Best Psychiatrists in Manchester, UK

Dr Daniel Kaitiff is a highly-experienced Consultant Psychiatrist and has worked in a number of specialities including General Adult, Older adult and liaison Pyschiatry

Dr Kaitiff has a medical degree, is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatry and is section 12 approved. Further to this he previously has experience of working in Research within phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.

Dr Kaitiff has over 15 years’ experience as a General

and Older Adult Psychiatrist. He is an excellent facilitator of information, assessment and diagnosis, and offers a range of treatment options for his patients, including both pharmaceutical and therapeutic support.

Dr Kaitiff offers assessment, treatment and medication reviews for all his patients as required, and has developed his training in a range of therapeutic treatments; Systematic Family Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Knowledge & Understanding Framework for Personality Disorders.

Dr Daniel Kaitiff is an advocate for the understanding of mental health, believing medical conditions are often long-lasting, and the goal of successful treatment is for an individual to be autonomous throughout their life and not require considerable health input.

Dr Kaitiff had treated complex cases in a varied number of mental health areas and believes there is a positive solution for all patients.

Dr Kaitiff is capable of covering the following areas; Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, schizophrenia, Stress, Personality Disorders, Cyclothymia, Dementia and grief. He has completed courses in leadership, family therapy and psychotherapy, and it is his vision and aim, to provide patients and their families, with enhanced levels of care, combining medical treatment, with other treatment approaches, as well as equipping families with the tools necessary to fully understand the nature of the diagnosis, the holistic treatment plan and the broad approach to optimizing function and quality of life for their loved one moving forwards.

Dr Daniel Kaitiff is an advocate for the understanding of mental health, believing medical conditions are often long-lasting, and the goal of successful treatment is for an individual to be autonomous throughout their life and not require considerable health input.

To Dr Kaitiff, family is an essential part of recovery at times and he particularly enjoys using family therapy techniques in practice.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Systematic Family Therapy
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Knowledge & Understanding Framework for Personality Disorders
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• ADHD
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Anti Social Personality Disorder
• Cyclothymia
• Dementia
• Grief or Loss
• Bereavement
• Medication Reviews

Dr Antonio Metastasio is a Consultant Psychiatrist presently working at the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. He privately practices in Harley Street, where he is an associate at the Cognacity team; and in Cambridge at Salus Wellness.

Having qualified from the University of Perugia in 2000, Dr Metastasio went on to train in Geriatrics in Italy. Following this, he pursued a career in Psychiatry at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and holds a certificate of completion of training with a double endorsement in Addiction Psychiatry and in General Adult Psychiatry. He has also obtained an MSc in Addiction Biology from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and is currently completing a Master degree in Genomic Medicine at the University of Cambridge. Dr Metastasio is responsible for all medical expertise, including devising the pharmacological interventions, at the Cambridge adult ADHD clinic.

Dr Metastasio has expertise in the main areas of adult psychiatry and in addictions including alcohol and substance disorders and behavioural addictions. He has experience in the treatment of a number of mental illnesses including depression, anxiety and panic disorder, bipolar affective disorder, cyclothymia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, chronic fatigue syndrome, personal personality disorders and psychosis. Further to this, he has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals in the fields of depression, psychosis, alcohol misuse, substance misuse and genomic medicine.

Dr Metastasio is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Association of Psychopharmacology and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has been a senior clinical Tutor at the University of Cambridge and he is currently teaching medical students at University College London.

• Residentially medically assisted alcohol/drug withdrawal
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar affective disorders
• Psychosis (including schizophrenia)
• Stress-related disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Adjustment disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorders
• Personality disorders
• Adult ADHD
• Addictions: alcohol, substances, behavioural addictions and impulse control disorders
• Binge drinking
• Personalised medicine
• Genomic Medicine applied to Psychiatry and Addictions

Dr Micheal Kurkar is an experienced consultant psychiatrist based at Calderbank Medical Chambers in Didsbury, Manchester. He is also the clinical director of mental health services in Oldham and currently works at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in adult psychiatry and TMS. He is the clinical lead of the Pennine Care TMS service and was responsible for establishing the first NHS TMS service in the North West of England. He is active in TMS research and is the principal investigator for the BRIGhTMIND TMS Randomised Control Trial.

Dr Kurkar manages and treats a wide range of mental disorders including depression, treatment-resistant depression, bipolar affective disorder, adult ADHD, anxiety, and psychosis. His special interest is in liaison psychiatry and pain medicine. He works with patients with mental health conditions related to chronic physical health conditions which often co-exist with or exacerbate chronic pain.

Dr Kurkar specialised in perinatal psychiatry. He is able to treat mental health conditions that occur during pregnancy and in the postnatal period, such as postnatal depression and puerperal psychosis. He also provides preconception consultations for women with mental health conditions.

