External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
I am currently employed as a consultant clinical psychologist by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
Research interests
I have conducted research on the role of cognitive processes such as attention and memory, especially with regard to addiction and compulsive habits. I have recently been involved in a research trial funded by the National Institute for Health Research. My work has been published in scientific journals.I ahve written a self-help book "Willpower for Dummies"
Personal interests
Travel, physical fitness and the arts
Awards received
I was awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship by Birkbeck College, University of London in 2002. I accepted an Honorary Senior Lectureship In the Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College in 2009. This was renewed in 2012 and 2015.
Publications
2014
Willpower for Dummies. Wiley. 2014.
Weaver, T., Metrebian, N., Hellier, J., Pilling, S., Charles, V., Little, N., ..Ryan, F... & Strang, J. (2014). Use of contingency management incentives to improve completion of hepatitis B vaccination in people undergoing treatment for heroin dependence: a cluster randomised trial. The Lancet.
2013
Cognitive Therapy for Addiction y Wiley-Blackwell http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cognitive-Therapy-Addiction-Motivation-Change/dp/0470669969
2006 Ryan, F. Appetite Lost & Found: Cognitive Psychology in the Addiction Clinic. In Munafo. M. & Albery, I. (Eds) Cognition and Addiction. Oxford University Press
2002 Ryan, F. Detected, selected, and sometimes neglected: Cognitive processing of cues in addiction. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 10. 67-76
2002 Ryan, F. Attentional bias and alcohol dependence: A controlled study using the modified Stroop paradigm. Addictive Behaviours. 27. 471-482
Courses offered to GPs
I regularly present papers and workshops in UK and abroad.These can count towards Continuing Professional Developments ( CPD). There is generally a registration fee. See my website for details