Psychological Medicine
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE UNIT
The Psychological Medicine Unit (PMU) at St Mark’s Hospital was developed to offer psychological assessment and management to patients being treated at St Mark’s - either as outpatients or during an in-patient stay on one of the wards. The Unit has grown substantially, and now receives up to 200 new referrals p.a., both of patients currently being treated at St Mark’s and from other medical colleagues treating gastroenterology and coloproctology patients throughout the UK. There is also a substantial commitment to teaching - internally to St Mark’s and externally; to research; and to promoting a biopsychosocial model of understanding and managing complex medical conditions.
Staffing:
The Unit is staffed by:
- Dr Julian Stern (0.3 WTE Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy) , Head of PMU
- Dr Yoram Inspector (0.7 WTE locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy )
- Ms Megan Virtue (0.3 WTE Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst)
- Dr Esther Serrano-Ikkos (0.3 WTE Consultant Clinical Psychologist and EMDR therapist)
- Breda Orrell (PA)
-
4 Honorary Psychotherapists
Services:
Patients are referred for an assessment with any of the senior staff members, and then may be offered one of :
- Referral onwards to local psychiatry or therapy services
- Ongoing supportive care
- Brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Family/ Couple therapy
-
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Referrals:
Whilst the majority of referrals are from within St Mark’s, we welcome referrals from colleagues based elsewhere in the UK. In all cases, patients will need to have a GI condition in order to be seen in the PMU. In all cases, prior to being offered an appointment, PCT approval for the referral is sought and needs to be confirmed.
Referrals procedure:
Please address referrals to:
Dr Julian Stern FRCPsych
Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy
St Mark's Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
Middlesex HA1 3UJ
UK
Tel: 0208 235 4017
