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MBBS, FRCPsych

About Dr Sharma

Dr. Ekta Sharma has over 15 years of experience working in mental health and has been a Consultant Psychiatrist since 2015.

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Dr. Sharma has special interest in Neuro-developmental disorders and women’s mental health which is becoming a primary feature in her clinic.

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After completing their MBBS in India, Dr. Sharma moved to the UK and has been pursuing a career in psychiatry.

 

Dr. Sharma completed her core training in Bristol and thereafter higher specialist training in general adult psychiatry.​ Her training involved working with in-patients, out-patients, and in specialist services such as the Tertiary centre for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) at Springfield Hospital in South-West London Trust. She has also worked in Early Intervention in Psychosis, Forensics, and Addiction Services.

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Dr. Sharma worked with Prof Nutt, pursuing a special interest in psychopharmacology; and at a neuropsychiatry centre in Bristol for her interest in somatoform disorders.

 

Thereafter, she was appointed as a consultant psychiatrist in June 2015 at SABP NHS Trust and worked as an in-patient consultant for 7 years before moving to a community job in 2022. While being an in-patient consultant, she was appointed as a Medical lead of a 60 bedded hospital - Farnham Road Hospital.

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In February 2020, Dr. Sharma started work in the private sector and has since worked at the Cardinal Clinic in Windsor.

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Since then, She has successfully treated patients with disorders of all ranges of severity.

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Special Interests

  • Neuro-developmental disorders in adults: ADHD and Autistic spectrum disorder

  • Women’s mental health

  • Menopause and mental health

  • Insomnia

  • Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar affective Disorder

  • Anxiety disorders: Generalised Anxiety Disorder, OCD, PTSD, Panic disorder Psychosis

  • Cannabis prescribing in mental health disorders.

Training Courses

Adult ADHD and Autism:

Attended the UKAAN/ Mind Matters courses that have enabled Dr. Sharma to skilfully assess and manage patients with adult ADHD.

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Menopause and mental health:

Attended a number of training programmes to develop her skills in the management of women’s mental health.

 

British Association of psychopharmacology Masterclasses:

treatment of Anxiety, depression, bipolar,  OCD, PTSD, Schizophrenia, addictions, sleep disorders, Insomnia, ADHD .

Publication

  • "Service evaluation on alcohol care pathways in local community drug and alcohol" team’: SABP Newsletter

  • "Dealing with uncertainty" in section 136 of UK Mental Health Act (1983, 2007) International congress of Royal College of Psychiatrists

  • ‘Exogenous Opiates modulate taste’ 02.11.2007, Biannual Meeting, South West Division, Royal College of Psychiatry

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