| November 2002 - Present |
Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England |
| October 1994 - October 2002 |
Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant I had consultant responsibility for a specialist team for the chronic severely mentally ill patients providing long-term support and rehabilitation in the community. This involved assessing and identifying complex needs of patients and managing them in a multi-disciplinary team. This was the only team of its kind in the Trust. |
| October 1989 - September 1993 |
Medical Research Council (MRC) research worker & Honorary Consultant since October 1992 Employed as an MRC research worker on a study assessing the pathways into care of ethnic minorities. I have held a senior lecturer and honorary consultant contract since 1 October 1992. My primary research project was looking at the incidence rates of psychoses across various ethnic communities. In addition to all first contacts with psychoses we carried out a community survey in Southall. All first contact patients were assessed with PSE, Life Events; Achievement/Expectation; Mental disorder beliefs; Acculturation (Cultural/Identity) and their relatives interviewed with all of the above except PSE and life events. In addition obstetric and past psychiatric personal histories (PPHS) are obtained from the relatives. The first contact study and one year follow up are complete. I was involved in setting up a similar project in Trinidad which has a strong mixture of Indian and African origin populations. Subsequently we have negotiated successfully with psychiatrists in Barbados, and are in negotiation with Jamaica to extend the study. |
| January 1986 - September 1989 |
Higher psychiatric training on the Bethlem & Maudsley SR Rotation Scheme |
| April 1981 - January 1986 |
General psychiatric training Leicestershire Area Psychiatric Rotation Scheme |