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Dr Gilbert Andrews
Consultant Psychiatrist MBBS DPM MRCPsych FRCPsych · GMC 1723030About
Dr Gilbert Andrews is a consultant psychiatrist and is on the GMC specialist register in forensic psychiatry. He qualified in medicine at the University of Madras in 1968, took a diploma in psychological medicine in 1972, became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1974 and was elected a fellow of the college in 1994. He spent more than twenty years as an NHS consultant psychiatrist and was medical director of an NHS trust, and afterwards was medical director and responsible officer of an independent hospital. He assesses and treats the major mental illnesses. His interests include mood disorders, anxiety, stress and addiction, the psychological effects of physical illness, the psychiatry of older adults and of adolescents, and transcultural psychiatry, and his treatment approaches include mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy, anxiety management and medication. He is an accredited expert witness.