Description: Homesite - Dr Sam Chamberlain
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I am Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Southampton, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. I lead a specialist tertiary assessment and treatment service for impulsive, compulsive, and behaviourally addictive disorders. I also founded and Direct the NHS (UK) Southern Gambling Treatment Service. My primary collaborations are with: the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago (USA); BrainPark at Monash
My research and clinical work focuses on impulsive, compulsive, and behaviourally addictive problems. This involves three main areas: (1) developing and validating clinical & research tools (2) measuring cognitive problems and brain circuits that contribute (including vulnerability markers) (3) improving existing treatments and developing new ones. I have particular interests in conditions such as adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), gambling disorder, trichotillomania (hair pulling dis