Prof Michael Bloomfield

I'm an award-winning general adult psychiatrist who works with adults. I am trained both in psychopharmacology (using medication) and in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy (talking therapy). I am a Principal Clinical Research Fellow at University College London (UCL) where I lead a research group. In the NHS I work at the Traumatic Stress Clinic at St Pancras Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. I regularly lecture at UCL and I have been invited to lecture internationally. I teach students in medicine, psychology and the neurosciences, as well as doctors undertaking specialist post-graduate training in psychiatry. I am particularly interested in treating depression, psychosis and schizoprenia spectrum disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) including Complex PTSD and dissociation, anxiety disorders and people who struggle with regulating their own emotions and maintaining stable relationships. I have an interest in neuropsychiatry. I am also interested in helping people who are neurodiverse, have difficulties with attention inlucluding ADHD and people who are on the autistic spectrum. I have published over 100 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals including Nature, the Lancet Psychiatry, World Psychiatry and the British Medical Journal. I undertook my medical degree at the University of Oxford, before working in London and the Channel Islands. As a junior doctor I worked as an air ambulance doctor - which I loved. I went on to train in psychiatry at Charing Cross Hospital and later became a Medical Research Council clinical research fellow at Hammersmith Hospital where I did a PhD in Clinical Medicine at Imperial College London. I am a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I have built up a wealth of experience in the NHS, including community mental health, acute in-patient psychiatry, treatment-resistant psychosis, severe mental illness, crisis resolution and helping people with personality disorder diagnoses. I have advanced training in enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) from the University of Oxford. I have a certificate in Psychopharmacology from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.  I am an approved clinician under section 12 of the Mental Health Act.

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2007–2013
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

2. 2013–2017
   Residency · Psychiatry

   Universitat de València (GB)

1. 2017-09–2018-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital — Psychiatry

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Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 9 · i10: 13

Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of Psychiatry across GB

   Prof Michael Bloomfield, et al. · JAMA Psychiatry, 2026

   DOI: 10.8934/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 83

2. Validation of clinical scoring in Psychiatry

   Prof Michael Bloomfield, et al. · JAMA Psychiatry, 2025

   DOI: 10.9288/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 17

3. Long-term follow-up of Psychiatry across GB

   Prof Michael Bloomfield, et al. · JAMA Psychiatry, 2024

   DOI: 10.1622/euroclin.2024.2 · cited by 31

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