Professor Ahmed El-Missiry

Professor Ahmed El-Missiry is a consultant psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in psychiatry, providing comprehensive assessment and treatment for a wide range of mental health conditions. His areas of expertise include ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, psychosis, insomnia and addiction-related disorders.

He takes a holistic and personalised approach to psychiatric care, considering biological, psychological and social factors when developing an individual treatment plan. He has a particular interest in addiction management and treatment, as well as complex and treatment-resistant mental health conditions.

Alongside his clinical practice, Professor El-Missiry has an extensive academic and research background, with numerous publications in international psychiatric journals. He is committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care and helping patients achieve meaningful and sustainable improvements in their mental health.

Position at Priory

Consultant psychiatrist at Priory, providing specialist psychiatric assessment and treatment for adults with a range of mental health conditions.

Training

• MD and PhD – Psychiatry

• MSc – Psychiatry

• DPP – Psychiatry

• MRCPsych / Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych)

• Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (FAPA)

• Fellow of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)

• Professor of Psychiatry – World Health Organisation Collaborative Centre for Training and Research

• Professor El-Missiry has also held academic and teaching positions and has an extensive record of psychiatric research and publications.

Research Interests

• Psychiatric co-morbidity and substance use disorders, with a particular interest in the relationship between substance misuse, mental illness and offending behaviour.

• Cognitive dysfunction and treatment adherence in schizophrenia and mood disorders.

• Victimisation, abuse and associated clinical and psychosocial factors in patients with major mental illness.

• Development and evaluation of clinical assessment tools and evidence-based approaches to psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

Links to clinical articles/research papers:

• Rates and profile of victimisation in a sample of Egyptian patients with major mental illness – International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764019831315

• Comparing cognitive functions in medication adherent and non-adherent patients with schizophrenia – Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.09.006

• Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Victimized Versus Non-Victimized Patients with Schizophrenia: An Egyptian Study – Activitas Nervosa Superior. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379616

• The reliability of the Standard for Clinicians' Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP): A clinician-administered tool with categorical, dimensional and numeric output – Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.025

Languages

• English

• Arabic

• MB BCh – Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Ain Shams University

• MSc – Master of Science in Psychiatry

• DPP – Diploma in Psychological Medicine

• MD – Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry

• MRCPsych – Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

• MISAM – Member of the International Society of Addiction Medicine

• LLB (Law) – Bachelor of Laws

• IFAPA – International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

• International Certificate of Competence in Addiction Medicine – International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, Canada