Psychiatric Consultant/Psychotherapist
Correspondence to: Rivers Centre, Tipperlinn House Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Edinburgh EH10 5HF	Tel: 0131 537 6708 Fax: 0131 537 6104 Email: chris.freeman@nhs.net
13 Heriot Row Appointments at: Consulting Rooms Edinburgh EH3 6HP	Tel: 0131 524 9730 Fax: 0131 524 9737

Specialist areas of work

PSYCHIATRY   psychopathology/psychiatric disorders   anxiety disorders/depression (psychiatry)   trauma sequelae (psychiatry including personal injury)   accident victims (psychiatry)   rape/sexual abuse victims (psychiatry)   assault victims (psychiatry)   crime victims (psychiatry)   war veterans (psychiatry)   post-traumatic stress disorder (psychiatry)   psychosomatic disorders/Munchausen/factitious disorders   personality disorders/psychoses   violence/self harm/suicide   eating disorders/bulimia/anorexia nervosa (psychiatry)   stress disorders: psychiatry   fitness to plead (psychiatric assessment)   psychopharmacology   psychiatry ethics/competence/misadventure PSYCHOLOGY   psychological counselling/therapies

Experience of

Clinical negligence, Personal injury, Professional negligence, Acting for pursuer, Acting for defender, Giving evidence in court

Types of work - instructions/reports/court appearances
Average number of instructions per year:	70
Number of court appearances in the last three years:	15
Number of reports in the last three years:	215

Trained

In the legal aspects of report writing and giving evidence in court

Geographical areas of work

Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland

Professional qualifications and accredited experience

MB, ChB (1971), BSc (1968), MRCPsych (1975), MPhil (1976), FRCPsych (1984), FRCP(Edin) (2000)

Membership of other professional bodies

British Psychological Association, British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy, President UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS)