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Staff profiles
Location
Our clinical academics use research facilities at a number of hospitals.
Clinical psychopharmacology of anxiety disorders
Assoc/Prof Sean Hood's primary research focus is the clinical psychopharmacology of anxiety disorders, which is the investigation of medication effects and mechanisms in populations with clinical anxiety disorders.
Recent projects include employing the dietary technique of tryptophan depletion to transiently decrease cerebral serotonin in patients with various anxiety disorders, and investigation of the interplay between serotonin, autonomic instability, panic disorder and hypertension.
Medical education and medical ethics
Assoc/Prof Roland Kaiser has a broad interest in medical ethics, including ethical aspects in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Prior projects include facial affective behaviour in psychotherapy, art therapy for patients with mood disorder, and substance abuse in patients suffering from a psychotic illness.
Psychosomatic medicine
Professor Hans Stampfer has a longstanding interest in psychosomatic medicine and has developed a heart rate monitoring system which has been patented and is currently being further developed by a Singapore company to which he is a consultant. Over the past few years, Professor Stampfer has been working on a manuscript related to this project which will soon be submitted for publication.
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
