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Anthony Cleare

Professor Anthony Cleare

Professor of Psychopharmacology & Affective Disorders

Research interests

  • Psychiatry

Biography

Professor Anthony Cleare BSc MBBS PhD FRCPsych 

Prof Cleare trained in psychiatry at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals in London, also spending time as a liaison psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital. At the end of his training, he was awarded the Laughlin Prize of the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the highest examination performance nationally. In 1998, he obtained his PhD looking at neuroendocrine aspects of affective disorders and has since continued an active research programme into all aspects of affective disorders.  

Prof Cleare is consultant psychiatrist in The National Affective Disorders Service at the Maudsley Hospital, offering a tertiary care service specialising in the multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of patients with treatment resistant depression and bipolar disorder.  He is also specialist advisor in aviation psychiatry to the Civil Aviation Authority. He has previously worked as a psychiatrist in several medical clinics including a pain clinic, a chronic fatigue syndrome clinic and a general medical outpatient clinic. 

Prof Cleare has over 380 peer-reviewed and other publications and has contributed to many books and national guidelines, most recently the British Association for Psychopharmacology Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Depressive Disorders. 

Research Interests

  • Clinical psychopharmacology; neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry and functional neuroimaging (PET and f-MRI) of depression,  
  • chronic fatigue syndrome and aggression;  
  • neuroimaging of serotonin receptor function;  
  • biological effects of psychological therapies  

Expertise and Public Engagement

Prof Cleare is Treasurer of the International Society for Affective Disorders and a member of many scientific societies including the British Association for Psychopharmacology. 

    Research

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    Centre for Affective Disorders

    The Centre for Affective Disorders focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, common disorders which cause great suffering for many people.

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    Maudsley Neurotechnology (MNT)

    Maudsley Neurotechnology is a clinical and academic centre for evaluating and delivering evidence-based neurotechnology treatments for mental health disorders

    Features

    Maudsley Debates - 51st to 60th

    The Maudsley Debates take place three times a year at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). Topics generally focus on issues that...

    Maudsley Debates 2 1903x558

    Affective Disorders 

      Research

      brain trees
      Centre for Affective Disorders

      The Centre for Affective Disorders focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, common disorders which cause great suffering for many people.

      MNT logo
      Maudsley Neurotechnology (MNT)

      Maudsley Neurotechnology is a clinical and academic centre for evaluating and delivering evidence-based neurotechnology treatments for mental health disorders

      Features

      Maudsley Debates - 51st to 60th

      The Maudsley Debates take place three times a year at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). Topics generally focus on issues that...

      Maudsley Debates 2 1903x558

      Affective Disorders