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Dominic Ffytche

Professor Dominic Ffytche

Professor of Visual Psychiatry

Research interests

  • Ageing
  • Psychiatry

Biography

Dominic Ffytche is Professor of Visual Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. He is Lead Consultant Psychiatrist to the Visual Perceptual Disorder clinic at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, a national specialist service for patients with visual hallucinations.

He researches brain mechanisms of vision and how they go wrong to cause visual hallucinations, visual illusions and related symptoms and treatments for such experiences. He has published over 100 articles in the scientific and lay literature with over 4,000 academic citations.

He plays a leading role in patient and public education for Charles Bonnet Syndrome (visual hallucinations in eye disease) as medical advisor to Esme’s Umbrella and has helped develop information resources on visual hallucinations for the NHS, charity sector and eye-health professionals.

    Research

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    Cannabidiol for Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis (CAN-PDP) Trial

    Multi-centre trial of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease psychosis

    Project status: Ongoing

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    Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

    The centre supports the development of biomarkers in neurocognitive disorders, and novel strategies to support the early diagnosis of AD and related disorders.

    News

    Visual mismatch negativity identified as a mechanism of Parkinson's disease psychosis

    Reduced brain activity responding to unpredicted visual changes is a marker of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease and a potential therapeutic target

    iStock-925425712 EEG

      Research

      Untitled design-6
      Cannabidiol for Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis (CAN-PDP) Trial

      Multi-centre trial of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease psychosis

      Project status: Ongoing

      brain-training-1
      Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

      The centre supports the development of biomarkers in neurocognitive disorders, and novel strategies to support the early diagnosis of AD and related disorders.

      News

      Visual mismatch negativity identified as a mechanism of Parkinson's disease psychosis

      Reduced brain activity responding to unpredicted visual changes is a marker of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease and a potential therapeutic target

      iStock-925425712 EEG