuropsychiatry is poised to become a transdisciplinary field. Future development depends on adopting a constructive orientation that enables

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

¿Alguien utiliza la versión en español del RBANS (“Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status”)? Si puede enviarnos un formulario original, con gusto le ofreceremos una compensación por ello.

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

Does anyone use the Spanish version of the RBANS ("Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status")? If you are able to send us an original form, we would be happy to compensate you for it.

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

As Susannah Cahalan's investigative book The Great Pretender revealed, he didn't run one of the boldest experiments in history, because the study was fraudulent https://t.co/oHbK6gLbSI

[Kevin Tanaka @ItsKevinTanaka]

In 1973, Stanford psychologist David Rosenhan ran one of the boldest experiments in history.

He sent 8 healthy people into psychiatric hospitals to see if doctors could tell they were sane.

Not one was detected...

What he found exposed psychiatry's darkest secret:

[British Neuropsychiatry Association @The_BNPA]

🚨The programme for our March conference is now online https://t.co/EBF0vz83Qq

Sessions on
🔹neuropsychiatry of epilepsy
🔹rethinking TBI
🔹functional cognitive disorder
🔹identity and memory
🔹fixation and forensic risk
🔹ultrasound as neurostim
🔹insight disorders
and more

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

Reliably one of the most fascinating conferences of the year. Registration now open. See you there!

[British Neuropsychiatry Association @The_BNPA]

2026 British Neuropsychiatry Association Conference. Registration is open.

Memory & identity, brain injury, epilepsy, functional cognitive disorder, evolving risk, neurostim

📍 London | 🗓 12–13 March 2026
🤝 Joint meeting with DoN

Programme and reg👉 https://t.co/EBF0vz83Qq

[British Neuropsychiatry Association @The_BNPA]

2026 British Neuropsychiatry Association Conference. Registration is open.

Memory & identity, brain injury, epilepsy, functional cognitive disorder, evolving risk, neurostim

📍 London | 🗓 12–13 March 2026
🤝 Joint meeting with DoN

Programme and reg👉 https://t.co/EBF0vz83Qq

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

...as well as the 'mainstream' of neuropsychiatry. All of the authors made massive contributiton but @JRBneuropsiq, @nanosanta and Jorge Holguín have really shaped my thinking over the years. Mil gracias.

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

Co-written with Latin American colleagues and part of my ongoing mission to tell the world how important Latin American neuropsychiatry is and how much we can learn from it.

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

#Neuropsychiatry in Latin America? 🤔

I'm glad to share our new paper! 😅

Thanks to @vaughanbell, who made it possible!
Thanks to @nanosanta @WilliamTamayoA1 @juliotorales & Latin Amarican colleagues!

1/4🧵🧠💭
Towards a Latin American neuropsychiatry
https://t.co/Iz6wjeORhq

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

It's also just fascinating. Lots of Latin American neuropsychiatrists have additional expertise in managing snakebite-induced stroke, mercury poisoning from gold mining, impact of armed conflict, neuropsychiatric effects of 'tropical disease', mountain sickness, rare dementias...

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

#Neuropsychiatry in Latin America? 🤔

I'm glad to share our new paper! 😅

Thanks to @vaughanbell, who made it possible!
Thanks to @nanosanta @WilliamTamayoA1 @juliotorales & Latin Amarican colleagues!

1/4🧵🧠💭
Towards a Latin American neuropsychiatry
https://t.co/Iz6wjeORhq

[Dr Keri Wong @DrKeriWong]

🎉CONGRATS 🎉Dr Abbeygail Jones @UCLPALS for her 2nd pub:

'A global longitudinal study of social-ecological factors affecting depression & anxiety during #COVID19'!

It's been an absolute pleasure supervising your DClinPsy w/ @vaughanbell!

@UCL_IOE_PHD
@IOE_London @keriwonglab

[Hernando Santamaría-García @nanosanta]

New Lancet Regional Health – Americas Personal View: “Towards a Latin American neuropsychiatry.” This article calls for a regional, interdisciplinary approach to neuropsychiatry, linking clinical neuroscience, psychiatry, and public health to address Latin America’s unique challenges—violence, inequality, infections, and increased risk of brain injury and dementia. It proposes a model grounded in equity, cultural diversity, and scientific collaboration. Many thanks to @vaughanbell and @JRBneuropsiq for your leadership and for inviting me to participate, and congratulations to all the colleagues involved in this important piece.
🧠 Read: https://t.co/fKYwVxohYG

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

New from us, led by the fantastic Keishema Kerr:

A scoping review of world-wide neuropsychiatry and behavioural neurology training components https://t.co/1OEfs4nLoZ

with Lauren Burns, Sheldon Benjamin, Eileen Joyce, Jasvinder Singh, @JRBneuropsiq and @BibaStanton