1. Rajendra 'Raj' Persaud was born on 13 May 1963 and is an English consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster and author of books about psychiatry.
13 Facts About Raj Persaud
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Raj Persaud is known for raising public awareness of psychiatric and mental health issues in the general media, has published five books and received numerous awards.
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In October 2008, Persaud resigned from his position as consultant psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
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Raj Persaud was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and at University College London, where he read for his degrees in medicine and psychology, and wrote for the student newspaper Pi.
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Raj Persaud told the British Medical Journal that this left him "traumatised" and he compensated by virtually taking up residence in the college library, eventually achieving at least three degrees, four diplomas and a membership examination, including:.
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Raj Persaud was a psychiatric trainee at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital in London, a research scholar and post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US in 1990 and a research worker at the Institute of Neurology at UCL.
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Raj Persaud is a Fellow of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
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Raj Persaud regularly appeared on radio and TV programmes, as either interviewee or presenter and was resident psychiatrist on the daytime television programme This Morning.
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Raj Persaud is a former presenter of the BBC Radio 4 psychology and psychiatry programme All in the Mind.
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Raj Persaud was a presenter for Travels of the Mind for BBC World Service.
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Raj Persaud is the joint editor of the Royal College of Psychiatrists "discover psychiatry podcasts".
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Raj Persaud has appeared on talk shows such as Richard and Judy and Good Morning with Anne and Nick, promoting psychiatric treatments for mental health issues.
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In contrast, Phil Hammond, a GP and journalist, applauded Raj Persaud for his populist appeal, saying Raj Persaud is a "good media communicator" for the psychiatric industry, albeit lacking the sophistication of the late Anthony Clare.