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Regius Professor of Psychiatry at KCL and consultant psychiatrist; expert in defence mental health.
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Information on Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Professor Sir Simon Wessely is the Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, and an honorary consultant psychiatrist at King's College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital.
Education & training: Cambridge, Oxford and LSHTM; psychiatry training at the Maudsley; long-standing leadership in psychological medicine.
Clinical interests: Liaison psychiatry and the interface between physical and mental health; military and occupational mental health.
Research, teaching & leadership: Former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal Society of Medicine; Director, King's Centre for Military Health Research; extensive policy and advisory roles.
Service & systems: Builds evidence-informed approaches to resilience, post-incident care and stigma reduction.
Selected publications & talks: Highly cited work on chronic fatigue, Gulf War illness and military mental health.
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