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Dr. Ellen Lambert

@ellenraelambert.bsky.social

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow @ King's College London, IoPPN 🌟 Clinical Psychologist @ Maudsley NHS 🌟 Reproductive Mental Health & Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) Research 🌟 she/her

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'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects – including "thinning" parts of the brain.

'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health www.bbc.com/future/artic...

12.12.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women's health research priorities in the UK: a consensus statement from RCOG Between 2019 and 2024, the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Research invested approximately Β£258 million in reproductive health and childbirth research,1 and in January, 2024, the National ...

This feels like progress πŸ’™ PMDD is now part of the UK’s top 10 women’s health research priorities, highlighting the need to understand how hormonal fluctuations and other biopsychosocial processes shape mental health from menarche to menopause. So important to see this recognised. #PMDD

18.12.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Emotion regulation in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Premenstrual Syndrome: a systematic review - BMC Psychology Purpose Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and severe cases of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) are characterised by fluctuations in mood and behaviour across the menstrual cycle and cause severe and d...

Delighted to share our new publication in Springer Nature BMC Psychology.

This work is available open access thanks to the generous support of the PMDD Project, an organisation doing incredible work for individuals living with PMDD.

bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

24.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great week of teaching! 🌼 Two sessions on Premenstrual Disorders with @kingsioppn.bsky.social DClinPsy students and the MSc. Mind–Body Interface cohort.

Such sharp questions and genuine enthusiasm for a topic that deserves far more attention πŸš€

19.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?

New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.

Click the link to find out moreπŸ‘‡

#IoPPNNews

bit.ly/47a2Lrr

28.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Struggle to Find Adequate Care for a Common Menstrual Disorder Millions of women have pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD. But diagnoses and treatments vary considerably.

undark.org/2025/10/22/p...

26.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Group singing reduces symptoms of postnatal depression for up to six months | King's College London New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and the social enterprise Breathe Arts Health Research has shown that a specially designed gro...

Singing groups have shown to treat symptoms of post-natal depression.

The @kingsioppn.bsky.social study tested the initiative in a mum and baby group in South London. ⬇️

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/group-s...

15.10.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I have just run a session for our second year Clinical Psychology Doctorate trainees at UCL... and most were amazed that this was the first time menopause had been introduced to our curriculum"

It is time to make Menopause and Premenstrual Disorders a standard part of clinical psychology training!

08.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toward Precision Reproductive Psychiatry: A Call for Targeted, Transdiagnostic Approaches to Premenstrual Disorders | American Journal of Psychiatry PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

An excellent commentary from @clearlab.bsky.social as usual!

www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

02.10.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm thrilled to share that I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Clinical Research Fellowship at @kingsioppn.bsky.social

I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social

A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!

02.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health. The illustration shows a woman and the outline of a woman: the woman holds a stethoscope to the woman's outline. Within the outline are 6 images of women in different stages of their life.

Cover of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health. The illustration shows a woman and the outline of a woman: the woman holds a stethoscope to the woman's outline. Within the outline are 6 images of women in different stages of their life.

Our inaugural issue is out now! πŸŽ‰

Explore and download our first issue and read featured content, Editor's picks, announcements, and much more on our journal homepage: hubs.li/Q03GFPRK0

Thank you to our authors and reviewers!

#medsky #physician-researcher #obgynsky #womenshealthsky

11.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Having a fantastic time at #EABCT2025 - a full house for our symposium on cyclical relationships and cognitive mechanisms during the perimenstrual and prenatal periods! Thank you to our audience for the wonderful enthusiasm and questions πŸͺ‡ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @babcpevents.bsky.social

05.09.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0