Dr. Aarohee Desai-Gupta
MBBS, MSc (Psychiatry), MRCPsychPsychiatry
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Dr Aarohee Desai-Gupta is a highly accomplished, compassionate and approachable Consultant Psychiatrist based in North London.
She has a track record of delivering high standards of clinical care and treatment to patients under her service for over a decade.
She currently works as a Visiting Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in General Adult Psychiatry at the Priory Hospital, North London and also runs an Acute Adult In-patient Unit- at the Priory Hospital in Enfield. In her current position, she typically sees Adults with the following mental health conditions:
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Mood disorders - bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety
- Anxiety Spectrum Disorders- OCD, PTSD, Panic Disorder and PhobiasPsychotic disorders - schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders
- Personality disorders
- Mental Illnesses due to co-morbid alcohol and illicit drug use
For details on the services she provides, please check out her website:
She is a Health Assessor and Medical Supervisor with the General Medical Council since 2019. In this role, she conducts assessments for doctors with mental health problems.
Dr Desai-Gupta was an Associate Medical Director (Interim: 2017-18 & 2019-20) within NELFT NHS Foundation Trust. She has been a Consultant Psychiatrist within NHS since 2012 where she worked within different types of Community Mental Health Teams and gained extensive experience looking after patients with a range of acute and chronic, complex, enduring and treatment-resistant mental health problems, who often posed a risk to themselves or others. She ran special sessions for Assessment and Treatment for patients with ADHD, for those with Dual Diagnoses and those experiencing first-episode of Psychotic illness
She is an experienced trainer in Psychiatry, was an Educational Supervisor for Psychiatric trainees and a Medical Student Tutor and Examiner with the Universities of London and Manchester. She is the founder of the ‘In-Sync’ multi-professional simulation training program in Psychiatry run within NELFT NHS Foundation Trust – aimed at bridging the gap between physical and mental health care which was awarded ‘Innovative Training of the year 2017’ by University College London Partners (UCLP).
Dr Desai-Gupta is registered as a media spokesperson with the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 2010. She has in this role, provided honorary expert guidance on various psychiatric topics to media professionals.
Dr Desai-Gupta is particularly interested in helping Adults with ADHD, patients from Ethnic Minority Groups and Women with Mental Health Problems.
Website: www.drdesaigupta.com
Procedures
- Video Consultation
Special interests
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorder
- Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Low Mood
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Adjustment Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Panic Disorder
- Paranoia
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post Natal Depression (PND)
- Stress
Education
Dr Desai Gupta qualified as a Doctor from the University of Mumbai, India in 2003.
She holds a Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Psychiatry from the University of Manchester for her research in the relationship between Spirituality and Depression (2012).
She completed her Psychiatric training from across the UK, starting in Scotland at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and thereafter within the Central and North Manchester Training schemes at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Prestwich Hospital and other District General Hospitals (2008-2010) and finally within the North London Training scheme at the Highgate Centre for Mental Health and Chase Farm Hospital (2010-12).
She also trained in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy to women prisoners with mental illness and psychosexual therapy (2008-2010).
Research interests
Dr Desai-Gupta’s research interest for her MSc Thesis was ‘The relationship between Spirituality, Personality, Coping factors & Vulnerability to Depression.’ (2011).
During her training years, she had been a researcher in a comparative observational study on Lithium & Semi-sodium Valproate (2006) and in a comparative retrospective study of Atypical Antipsychotics conducted in Lanarkshire, Scotland (2005).
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