I am a Consultant Psychiatrist at Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore . I also practise privately in central and north London.
My clinical training and activites are in the following fields:
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Qualifications :
BSc (Bachelor of Science)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1978
LMSSA (Licence in Medicine and Surgery)
Society of Apothecaries, London, UK, 1981
MRCPsych, (Membership Examination)
Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, 1986
MInstGA, (Membership Qualification)
Institute of Group Analysis, London, UK, 1992
Present position :
I was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Barnet NHS Mental Health Services at Barnet NHS Mental Health Services in 1990 and seconded to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in 1997 to develop a new service, where I remain to date.
I am visiting Consultant Psychiatrist at the Florence Nightingale Hospital, Central London and Priory Hospital North London and an Associate at the Group Analytic Practice, Central London.
Current Role :
My clinical work includes the assessment and treatment of adult mental illness, mood, anxiety and stress related disorders; relationship problems and personality disorders; organic and alcohol related disorders; psychiatric aspects of physical illness, injury or accidents; somatisation (psychosomatic symptoms); dissociation; factitious disorder (Munchausen's syndrome) and malingering.
Previous Training :
I studied psychology and basic medical sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada and medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, London. I trained in psychiatry at the Middlesex and University College Hospitals Training Schemes, London and Group Psychotherapy at the Institute of Group Analysis, London.
I have received postgraduate training in solution-focused therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), the adult attachment interview, medical law and ethics, mental health law, evidence based mental health, teaching evidence based mental health and teaching in medicine.
Professional Activities
Medico-legal Work :
I have extensive experience in the assessment of psychiatric disability for employers, the insurance industry and pensions agencies, and undertake medico-legal work, including acting as Expert Witness and providing psychiatric reports to the Courts especially in cases of personal injury and child protection (adult mental health issues).
I have an excellent record of Court appearances, including the High Court, with over 150 cases reported on.
I am a founding member of the Society of Expert Witnesses.
Publications :
I have published over 30 papers, letters and book reviews in the following professional journals :
A selected list of publications since 1999 includes the following :
Clinical and Academic
Ikkos G (2002)
Citizenship as an ideology to deal with feelings of hate in psychiatry,
Hospital Medicine , 53:471-475
Bayney R, Ikkos G (2002)
Police Case Disposal: An Introduction for Psychiatrists.
Psychiatric Bulletin , 26:182-185.
Ikkos G (2000)
Psychosomatics & Psychodynamics: An Introductory Review
Group Analysis , 33: 235-250.
Training and Clinical Governance
Ikkos, G (2002)
Engaging Patients as Teachers of Interview Skills to Doctors New to Psychiatry,
Psychiatric Bulletin , (submitted for publication / under revision)
Ikkos G , Rigby L, Reid, L (2001)
Clinical Librarian Service and Evidence Based Clinical Practice,
Health Services Journal , 111:33.
Ikkos G (2000)
Responding to Trainees in Difficulty,
Hospital Medicine , 61, 348-351
Book Reviews
Ikkos G (2002)
Book Review Article: Responsibility: The many faces of a social phenomenon (editors : Auhagen A E, Bierhoff H W), Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation: The Jurisprudence of Mental Abnormality in Anglo-American Law, (author : Buchanan A), From Psychiatric patient to Citizen: Overcoming Discrimination and Social Exclusion (author Sayce L),
Psychological Medicine , (in press)
Ikkos G (2001)
Book Review: Ethics and Values in Psychotherapy (author : Tjieltveit A C) and Ethics for Psychologists (author : Francis, R O), Psychological Medicine , 31:562-563.
Ikkos G (2000)
Book Review: Human Memory: Theory & Practice, Revised Edition (author Baddeley A).
Child Abuse And Neglect: The International Journal , 24: 1106-1107
Ikkos G (1999)
Book Review: Interpersonal Psychotherapy (editor Markowitz J)
British Journal of Medical Psychology , 72:593-594
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