Russell Razzaque has been a practising psychiatrist in the UK for over fifteen years. He has worked across a range of services including in-patient, crisis, community recovery and also intensive care. He is currently Associate Medical Director and Director of Research and Innovation at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and he is also the Clinical Director for Community Mental Health Service Transformation.
Russell is active in the Royal College of Psychiatrists: For the last 5 years he has been an elected member on the College Council and he also sits on the Academic Faculty Executive and the London Regional Executive. He was also on the General Adult Faculty Executive till early 2022.
Russell is also a part time academic, with Honorary roles at both London South Bank University and University College, London. His academic interest is in person-centred, collaborative forms of care as well as mindfulness, which he has been practising and studying for over twenty years now. Russell has published a number of papers in peer reviewed journals on these subjects and is currently helping to lead a national multi-centre randomised controlled trial on the implementation of Open Dialogue the NHS - ODDESSI.
Russell was also nominated for President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists by the Royal College Council in 2022.
Russell's Twitter handle is @mindfulrussell Russell does not have a private practice but his NHS Open Dialogue informed service accepts referrals nationwide, and enquiries can be made at; dialoguefirst@nelft.nhs.uk
