Prof Owen Bowden-Jones : General psychiatry

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Prof Owen Bowden-Jones

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Overview

Specialises in

Substance misuse psychiatry

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Owen Bowden-Jones, CBE is a medical doctor, psychiatrist and researcher with more than 25 years of experience in helping people with mental health and substance use problems on their journey to recovery.

After qualifying in medicine, Owen worked in the Australian health system for three years before returning to London to undertake his psychiatry training on the Charing Cross and St Mary's rotation. He completed a Masters at Imperial College London and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2013.

Owen founded the award-winning Club Drug Clinic in 2010, an innovative service for people experiencing harms from novel psychoactive substances, and has since published the world's first evidence review and clinical guidance on this topic. He has also developed and delivered international training on behalf of the European Union and United Nations.

National roles include President of the Society for the Study of Addiction and registrar at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Owen is the immediate past Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and recently completed a Policy Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. He has given evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, all Party political Groups and House of Lords Committees.

Owen speaks frequently in the media about drug use and mental health including print, radio and television. He has been named the Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Communicator of the year' and was awarded a Health Foundation Leadership Fellowship. His clinical teams had been a finalist for 'Mental Health Team of the Year' (2019 BMJ awards) and 'Psychiatric Team of the Year' (2020 Royal College of Psychiatrists). Owen has received a National Clinical Excellence award continuously since 2014 and is a senior felloe at the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

As an honorary professor at University College London, Owen has been principal investigator on a number of large research and quality improvement grants. Mental health problems in young adults is a particular interest and Owen founded and runs two metal health clinics for students at Imperial College and University College London which have been co-produced with students and university staff. Publications include overseeing more than thirty reports for Government on illegal drug harms, two textbooks, several academic book chapters and a public-facing book for parents. He lectures widely both nationally and internationally.

Clinically, he works both in the NHS and private practice, with expertise in substance use problems, depression, anxiety problems, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder and trauma.

Owen received a CBE for services to addiction rehabilitation and public service in the 2025 King's birthday honours

Areas of interest

I have expertise in many areas of psychiatry and particularly work with people suffering with Depression; Anxiety disorders; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; drug, alcohol and behavioural addictions and post-traumatic stress disorder.

I have recently written a best selling book for parents on how to talk to their children about drugs, called 'The Drug Conversation'. The book was 'highly commended' at the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards. For more details visit www.owenbowdenjones.com

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

Pain management

Medical secretaries

Olinda De Souza
The Roehampton Priory Hospital Priory Lane London SW15 5JJ
020 8392 4201
olindadesouza@priorygroup.com

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

I work in both NHS and private practice.

My NHS practice is based in central London and is focused on helping people with substance misuse problems and associated psychological and physical harms. In 2010, I founded the ground-breaking Club Drug Clinic (www.clubdrugclinic.cnwl.nhs.uk), a service for people using emerging drugs such as ketamine, mephedrone and the so-called 'legal highs'.

My private practice is based at the Priory Hospital Roehampton and the Smart Clinics in Central London

Research interests

I am an Honorary Professor at University College London and regular lecture to undergraduate and postgraduate students and doctors in training.

As project lead for NEPTUNE (www.neptune-clinical-guidance.co.uk) I led a team of experts in writing clinical guidance on emerging drugs for frontline clinicians. This guidance has been widely used across the UK and Europe and is now being promoted by the United Nations.

A full list of my research publications can be found at http://owenbowdenjones.com/research/

Personal interests

I believe my patients and their relatives need up to date information to make decisions about their care.

In 2016 I wrote 'The Drug Conversation', an easy to read book for parents book on how to talk to their children about drugs. Parents worried about their child will find plenty of information about what to do. The book also explains how to talk to your child before they come into contact with drugs or people who use them. For information http://owenbowdenjones.com/the-drug-conversation/

Awards received

In 2017, my book The Drug Conversation was 'highly commended' at the BMA Medical Book Awards.

In 2015 I was awarded the prestigious Communicator of the Year prize by the Royal College of Psychiatrist. The prize was in recognition of my role in engaging the public and media on the theme of mental health.

The Health Foundation chose me as one of sixteen people from across the NHS to receive a two year Leadership Fellowship (2007-2009)

Publications

I have engaged widely with the media both in print and in live and pre-recorded television and radio.

For a summary of my media work please see
http://owenbowdenjones.com/press-media/

Courses offered to GPs

I have spoken widely at national and international academic conferences as well as other fora including schools, music festivals and Universities.

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

13 Crescent Place LONDON SW3 2EA
Thursday
13:00 - 17:00
020 7052 0070

The Roehampton Priory Hospital Priory Lane...
Tuesday
13:00 - 17:00
020 8392 4201

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

For Priory patients
My secretary, Geraldine Jackson, who will alert myself or the duty doctor

For Smart Clinic patients
Switchboard at the clinic who will alert myself or the duty doctor

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