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Dr Alex Yellowlees
Job Title:
Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist
Qualifications:
BSc MB ChB MRCPsych M Phil
Specialisms:
Anxiety, Depression, Eating disorders, Stress, Bereavement, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Panic disorders, Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , Phobias, Trauma
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Secretary:
Mrs Sandra Muldoon
Position
Dr Alex Yellowlees is the medical director and a staff consultant psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital Glasgow.
Recent appointments
Dr Yellowlees is a patron of Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association (SWEDA).
Previous appointments
Dr Yellowlees was consultant psychiatrist at Murray Royal Hospital, Perth, Scotland between 1985 and 2001.
He was an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Dundee and was an honorary tutor and lecturer at the University of Stirling.
Training
- B.Sc., (Med Science) Edinburgh University 1974
- M.B. Ch.B. Edinburgh University 1977
- M.R.C Psych Royal College of Psychiatrists London 1981
- M.Phil Edinburgh University 1984
Research and publications
Psychiatry in Primary Care
- Scottish Psychiatrists in Primary Health Care Settings - British Journal of Psychiatry 153, 663-66 (1988)
Medical Communication
- Communication between Psychiatrist and General practitioners: What sort of letters should Psychiatrists write? - Health Bulletin 42/6 (1984)
- Is Communication Improving between General Practitioners and Psychiatrist? - British medical Journal 290, 31-33 (1985)
Eating Disorders
- Comparison of Psychiatric Symptoms and Psychological Functioning in Anorexia Nervosa British Journal of Psychiatry 146, 648 652 (1985)
- A Case of Bulimia Nervosa in a Male - British Journal of clinical and Society Psychiatry Vol 4, No 4 (1986)
- Parental Rearing Practises in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa Patients -
British Review of Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa, Vol 6, No 1 (1992)
- A Comparison of Eating Disorders and Other Weight Control Groups on measures of Perceived Control, Assertiveness, Self Esteem and Self Directed Hostility - International Journal of Eating Disorders
Vol 14, No1, 27-32 (1993)
- Development and Validation of Stirling Eating Disorder Scales - International Journal of Eating Disorders Vol 16, No 1, 35-43 (1994)
- Internet Articles for Somerset Eating Disorder Association on The Origins of Eating Disorder, and on Self Esteem (2000)
- Health Development Agency Journal - Mental Health: Self Esteem - A Valuable Trait (May 2001)
- Collaborative Eating Disorder Research Programme, Tayside Psychology Service and Priory Hospital Glasgow. Series of research publications published and in press from 2007 - current
Books
Are You Good Enough?
By Bill McFarlan and Dr Alex Yellowlees, Wiley 2006
Working with Eating Disorders and Self Esteem, Reed International Publishing 1997 (GHPD) (Revised 2002)
Co authored
Self Esteem Directory, Smallwood Publishing 1997
Self Esteem Solutions, Daniels Publishing 1996
Imprisonment Today: Current Issues in the Prison Debate, McMillan Press 1988
ABC of Eating Disorders, Wiley Blackwell 2009
Dr Yellowlees is frequently asked to supply expert comment for the media on a wide range of psychological issues and participates regularly in radio and television shows, as well as presenting at many conferences, courses, workshops and seminars.
Outpatient clinic times
Priory Hospital Glasgow, 38-40 Mansionhouse Road, Glasgow G41 3DW
Tel: 0141 636 6116
Private Medical Suite, 25 Blythswood Road, Glasgow, G2 4BL
Tel: 0141 636 6116 or 07855 199561
and in Edinburgh at:
Priory Edinburgh Consulting Rooms, 10 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2AF
Tel: 0131 718 6036 or 0141 636 6116
www.alexyellowlees.com