Dr Prajakta Patil

Dr Prajakta Patil has over 20 years’ experience in the field of psychiatry. Her extensive knowledge and experience covers a wide range of mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, bipolar affective disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, psychosis, adult ADHD, and autism. As an empathetic and skilled clinician, Dr Patil is committed to advancing mental health care and improving the quality of life for her patients. She employs evidence-based approaches tailored to each individual's needs. 

Alongside her private practice, she works partly in the NHS, as a senior educational supervisor, clinical lecturer, and a simulation and quality improvement lead for medical students, and the judiciary. She was previously a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Neurodevelopmental Special Interest Group Executive Committee and currently is a deputy regional advisor for the South Eastern Division of the Royal College. She is also a peer reviewer for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and an examiner for postgraduate membership exams (CASC) at the Royal College. She has been appointed as a medical expert by the General Medical Council.

Position at Priory

Dr Patil has been working as a visiting consultant at Priory Hospital Hayes Grove since 2025.

Training

Dr Patil originally qualified as a medical doctor in Mumbai, and obtained membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2008.

She has obtained a diploma in mental health law and a postgraduate qualification in child law, both from Northumbria University.

She has been conferred fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in recognition of her contributions and dedication to the field of psychiatry.

Dr Patil completed her higher specialist training in forensic psychiatry at South West London and St George`s NHS Trust, where she worked as a substantive consultant, before moving to Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust.

She has previously trained in child and adolescent psychiatry as a higher specialist trainee giving her an in-depth understanding of developmental aspects when assessing adults and has completed her core training in various subspecialities of psychiatry from the reputed St Marys` Training Scheme, London and Northern Deanery.

Over the years Dr Patil has actively engaged in patient and medical education, contributing to peer-reviewed journal publications and presentations at national and international conferences. In the past, she has worked as a research psychiatrist in a clinical trial involving ADHD treatment in prisons. She has also trained in a second opinion tertiary autism unit (Newcastle) in the past, spanning across childhood and adult age groups.

Presentations at national/international conferences:

• “ADHD research in prison: Needs and Development” workshop, co-presented in the Rcpsych Quality Network Prison Mental Health Services 4th Annual Forum, July 2019
• ‘The New Diminished Responsibility in England and Wales’- co-presented as a symposium at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services(IAFMHS) Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 19-21 2013 
• ‘Characteristics of adolescents placed under Section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA): A comparison with adults’- Presented as an oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 19-21 2013. Also presented as an oral presentation at the British Indian Psychiatric Association Conference, June 2013
• ‘Pharmacological interactions in a medium secure unit’- co-presented as an oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 19-21 2013
• ‘The New Diminished Responsibility in England and Wales’- Presented as an oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 19-21 2013

Publications and posters:

• Patil P, Mezey G, White S, ‘Characteristics of adolescents placed on s.136 MHA: A comparison with adults’. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (2013) Volume 24, Issue 5: 610-620
• Patil P, Olumoroti O, Witharana D, Rasquinha N, 'The issues involved in the management of foreign mentally disordered offenders in the UK at the point of entry'- Journal of European Psychiatric Association (2013) Volume 28, Supplement 1, Page 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)77365-6
• Patil P, Rasquinha N, Diminished responsibility in England and Wales: historical and current perspectives' Journal of European Psychiatric Association (2013) Volume 28, Supplement 1, Page 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)77340-1
• Rasquinha N, Patil P, 'Drug interactions in a regional secure unit': Journal of European Psychiatric Association (2013) Volume 28, Supplement 1, Page 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)77339-5
• Abhyankar SV, Rajguru A, Patil P, “Anatomical localization of the umbilicus: An Indian Study” `Plastic Reconstructive and Surgery`-(Journal of American Society of Plastic Surgeons) (2006) Apr;117(4):1153-7
• “Characteristics of adolescents placed under Section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA): A comparison with adults” :Patil P, Mezey G, White S. Poster presentation, Annual Forensic Psychiatry Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, February 2013
• “Patient experience in forensic wards: the story in south London”: Patil P, Durkin C, Harty M. Poster presentation, World Psychiatric Association International Congress, October 2012
• “Configuring forensic services on patients` needs?” Durkin C, Patil P, Harty M. Poster presentation, International Congress of Psychiatry, July 2012
• “Section 136: A peek at under-18s” Patil P. Poster presentation, Mental Health Research Network Scientific Meeting, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), April 2011
• “How useful are medical CPA reports in a medium secure setting?” Patil P. Poster presentation, Annual Forensic Psychiatry Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, February, 2011
• “Lithium levels and estimated glomerular filtration rate: A cross-sectional view.” Poster presentation, Annual Residential Meeting, Faculty of General Adult & Community Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, October 2008
• “Psychiatric admissions following self-harm: The ICD-10 spectrum.” Patil P, Kripalani K, Gash A. Poster presentation, Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry Annual Residential Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, March 2008
• ‘Moving towards the problem and away from diagnostic classifications’ (e-Letter). Patil P, Rasquinha N, Badanapuram R, Kripalani M, Gash A. British Journal of Psychiatry Online, 26 Feb 2010
• ‘Lorazepam in Acute Psychiatry Wards’(e-letter): Psychiatric Bulletin (2007; 31) Kripalani M, Gash A, Patil P (7 January 2008)
• ‘Add on tips. How to pass PLAB2’ (e-letter): Bmj.com.21st June 2004. Patil P
• ‘Good Decision’ (e-letter):Bmj.com.12th July 2004. Patil P

Languages

• English
• Hindi
• Urdu
• Marathi

• MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• MRCPsych - Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• FRCPsych - Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Diploma Mental Health Law
• PG CE Child Law (Comm)- Post Graduate Certificate in Child Law
• Bond Solon Certified Expert Witness (civil)