Dr Kurkar gained his MBChB from Alexandria University in 1999 and gained his Master Degree in Psychiatry from the University of Manchester 2015.  He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrist. He is also member of the Clinical TMS society.

Dr Patrick Mbaya graduated with a medical degree from the University of Manchester. He then went on to obtain further qualifications – both an MSc and an MD in Psychiatry. He worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Wythenshawe Hospital in South Manchester before deciding to move to a different hospital within the same NHS Trust. In the summer of 2013, he became the Lead Consultant for Addiction at the Priory Hospital Altrincham, where he currently works. He also acts as an Honorary Clinical Lecturer for Psychiatry at South Manchester University Hospital.

Every Monday and Thursday, Dr Mbaya runs a day clinic, seeing and treating patients with addictions, general adult psychiatric conditions and affective disorders. He has particular special interests in addiction and mood disorders, such as depression.

Dr Mbaya has written numerous papers on the topics of treatment-resistant depression and psychopharmacology, which have been internationally recognised and published. He is also the author of the high acclaimed novel ‘My Brain is Out of Control: Memoirs of a Doctor as a Patient’, in which he provides a unique insight into battling serious physical and mental illness whilst practising as a doctor.

• Addiction
• Addiction Rehabilitation
• Counselling
• Drug Rehabilitation
• Cognitive Training
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Addiction
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Mood disorders

Dr Justin Haslam has expertise in a variety of general adult mental conditions, including depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and addiction.

He earned his medical degree from the University of Manchester in 1989 and trained in the North West of England before becoming a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1993. He then became a consultant psychiatrist at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, as well as covering the High Peak region of North Derbyshire.

During his training, he worked at Christie Hospital for three years, investigating burnout in healthcare personnel, delivering mental health care and therapy to cancer patients and their families, and teaching clinical and communication skills to trainees. He has been working solely in private practice since 2002.

From 2011 until 2018, Dr Haslam served as Medical Director. In 2011, he co-authored 'Coping with Depression: A Guide to What Works for Patients, Caregivers, and Professionals' with his psychology colleagues and also published a study on psychological treatment for OCD.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments:

• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Anxiety Disorder
• Stress
• Panic disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Non-opioid drug misuse
• Burnout
• ADHD in adults
• Mental health difficulties in conjunction with physical illnesses
• Chronic pain

After graduating from medical school in 1994, Dr. Nadeem started in psychiatric training in West Yorkshire in 2000 and went on to complete his higher psychiatric training in Oxford. He gained the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2003 and then went on to work on psychopharmacological research at the University of Oxford. Furthermore, Dr. Nadeem did a master's degree in Clinical Psychiatry at Leeds University and is now is a Consultant psychiatrist and has been working for the NHS since 2006. 

Dr. Nadeem is currently the consultant for the Home Treatment team and for the drug alcohol service in Salford and regularly sees outpatients at the Priory Hospital, Altrincham. He specializes in Drug and alcohol dependence, addiction and general adult psychiatry; and has a particular interest in the treatment and recovery of alcohol or drug problems, dual diagnosis of patients with a combination of mental health problems and substance abuse, and the misuse of prescribed medication. Alongside his clinical work, Dr. Nadeem contributes to medical research, producing publications in the fields of psychopharmacology, medical education and the genetics of schizophrenia.

Dr Nadeem offers to counsel and treats a wide variety of mental health conditions, including: 

• Addiction e.g. Alcohol rehabilitation 
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Drug Rehabilitation
• Legal High Addiction
• Mental Health Treatment
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Prescription Drug Addiction 
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Stress
• Trauma 

• Drug and Alcohol dependance
• General Adult Psychiatry
• Substance misuse with Mental health problems 

Early on in his career, Dr Salman Karim was attracted to Psychiatry due to his fascination with brain development and the lack of proven scientific discoveries in the field. He initially trained in Adult Psychiatry in 2003, and then began training in Old Age Psychiatry three years later. He currently works as a Consultant Psychiatrist within the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and acts as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Over his many years of training and clinical work, he has developed a strong belief in the holistic approach to the treatment of mental conditions across all age groups.

He thoroughly enjoys clinical work due to the variety of patients that he has the opportunity to interact with, and the gratification of improving their quality of life. Dr Karim is passionate about developing medical research for cognitive disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, as he views this as one of the biggest challenges for current and future generations. He has contributed to research in this field, publishing papers on the quality of life of patients with dementia, the mini-mental state examination and mild cognitive impairment.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Addiction
• Cognitive Training
• Mental Capacity Assessments
• Criminal Injury Assessments
• Drug Rehabilitation

• Bipolar Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Depression
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Phobias
• Psychosis
• Anxiety Disorder
• Memory disorders
• Dementias