Dr Beth McCausland
Research Doctor
Specialist Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry
Role
Sub-investigator for commercial research trials and academic research studies
Registrar for Dr Jay Amin’s specialist memory clinic service
Clinical Role
University Hospital Southampton Older Person’s Mental Health (OPMH) liaison team
Research with a working group on alcohol use in older people, loneliness and nutrition
Special Interests
Role of inflammation and the blood brain barrier in Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body Disease
Patient focused research
Qualifications
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, MRCPsych, 2021
Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education, University of Dundee, 2019
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, 2016
Bachelor of Science in Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology, King’s College London, 2014
Publications
Medicine optimisation and deprescribing intervention outcomes for older people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review (2025) Drugs & Aging
Dementia (2024) Medicine
Measuring the Permeability of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Alzheimer's Disease Using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (2023) British Journal of Psychiatry
Spectrum, risk factors and outcomes of neurological complications of COVID-19 (2021) Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Spectrum, risk factors and outcomes of neurological and psychiatric complications of COVID-19: a UK-wide cross-sectional surveillance study (2021) Brain Communications
A systematic review of the provision and efficacy of patient and carer information and support (PCIS) interventions for patients with dementia and their informal carers (2020) Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
A systematic review of the prevalence and odds of domestic abuse victimization among people with dementia (2016) International Review of Psychiatry