Professor Persaud is a consultant psychiatrist working in the British National Health Service at the world-famous Maudsley Hospital in south London, and an honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Uniquely for a doctor, he also holds a first-class honours degree in psychology from University College London, which recently awarded him the title of Fellow in recognition of his ground-breaking work in psychiatry. Other medical awards and honours include the prestigious Royal College of Psychiatrists' Research Prize and Medal, the Denis Hill Prize and the Osler Medal.
Professor Persaud is the author ofStaying Sane,From the Edge of the Couch, andThe Motivated Mind,and his work has been published in academic medical journals, including theBritish Medical Journal. He writes regularly for the national press and hosts BBC Radio 4'sAll in the Mind- the only broadcast series dedicated specifically to reporting on academic psychology and psychiatry. He also appears regularly on television programmes such asQuestion Time,NewsnightandTomorrow's World. In a recent poll of members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists published in theIndependenton Sundaynewspaper, he was voted one of the top ten psychiatrists in the UK. He is married to an eye surgeon, has a son and a daughter, and lives in London.