Dr Andrew Stanfield

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Division of Psychiatry)
Patrick Wild Centre

Tel: 0131 537 6265
Email: andrew.stanfield@ed.ac.uk

Biography

Background

Following completion of his basic specialist training in psychiatry, Dr Stanfield took up a position as a clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Within this post he obtained a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship to examine the relationship between the autism and schizophrenia spectrums.

Following this, he was appointed as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry and Co-director of the Patrick Wild Centre.

He undertakes clinical work as an honorary consultant psychiatrist for NHS Lothian Learning Disability Services, including sessions for the Regional Autism Spectrum Disorders Consultancy Service.

He is also a founding board member of Tailor Ed Foundation, a lottery funded charity which provides behavioural interventions to children with autism.

Responsibilities & affiliations

Co-director of the Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X Syndrome & Intellectual Disabilities

Member of the Scottish Government Autism Reference Group

Member of the Executive Committee of the Academic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Board member, Tailor Ed Foundation

Research

Research summary

Dr Stanfield’s research interests primarily relate to the autism spectrum, intellectual disabilities and related neurodevelopmental disorders. While our understanding of these conditions has increased dramatically in recent years, in many cases this has yet to be translated into meaningful clinical benefits for individuals affected by them. His research is aimed at bridging this gap.

Publications

Predictors of psychotic symptoms among young people with special educational needs: a 6 year follow-up study Jul 2019 In: The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 215, no. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.296
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Decreased functional brain response to emotional arousal and increased psychiatric symptomology in FMR1 premutation carriers 29 Jan 2019 In: Psychiatry Research-Neuroimaging, vol. 285, pp. 9-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.01.011
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Evaluating Sex and Age Differences in ADI-R and ADOS Scores in a Large European Multi-site Sample of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (16 pages) 1 Jul 2018 In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 2490-2505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3510-4
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
The experience and impact of anxiety in autistic adults : A thematic analysis (11 pages) 1 Feb 2018 In: Research in autism spectrum disorders, vol. 46, pp. 8-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2017.11.006
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Age-related functional brain changes in FMR1 premutation carriers (7 pages) 2018 In: NeuroImage: Clinical, vol. 17, pp. 761-767
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2017.12.016
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on Aug 17, 2019