Biography
Dr. Lakshmi Yatham is a member of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, the director of the Institute of Mental Health and a professor and the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is also the regional head of psychiatry and regional program medical director for mental health and addictions at Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care. He has an executive MBA in health care from the Sauder School of Business.
Dr. Yatham’s areas of research interest include neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorders. He has published close to 450 papers in peer-reviewed international journals including New England Journal of Medicine, World Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, Nature Mental Health and JAMA Psychiatry with over 40,000 citations to his work.
Research Studies
Investigating psilocybin to treat depression in bipolar II disorder
Investigating the effectiveness of CBD for bipolar depression
Study of the Efficacy of Lurasidone in Cognitive Functioning in Bipolar Patients (ELICE_BD)
Bipolar Depression and the efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
Mood Stabilizer (MS)+ Antidepressant vs MS + Placebo in Maintenance of Bipolar Disorder
News and Awards
Publications
- The lancet. Psychiatry -
- The New England journal of medicine -
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science -
- Bipolar disorders -
- Psychological medicine -
