Professor Dheeraj Rai
MBBS, FRCPsych, PhD
Current positions
Professor of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
A PhD mini project, Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study;Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020
Thesis supervisions
Assessing causality of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring intellectual disability
Supervisors
At the intersection of autism and psychosis
Supervisors
Anti-seizure medication prescription during preconception period and pregnancy with risk of orofacial clefts in offspring
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
12/05/2023Antidepressant use during trimester one and pregnancy loss: a longitudinal study in CPRD
Antidepressant use during trimester one and pregnancy loss: a longitudinal study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Patterns of antidepressant prescribing during pregnancy between 1996 and 2018 using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Patterns of antidepressant prescribing during pregnancy between 1996 And 2018 using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Antidepressants in pregnancy
Health Technology Assessment
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