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Richard Graham
Honorary Visiting Professor

Profile

Career

  • Consultant Psychiatrist, stem4, Teenage Mental Health Charity: 1 April 2022 – present
  • Making Sense of Media Advisory Panel Member, Ofcom: October 2022 – present
  • Online Harms Lead, Child & Adolescent Faculty: March 2023 - present, Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Consultant Psychiatrist, TalkLife: 10 October 2023 – 5 June 2024
  • Consultant Psychiatrist & Digital Wellbeing Adviser, Keeping Well, South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust: 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2023
  • Independent Digital Wellbeing Consultant to UKCIS (Digital Resilience Working Group), BBC (Own It App), NHS, Academic Research (ySkills project, LSE; PTSD in Moderators, Middx Uni) and Technology Companies (TikTok; Yubo): 6 April 2017 – present
  • Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director, Good Thinking (London’s Digital Mental Wellbeing Service) 1 June 2016 – 31 March 2022
  • Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, 1 September 2009 – 31 August 2019
  • Clinical Director & Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist 5 January 2004 – 31 March 2017
  • Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Watford Child and Family Clinic 1 September 1997 – 2 January 2005
  • Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist. Adolescent Service, Priory Hospital, North London  1 November 1997 – 30 April 2009 

Research

Overview

Over the past 5 years, I have acted as specialist clinical adviser on a number of research projects, as well acting as a researcher directly. These projects include:

  • VIRRAC: The Risks to Children in the Metaverse (UEL)
  • TYKES: Kids YouTube and Digital Literacy in children under 5 years (UEA)
  • Invisible Risks: Content Moderators and the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (Middlesex University)
  • Youth Skills (ySKILLS): Exploring how children’s digital skills benefit their well-being (LSE)

Publications

Selected publications


Livingstone, S., Stoilova, M., Stänicke, L.I., Jessen, R.S., Graham, R., Staksrud, E., & Jensen, T.K. (2022). Young people experiencing internet-related mental health difficulties: The benefits and risks of digital skills. An empirical study. KU Leuven, ySKILLS. Available from: https://yskills.eu/young-peoples-online-engagement-and-mental-health-the-role-of-digital-skills/

Idelji-Tehrani S, Dubicka B, Graham R. The clinical implications of digital technology. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2023;28(1):338-353. Available from: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591045221145400

Aref-Adib G, Landy G, Eskinazi M, Sommerlad A, Morant N, Johnson S, Graham R, Osborn D, Pitman A
Assessing Digital Risk in Psychiatric Patients: Mixed Methods Study of Psychiatry Trainees’ Experiences, Views, and Understanding
JMIR Ment Health 2020;7(7):e19008: Available from:
 https://mental.jmir.org/2020/7/e19008

 

External activities

Memberships

  • General Medical Council
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • ACAMH
  • British Medical Association