Neil Greenberg

Neil Greenberg is an academic psychiatrist, who is a specialist in the understanding and management of psychological trauma, occupational mental ill-health and post traumatic stress disorder. Neil is based at King's College London[1] and is the current President of the UK Psychological Trauma Society.[2] He also runs the psychological health consultancy March on Stress.[3]

Professor Greenberg served in the UK Armed Forces for 23 years and during his service was part of the team to develop peer led traumatic stress support packages, most notably trauma risk management (TRiM),[4] for which he was awarded the Gilbert Blane Medal.[5]

Professor Greenberg is a specialist in the field of trauma and mental health, and has published more than 190 scientific papers and book chapters[1]

Some of his recent academic work includes being senior author of a review article into trauma risk management, published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine in May 2015.[6]

He has also led a comprehensive review paper published in the British Medical Bulletin on PTSD [7] and led a paper published in the Journal of Mental Health in 2015 which examined the potential mental health consequences for Ebola workers in West Africa.[8]

He regularly provides commentary in the media on the subjects of mental health, trauma and post traumatic stress disorder.[9][10][11][12]

He is also a lead advisor to UK charity Hostage UK[13] and sits on the Board of Directors for the Forces in Mind Trust[14] and Walking With The Wounded.[15]

Neil is also the Royal College of Psychiatrists Lead on Military and Veterans' Health[16] and was shortlisted for the Royal College of Psychiatrists, psychiatrist of the year 2015.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Neil Greenberg - Profile". kcl.ac.uk.
  2. ↑ "Contact - UKPTS". ukpts.co.uk.
  3. ↑ March on Stress. "March On Stress". marchonstress.com.
  4. ↑ Greenberg N, et al. "Trauma risk management (TRiM) in the UK Armed Forces.". nih.gov.
  5. ↑ "King's College London - Gilbert Blane Medal Award". kcl.ac.uk.
  6. ↑ D. Whybrow. "Promoting organizational well-being: a comprehensive review of Trauma Risk Management". oxfordjournals.org.
  7. ↑ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/publications/assetfiles/2015/Greenberg2015b.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/publications/assetfiles/2015/Greenberg2015.pdf
  9. ↑ "Broken by war: the Army reservist still battling with combat stress - and worried about declining mental health support for the growing ranks of part-time soldiers". The Independent.
  10. ↑ "PTSD Explained, Ten Years After 7/7". The Huffington Post UK.
  11. ↑ "John Cantlie’s speech delivered with no sign of distress, says psychologist". The Times.
  12. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-34009298
  13. ↑ "Our people - Hostage". hostageuk.org.
  14. ↑ "New Board Directors". Forces in Mind Trust.
  15. ↑ http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/who-we-are/the-trustees/
  16. ↑ http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/Greenberg%20Neil%20March2014.pdf
  17. ↑ http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/discoverpsychiatry/rcpsychawards2015.aspx
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