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Consultant psychiatrist with PhD in psychiatric research; expert in trauma and mood disorders.
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Information on Dr. Deirdre MacManus
Dr Deirdre MacManus MB BCh BAO MSc MRCPsych PhD is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Reader (Associate Professor) at King’s College London, specialising in psychological trauma, complex PTSD and mental health in forensic and high-risk settings, alongside adult-psychiatry practice in London.
Education & training: Completed medical training and higher psychiatry training with doctoral research at King’s, progressing to a clinical academic role at the IoPPN in 2009 with parallel NHS and independent-sector practice.
Clinical interests: Complex PTSD and co-morbidities, trauma-informed care, assessment and treatment pathways for veterans, prison and probation populations and intimate-partner violence, and comprehensive adult-psychiatry care.
Research, teaching & leadership: Leads research on trauma and violence, including consensus work on trauma-informed prison pathways and programme leadership in forensic psychiatry education, with supervision of clinicians and scientists.
Service & systems: Promotes trauma-informed models that integrate risk assessment, psychological therapies and multidisciplinary safeguarding, with outcomes and quality-improvement embedded in services.
Selected publications & contributions: Peer-reviewed outputs on complex trauma and forensic mental health and public-education pieces translating evidence into practice for clinicians and services.
