Professor Matthew Broome BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons), PGCAP, PhD, PhD, FRCPsych

Professor Matthew Broome

School of Psychology
Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health
Director of the Institute for Mental Health

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School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Matthew is an academic psychiatrist and Director of the Institute for Mental Health at the University.  He is a leader in the field of early psychosis and in the philosophy and ethics of mental health.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons), PGCAP, PhD, PhD, FRCPsych

Matthew is medical doctor and who has undertaken postgraduate training in psychiatry.  He works clinically as Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Birmingham.  Matthew has PhDs in both Psychiatry (neuroimaging and cognitive neuropsychology) and in Philosophy.

Biography

Matthew studied as an undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, where he graduated with degrees in Neuropharmacology and in Medicine.  After working as a junior doctor in the University Hospitals in Birmingham, he moved to the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to undertake training in postgraduate psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.  After attaining his MRCPsych, Matthew was clinical research fellow and subsequently Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, where he undertook his first PhD. During this time, he helped the development of novel Early Intervention in Psychosis services in South London, and specifically the OASIS service for those who may be in the prodromal phase of illness.

 

In 2006, Matthew was appointed as Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Warwick and, in 2013, Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.  He remains affiliated to St Hilda’s College and is a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford.  In 2017, he returned to the University of Birmingham to take up his current post. In parallel to his University role, Matthew is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to the East Birmingham Early Intervention in Psychosis service, part of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and is NIHR CRN West Midlands Clinical Research Lead.

Teaching

Matthew teaching on the School of Psychology undergraduate Psychology courses and is part of the leadership team for the Institute for Mental Health MSc in Mental Health. He co-leads (with Lisa Bortolotti) the module in the Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Postgraduate supervision

Matthew is interested in supervising students in the following areas:

  • Delusions
  • Prodromal Psychosis and the ARMS/UHR
  • Mood instability and dysregulation
  • The relationship between autism and schizophrenia
  • Functional neuroimaging and psychiatry
  • Phenomenological psychopathology
  • Interdisciplinary mental health
  • Philosophy and ethics of mental health

Please contact Matthew directly.

Current Doctoral Research Students

Delfina Bilello

Joseph Houlders 

Aneela Khan

Eugenia Lancellotta

Noorit Larson

Lucy Prior

Rosa Ritunanno

Jess Williams

Post-doctoral Research Fellows

Clara Humpston

Isabel Morales-Munoz

Research

Research interests:

Early psychosis (first episode and prodrome), delusion formation, mood instability, autism and schizophrenia, GABA, psychiatric neuroimaging, phenomenological psychopathology,  philosophy and ethics of mental health, interdisciplinary mental health, youth mental health, medical humanities.

Researcher identifier numbers:

orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-8884
Scopus Author ID: 7006823993

Other activities

Matthew is Deputy Editor of The British Journal of Psychiatry, and editor for the Oxford University Press book series, International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry.

Matthew is an Executive Committee member of the International Association of Youth Mental Health. 

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Loi, S, Joshee, P, Ottridge, R, Woolley, R, Gkini, E, Asherson, P, Young, AH, Al-Janabi, H, Broome, M, Roberts, A, Gottlieb, N, Hindmarch, P, Silman, D, Sharma, P, Juruena, M, Nair, R, Mukherjee, T, Katshu, MZUH & Marwaha, S 2025, 'A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Stimulant compared with Non-stimulant medication for adults with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and a history of Psychosis or biPolar disordER: SNAPPER', Trials, vol. 26, 475. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09214-w

Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ), Allott, K, Yassin, W, Alameda, L, Billah, T, Borders, O, Buccilli, K, Carrión, RE, Castillo-Passi, RI, Cho, KIK, Chin, K, Coleman, MJ, Colton, B-L, Corral, S, Dwyer, D, Gundersen, KB, Gur, RC, Hoftman, GD, Jacobs, GR, Kelly, S, Lewandowski, KE, Marcy, PJ, Matneja, P, McLaughlin, D, Nunez, AR, Parsa, S, Penzel, N, Ray, S, Reinen, JM, Ruparel, K, Sand, MS, Santorelli, G, Seitz-Holland, J, Spark, J, Tamayo, Z, Thompson, A, Tod, S, Wannan, CMJ, Wickham, A, Wood, SJ, Zoupou, E, Addington, J, Anticevic, A, Arango, C, Breitborde, NJK, Broome, MR, Cadenhead, KS, Calkins, ME, Chen, EYH, Choi, J, Conus, P, Corcoran, CM, Cornblatt, BA, Ellman, LM, Fusar-Poli, P, Gaspar, PA, Gerber, C, Glenthøj, LB, Horton, LE, Hui, CLM, Kambeitz, J, Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L, Keshavan, M, Kim, SW, Koutsouleris, N, Kwon, JS, Langbein, K, Mamah, D, Diaz‐Caneja, CM, Mathalon, DH, Mittal, VA, Nordentoft, M, Pearlson, GD, Perkins, DO, Perez, J, Powers III, AR, Rogers, J, Sabb, FW, Schiffman, J, Shah, JL, Silverstein, SM, Smesny, S, Strauss, GP, Thompson, JL, Upthegrove, R, Verma, SK, Wang, J, Wolf, DH, Pasternak, O, Bouix, S, McGorry, PD, Kane, JM, Kahn, RS, Bearden, CE, Shenton, ME, Woods, SW, Nelson, B & Stone, WS 2025, 'Cognitive assessment in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program: harmonization priorities and strategies in a diverse international sample', Schizophrenia, vol. 11, no. 1, 49. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00578-1

