Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
University of Southampton
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FRCPsych
Awarded Fellowship
Hot Weather
Sunshine and warm weather make a welcome return but we always advise our patients to take care as well as enjoy themselves Some antipsychotics and other medications can make you more sun sensitive. Lithium is a drug that helps mood stability but depends on fluid levels being with normal range … Continue reading
Seeing patients face to face
Meeting you and the opportunity to meet face to face remains very important
Pilates at Home
Staying well or getting well, if your staying at home can be harder. Exercise and improving fitness can help give you mental wellbeing, resillience and help you recover. Mental health and physical health are tied together and I advocate physical fitness and exercise. With kind permission from Adam I have … Continue reading
Telephone or Video appointments
We are now moving from face to face appointments to telephone or video appointments. We aim to keep all appointments but inevitably this may have to change. Please keep an eye on your email or answer your phones and our admin will be in touch to confirm the arrangements with … Continue reading
Maintaining Mental Health in isolation
Some people are still having to stay isolated. We have video tools that can help to connect to us and we developed these during lockdowns. I still hope to meet everyone for at least one appointment face to face and run a clinic in Romsey for this purpose. We hope … Continue reading
Wash your hands for 20 Seconds
wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds always wash your hands when you get home or into work use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not … Continue reading
Corona Virus
The UK is now moving on from the ‘delay’ phase of managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As a result the advice around what to do if you begin to display symptoms of coronovirus infection has also been updated. The current guidance is to stay at home for 14 days if you … Continue reading