Summary
Professor Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD, is a Visiting Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London, UK. Previously he was a full-time substantive Clinical Professor of adult Neuropsychiatry and Neurodevelopmental disorder at the University of Birmingham and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Cardiff University and the University of Aberdeen. His research interests include neuropsychiatry of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), particularly apathy syndrome and aggressive behaviour following traumatic brain injury (TBI). His other research interests are epilepsy and intellectual disabilities (ID), dementia, and Down's syndrome. His current work is on the psychopharmacology of aggression in people with TBI and ID. He has also done some preliminary work on advanced neuroimaging (VBM, DTI, fMRI, EEG-fMRI, MRS, etc.), particularly in the context of social cognitive impairment in TBI. He has over 340 publications, including more than 12 books and 60 book chapters and made over 250 presentations at national and international conferences (including keynote speeches and chairing of sessions). His citation index is 9032, h-index is 50, and the i10 index is 136 (25.06.23). He has received over £4 million in research funding from the UK Department of Health, NIHR, the Wellcome Trust, and other charities, and previously led a research and teaching team of over 20 members at the University of Birmingham. He also led MSc courses on Epilepsy and co-led Neuropsychiatry at the University of Birmingham and Psychological Medicine at Cardiff University.
Publications
Journals
Tarasova D, Rösner P, Deb S, et al., 2024, Validation of the German version of the DSQIID in adults with intellectual disabilities, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol:148, ISSN:0891-4222
Deb S, Limbu B, 2024, Training direct care staff to empower adults with intellectual disabilities and their families to reduce overmedication, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Vol:8, ISSN:2366-7532, Pages:192-197
Deb S, Limbu B, Bianco A, et al., 2024, Ethical prescribing of psychotropic medications for people with neurodevelopmental disorders, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Vol:8, ISSN:2366-7532, Pages:198-207
Deb S, Roy M, Limbu B, 2023, Pharmacological management of psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder, Bjpsych Advances, Vol:29, ISSN:2056-4686, Pages:322-333
Deb S, Roy M, Limbu B, et al., 2023, Randomised controlled trials of antipsychotics for people with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and a meta-analysis, Psychological Medicine, ISSN:0033-2917