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Hamish McAllister-Williams is Professor of Affective Disorders at Newcastle University and a Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Medical Director for Research at the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust, where he leads the Northern Centre for Mood Disorders research group (www.mood-disorders.co.uk).
His main research interests are in further understanding mood disorders and their treatment, and is Chief or Principle Investigator on a number of multicentre pharmacological and neurostimulatory trials. Clinically, he leads the Regional Affective Disorders Service in Newcastle, a tertiary level specialised clinic for patients with complex or difficult to treat mood disorders. The service provides a range of new and innovative treatments. He led an international expert group to produce a consensus statement on the identification, assessment and management of “difficult-to-treat depression”.