Parker, S, Pearson, L, Carney, R, Bentall, RP, Broome, MR, Cernis, E, Clarke, T, Jones, S, Moran, K, Wilson, J, Coleman, I, Hewitt, C, Jones, W, Law, H, Peters, S, Shields, G, Shiers, D, Strachan, L, Strong, A, Watson, J & Sutton, CJ 2025, 'Cognitive behavioural therapy in comparison to treatment as usual in young adults at high risk of developing bipolar disorder (Bipolar At Risk): a randomised controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of a treatment approach targeted at key appraisal change: Bipolar At Risk Trial II (BART II)', BMC Psychiatry, vol. 25, 649. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06973-3

Bilgrami, ZR, Broome, MR, Rogers, J, Upthegrove, R, Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ) & Wolff, PM 2025, 'Collecting language, speech acoustics, and facial expression to predict psychosis and other clinical outcomes: strategies from the AMP® SCZ initiative', Schizophrenia, vol. 11, 125. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00669-z

Ritunnano, R, Littlemore, J, Nelson, B, Humpston, C & Broome, M 2025, 'Delusion as embodied emotion: a qualitatively-driven, multimethod study in first-episode psychosis in the UK', The Lancet Psychiatry.

Street-Mattox, C, Broome, MR, Ng, F, Griffiths, L & Jordan, G 2025, 'How does stigma impact acts of compassion among people with borderline personality disorder', Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2024.72

Broeker, MD & Broome, MR 2025, '“Minimal self” locked into a model: exploring the prospect of formalizing intentionality in schizophrenia', Philosophical Psychology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 331-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2024.2365935

Addington, J, Broome, MR, Rogers, J, Upthegrove, R & Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ) 2025, 'Sample Ascertainment and Recruitment Sources in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program', Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, vol. 6, no. 1, sgaf013. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaf013

Wannan, CMJ, Nelson, B, Addington, J, Allott, K, Anticevic, A, Arango, C, Baker, JT, Bearden, CE, Billah, T, Bouix, S, Broome, MR, Buccilli, K, Cadenhead, KS, Calkins, ME, Cannon, TD, Cecci, G, Chen, EYH, Cho, KIK, Choi, J, Clark, SR, Coleman, MJ, Conus, P, Corcoran, CM, Cornblatt, BA, Diaz-Caneja, CM, Dwyer, D, Ebdrup, BH, Ellman, LM, Fusar-Poli, P, Galindo, L, Gaspar, PA, Gerber, C, Glenthøj, LB, Glynn, R, Harms, MP, Horton, LE, Kahn, RS, Kambeitz, J, Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L, Kane, JM, Kapur, T, Keshavan, MS, Kim, SW, Koutsouleris, N, Kubicki, M, Kwon, JS, Langbein, K, Lewandowski, KE, Light, GA, Mamah, D, Marcy, PJ, Mathalon, DH, McGorry, PD, Mittal, VA, Nordentoft, M, Nunez, A, Pasternak, O, Pearlson, GD, Perez, J, Perkins, DO, Powers, AR, Roalf, DR, Sabb, FW, Schiffman, J, Shah, JL, Smesny, S, Spark, J, Stone, WS, Strauss, GP, Tamayo, Z, Torous, J, Upthegrove, R, Vangel, M, Verma, S, Wang, J, Rossum, IWV, Wolf, DH, Wolff, P, Wood, SJ, Yung, AR, Agurto, C, Alvarez-Jimenez, M, Amminger, P, Armando, M, Asgari-Targhi, A, Cahill, J, Carrión, RE, Castro, E, Cetin-Karayumak, S, Mallar Chakravarty, M, Cho, YT, Cotter, D, D'Alfonso, S, Ennis, M, Fadnavis, S, Fonteneau, C, Gao, C, Gupta, T, Gur, RE, Gur, RC, Hamilton, HK, Hoftman, GD, Jacobs, GR, Jarcho, J, Ji, JL, Kohler, CG, Lalousis, PA, Lavoie, S, Lepage, M, Liebenthal, E, Mervis, J, Murty, V, Nicholas, SC, Ning, L, Penzel, N, Poldrack, R, Polosecki, P, Pratt, DN, Rabin, R, Rahimi Eichi, H, Rathi, Y, Reichenberg, A, Reinen, J, Rogers, J, Ruiz-Yu, B, Scott, I, Seitz-Holland, J, Srihari, VH, Srivastava, A, Thompson, A, Turetsky, BI, Walsh, BC, Whitford, T, Wigman, JTW, Yao, B, Yuen, HP, Ahmed, U, Byun, AJS, Chung, Y, Do, K, Hendricks, L, Huynh, K, Jeffries, C, Lane, E, Langholm, C, Lin, E, Mantua, V, Santorelli, G, Ruparel, K, Zoupou, E, Adasme, T, Addamo, L, Adery, L, Ali, M, Auther, A, Aversa, S, Baek, SH, Bates, K, Bathery, A, Bayer, JMM, Beedham, R, Bilgrami, Z, Birch, S, Bonoldi, I, Borders, O, Borgatti, R, Brown, L, Bruna, A, Carrington, H, Castillo-Passi, RI, Chen, J, Cheng, N, Ching, AE, Clifford, C, Colton, BL, Contreras, P, Corral, S, Damiani, S, Done, M, Estradé, A, Etuka, BA, Formica, M, Furlan, R, Geljic, M, Germano, C, Getachew, R, Goncalves, M, Haidar, A, Hartmann, J, Jo, A, John, O, Kerins, S, Kerr, M, Kesselring, I, Kim, H, Kim, N, Kinney, K, Krcmar, M, Kotler, E, Lafanechere, M, Lee, C, Llerena, J, Markiewicz, C, Matnejl, P, Maturana, A, Mavambu, A, Mayol-Troncoso, R, McDonnell, A, McGowan, A, McLaughlin, D, McIlhenny, R, McQueen, B, Mebrahtu, Y, Mensi, M, Hui, CLM, Suen, YN, Wong, SMY, Morrell, N, Omar, M, Partridge, A, Phassouliotis, C, Pichiecchio, A, Politi, P, Porter, C, Provenzani, U, Prunier, N, Raj, J, Ray, S, Rayner, V, Reyes, M, Reynolds, K, Rush, S, Salinas, C, Shetty, J, Snowball, C, Tod, S, Turra-Fariña, G, Valle, D, Veale, S, Whitson, S, Wickham, A, Youn, S, Zamorano, F, Zavaglia, E, Zinberg, J, Woods, SW & Shenton, ME 2024, 'Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis', Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 496-512. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae011

