Expert Details

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Particularly Forensic and Looked After Children

ID: 728062 United Kingdom

Expert works with complex, difficult to place and difficult to manage children and young people in the Youth Justice system and with Looked After Children. He works in a Forensic Youth Setting in the community and in a secure children's home. He has particular experience and expertise in diagnosing and managing ADHD and autism related conditions. He also prepares reports on children who have committed the following offences: arson, violence, armed/aggravated robbery, multiple minor offences. Expert also undertakes Single Joint Expert reports on children in Care Proceedings. He has appeared in Crown court for giving evidence as an expert witness.
Expert also trains non-mental health professionals on mental health matters.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1990	Degree: MBBS	Subject: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery	Institution: Grant Medical College Mumbai
Year: 1994	Degree: MD (Psychological Medicine)	Subject: Psychological Medicine (Psychiatry)	Institution: University of Mumbai
Year: 2000	Degree: MRCPsych	Subject: Psychiatry	Institution: Royal College of Psychiatrists

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2005 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist	Department:
Responsibilities: Expert is part of a high profile Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service where he works with young offenders. He also works with Looked After Children in the community and in secure settings.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2003 to 2005	Employer: Chesterfield North Derbyshire NHS FT	Title: Consultant	Department:
Responsibilities: Available upon request.

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 2003 to Present	Agency: National Health Service	Role: Consultant	Description: Expert is an expert in adolescent forensic psychiatry and in the mental health problems in Looked After Children (Children looked after by the state)

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Medical Association, Expert Witness Institute, Society of Expert Witness

Licenses / Certifications
RCPsych, MD (Psychological Medicine)

Professional Appointments
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert undertakes expert witness work in the fields of Youth Justice and in Child Care Proceedings. He has appeared in the Crown Court to give evidence. He is also instructed as a Single Joint Expert in Care Proceedings. Expert also undertakes Personal Injury work.

Training / Seminars
He delivers training on mental health matters to non-mental health professionals. This has been very well received. Expert particularly excels in seminars and workshops on: ADHD, Youth Offending and the Looked After Child; Autistic Spectrum Disorder and the Looked After Child; Resilience; and Socratic Questioning

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
Hindi	Expert is proficient in the Indian national language.
Marathi	Expert is proficient in the regional language in one of India's most prosperous states.
Gujrati	Expert can also speak the language of commerce in India.

Fields of Expertise

adolescent development, adolescent psychology, child and adolescent health, child development, child psychiatry, child psychology, child psychotherapy, medical informatics, pediatric psychiatry, pediatric psychology, special education child, suicidology, correctional facility health care, adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, health care market research