About

Steven has been a Consultant Psychiatrist for over 15 years and has experience of the assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental disorders.

He studied Medicine at the University of Cambridge and then University College London Medical School before qualifying as a Doctor in 1996. He trained in Psychiatry in North London, and after a period of working around England and also Germany (for the British army) he took up substantive academic and NHS Consultant positions in 2009 in the Midlands. He has been a Professor of Psychiatry in Birmingham since 2018.

Accreditations

- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

- Indemnity by the Medical Protection Society

- Registered with the General Medical Council

-Approved as having specialist experience in mental disorders under the Mental Health Act

-Currently I am an examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatrists

-Member of the British Association of Psychopharmacology

Education and Training

2014 -Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.

2012 -Postgraduate awards in i] Essentials of Clinical Education, and ii] Assessment and Evaluation.

2008- PhD: University College London

2005-Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training

2001-MSc (with distinction): University College London

2001-Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

1996-MBBS (Lon): University College London Medical School

1993-BA: Cambridge University

Recent publications

Durdurak BB, Williams B, Zhigalov A, et al. Factors associated with chronic depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood: a UK birth cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2024;33:e32. doi:10.1017/S2045796024000350
Marwaha, S., Palmer, E., Suppes, T., Cons, E., Young, A.H. and Upthegrove, R., 2022. Novel and emerging treatments for major depression. The Lancet.
Marwaha, S., Thompson, A., Bebbington, P., Singh, S.P., Freeman, D., Winsper, C. and Broome, M.R., 2015. Adult attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and psychosis: epidemiological evidence from a population survey in England. Psychiatry research, 229(1-2), pp.49-56.
Rowland T, Marwaha S. Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. 2018 Apr 26: 2045125318769235.
Dubad M, Winsper C, Meyer C, Livanou M, Marwaha S. A systematic review of the psychometric properties, usability and clinical impacts of mobile mood-monitoring applications in young people. Psychological Medicine. 2018;48(2):208-228. doi:10.1017/S0033291717001659
Hett, D., Rogers, J., Humpston, C. and Marwaha, S., 2021. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of depression in adolescence: a systematic review. Journal of affective disorders, 278, pp.460-469.
Marwaha, S., Hett, D., Johnson, S., Fowler, D., Hodgekins, J., Freemantle, N., McCrone, P., Everard, L., Jones, P., Amos, T. and Singh, S., 2021. The impact of manic symptoms in first‐episode psychosis: Findings from the UK National EDEN study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 144(4), pp.358-367.
Marwaha S, Winsper C, Bebbington P and Smith D. Cannabis misuse and hypomania in young people: a prospective analysis of UK Birth Cohort study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx158
Winsper C, Tang N, Marwaha S, Lereya A, Gibbs M, Thompson A, Singh SP. The sleep phenotype of Borderline Personality Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews 73,48–67
Scott, J., Etain, B., Miklowitz, D., Crouse, J.J., Carpenter, J., Marwaha, S., Smith, D., Merikangas, K. and Hickie, I., 2022. A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep and circadian rhythms disturbances in individuals at high-risk of developing or with early onset of bipolar disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, p.104585.
Joyce K, Thompson A, Marwaha S. Is treatment for bipolar disorder more effective earlier in illness course? A comprehensive literature review. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 4, 1