Updates and Insights from the Authors of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series

The Conference took place in London on Tuesday 6th October 2026

Chaired by Professor David Taylor and Professor Sir Robin Murray.   

Speakers at the Conference:

Professor David Taylor

 Professor of Psychopharmacology, King’s College London

Director of Pharmacy and Pathology, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Sir Robin Murray

Professor of Psychiatric Research, Kings College London

Dr Siobhan Gee

Deputy Director of Pharmacy and Consultant Pharmacist for Liaison Psychiatry, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Director, Mind & Body programme King’s Health Partners

Honorary Senior Lecturer, King’s College London

Dr Toby Pillinger

Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Reader in Translational Psychiatry, King’s College London

Professor Marta Di Forti

Professor of Drug use, Genetics and Psychosis. Kings College London

Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Richard Lyus

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Delia Bishara

Consultant Pharmacist for Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Mark Horowitz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Adelaide University

Visiting Lecturer in Psychopharmacology, King’s College London

Kate Organ

Consultant Pharmacist for hormone related mental health, ADHD assessor, BMS Menopause Specialist

Professor Mario F. Juruena

Professor of Affective Disorders and Translational Psychiatry, King’s College London


Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust


Head of the Maudsley Advanced Treatment Service (MATS), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Attracting delegates from across the globe, the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Annual Conference presents the latest evidence-based research and developments in clinical psychopharmacology.