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Seizures & Symptoms
We are pleased to announce that we are now the UK’s first registered charity for NEAD - Registered Charity Number: 1131287
We are happy to announce that we have been awarded some funding from the national lottery big lottery fund
Co Founders: David & Michelle Porter-Reed
Charity Number: 1131287
NEAD Trust Medical Advisory Panel
One of NEAD Trusts objectives is to provide sufferers with as much support and information as possible. As such we have created the NEAD Trust Medical Advisory Panel. The MAP is comprised of highly experienced medical professionals who specialise in the fields of Neurology & psychotherapy. These doctors have generously donated their time and resources to write, review & update our articles, answer your questions and to provide up-to-date information on Non-Epileptic Seizures.
We are extremely honoured to work so closely with them and are proud to have them as our Medical Advisory Panel.
The Panel is comprised of: (click image for details)
Dr Markus Reuber, MD PhD MRCP
Markus Reuber is a Consultant Neurologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation.
“I work as a seizure specialist in the NHS and am particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Non-epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD). I head a collaboration of clinicians interested in developing evidence-based treatments for NEAD for the NHS. This collaboration (the NEST group) has completed one study, is carrying out two further studies and is planning further research which will hopefully make it easier for patients with NEAD to access suitable treatment wherever they live”.
Dr Richard Grunewald, MA, DPhil, FRCP
Richard Grunewald is a Consultant Neurologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation.
“My particular clinical interests are epilepsy, movement disorders and functional neurological disorders. My interest in non-epileptic attacks arose from my experience running the epilepsy service in Sheffield. With the help of colleagues in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, I helped established the first specialised counselling and psychotherapy service for non-epileptic attacks in the UK. I have also advised NICE on the development of guidelines for chronic fatigue syndrome and transient loss of consciousness and epilepsy”.
Stephanie Howlett, B.Sc. M.A. UKCP
Stephanie Howlett is a Specialist Psychotherapist working in the Department of Neurology of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She offers psychotherapy in Sheffield and Barnsley to patients with NEAD and other functional neurological symptoms, and also undertakes training and research in this field.
Jon Stone is a Consultant Neurologist and Senior Lecturer working in the Neurology Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
“I am on the DSM V advisory panel for conversion disorder and have made a free self help website for patients with functional symptoms including specific advice for patients with non-epileptic attacks. I regularly lecture both nationally and internationally on the topic.
I was a director of the British Neuropsychiatry Association and I am keen to improve knowledge and attitudes of health professionals in this area and also to raise public awareness of a very common, disabling and frequently misunderstood group of disorders”.
Professor Phil Smith, MD, FRCP
Professor Smith is currently a Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Professor at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
“My involvement with NEAD is principally as a clinical neurologist where I frequently diagnose and manage cases, but also I am involved in collaborative research with Sheffield University in developing the NEST projects. In addition I teach medical students about non epileptic attacks in an annual lecture”.
Dr Richard J. Brown, BSc, PhD, ClinPsyD
Richard Brown is Honorary Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (Central), Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester.
“I have been conducting psychological research on NEAD and related conditions since 1998, when I began work as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy.
I am a member of the NEST research group and I have also been developing a theoretical model of somatoform and dissociative disorders (which encompasses NEAD) since that time. In addition to researching that model, I am currently conducting research on attachment, emotional processing and attention in NEAD”.
Dr Sumeet Singhal, BSc, MBChB, MRCP, MD, CCT
Sumeet Singhal is a Consultant Neurologist at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
“My specialist interest is Seizure Disorders. I run both Epilepsy and NEAD clinics, and a Day Case diagnostic service for NEAD patients.
Our centre is one of those involved in the Non-Epileptic Seizure Treatment (NEST) 2 Study. I am aiming to expand the NEAD service into a multidisciplinary service which will include initially a physiotherapist, and, in the longer term, a dedicated social worker, nurse and psychologist”.
Allan House BSc, MBBS, MRCP, DM
Allan House is the Director, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
“My research interests are in the area of liaison psychiatry, which is that area of psychiatry concerned with mental health problems that present in physical healthcare settings.
My research is concentrated in three areas: chronic physical disease complicated by mental health problems such as depression; self harm, and medically-unexplained symptoms. I am especially interested in the emotional problems that accompany and complicate chronic physical health problems such as NEAD”.