Prof Rick Adams

Consultant General & Neuropsychiatrist, Head of Computational Psychiatry

Prof Adams is an internationally renowned expert in the field of computational psychiatry. Prof Adams has been a Consultant Psychiatrist on the Specialist Register since 2017, and has worked as a doctor in the NHS since 2004. He has specialist clinical and research interests in psychosis and neuropsychiatry, and has a weekly clinic in the Camden Early Intervention in Psychosis NHS service where he is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of young people with possible psychotic disorders. He also works in a clinic in the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a tertiary referral centre for neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. neurodevelopmental disorders, rare causes of psychosis, psychiatric disorders in the context of neurological problems, and functional symptoms). He has membership of both the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of Physicians, meaning he has both psychiatric and also general medical expertise. He is also a Future Leaders clinical research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in University College London.