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Professor Richard Brown Professor and Head of Department, Psychology

Parkinson’s disease, depression and anxiety

Synopsis: Depression and anxiety are common

Biography: Professor Richard Brown is Professor

problems in Parkinson’s disease, a chronic neurodegenerative disorder. The PROMSPD study has identified heterogeneity of these common mental health problems with distinct clinical phenotypes.

of Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience. He undertook his clinical training and PhD at the IoP and then worked as a MRC scientist at UCL for 10 years before returning to the IoP where he is now Head of Department of Psychology. His research has focussed on the neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry of neurodegenerative disease and particularly Parkinson’s disease.

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