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Dr Richard Whale

Dr Richard Whale (MB BS, FRCPsych, MD, SFHEA)

Principal Lecturer in Psychiatry
E: R.Whale2@bsms.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1273 644502
Location: Watson Building, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PH

Areas of expertise: The psychopharmacology of psychosis and mood disorder.

Research areas: Effectiveness and discontinuation of antipsychotic medication. Outcome of early psychosis. Inflammation as an aetiology of mental illness.

Other relevant positions: Postgraduate program lead for psychiatry incorporating MSc Psychiatry and CPD. Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical lead for Early Intervention for Psychosis Services at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Selected publications

Aftab, Romaisa, Pereira, Marco, Hewitt, Jed, Lyon, Ray and Whale, Richard (2021) Effectiveness and predictors of discontinuation of aripiprazole long-acting injection: a 12-month naturalistic cohort study. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 41 (4). pp. 478-483. ISSN 0271-0749.

Morrison, Anthony P, Pyle, Melissa, Byrne, Rory, Broome, Matthew, Freeman, Daniel, Johns, Louise, James, Anthony, Husain, Nusrat, Whale, Richard, MacLennan, Graeme, Norrie, John, Hudson, Jemma, Peters, Sarah, Davies, Linda, Bowe, Samantha, Smith, Jo, Shiers, David, Joyce, Emmeline, Jones, Wendy, Hollis, Chris and Maughan, Daniel (2021) Psychological intervention, antipsychotic medication or a combined treatment for adolescents with a first episode of psychosis: the MAPS feasibility three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25 (4). pp. 1-124. ISSN 1366-5278.

Morrison, Anthony P, Pyle, Melissa, Maughan, Daniel, Johns, Louise, Freeman, Daniel, Broome, Matthew R, Husain, Nusrat, Fowler, David, Hudson, Jemma, MacLennan, Graeme, Norrie, John, Shiers, David, Hollis, Chris, James, Anthony, MAPS group, and Whale, Richard (2020) Antipsychotic medication versus psychological intervention versus a combination of both in adolescents with first-episode psychosis (MAPS): a multicentre, three-arm, randomised controlled pilot and feasibility study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7 (9). pp. 788-800. ISSN 2215-0366.

Whale, Richard, Pereira, Marco, Cuthbert, Sharon and Fialho, Renata Sofia (2015) Effectiveness and predictors of continuation of paliperidone palmitate long-acting injection treatment: a 12-month naturalistic cohort study. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 35 (5). pp. 591-595. ISSN 0271-0749

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