Current NHS consultant posts held
I am a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry, with more than 10 years NHS experience. I have worked for 16 years across a variety of settings, including inpatient wards, community mental health teams, specialist eating disorder services, personality disorders services, psychotherapy services, both in London and in Italy, including St Ann's Eating Disorder Service, Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service and Newham Personality Disorder Service.
Research interests
I am completing a PhD in Mental Health Sciences at UCL on mentalization and eating disorders with Professor Peter Fonagy and Dr Paul Robinson.
I have a special interest in mentalization based treatment, psychotherapy, eating disorders, complex trauma, personality disorders, ADHD and autism.
Personal interests
I am interested in neurosciences, philosophy, music, singing, dancing, hiking, swimming
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
Robinson P., Hellier J., Barrett B., Barzdaitiene D., Bateman A., Bogaardt A., Clare A., Somers
N., O'Callaghan A., Goldsmith K., Kern N., Schmidt U., Morando S., Ouellet-Courtois C.,
Roberts A., Skårderud F., Fonagy P. The NOURISHED randomised controlled trial comparing mentalisation-based treatment for eating disorders (MBTED) with specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM-ED) for patients with eating disorders and symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Trials.
Amianto F., Abbate-Daga G., Morando S., Sobrero C., Fassino S. (2010). Personality development
characteristics of women with anorexia nervosa, their healthy siblings and healthy controls:
What prevents and what relates to psychopathology? Psychiatry Res., 2011, May
30;187(3):401-8. Epub 2010 Nov 20.
Courses offered to GPs
I am offering private MBT supervision to NHS personality disorders services, eating disorders services and to independent therapists and institutions, nationally and internationally. I am lecturing medical students, psychiatry, GPs, GP trainees and independent doctors on psychotherapy and management of personality disorders and eating disorders. I am lecturing in the MSc on eating disorders at UCL and I am an associate trainer at the MBT training at the Anna Freud Centre.