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Agency in Practice team, Larkin, M, McCabe, R, Bortolotti, L, Broome, M, Craythorne, S-L, Temple, R, Lim, M, Fadashe, C, Sims, C, Sharples, O & Cottrell, J 2024, Being Understood: Epistemic Injustice Towards Young People Seeking Support for Their Mental Health. in L Bortolotti (ed.), Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare: Recognising Agency and Promoting Virtues Across the Life Span. 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68881-2_1

Abstract

Addington, J, Broome, MR, Rogers, J, Upthegrove, R & Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ) 2025, 'Baseline Clinical Characterization of Participants in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program', Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, vol. 6, no. 1, sgaf012. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaf012

Comment/debate

Stand Together Team, Bowes, L, Babu, M, Badger, JR, Broome, MR, Cannings-John, R, Clarkson, S, Coulman, E, Edwards, RT, Ford, T, Hastings, RP, Hayes, R, Lugg-Widger, F, Owen-Jones, E, Patterson, P, Segrott, J, Sydenham, M, Townson, J, Watkins, RC, Whiteley, H, Williams, ME & Hutchings, J 2025, 'The effects and costs of an anti-bullying program (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial – CORRIGENDUM', Psychological Medicine, vol. 55, e107. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291725000248

ISARIC4C Investigators, COVID-CNS Consortium, Michael, BD, Dunai, C, Needham, EJ, Tharmaratnam, K, Williams, R, Huang, Y, Boardman, SA, Clark, JJ, Sharma, P, Subramaniam, K, Wood, GK, Collie, C, Digby, R, Ren, A, Norton, E, Leibowitz, M, Ebrahimi, S, Fower, A, Fox, H, Tato, E, Ellul, MA, Sunderland, G, Held, M, Hetherington, C, Egbe, FN, Palmos, A, Stirrups, K, Grundmann, A, Chiollaz, AC, Sanchez, JC, Stewart, JP, Solomon, T, Breen, G, Coles, AJ, Kingston, N, Bradley, JR, Chinnery, PF, Cavanagh, J, Irani, SR, Vincent, A, Baillie, JK, Openshaw, PJ, Semple, MG, Taams, LS, Menon, DK & Griffiths, MJ 2024, 'Author Correction: Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 2918. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47320-6

Editorial

Spencer, L, Broome, MR & Stanghellini, G 2025, 'The future of phenomenological psychopathology', Philosophical Psychology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2024.2403881

Review article

Durdurak, BB, Morales Munoz, I, de Cates, A, Wiseman, CE, Broome, MR & Marwaha, S 2025, 'Underlying biological mechanisms of emotion dysregulation in Bipolar Disorder', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 16, 1552992. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1552992

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Expertise

I am a psychiatrist interested in the onset of mental disorders in young people. I have worked largely in the area of early psychosis, and am also interested in mood instability, autism, bullying, suicide and self-harm, and the philosophy and ethics of mental health.

  • Mental illness
  • Mental illness in young people
  • Early psychosis (especially high-risk)
  • Philosophy and ethics in mental health
  • Mood instability
  • Autism
  • Suicide and self-harm
  • Cognitive neuropsychology

Policy experience