Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Hamilton McBrien is a Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist, with over 20 years of experience. For a substantial part of his career he has worked within the private sector predominantly as a lead Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist within the Priory Group. For the entirety of his 13 years with the Priory Group, Dr McBrien led adolescent inpatient units. During his tenure, he held the position of Medical Director for 2 hospital sites and Clinical Director for CAMHS for the entire Priory Group. As part of this role, he worked alongside senior colleagues and managers to oversee the clinical care provided by Priory CAMHS sites operated by the group. During his time at Priory, he also led on opening a private CAMHS inpatient service, which at the time was the only such service in the UK. Prior to joining the Priory he worked within the NHS and within secure psychiatric services for your people.
Having worked with adolescents for the entirety of his consultant career, Dr McBrien, from the assessment stage, engages and works collaboratively with a young person to develop a treatment plan. He prefers to involve the young person’s family (with permission and where age-appropriate), whilst maintaining the young person’s privacy where he can. He has expertise in the use of psychopharmacology in young people and advises on evidence-based treatment approaches. This includes both medication and therapeutic approaches, as most young people benefit from therapy, irrespective of medication. He practices an evidence-based approach to treatment, using guidelines from NICE, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and other medical and therapy institutions.
Dr McBrien has experience in the full range of developmental, behavioural and mental health disorders experienced by children and young people up to the age of 18 years. As the young person approaches their 18th birthday, he specifically engages with them and their family (again, where appropriate), in the process of transition to identify their preferences as they move to the care of an adult psychiatrist.
He practises Monday through Thursday at the Nightingale Hospital, Lisson Grove in Marylebone, London offering both face to face and online appointments.
He can be contacted via his website (https://drmcbrien.com/)or by calling his PA on 07933724883
