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Danilo Arnone Biography Academic Appointments Professional Education Teaching Experience Honors and Awards Publications Membership of Professional Associations Research Interests Clinical and Community Service
Professor of Psychiatry

Danilo Arnone

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Danilo Arnone joined MBRU from the University of Ottawa. He was previously based at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences in the United Arab Emirates University, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Centre for Affective Disorders (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London) in the UK. He trained in England at St George’s University of London, Oxford, Manchester (PhD) and latterly at the Maudsley hospital. He has expertise in neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, and mood disorders. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK.

Academic Appointments

2025 - Present

Full Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE

2024

Full Professor of Psychiatry

University of Ottawa and Consultant Psychiatrist, The Ottawa Hospital, Canada

2022 - 2023

Full Professor of Psychiatry

United Emirates University, UAE

2019 - 2022

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

United Emirates University, UAE

2015 - 2019

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Affective Disorders

King's College London, UK

2012 - 2015

Clinical Lecturer in Affective Disorders

King's College London, UK

Professional Education

2023

FRCPsych

Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK

2015

Certificate of completion of training in general psychiatry (liaison psychiatry)

UK

2012

PhD

University of Manchester, UK

2006

Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies

St George’s University of London, UK

2006

MRCPsych

Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK

1997

Doctor in Medicine

University of Palermo, IT, full marks and honors

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Clinical Psychiatry to undergraduate students 
  • Teaching Clinical Psychiatry to postgraduate students and psychiatric residents 
  • Mentoring Medical students, Masters and PhD students.

Honors and Awards

2014

First Prize, Mental Health Foundation research prize

Royal Society of Medicine, UK

2013

Research prize

European Psychiatric Association, EU

2013

Travel award, Biomedical Research Council

King’s College London, UK

2009

Poster prize

British Association for Psychopharmacology, UK

2009

Poster prize

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, EU

2009

Travel award

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, EU

2009

Poster prize

European Psychiatric Association, EU

2008

Travel award

British Association for Psychopharmacology, UK

1998

Research scholarship

University of Palermo, IT

1997

DM Distinction

University of Palermo, IT

Publications

Efficacy of Lamotrigine in the Treatment of Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: Meta-Analysis of Acute and Maintenance Randomised Controlled Trials

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Characterisation of treatment resistant mood disorder patients in the United Arab Emirates

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Assessment of cognitive domains in major depressive disorders using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

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Atlas of Gray Matter Volume Differences Across Psychiatric Conditions: A Systematic Review With a Novel Meta-Analysis That Considers Co-Occurring Disorders

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The involvement of serotonin in major depression: nescience in disguise?

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Risk of suicidal behavior in patients with major depression and bipolar disorder - A systematic review and meta-analysis of registry-based studies

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Cross-cultural differences through subjective cognition: illustration in translatology with the SSTIC-E in the UAE.

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Neuroanatomical dimensions in medication-free individuals with major depressive disorder and treatment response to SSRI antidepressant medications or placebo.

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The Utility of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 Variants to Guide Pharmacological Treatment in Complex Unipolar Major Depression: A Pilot Longitudinal Study

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Happy Birthday "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": A Momentous Tale in the Quest for an Effective and Ethical Approach to Psychosurgery.

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Membership of Professional Associations

  • Royal College of Psychiatrists UK

Research Interests

  • Severe psychiatric illnesses, particularly mood disorders 
  • Investigation into the cause and treatment of psychiatric conditions with specific interest in psychopharmacology  
  • Multimodal neuroimaging techniques  
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Clinical and Community Service

  • Actively functioning as consultant psychiatrist  
  • University administration and service  
  • Community service in the UK, Canada and UAE
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  • Hind Bint Maktoum College of Nursing and Midwifery
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