Rebecca Wilkinson

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Rebecca graduated in Medicine from University College London in 2018, having also completed an iBSc in Medical Sciences. She completed foundation training in Hertfordshire. Following this Rebecca completed 6 months as a Trust Grade on an CAMHS inpatient ward within Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust, before commencing her Core Psychiatry training at South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust. After completing her CT1 year in Oxleas, Rebecca is now a CT2 working at the Royal Bethlem Hospital. Previously the Oxleas trainee rep, Rebecca is now the Croydon and Bethlem trainee rep. She is a Maudsley Journal Club co-organiser. Rebecca is also a Maudsley Learning Podcast host. Rebecca is interested in CAMHS, psychosis and Medical Education.

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Serotonin hypothesis of depression: balance (and imbalance) is in the eye of the beholder

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The 2022 review by Moncrieff et al on the serotonin theory of depression received a great deal of media coverage. In this blog, Rebecca Wilkinson and Sameer Jauhar shed fresh light on this research and what it means for mental health science and practice.

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