André Tylee
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André Tylee holds the Chair of Primary Care Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry
, King's College London
. He oversees the primary care research program for the Institute and for the Maudsley Hospital
in London. As a general practitioner
in Sutton, Surrey, his main research interest is the management of clinical depression
in primary care.
He is also chair of the primary care
program of the National Institute of Mental Health in the UK and holds an honorary chair in the Department of General Practice at Monash University
.
Tylee is the founder of "Trailblazers," a training and leadership program in which general practitioners, nurses, and other primary care workers join a partner from a specialist mental health team to work on a project to improve their local mental health services. The program has over than 600 graduates in England and is being extended to the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
Institute of Psychiatry
The Institute of Psychiatry is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways to prevent them in the first place...
, King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
. He oversees the primary care research program for the Institute and for the Maudsley Hospital
Maudsley Hospital
The Maudsley Hospital is a British psychiatric hospital in South London. The Maudsley is the largest mental health training institution in the country...
in London. As a general practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
in Sutton, Surrey, his main research interest is the management of clinical depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
in primary care.
He is also chair of the primary care
Primary care
Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
program of the National Institute of Mental Health in the UK and holds an honorary chair in the Department of General Practice at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
.
Tylee is the founder of "Trailblazers," a training and leadership program in which general practitioners, nurses, and other primary care workers join a partner from a specialist mental health team to work on a project to improve their local mental health services. The program has over than 600 graduates in England and is being extended to the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.