Prof Simon's presentation bullet points

• Introduction
• Case study: Willy Lane and colon surgery
• Case study: Bristol cancer centre
• Case study: Dr Spock
• Case study: Boys behaving badly: counselling
• Star Trek – Councillor on board!
• Case study: London July Bombings
• Case study: Heart beats back to normal? Un-trialled injection for heart attack patients
• Why do trials work?
• Case study: The Samaritans

About Prof Simon Wessely

Professor of Epidemiological and Liaison Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at King’s and Maudsley Hospitals.

His research interests are in the areas of medicine and psychiatry, clinical epidemiology, psychiatric injury and military health.

He is Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research Unit at King’s College London. In 2006 the unit published the first results of a study of the physical and psychological health of 12,000 UK military personnel, half of whom have served in the Iraq conflict. All the cohort are currently being followed up

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