About the Author

Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Hospital trust for 22 years. Former President of the British and European Associations of Behaviour Therapy. Former Fellow of the Stanford Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences and Salmon lecturer to NY Academy of Medicine. Previously worked at the New York Academy of Medicine, University of Michigan, University of Indiana, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Former consultant to the World Health Organisation and National Institute of Mental Health London is his home town