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)
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4 Honorary Psychotherapists
Alexis Brook Memorial Lecture: The doctor in conversation with the mental health professional
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Psychotherapy and the Ill Patient
Date: Friday 2 March 2012, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Venue: Tavistock Centre lecture theatre
Speakers:
Dr Andrew V. Thillainayagam, MD FRCP, Consultant Physician, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Unit, Imperial College Healthcare.
Managing Complex Crohn's Disease: Don't forget the Sigmundoscope!
Dr Peter Shoenberg, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Psychosomatic Issues in the Psychotherapy of a Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Discussant: Dr Julian Stern, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and St Mark's Hospital, Harrow
Chair: Mrs Shirley B Hiscock, Psychoanalyst and Consultant Adult Psychotherapist, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Alexis Brook was a Consultant Psychotherapist at St Mark's Hospital and former chair of the Tavistock Clinic's Adult Department. He was a pioneer in the field of psychosomatic medicine and committed to taking a psychological understanding of physical symptoms out of the psychotherapy consulting room, working with counsellors, general practitioners and hospital specialists in diverse medical settings.
He is best known for his research and clinical work in ophthalmology and gastroenterology in both secondary and primary care, and for the promotion of Balint groups and psychotherapy services in Primary Care.
Through this Annual Memorial Lecture we aim to keep alive this spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to a psychological understanding of patients and their symptoms across diverse medical settings.
The cost for Trust staff, students and TSP members is £10. If you would like to attend, please bring cash, credit card or a cheque, made payable to The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, to the Conference Unit (room 240), ex 2285 or 2651, or email events@tavi-port.ac.uk to reserve a place.
