About the authors

Geoffrey G Lloyd MA, MD, MPhil, FRCP, FRCPsych

Dr Geoffrey LloydDr Geoffrey Lloyd is a Visiting Consultant at Priory Hospital North London and an Emeritus Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Royal Free Hospital.

 

He has a particular interest in the psychiatric manifestations of physical illness and symptoms. He was formerly Chairman of the Liaison Psychiatry Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and President of the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

 

He edited, with Professor Else Guthrie, the Handbook of Liaison Psychiatry which was awarded First Prize in the mental health category at the British Medical Association Book Awards, 2008.

 

Email: g.glloyd@btinternet.com

 

Declaration of interests: None

 


Russell Foster BSc, BA, CandMag, MSc, PhD, MB, BS, MRCPsych

Russell FosterDr Russell Foster is Honorary Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.

 

He has special interests in psychiatry and blood borne infections in addition to medical aspects of psychiatry. He is a contributing author to the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines and is the author of Clinical Laboratory Investigation and Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook, published by Informa Healthcare in 2008. 

 

Email: sppyruf@iop.kcl.ac.uk

 

Declaration of interests: None

 

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