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Scientific papers & talks

Dr McPhillips is regularly invited to contribute papers and opinions to leading medical journals, and to address psychiatric conferences. Here is a selection of his recent contributions:

Reasonable Adjustment and Mental Illness in the Workplace

Presentation at the Disability Discrimination Conference 2017, London
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Not for Human Consumption

New Psychoactive Substances aka ‘Legal Highs’
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Improving the Treatment and Assessment of Drug and Alcohol-Impaired Parents in Custody Proceedings

Talk given to Independent Doctors’ Federation Conference in 2014
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Comorbid non-alcohol substance misuse among people with schizophrenia: epidemiological study in central London

The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 2001 179:509-13. PMID: 11731353

Critical analysis and comparison of the side-effect and safety profiles of the new antipsychotics

The British Journal of Psychiatry Suppl. 1999;(38):34-43. Review PMID: 10884898

Neurobehavioural characteristics and relapse in addiction

British Journal of Psychiatry. 2006 May;188:494; author reply 494. PMID: 16648546

Risk-taking on tests sensitive to ventromedial prefrontal cortex dysfunction predicts early relapse in alcohol dependency: a pilot study

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Summer;17(3):417-20. PMID: 16179667

Novel antipsychotics, extrapyramidal side effects and tardive dyskinesia

Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 1998 Mar;13 Suppl 3:S49-57. Review. PMID: 9690971

Hair analysis. New laboratory ability to test for substance use

The British Journal of Psychiatry October 1998;173:287-90. PMID: 9926030

Detecting comorbid substance misuse among people with schizophrenia in the community: a study comparing the results of questionnaires with analysis of hair and urine

Schizophr Res. 1997 May 24;25(2):141-8. PMID: 9187013

Personality disorder and police section 136 in Westminster: a retrospective analysis of 65 assessments over six months

Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 1995 Sep;10 Suppl 3:115-21. Review. PMID: 8866773

How to distinguish between the neuroleptic-induced deficit syndrome, depression and disease-related negative symptoms in schizophrenia

Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 1995 Sep;10 Suppl 3:115-21. Review. PMID: 8866773

Decriminalisation of cannabis

Lancet. 1995 Dec 23-30;346(8991-8992):1709. PMID: 8551852

Capgras’ syndrome in association with lithium toxicity

British Journal of Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;160:574. PMID: 1571777

Dr McPhillips is regularly invited to address conventions of psychiatrists and lawyers to share his expertise in adult psychiatry, substance abuse, and addictive or compulsive behaviour. Please contact his office if you would like to discuss his possible involvement in a conference you are planning.