Professor Thomas Jamieson-Craig MB BS (Uni West Indies), PhD (Uni London) FRCPsych
Emeritus Professor of Social Psychiatry
Research interests
- Mental Health
- Psychiatry
Contact details
Biography
Post-graduate training in psychiatry in Nottingham UK and later as research fellow at Bedford College (London) and the Maudsley hospital. My first senior clinical academic post was with the United Medical & Dental Schools of Guys and St Thomas Hospitals later incorporated within King’s College London where I was appointed as professor in 1990. I also worked clinically as a consultant psychiatrist in the South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust since that time. I was the President of the World Association of Social Psychiatry 2013-16. My main areas of expertise are in health service development and evaluation including psychosocial interventions for psychosis. I retired in 2016 but continue an active research interest specifically focused on AVATAR therapy – a psychological treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations.
Research Interests
- Social causation of common mental disorders and psychosis
- Services for psychoses (early intervention, rehabilitation, social care, employment, housing, psychosocial therapies)
Teaching
- Rehabilitation Psychiatry (Social and Community Mental Health MSc )
- Social Psychiatry (MSc in Global Mental Health
- Measuring stressful experiences (lecture in the Clinical Neuropsychiatry MSc)
Expertise and Public Engagement
- Panel member NICE : Rehabilitation for adults with complex psychosis
- Former president and advisor World Association of Social Psychiatry
Research
AVATAR2
AVATAR therapy offers a new approach to working with distressing voices (auditory hallucinations), using digital technology to allow ‘face-to-face’ dialogue between the voice-hearer and a computerised representation of their voice (the avatar). We are now taking this forward in the AVATAR2 trial.
The Avatar Project
The AVATAR Project was a clinical research trial of an innovative new therapeutic treatment designed to help people suffering from distressing voices.
Project status: Completed
News
AVATAR and SloMo digital therapies for psychosis recommended for use in NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended two digital health technologies for psychosis developed at the Institute of...
Professor Dame Til Wykes and Emeritus Professor Thomas Jamieson-Craig receive prestigious Schizophrenia International Research Society awards
The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) has announced Professor Dame Til Wykes as winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award and Emeritus...
Research
AVATAR2
AVATAR therapy offers a new approach to working with distressing voices (auditory hallucinations), using digital technology to allow ‘face-to-face’ dialogue between the voice-hearer and a computerised representation of their voice (the avatar). We are now taking this forward in the AVATAR2 trial.
The Avatar Project
The AVATAR Project was a clinical research trial of an innovative new therapeutic treatment designed to help people suffering from distressing voices.
Project status: Completed
News
AVATAR and SloMo digital therapies for psychosis recommended for use in NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended two digital health technologies for psychosis developed at the Institute of...
Professor Dame Til Wykes and Emeritus Professor Thomas Jamieson-Craig receive prestigious Schizophrenia International Research Society awards
The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) has announced Professor Dame Til Wykes as winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award and Emeritus...