Agnes Ayton, MD, MRCPsych, MMedSc
Consultant Child and Adolescent
Psychiatrist,
Darwin Centre,
Dr Ayton completed her training in Child
Psychiatry in 2000 in Yorkshire. She has been working as a Tier-4
consultant since. Her interest took her to a specialist eating
disorder unit in the private sector (Huntercombe Hospitals) for
three and a half years. She returned to the NHS in 2007, and
she works at the Darwin Centre, Stoke-on-Trent.
Primarily a clinician, she has also been involved in various
research projects, such as the development of the CAMHS
Satisfaction Scale and the COSI-CAPS study.
Declaration of interests: None
Dasha
Nicholls, MBBS, MRCPsych, MD
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Joint Head of
Feeding & Eating Disorders Service, Dept. of Child &
Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
NHS Trust, London.
Dr Nicholls trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Great
Ormond Street Hospital, London, where she now co-leads the Feeding
and Eating Disorders Service.
Her main research interests are the nosology, epidemiology and
treatment of childhood eating disorders.
She has written, lectured and published widely and is an
active contributor to the eating disorders field through the Royal
College of Psychiatrists, the Academy for Eating Disorders and the
Eating Disorders Research Society.
Declaration of interests: None
Anne Stewart, BSc, MBBS, DCH, MRCPsych, Dip Cogn Th
 Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxford City
CAMHS team and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of
Oxford.
Dr Stewart trained in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
in Oxford and has had experience in inpatient management of
eating disorders in Oxford, prior to focussing on community
management of eating disorders.
She has a strong interest in promoting early identification and
intervention. Her academic and research interests are in prevention
of eating disorders, ethical and legal issues in eating disorders,
the use of CBT in adolescent eating disorders and patients’
experiences in eating disorders.
Declaration of interests: None
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