 | James MacCabe is an academic psychiatrist, specialising in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He is director of the Maudsley Debates, which holds public debates three times a year on topics relevant to mental health. He conducts research on the causes and treatment of severe mental disorders and works half time in the NHS as a consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Unit at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. |
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