World-leading expertise in research into children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions

The King's Maudsley Partnership brings together an exceptional group of clinicians, researchers, and professionals dedicated to helping children and young people thrive. There is no other group of world-leading experts with the breadth of expertise we have - focused solely on children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.

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Dr Amita Jassi - Co-lead, Affective Disorders Community of Practice

Amita Jassi is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Related Disorders Service for Children and Young People at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where she has worked since 2006. She leads the BDD service and serves as Research Lead for the clinic.

Amita has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and several books, including treatment workbooks and therapist manuals, and teaches and trains clinicians nationally and internationally. She is also Vice Chair of the BDD Foundation, the only charity in the world dedicated to BDD.

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Dr Amita Jassi - Co-lead, Affective Disorders Community of Practice

Amita Jassi is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Related Disorders Service for Children and Young People at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where she has worked since 2006. She leads the BDD service and serves as Research Lead for the clinic.

Amita has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and several books, including treatment workbooks and therapist manuals, and teaches and trains clinicians nationally and internationally. She is also Vice Chair of the BDD Foundation, the only charity in the world dedicated to BDD.

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Dr Amita Jassi - Co-lead, Affective Disorders Community of Practice

Amita Jassi is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Related Disorders Service for Children and Young People at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where she has worked since 2006. She leads the BDD service and serves as Research Lead for the clinic.

Amita has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and several books, including treatment workbooks and therapist manuals, and teaches and trains clinicians nationally and internationally. She is also Vice Chair of the BDD Foundation, the only charity in the world dedicated to BDD.