Head of Department
Director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Unit
Richard Porter's main research interests are in the treatment of mood disorders.
He has a particular interest in clinical trials in mood disorders, service delivery, psychological treatments and electroconvulsive therapy.
He has conducted multiple studies into the neurobiology of mood disorders and particularly the neurobiology of cognitive impairment and is now conducting studies of cognitive remediation in mood disorders.
He is a consultant psychiatrist specialising in psychiatric care of adults with intellectual disability and also sees patients with treatment resistant mood disorders for second opinions regarding treatment.