Dr
Rajendra (Raj) Persaud born on 13th May,
1963 in England was one of the youngest
doctors ever to be appointed as a Consultant
Psychiatrist at the prestigious Bethlem
Royal and Maudsley Hospitals in South
London. He followed in the footsteps
of Professor Sir Michael Rutter bypractising
at Maudsley Hospital in south London.
He
did his schooling from Haberdashers' Askes'
School, Elstree and completed his the
following degrees, Degree in Psychology from
London University in 1984, MBBS in 1986,
Degree in the History of Medicine 1988,
Diploma in Philosophy in 1990, MRCP 1990,
M.Phil in 1992, Diploma in Health Economics,
Planning and Management in 1994, M.Sc in
1994 and Fellow of University College London
in 2000.
To
his credit he received many awards, the
following are the list of his achievements.
He also has many research papers published
in Journals.
| 1986 |
John
Jepson Prize - special
commendation. University
College and Middlesex
Medical School. |
| 1991 |
Osler
Medal awarded by The
Worshipful Society of
Apothecaries. |
| 1991 |
Denis
Hill Prize, Bethlem Royal
and Maudsley Hospitals. |
| 1992 |
Young
Scientist Award, Biennial
International Schizophrenia
Workshop, Badgastein,
Austria. |
| 1993 |
Royal
College of Psychiatrists
Research Prize and Medal. |
|
He
has also authored two books one of which is
‘Staying Sane: How to make your mind work
for you’ Published by Metro, September
11th 1997. September 25th was No 14 in
best-seller lists and the other was
‘The guru of common sense – not so very
common, be it remembered’ review of
Staying Sane in The Spectator, October 11th
1997. His aim in working with the media is
to convey the latest scientific information
on mental health to the general public and
provide an alternative to all the
unqualified media pundits who normally
dominate the media debate on psychological
issues.
His
medical research focuses on how mental
illness can be prevented.He has published the first
comprehensive review of the current science
of resilience and the prevention of
psychological problems. Dr Persaud is
frequently invited to address senior doctors
and academics all over the world, including
recent invitations to lecture at the medical
Royal Colleges of Britain, and physicians in
the USA. He is asked to act as referee for
research submitted to academic journals
including Psychiatric Bulletin, The Journal
of the Royal Society of Medicine, The
Journal of Medical Ethics and The British
Journal of Medical Psychology.
He
is the resident psychiatrist on Granada
TV’s networked programme ‘This
Morning’, Britain’s top daytime
TV show. He has presented ‘Esther’ for
BBC 2 while Esther Rantzen was away, and has
appeared on Question Time as well as on
numerous occasions Newsnight, BBC News and
News at Ten. Many TV documentary series
investigating psychological phenomena have
interviewed him as their expert opinion
including World In Action, Modern Times,
Mysteries,Tomorrow’s World and Trust Me,
I’m a Doctor.
He
has presented TV series on psychology for
The Open University, and a special series on
gender differences for Tomorrow's World. In
2000, he designed the psychology experiment
used on BBC TV's Tomorrow's World and in The
Daily Telegraph for the famous national
Megalab experiment. |
