Stephen Pereira, MD, FRCPsych, DPM, MSc, MBBS

Dr Stephen Pereira is the Lead Clinician at ‘Pathways’ PICU at Goodmayes Hospital, Essex and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Guys Hospital.

He is the chairman of National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (NAPICU) and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care. He is the co-author of the book ‘Psychiatric Intensive Care’ and has active involvement in research and policy development in the area of Psychiatric Intensive Care.

Email: Lorraine.Wright@nelmht.nhs.uk

Declaration of interests: Dr Pereira has received speaker fees in the past from Eli Lilly, Janssen Cilag EMEA, Tundsbeck and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical.

Deepak Garg, MD, MRCPsych

Consultant in Perinatal and Liaison Psychiatry, Dept of Psychological Medicine, Hull.

Dr Deepak Garg underwent his postgraduate training in psychiatry (MD) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. In 2010 he completed his psychiatry training in the UK and joined as a consultant in perinatal and liaison psychiatry at Dept of Psychological Medicine in Hull.

Email: imdrdeepak@yahoo.co.uk

Declaration of interests: None

David Branford, PhD, MRPharmS

Chief Pharmacist for the Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust.

Dr David Branford is both a past chairman of the United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group (UKPPG) and a past Mental Health Act Commissioner.

Email: david.branford@derbysmhservices.nhs.uk    

Declaration of interests: Dr Branford is in occasional receipt of honoraria from Janssen Cilag, Lilly and Bristol-Myers Squibb.