Ravi Lingam

General

Team Valley Trading Estate

03578201

Warm and engaging psychiatrist, having trained in the Northern Deanery and Newcastle Hospitals and working in the NHS for 25 years, specialising as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Personality Disorder and Forensic Services and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in independent practice.

Personality disorders; sexual dysfunction; anxiety; depression.

Represented senior first teams in rugby and cricket at school and university. Real tennis, tennis, skiing, mountain climbing. Travelled wideley and held exhibitions of photographic portfolio. Associate Member of Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s).

My research interests include understanding forensic risk in personality disorder, improving access for difficult-to-engage patients, medication adherence, training of mental health professionals and service development. I have published widely and presented papers on these topics nationally and internationally. Experience as Training Programme Director in Psychotherapy and Regional Psychotherapy Representative, during which I co-ordinated and ensured high standards of learning experience for medical students, trainees in psychiatry and higher trainees in psychotherapy. I led in the development and evaluation of the Northern Network in Personality Disorder Users Group.

Ravi Lingam

Psychiatrist

Northern & Yorkshire Division

Dr

Member

1996