Alison is a graduate in Russian who ran international development projects in countries most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Her career was cut short when she was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after her colleagues were killed in the course of her work. The consequences included homelessness, multiple admissions to hospital, and identity loss. She now advises NHS and social care organisations on how to work in equal partnership with citizens.
Gerry Craigen
Attending associate staff psychiatrist, at the University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Craigen is a clinician with outpatient obligations. He is very active in teaching and is an award-winning educator. His enthusiasm for teaching focuses mainly on bioethics and medical – legal issues in the clinical work of undergraduate medical students as well as on teaching medical legal and ethical aspects of privacy in this digital age and of psychopharmacology to physicians in practice.