About
Dr Lax-Pericall has been a visiting consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Priory Hospital Roehampton for over 10 years.
Training
After qualifying in Medicine in Spain, Dr Lax-Pericall trained in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry in UK. She completed an MSc in Epilepsy at King’s College London and was awarded a PhD in 2017.
Earlier on in her carrier she completed a Diploma in Clinical Psychotherapy and has trained in eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR).
Research interests
- Psychiatric disorders in children with epilepsy and brain injury
- Risk factors for psychiatric disorders in children with neurological conditions
Clinical articles
- M.T. Lax Pericall, E. Taylor (2014), Family function and its relationship to injury severity and psychiatric outcome in children with acquired brain injury: a systematized review. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2014 ,56 (1):19–30.
- M.T. Lax-Pericall and E. Taylor (2010), Psychosis and Epilepsy in young people Epilepsy and Behaviour , 18 (4) 450-454.
- M. Ferrin, M. Ruiz-Veguilla, M. Blanc-Betes, S. El Abd, M.T. Lax-Pericall, M. Sinclair, E. Taylor Evaluation of attitudes towards treatment in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2012 Jul 20;21(7):387-401.
- T. Fosi, M.T. Lax-Pericall, R.C. Scott, B.G. Neville and S. Aylett, Methylphenidate treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in young people with learning disability and difficult-to-treat epilepsy: Evidence of clinical benefit, Epilepsia , 2013 , 54(12) 2071–2081.
Languages
- Spanish
- Catalan
- English