Dr Richard Bowskill

MA MB BChir MRCP MRCPsych

Richard Bowskill

Dr Richard Bowskill

Dr Bowskill is a highly experienced psychiatrist specialising in depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder and the effects of trauma.

Dr Richard Bowskill

MA MB BChir MRCP MRCPsych

Dr Richard Bowskill is a highly experienced but approachable consultant psychiatrist in Brighton & Hove who specialises in the assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, trauma, psychosis and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Dr Bowskill has been a consultant in the local area since 1996. He read medicine at Cambridge University where he also obtained a Masters Degree in experimental psychology. He completed his training at Guy’s Hospital in London where his interests in psychiatry developed. Dr Bowskill then attained membership of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

During his training, Dr Bowskill worked at the national unit for affective disorders at the Maudsley Hospital. It was here where he developed his interest in the treatment of depression.

Dr Bowskill is an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. He worked part-time at the Sussex Partnership NHS trust until 2021 and now works full time in private practice. Previously, he was Deputy Head of the Post Graduate Medical School and Discipline lead in Psychiatry when  he led the development of the psychiatry curriculum at Brighton and Sussex Medical School for the school’s first ten years.

From 2006 to 2017, Dr Bowskill was Medical Director at the Priory Hospital Brighton & Hove.

Dr Bowskill lead the Clinical Academic Group for Bipolar Affective Disorders and was Deputy Chair for the Mood and Anxiety Clinical Academic Group at the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust from 2015 to 2019.

Clinical Interests

My main clinical interests are in the assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety, ADHD and bipolar disorder and the effects of trauma. I have training and experience of assessing and treating a wide range of mental health problems.

Seeking help for mental health problems is often a daunting task at a vulnerable time in an individual’s life, my aim is to provide a comprehensive but sensitive assessment and work with you to find effective solutions.

Personal Interests

When not at work you may find me walking or biking around the Downs, some considerable distance behind Tim

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

Cambridge University 1982-1985 Medical Sciences Tripos, Parts I and II

Experimental Psychology Part III, MA, Class 2, Division 1.

Guys Hospital Medical School, 1985 – 1988 MB BChir (Cantab)

Membership of the Royal College of Physicians UK 1991

Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1994

Member of the British Association of Psychopharmacology

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