Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Current Research Interests
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Neuroimaging studies of schizophrenia and related disorders, especially to identify genetic effects and for early detection
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Developing novel interventions for schizophrenia and those at high risk
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Building integrated biopsychosocial models of psychiatric disorders
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Dispelling myths and promoting truths about psychiatric disorders
My research in a nutshell
My overarching goal is to develop research tools to provide objective diagnoses and improve the management of major psychiatric disorder.
I am particularly interested in clinical applications of brain imaging in schizophrenia and other psychoses, and in the development of novel treatments that might enhance outcomes in established schizophrenia and possibly even prevent psychosis in high risk populations.
My own research has primarily involved using structural and functional brain imaging to distinguish patients with schizophrenia from their relatives, and from other patients with major psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and autism.
Research Themes and Networks
- Edinburgh Mental Health Network
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Assessing a prediction model for depression risk using an early adolescent sample with self-reported depression
Xu, E. Y., MacSweeney, N., Thng, G., Barbu, M. C., Shen, X., Kwong, A. S. F., Romaniuk, L., McIntosh, A., Lawrie, S. M. & Whalley, H. C., 11 Jun 2025, In: JCPP Advances. 5, 2, 14 p., e12276.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The value of mental science: we publish what matters
Malhi, G. S., Adlington, K., Al-Diwani, A., Ali, S., Arya, R., Baldwin, D. S., Batley, P., Bell, E., Berrios, G., Beveridge, A., Bhat, M., Bhugra, D., Biswas, A., Byford, S., Campbell, C., Cass, H., Chadda, R. K., Chamberlain, S. R., Chevance, A. & Comasco, E. & 59 others, , 9 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
O'Hare, K., Lång, U., Healy, C., Kougianou, I., Talukder, A., Murray, R., Lawrie, S. M., John, A. & Kelleher, I., 14 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Overlapping structural and functional connectivity disruptions in clinical high-risk for psychosis participants: A network analysis study
Paton, A., 't-Jong, T.G., Gajwani, R., Gross, J., Gumley, A. I., Lawrie, S. M., Schwannauer, M., Schultze-Lutter, F. & Uhlhaas, P. J., 12 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 47, p. 103803Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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No health without aid and development
Hanlon, C., Pickersgill, M., Segal, L. B., Jain, S., Collin, J., Chiumento, A., MacBeth, A., Stenhouse, R., Grant, L., Morroni, C., Eddleston, M., Nair, H., Amanfo, S. A., Holloway, A., Lawrie, S. M., Griffiths, H., Stewart, R., Seward, N. & Harrison, E. M., May 2025, In: The Lancet. 13, 5, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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Activities
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Visit from the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland
Iveson, M. (Contributor), McIntosh, A. (Host), Beange, I. (Contributor), Kirkham, E. (Contributor), Harris, M. (Contributor), Pugh, C. (Contributor), Fletcher-Watson, S. (Contributor), Stewart, R. (Contributor), Lawrie, S. (Contributor), Buchanan, C. (Contributor), Mathieson, P. W. (Chair), Porteous, D. (Contributor), Boardman, J. (Contributor) & Macbeth, A. (Contributor)
16 Jan 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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Out of sight, Out of Mind
Lawrie, S. (Invited speaker)
31 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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NIHR Oxford BRC for Mental Health Review
Lawrie, S. (Advisor)
10 Oct 2019Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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Visit from the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
McIntosh, A. (Host), Beange, I. (Contributor), Iveson, M. (Contributor), Kirkham, E. (Contributor), Harris, M. (Contributor), Pugh, C. (Contributor), Fletcher-Watson, S. (Contributor), Stewart, R. (Contributor), Lawrie, S. (Advisor), Buchanan, C. (Contributor) & Seckl, J. (Chair)
9 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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Imaging of people at high of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Lawrie, S. (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hub For Metabolic Psychiatry
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator), McIntosh, A. (Co-investigator), Whalley, H. (Co-investigator), Lawrie, S. (Co-investigator) & Campbell, I. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/29
Project: Research
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Psychosis Recovery Orientation in Malawi by Improving Services and Engagement
Lawrie, S. (Principal Investigator), Allardyce, J. (Co-investigator) & McIntosh, A. (Co-investigator)
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Psychosis Recovery Orientation in Malawi by Improving Services and Engagement
Lawrie, S. (Principal Investigator), Allardyce, J. (Co-investigator), Jain, S. (Co-investigator), Macbeth, A. (Co-investigator), McIntosh, A. (Co-investigator) & Pickersgill, M. (Co-investigator)
1/03/22 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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Translational Neuroscience 2
Lawrie, S. (Principal Investigator), Lawrie, S. (Principal Investigator) & Price, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/20 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
Datasets
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Scottish Family Mental Health (SFMH) Study Dataset
Cooper, A. (Creator), Blackwood, D. (Creator), Lawrie, S. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Romaniuk, L. (Creator), Semple, S. (Creator), Duff, B. (Creator) & Whalley, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataVault, 10 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.7488/7f08e5f1-b300-4a32-bd18-ef511f82c390
Dataset
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A Celebration of Scottish Health Cohort Studies: Participants' attitudes towards data research
Beange, I. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Kirkham, E. (Creator), Fletcher-Watson, S. (Creator), Lawrie, S. (Creator), Batty, G. D. (Creator), Boardman, J. (Creator), Black, C. (Creator) & Porteous, D. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 16 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2728
Dataset
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Views on sharing mental and physical health data among people with and without experience of mental illness
Fletcher-Watson, S. (Creator), Beange, I. (Creator), Chan, S. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Kirkham, E. (Creator), Lawrie, S. (Creator), Crompton, C. (Creator) & Iveson, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 11 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3486, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.02.21251041v1
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Data from: Use of novel psychoactive substances by inpatients on general adult psychiatric wards
Stanley, J. L. (Creator), Mogford, D. V. (Creator), Lawrence, R. J. (Creator) & Lawrie, S. M. (Creator), Dryad, 4 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.gp545, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.gp545
Dataset
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Data from: Resting-state gamma-band power alterations in schizophrenia reveal E/I-balance abnormalities across illness-stages
Grent-'T-Jong, T. (Creator), Gross, J. (Creator), Goense, J. (Creator), Wibral, M. (Creator), Gajwani, R. (Creator), Gumley, A. I. (Creator), Lawrie, S. M. (Creator), Schwannauer, M. (Creator), Schultze-Lutter, F. (Creator), Schröder, T. N. (Creator), Koethe, D. (Creator), Leweke, F. M. (Creator), Singer, W. (Creator) & Uhlhaas, P. J. (Creator), Dryad, 5 Sept 2019
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Press/Media
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Hollywood past saves climber given dementia death sentence
22/02/19 → 23/02/19
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Hiring people with schizophrenia benefits both patients and companies, says Prof Stephen Lawrie (Psychiatry)
1/02/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Review of Professor Stephen Lawrie at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016
28/09/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Prof Stephen Lawrie discusses obsessive compulsive disorder
16/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Prof Stephen Lawrie comments on study linking genetic mutation and mental illness
20/08/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment