Episode 7 Dr Lade Smith talks about race and mental health

Dr Smith is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and
Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Senior Lecturer at the
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings
College London.  She graduated in Medicine from Guy’s
Hospital Medical School, London, winning prizes in Psychological
Medicine. Having trained in general psychiatry, she is now a
forensic psychiatrist. She is Clinical Director of the Forensic
Services at SLaM. She is also the Clinical Director of the
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the Royal
College of Psychiatrists, providing medical leadership for the
team developing mental health guidelines. Dr Smith was awarded a
CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June 2019 for services to
Forensic Intensive Psychiatric care. In November 2019 she was
awarded Psychiatrist of the Year by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists and recently featured in HSJ’s list of 100
influential BAME leaders.