Dr. Sheirin Mehany

About

Languages spoken: English, Arabic

Areas of Expertise (conditions):

Adjustment Disorder; Anger Management; Anxiety; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Bereavement; Bipolar Disorder; Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD); Depression; Drug Induced Psychosis; Gender Dysphoria; Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS); Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Phobias; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Perinatal Depression; Schizophrenia; Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD); Selective Mutism; Self Harm; Sleep Disorders (Insomnia); Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD); Stress; Tourette’s Syndrome; Trichotillomania

Career History:

7/11/2022 to date: Consultant Psychiatrist at Cygnet Hospital, Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare (Female Acute)

25/1/2021 to 6/11/22: Consultant Psychiatrist at Priory Hospital, Bristol (Male PICU)

2/10/2019 to 19/1/2021: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Community Mental Health Team, Summerlands Hospital, Yeovil

5/3/2019 to 1/10/2019: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Elysium Healthcare (Wellesley Forensic Hospital)

18/12/2018 to 4/3/2019: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Cygnet Hospital, Kewstoke (Female Low Secure)

19/11/2018 to 7/12/2018: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Cardiff University Hospital, Llandough, Cardiff.

19/9/2016 to 5/11/2018: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Juniper Ward, Long Fox Unit, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust (Mixed Acute Ward)

Associations:

Royal College of Psychiatrists

British Association for Psychopharmacology

Education:

M.B. B.Ch. (December 1990) Cairo University, CAIRO, Egypt

MSc in General Adult Psychiatry (2013), Cardiff University

UK Certificate – Specialist Registration in General Adult Psychiatry. Full registration number – GMC: 4677297

Approved Clinician/Responsible Clinician status (MHA Approvals Service, South West) Section 12 Approved Doctor qualification

Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (2012), University of the West of Scotland Certified Practitioner of NLP and Coaching (2013), Excellence Assured

Diploma in Psychotherapy and Solution-focused Hypnotherapy (2014)