Dr Sherine Mikhail
Consultant Psychiatrist
Conditions treated
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Bereavement
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Postnatal depression
- Self-harm
- Schizophrenia
- Psychosis
- Personality disorders
Treatment approaches
- Medication
- Counselling
- Clinical psychology
- Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
- Schema therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT)
Languages spoken
- Arabic, English
Professional qualifications, accreditations and memberships:
Qualifications:
- BSc Bachelor of Science Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine University of London 1991
- MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Royal Free School of Medicine London 1994
- MRCPsych Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK 1999
- FRCPsych Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK 2011
- Diploma in Criminology University of London 2005
Accreditations:
- GMC (General Medical Council) Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, Forensic Psychiatry, 2002.
- Approved under Section 12 (2) Mental Health Act 1983/2007 – since 1998
- Awarded 7 NHS Clinical Excellence Awards
Memberships:
- General Medical Council (GMC), Membership Number: 4099570
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- Medical Defence Union (MDU)
- Faculty of Community & General Adult Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Independent Doctors Federation
Professional experience
Dr Mikhail has been a Consultant Psychiatrist since 2002 and specialises in the assessment and treatment of mental illness in adults.
She qualified from Royal Free Medical School, University of London in 1994 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. She furthered her training in her chosen field of psychiatry with membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1999, followed by an award of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2011. Additionally, she gained a BSc in Immunopathology at medical school in 1991 and a Diploma in Criminology in 2005 from the University of London.
She has a private practice in London, at Nightingale Hospital; The Harley Street Clinic & Leaders in Oncology Care; HCA UK at UCH; and at The Blackheath Hospital; and an NHS practise at North London NHS Foundation Trust, Chase Farm Hospital where she has been awarded 7 NHS Clinical Excellence Awards, and Highly Commended Doctor of the Year Award in 2019.
In addition to her clinical work, she has been heavily involved in medical education and chairing medical committees. Since 2002, she has been actively involved in the formal lecturing, training and examining of medical students, and postgraduate doctor trainees, and elective students of University College London Medical School. Between 2009 – 2023, she was a member of the Fitness to Practise Panel Meetings of University College London Medical School as an independent Consultant Psychiatrist providing psychiatric expertise to the panel in relation to the mental health and personality of medical students, and risk factors which may be affecting their fitness to practise and qualify as doctors. She was formally trained and recognised as an Appraiser for Consultant medical colleagues and non-training grade doctors, and carried out this role in the NHS between 2011 – 2019. She was also Chair of the NHS Trust Drugs and Therapeutics Group between 2012 – 2023.
Personal statement
Dr Mikhail’s clinical interests include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, stress-related disorders, personality disorders and psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia and delusional disorder, in adults over 18 years of age.
She offers an in-depth consultation and tailored approach to your well-being, including medication and psychological therapies. She has close working relationships with highly experienced therapists to deliver your therapy needs.
Treatment may take place as an outpatient, inpatient or in a day therapy service according to need. Follow-up is always recommended and maintained until both you and Dr Mikhail agree on discharge.
Additional information about research, publications and interests
- S W Mikhail, HG Kennedy. Homicide, novel antipsychotics, and noncompliance. Lancet 2000; 355: 1189
- HG Kennedy, S W Mikhail. Advantages of depot antipsychotics. Lancet 2000; 356: 594
- S. Mikhail, A. Akinkunmi, N. Poythress. Mental Health Courts: a workable proposition? Psychiatric Bulletin 2001; 25; 5-7
- A.J Krentz. S. Mikhail, G. Hill, P. Cantrell. Drug Points: Pseudo-phaeochromocytoma syndrome associated with clozapine. British Medical Journal 2001; 7296; 1213
- Contributor to Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia for Psychoanalysis (2006)
- David Mikhail, Professional discipline and the optimal approach to the construction and use of written apologies Irish Law Times 2021
