Background

Dr Kyriakopoulos studied Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1992 – 1998). He trained in clinical psychiatry, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry, at St Mary’s, Maudsley and Great Ormond Street hospitals in London. He became member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCpsych) in 2005 and was elected fellow of the college (FRCPsych) in 2016. From 2008 to 2021, he was the Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist of adolescent and children mental health inpatient units in London, including the National and Specialist Inpatient Children Unit of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for 11 years. During the same time, he was honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the National Tourette Clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Since 2021, he has worked in different teams within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust including the National and Specialist Autism and Intellectual Disability Intensive Intervention Team at the Maudsley Hospital and the Lewisham CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team.

Experience

Dr Kyriakopoulos has clinical and research interest in early-onset psychotic disorders, the interface between autism spectrum disorders and psychosis, developmental neuropsychiatry and psychopharmacology, and the stigma of mental health treatment in childhood.

Other information

Dr Kyriakopoulos is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal BJPsych International, Portfolio Editor of The British Journal of Psychiatry, and Associate Editor of the journals Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Frontiers Public Health. He has published over 80 peer reviewed papers and book chapters, and presented in numerous national and international conferences.