I am a patient-centred child psychiatrist who strives to deliver the best quality care, based on gold standard guidelines, to young people and their families. I have more than 10 years’ experience in child psychiatry, which includes working in liaison psychiatry, inpatient units, and community child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), in both rural and urban settings. I continue to learn and regularly update my knowledge through conferences and academic meetings, and enhance my practice through feedback from young people and their families.
Dr Himanshu Shekhar
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Dr Himanshu Shekhar
Dr Himanshu Shekhar joined Priory in August 2017 as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, overseeing the CAMHS inpatient ward at Priory Hospital Woodbourne. Dr Shekhar now supports young people and their families (as outpatients) at Priory Wellbeing Centre Birmingham.
Training
Dr Shekhar completed his Bachelor of Medicine-Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in India in 2002. His core psychiatric training includes experience at the South London and Maudsley Trust and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry from the University of Nottingham (completed in 2007). He completed a Master of Science in Psychiatric Practice in 2013, from University of Hertfordshire, whilst gaining valuable experience in CAMHS liaison and inpatient units. He became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) in 2013. He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Systemic Approaches to Working with Individuals, Families and Organisations, during his higher training at Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in 2016.
Languages
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Assamese
- English
Dr Shekhar also has a good understanding of Punjabi and Bengali.
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Specialist Areas
Services Offered
Conditions Treated
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anger Management
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Asperger Syndrome
- Attachment Disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD and ADD
- Autism
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Conduct Disorder
- Depression
- Drug Induced Psychosis
- Eating Disorders
- Gender Dysphoria
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
- Mental Health Treatment
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder
- Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED)
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Selective Mutism
- Self Harm
- Sleep Disorders (Insomnia)
- Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD)
- Stress
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Trichotillomania
- Young People’s Services
Qualifications
- Approved under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, 2008
- Bachelor of Medicine-Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2002
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry, R. Lal College, Lakhisarai, India, 1996
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2017
- Master of Science in Psychiatric Practice, University of Hertfordshire, 2013
- Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), 2013
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, 2007
- Postgraduate Diploma in Systemic Approaches to Working with Individuals, Families and Organisations, University of East London, 2016
- Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test, General Medical Council, UK, 2004