Specialities and conditions

I have been working for years as a consultant psychiatrist within the NHS in both inpatient and community services. My current post in the NHS is as an outpatient neuropsychiatrist.  I specialize in neuropsychiatry, and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD and Autism, brain injury, anxiety disorders, social anxiety, treatment-resistant depression, bipolar spectrum disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and psychosis.

I am interested in all the ways our bodies and our life events interact with our minds, and therefore, what impacts our overall mental health. I have extensive clinical and research experience working at the interface between physical and mental health, integrating mind and body.  I see patients with many long-term medical conditions, including what doctors identify as ‘neurological' illnesses. I treat patients who experience psychiatric symptoms as part of their neurological illness, such as, low mood, anxiety, hallucinations, delusional beliefs, or cognitive impairment like brain fog or memory loss.

MB Chb MRCPsych

GMC: 6121321

With more than 30 years of experience and over 15 years with the NHS, Dr Dawood specialises in both Psychiatric and Neuropsychiatric conditions. This includes extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of

Depression

schizophrenia

Sexual Dysfunction

Anxiety

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Bipolar disorder

Psychosis

with several subspecialities in

Acute psychosis
Chronic fatigue symptoms
Generalised anxiety
Health anxiety
Phobias and phobic anxiety
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic and panic disorder
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Autism

Resistant depression
Mixed mood states
Stress-related disorders
Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Complex PTSD
Personality issues
Personality disorder
Schizoaffective disorders

as well as providing mental health support in

 Student mental health 

Occupational mental health

Bereavement


EXPERT WITNESS

Through years of experience and accumulated knowledge in medicolegal care, Dr Dawood is able to provide expert opinion in witness cases. Statements of opinion and clinical evaluations for the above clinical presentations can be provided on enquiry and are done through detailed consultations with the patient and thorough collaboration with the legal team.