Chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, Military psychiatry
Awards
John Maddox Prize Jean Hunter Prize Knight Bachelor
Sir Simon Charles WesselyFMedSci FRS (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine, vice dean for academic psychiatry, teaching and training at the Institute of Psychiatry, as well as Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research. He is also honorary consultant psychiatrist at King's College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, as well as civilian consultant advisor in psychiatry to the British Army.[1] He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to military healthcare and to psychological medicine.[2] From 2014 to 2017, he was the elected president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[3]
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Sir Simon Charles Wessely FMedSci FRS (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry...
Wessely is the German variant of the Czech surname Veselý. Notable people with the surname include: Clare Gerada, Lady Wessely (born 1959), British medical...
beginning with older or higher-status people; British psychiatrist SimonWessely distinguishes between two forms of MPI: Mass anxiety hysteria "consists...
was published in 2021 following an independent review of the act by SimonWessely. The Madhouses Act 1774 created a Commission of the Royal College of...
Dame Clare Mary Louise Francis Gerada, Lady Wessely, DBE, FRCP, FRCGP, FRCPsych (born November 1959) is a London-based general practitioner who is a former...
Britain. In an interview on the BBC radio programme The Life Scientific, SimonWessely described how his father Rudi, one of the rescued children, had a chance...
National Institute for Health and Care Research. A new board, chaired by SimonWessely will encourage further research in the areas highlighted in the review...
something is wrong." Sociologist Robert Bartholomew and psychiatrist SimonWessely both put forward a culture-specific epidemic hysteria hypothesis, pointing...
was elected to become president of the RSM for 2020, succeeding Sir SimonWessely. His inauguration as president of the RSM took place on 28 July 2020...
on 18 June 2015. Simon Danczuk – winner Craig Murray Ed Husain George Galloway Nevres Kemal The 2017 prize was presented by Sir Simon Jenkins on 16 May...
screaming, with some claiming to have seen 'a face of pure evil'. Professor SimonWessely a former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, suggested...
2008) Dinesh Bhugra (2008 to 2011) Dame Susan Bailey (2011 to 2014) Sir SimonWessely (2014 to 2017) Wendy Burn (2017 to 2020) Adrian James (2020 to 2023)...
Parliament Damian Collins, Charles Walker and Julie Elliott and psychiatrist SimonWessely. A statement from 10 Downing Street referred to the incident as "deeply...
office 30 June 2011 – 2014 Preceded by Dinesh Bhugra Succeeded by Sir SimonWessely Personal details Born Susan Mary Bailey (1950-08-29) 29 August 1950...
health data meant definitive conclusions were effectively impossible. SimonWessely praised the IOM's review, and noted that, despite its central conclusion...
according to anonymous sources consulted by the Lancet. According to SimonWessely, head of psychological medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's...
Maddox Prize was awarded to British psychiatrist SimonWessely and Chinese science writer Shi-min Fang. Wessely was recognised for continuing his research on...
theory and practice. In November 2012, Fang was joint winner, with SimonWessely, of the combined Nature and Sense about Science inaugural John Maddox...
Psychotherapist; founder, International Association of Forensic Psychotherapy SimonWessely 1956– British epidemiology, general hospital and combat psychiatry Louis...
papers including: Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness (2002) with SimonWessely, British Journal of Psychiatry A social-psychological theory of collective...
Marsden, Johnny Tooze, Marc Atherton, Dr Leslie Carr, Professor Sir SimonWessely, Dr David Halpern and Kathy Sheehan. The film explores a wide variety...
defiance of the Taliban, were suffering from mass psychogenic illness. SimonWessely of King's College indicated that key epidemiological factors point to...
Professional and academic associations Preceded by Sir SimonWessely President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017 to 2020 Succeeded by Dr Adrian...
Urbani (died 2003), Italian physician, discoverer of SARS. December 23 – SimonWessely, English psychiatrist. Zhuo-Hua Pan, Chinese-born neuroscientist February...
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