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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustOur team continuedDr Giovanni Polizzi MMRCPsych, MInst PsychoanalConsultant PsychiatristDr Giovanni Polizzi is a consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy.He is the lead for mentalization-based therapy with the serviceand Deputy Head for the Trust’s psychotherapy training andeducation programme.BackgroundDr Polizzi studied in Italy, qualifying first as a neurologistwith a special interest in epilepsy. He started working inLondon as a researcher with the Epilepsy Research Group,Institute of Neurology, before deciding to concentrate onhis earlier passion for psychoanalysis and psychiatry.Dr Polizzi completed the Royal College of Psychiatry(MRCPsych) training while he was working at the SouthWest London and St George’s Mental Health Trust.His higher training in psychotherapy was completedat Springfield Hospital. He trained as a psychoanalystat the Institute of Psychoanalysis, London.He was appointed to his consultant post at the MaudsleyHospital in 2005.ResearchDr Polizzi’s main interest is the development of skills andknowledge in the field of personality disorders. His researchincludes mentalization-based therapy in outpatient workwith patients who have borderline personality disorders.Previous research interests include functional neuroimagingand electroencephalography (EEG) recordings, and primarycare and psychotherapy.22
National Services: Psychotherapy ServiceDr Florian Ruths MD, MRCPsych, PgDipCBTConsultant PsychiatristDr Florian Ruths is clinical lead for mindfulness-based therapy.He is a consultant psychiatrist in adult mental health inLambeth and is part of the South East Lambeth Assessmentand Treatment Team.BackgroundDr Ruths qualified in Heidelberg as a doctor and trained inPsychiatry at the Royal Free Hospital before moving to theMaudsley Hospital for specialist registrar training in GeneralAdult and Old Age Psychiatry in 2000.He became a qualified cognitive therapist and was BABCPaccredited. Since 2003, he has developed the mindfulnessbasedcognitive therapy program at the Maudsley Hospitaland has been a full-time consultant at the hospital since 2005.ResearchResearch interests include mindfulness and CBT. Previousinterests include mindfulness-based cognitive therapy,obsessive compulsive disorder and self-harm. 23
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