Chesney
Edward
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Academic Clinical Lecturer
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King's College London
In Programme
- October, 23 to
About
Edward Chesney works as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and as a clinical lecturer at the Department of Addictions, King’s College London. He is interested in developing novel pharmacological interventions for individuals with severe mental illness and co-morbid substance use disorders, particularly those with cannabis or opiate use disorder. He has helped develop laboratory models of cannabis-induced psychosis and opiate-induced respiratory depression in patient populations. He also works on several clinical trials of cannabidiol for people with early psychosis and pharmacokinetic studies of naloxone and cannabidiol formulations.
