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External resources

• Member of British Psychoanalytic Council

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Psychiatrist
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, St Nicholas Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne
External Roles:
Lead Psychiatrist – North-East Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.
Royal College of Psychiatrist’s Regional Advisor in Psychotherapy.
Executive Council Member - Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists.
Regional Representation and founder member of Special Interest Group in Forensic Psychotherapy – Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Research interests

My research interests include understanding forensic risk in personality disorder, improving access for difficult-to-engage patients, medication adherence, training of mental health professionals and service development. I have published widely and presented papers on these topics nationally and internationally.
Experience as Training Programme Director in Psychotherapy and Regional Psychotherapy Representative, during which I co-ordinated and ensured high standards of learning experience for medical students, trainees in psychiatry and higher trainees in psychotherapy.
I led in the development and evaluation of the Northern Network in Personality Disorder Users Group.

Personal interests

Represented senior first teams in rugby and cricket at school and university. Real tennis, tennis, skiing, mountain climbing. Travelled wideley and held exhibitions of photographic portfolio.
Associate Member of Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s).

Awards received

Clinical Excellence Awards – level IV

‘Best User Group Innovation’ for the development of Transitions User Group in Personanlity Disorders

Publications

Lingam R (2013) Improving access in borderline treatment for difficult-to-engage patients. In: J Nervous and Mental Diseases. 201: 136 – 42.
This paper received a citation in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Managed Clinical Network/Care Quality Commission ‘Psychological Therapies Update / Improving Access in Psychological Therapies’ Evidence-based Practice Update, April 2013 to inform daily practice and achieve improved outcomes for IAPT service users.
Whewell, P., Lingam, R., Chilton, R. (2004). Reflective Borderline Group Therapy: Borderline Patients Experience of Being Borderline. In: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, (3).
Lingam , R., & Scott, J. (2002). Treatment Non Adherence in Affective Disorders. Acta Scand Psych.
Lingam, R., McCluskey, S. (1996). Editorial: Eating Disorders Associated with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. J of Psychosomatic Research. 40 (2).
Serfaty, M., Minguez, L., Lingam, R. (1996). The Effect of Psychotropic Medication on Seizure Duration during Bilateral ECT. Br J Psychiatry.
Serfaty, M., Martin LM., Lingam, R., Ferrier, IN., (1996). The effect of psychotropic medication on seizure duration during bilateral electroconvulsive therapy: a retrospective study. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 10 (4) 303 – 308.

Courses offered to GPs

Working with personality disorders.