Professor Rohit Shankar

@haritsa1

Professor in Neuropsychiatry University of Plymouth Medical School & Associate Dean (academics) RCPsych

Cornwall plymouth.ac.uk/research/cider… Joined September 2009

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Thanks to co-authors Paper is Free Access/Download
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Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Nov 3

Our new paper @TheBJPsych r/ws change of LeDeR:national mortality program for people with intellectual disability who die 19 years earlier. We argue new offer is not LeDeR. ICBs using GPES/PSIRF say who died not why. Reform national LeDeR not abolish it. doi.org/10.1192/bjp.20…
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Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Nov 3

Our new paper @TheBJPsych r/ws change of LeDeR:national mortality program for people with intellectual disability who die 19 years earlier. We argue new offer is not LeDeR. ICBs using GPES/PSIRF say who died not why. Reform national LeDeR not abolish it. doi.org/10.1192/bjp.20…

www.cambridge.org Learning from deaths to improve lives: why England still needs a national LeDeR programme | The... Learning from deaths to improve lives: why England still needs a national LeDeR programme

Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Oct 29

Our r/w paper @sppejournal of evidence of Safeguarding adults with intellectual disability found no studies measure effectiveness/cost. Controlled evaluations/co-production/sustained staff training needed @PlymUni @PlymUniMedicine @CIDER_Research Freeview
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Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Oct 20

My FREE BOOK with Phil Tittensor published! 🙃Practical evidence-based guidance to improve diagnosis/treatment/safety/equitable care for epilepsy & intellectual disability. Please read & share! Thanks @ElaineC09261846 @SudepAction @Dr_Rhys for the foreword
karger.com/books/book/607…

karger.com Fast Facts: Epilepsy and Intellectual Disabilities Epilepsy is significantly more common in people with intellectual disability than in the general population, yet its diagnosis and management in this group

Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Oct 20

Forgotten this paper which came out when I was on holiday. Got reminded by recent write up in a science magazine
scienmag.com/indian-trained…
Thanks @sri_2050 @bipa_uk
& co-authors for helping shed light on this neglected area of psych academics. @CIDER_Research @PlymUni

scienmag.com Indian-trained psychiatrists in the UK want to do research but say the A new survey of Indian-origin international medical graduate psychiatrists in the UK finds high prior research experience and strong academic motivation, but persistent cultural, discriminatory and...

Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1 Oct 20

Our new paper @BioMedCentral Indian IMG psychiatrists arrive in UK with academic interest but face barriers of time/opportunity/mentoring/navigation/discrimination. Issue is access. Protected research time/mentoring can unlock talent. FREE ACCESS/DOWNLOAD
doi.org/10.1186/s12888…
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