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{{short description|British psychiatrist}}
'''Sami Timimi''' is a British psychiatrist who is a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] in [[Child and adolescent psychiatry]] at [[Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust]] and a visiting [[professor]] at the [[University of Lincoln]]. He is Director of [[postgraduate]] education for the NHS in Lincolnshire.<ref>[https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/shsc/visitingprofessors/ School of Health and Social Care: Visiting Professors] University of Lincoln, Retrieved 01 August 2016</ref>
'''Sami Timimi''' is a British psychiatrist. He is a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] in [[child and adolescent psychiatry]], Director of medical education at [[Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust]], and a visiting professor of child psychiatry at the [[University of Lincoln]].


==Background==
Timimi grew up primarily in [[Iraq]] until the age of 14, then due to political difficulties moved to England; his mother is English and his father Iraqi. He has written of his [[culture shock]] on first arriving. He has been a vocal critic of aspects of the psychiatric system in his training and practice.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rpRIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood] 2002/2014 by Sami Timimi. Chapter one: On becoming a child and adolescent psychiatrist: a personal account]</ref>
Timimi grew up primarily in [[Iraq]] until the age of 14, then due to political difficulties moved to England; his mother is English and his father Iraqi. He has written of his experience of psychiatric training and early practice.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rpRIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 On becoming a child and adolescent psychiatrist: a personal account] In Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood, 2002/2014, Sami Timimi.</ref>


==Career==
Timimi is patron to the charity Carefree Kids and has authored several books including 'A Straight-Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems'. He gained an [[NHS England]] Regional Innovation Fund award for leading on an Outcome Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS) project.<ref>[http://www.carefreekids.org/about/people/president-and-patrons/ Carefree Kids: Out people]</ref><ref>[http://www.cultureequality.org/Sami_Timimi.html Culture and Equality in Mental Health: Sami Timimi]</ref> He is a member of the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry which focuses on adverse effects of medications.<ref>[http://cepuk.org/members/ Council For Evidence-Based Psychiatry: Members] Retrieved 01 August 2016</ref>
Timimi is patron to the charity Carefree Kids and has authored several books including 'A Straight-Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems'.<ref>[http://www.carefreekids.org/about/people/president-and-patrons/ Carefree Kids: Our people]</ref> He gained an [[NHS England]] Regional Innovation Fund award for leading on an Outcome Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS) project.<ref>[http://www.cultureequality.org/Sami_Timimi.html Culture and Equality in Mental Health: Sami Timimi]</ref> He is a member of the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry which focuses on [[adverse effects|adverse effects of medications]] in the long-term.<ref>[http://cepuk.org/members/ Council For Evidence-Based Psychiatry: Members] Retrieved 01 August 2016</ref>


Timimi uses [[group psychotherapy]] focused on building relationships, using some techniques from [[The Nurtured Heart Approach]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/adhd-being-different-is-not-an-illness-a6757276.html ADHD: 'Being different is not an illness'] The Independent, William Sutcliffe, 21 September 2015. <i>Note: The article's link to International Critical Psychiatry Network seems to be outdated.</i></ref><ref>[http://www.lpft.nhs.uk/assets/files/InMind/InMind%20Issue%2026.pdf Nurtured Heart tempers ADHD] InMind, December 2011, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust</ref>
Timimi is skeptical of the benefits of [[Classification of mental disorders|psychiatric diagnosis]], seen as primarily cultural [[Constructivist epistemology|constructions]], and has critiqued the [[Medicalization|medicalisation]] of the various problems subsumed under the categories of [[ADHD]] and [[Autism]] (the latter co-authored with people with the diagnosis).<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rethinking-mental-health/201604/sami-timimi-adhd-autism-and-childrens-mental-health Sami Timimi on ADHD, Autism and Children's Mental Health] Apr 01, 2016, Psychology Today, Eric R. Maisel Ph.D.</ref> He has described [[global mental health]] initiatives as a form of [[neo-liberalism]].<ref>Sami Timimi, (2011) "Globalising mental health: a neo‐liberal project", Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 4 Iss: 3, pp. 155 - 160. https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17570981111249293</ref> In his own practice he uses [[group psychotherapy]] focused on building relationships, using some techniques from The Nurtured Heart Approach.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/adhd-being-different-is-not-an-illness-a6757276.html ADHD: 'Being different is not an illness'] The Independent, William Sutcliffe, 21 September 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.lpft.nhs.uk/assets/files/InMind/InMind%20Issue%2026.pdf Nurtured Heart tempers ADHD] InMind, December 2011, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust</ref>


In 2020, Timimi helped organise an open letter to Adrian James, the new President of the [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]], calling on British psychiatry to do more to tackle racism.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O’Dowd|first=Adrian|date=2020-07-03|title=Psychiatrists urge royal college to tackle racism|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2657|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=370|pages=m2657 |doi=10.1136/bmj.m2657|issn=1756-1833|pmid=32620545|s2cid=220303090 }}</ref>
==Publications==

