Unlike Psychologists, the treatment offered by Psychiatrists differs from other therapists who work with mental health, in the sense that they are trained and qualified medical professionals that provide private psychiatry to patients that suffer from mental illnesses, but in addition, they can also treat particular mental illnesses with prescribed medication and, as such, they spend a great part of their treatment monitoring their patients' treatment plans.
Dr Hugo de Waal is a consultant psychiatrist from De Waal Psychiatry in London and specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases like PTSD, ADHD, and ASD. He also has over 20 years of experience in psychiatry, and your initial consultation with Dr de Waal will involve assessing what mental health issue(s) you are dealing with, if any, and where you fall into the spectrum. Dr de Waal will also review your treatment options with you, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of each strategy.
Unfortunately, despite our modern era, there is still some stigma around mental health concerns, which means that the concept of seeing a psychiatrist sometimes brings up thoughts of inadequacy or being ‘abnormal,' but the truth is that regardless of one’s emotional state of well-being, there is nothing to be embarrassed about when seeing a psychiatrist.
Take Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for example. This is one of the most common mental diseases, affecting both children and adults. ADHD is eminently curable with medication, and this method has been utilised with excellent results from as early as the 1960s. The medicine primarily affects the prefrontal cortex, which is the primary ‘management system' that organises activity in one’s brain.
“Seeking help for a mental health problem is no different than visiting your doctor for a physical ailment. Mental illness makes no distinctions, but it certainly afflicts people from all walks of life, no matter your background. I am simply here to assist you and will make every effort to give you the most pleasant setting possible so that you always feel safe, welcome, and relaxed during treatment.
I am fully qualified and accredited, and I have a wealth of experience working with a wide range of challenging cases, so you can be confident knowing that you will be treated by the best private psychiatrist in London,” Dr de Waal stated.
Dr de Waal sees patients at De Waal Psychiatry in Berkeley Square, London, but if travel is a problem for some patients, he also provides private assessments online. Patients are charged a rate of £365.00 for the initial assessment (60-minute session) and £550.00 for a comprehensive evaluation (90-minute session). A 60-minute ADHD assessment costs £675.00, and all 30-minute follow-up sessions cost £185.00.
If you want to make an appointment with one of London's top private psychiatrists, you can do so by telephone, or through Dr De Waal's website, which also includes a detailed description of his qualifications, accreditations, and credentials, as well as information about his diagnosis and treatment programs.
About Us:
H de Waal Ltd is an enterprise operating in England registered as 12615761 and trading as de Waal Psychiatry from 35 Berkeley Square, London, England (UK). I obtained my MD at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1989, following which I trained in the UK. I was appointed as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry in Norfolk in 1998. Early on I developed a major interest in pre-and postgraduate medical education. I have been heavily involved in developing community services for people with dementia and am currently part-time seconded to 'the Maudsley' in London to advise on and assist in developing its community services for older adults. I am also the Clinical Academic Lead of the South London Academic Health Sciences Network for Dementia; in which role I am developing a wide-ranging network of stakeholders. I specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, ASD, and PTSD but for a full list of my qualifications and services, please visit my website at https://www.berkeleypsychiatrists.co.uk/.