* Sami Timimi, (2011) "Globalising mental health: a neo‐liberal project", Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 4 Iss: 3, pp.155 - 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17570981111249293
==Books==

* Timimi S (2021) A straight Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems - Second Edition. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.
* Timimi, S. (2020) Insane Medicine: How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How you can Escape Them. KDP Publishing
* Runswick-Cole, K., Mallet, R., Timimi, S. (eds.) (2016) Re-thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity, and Equality. London: Jessica-Kingsley
* Timimi, S., Tetley, D., Burgoine, W. (2012) Outcome Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS): A Service Transformation Toolkit. Author House UK.
* Timimi S, Gardiner N, McCabe, B. (2010) The Myth of Autism: Medicalising Men's and Boys' Social and Emotional Competence. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
* Timimi S (2009) A straight Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.
* Timimi, S. and Leo, J. (eds.) (2009) Rethinking ADHD: From Brain to Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
* Cohen, C. and Timimi, S. (eds.) (2008) Liberatory Psychiatry: Philosophy, Politics and Mental Health. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Timimi S and Maitra B (eds.) (2006) Critical Voices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. London: Free Association.
* Timimi, S. (2007) Mis-Understanding ADHD: The Complete Guide for Parents to Alternatives to Drugs. Bloomington: Authorhouse.
* Timimi S (2005) Naughty Boys: Anti-Social Behaviour, ADHD and the Role of Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
* Timimi S (2002) Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood. Hove: Brunner-Routledge


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Latest revision as of 07:27, 14 April 2024

Sami Timimi is a British psychiatrist. He is a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry, Director of medical education at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and a visiting professor of child psychiatry at the University of Lincoln.

Background

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Timimi grew up primarily in Iraq until the age of 14, then due to political difficulties moved to England; his mother is English and his father Iraqi. He has written of his experience of psychiatric training and early practice.[1]

Career

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Timimi is patron to the charity Carefree Kids and has authored several books including 'A Straight-Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems'.[2] He gained an NHS England Regional Innovation Fund award for leading on an Outcome Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS) project.[3] He is a member of the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry which focuses on adverse effects of medications in the long-term.[4]

Timimi is skeptical of the benefits of psychiatric diagnosis, seen as primarily cultural constructions, and has critiqued the medicalisation of the various problems subsumed under the categories of ADHD and Autism (the latter co-authored with people with the diagnosis).[5] He has described global mental health initiatives as a form of neo-liberalism.[6] In his own practice he uses group psychotherapy focused on building relationships, using some techniques from The Nurtured Heart Approach.[7][8]

In 2020, Timimi helped organise an open letter to Adrian James, the new President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, calling on British psychiatry to do more to tackle racism.[9]

Books

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  • Timimi S (2021) A straight Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems - Second Edition. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.
  • Timimi, S. (2020) Insane Medicine: How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How you can Escape Them. KDP Publishing
  • Runswick-Cole, K., Mallet, R., Timimi, S. (eds.) (2016) Re-thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity, and Equality. London: Jessica-Kingsley
  • Timimi, S., Tetley, D., Burgoine, W. (2012) Outcome Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS): A Service Transformation Toolkit. Author House UK.
  • Timimi S, Gardiner N, McCabe, B. (2010) The Myth of Autism: Medicalising Men's and Boys' Social and Emotional Competence. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Timimi S (2009) A straight Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.
  • Timimi, S. and Leo, J. (eds.) (2009) Rethinking ADHD: From Brain to Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Cohen, C. and Timimi, S. (eds.) (2008) Liberatory Psychiatry: Philosophy, Politics and Mental Health. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Timimi S and Maitra B (eds.) (2006) Critical Voices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. London: Free Association.
  • Timimi, S. (2007) Mis-Understanding ADHD: The Complete Guide for Parents to Alternatives to Drugs. Bloomington: Authorhouse.
  • Timimi S (2005) Naughty Boys: Anti-Social Behaviour, ADHD and the Role of Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Timimi S (2002) Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood. Hove: Brunner-Routledge

References

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  1. ^ On becoming a child and adolescent psychiatrist: a personal account In Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood, 2002/2014, Sami Timimi.
  2. ^ Carefree Kids: Our people
  3. ^ Culture and Equality in Mental Health: Sami Timimi
  4. ^ Council For Evidence-Based Psychiatry: Members Retrieved 01 August 2016
  5. ^ Sami Timimi on ADHD, Autism and Children's Mental Health Apr 01, 2016, Psychology Today, Eric R. Maisel Ph.D.
  6. ^ Sami Timimi, (2011) "Globalising mental health: a neo‐liberal project", Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 4 Iss: 3, pp. 155 - 160. https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17570981111249293
  7. ^ ADHD: 'Being different is not an illness' The Independent, William Sutcliffe, 21 September 2015.
  8. ^ Nurtured Heart tempers ADHD InMind, December 2011, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
  9. ^ O’Dowd, Adrian (2020-07-03). "Psychiatrists urge royal college to tackle racism". BMJ. 370: m2657. doi:10.1136/bmj.m2657. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 32620545. S2CID 220303090.
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