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[[Simon Wessely]], born 1956 in Sheffield, is Professor of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at King’s and Maudsley Hospitals. According to his King College London web page “His research interests are in the grey areas between medicine and psychiatry, clinical epidemiology, psychiatric injury and military health ... has covered epidemiology, post traumatic stress, psychological debriefing, chronic fatigue syndrome, history, chronic pain, somatisation, Gulf War illness, military health and terrorism”.<ref>Kings College London[http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10206 Institute of Psychiatry Staff], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
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[[Simon Wessely]], born 1956 in Sheffield, is Professor of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at King’s and Maudsley Hospitals. According to his King College London web page “His research interests are in the grey areas between medicine and psychiatry, clinical epidemiology, psychiatric injury and military health ... has covered epidemiology, post traumatic stress, psychological debriefing, chronic fatigue syndrome, history, chronic pain, somatisation, Gulf War illness, military health and terrorism”. Wessely has published extensively on M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, researching “many aspects of the illness, including biochemistry, epidemiology, history, immunology, neuroimaging, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, virology and other areas”.<ref>Kings College London [http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10206 Institute of Psychiatry Staff], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
  
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Wessely has published extensively on M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, researching “many aspects of the illness, including biochemistry, epidemiology, history, immunology, neuroimaging, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, virology and other areas”.<ref>Kings College London[http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10206 Institute of Psychiatry Staff], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
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Wife, Dr [[Clare Gerada]], Vice-Chair of [[Royal College of General Practitioners]].<ref>The Royal College of General Practitioners [http://www.rcgp.org.uk/pdf/Council_Members_2009_10.pdf About Us]</ref>
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Wife, Dr [[Clare Gerada]], Vice-Chair of [[Royal College of General Practitioners]].<ref>The Royal College of General Practitioners[http://www.rcgp.org.uk/pdf/Council_Members_2009_10.pdf About Us]</ref>
 
  
 
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Director, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (MHR). MHR's funders include the [[Ministry of Defence]], the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Reuters, the BBC, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.<ref>King's College London website[http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/departments/?locator=979], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
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Director, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (MHR). MHR's funders include the [[Ministry of Defence]], the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Reuters, the BBC, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.<ref>King's College London [http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/departments/?locator=979], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
  
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Advisor in Psychiatry for [[British Army Medical Services]]; Chair, Nato Working Group on Psychosocial Consequences of Chem/Bio Terrorism; Member of the [[Scientific Advisory Panel on Emergency Response]] (SAPER) and [[Defence Scientific Advisory Council]] (DSAC);<ref>Kings College London[http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10206 Institute of Psychiatry Staff], accessed 21 November 2010</ref> Science Media Centre, Science Advisory Panel;<ref>Science Media Centre[http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/pages/about/sap.htm About Us], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>  
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Advisor in Psychiatry for [[British Army Medical Services]]; Chair, Nato Working Group on Psychosocial Consequences of Chem/Bio Terrorism; Member of the [[Scientific Advisory Panel on Emergency Response]] (SAPER) and [[Defence Scientific Advisory Council]] (DSAC);<ref>Kings College London [http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10206 Institute of Psychiatry Staff], accessed 21 November 2010</ref> Science Media Centre, Science Advisory Panel;<ref>Science Media Centre [http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/pages/about/sap.htm About Us], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>  
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Trustee, Combat Stress Charity;<ref>Combat Stress[http://www.combatstress.org.uk/pages/untitled.html Our Patrons and Trustees], accessed 21 November 2010</ref> Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences<ref>The Academy of Medical Sciences[http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/index.php?pid=59&fid=4294, Fellows], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
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Trustee, Combat Stress Charity;<ref>Combat Stress [http://www.combatstress.org.uk/pages/untitled.html Our Patrons and Trustees], accessed 21 November 2010</ref> Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences<ref>The Academy of Medical Sciences [http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/index.php?pid=59&fid=4294, Fellows], accessed 21 November 2010</ref>
  
  

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Simon Wessely, born 1956 in Sheffield, is Professor of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at King’s and Maudsley Hospitals. According to his King College London web page “His research interests are in the grey areas between medicine and psychiatry, clinical epidemiology, psychiatric injury and military health ... has covered epidemiology, post traumatic stress, psychological debriefing, chronic fatigue syndrome, history, chronic pain, somatisation, Gulf War illness, military health and terrorism”. Wessely has published extensively on M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, researching “many aspects of the illness, including biochemistry, epidemiology, history, immunology, neuroimaging, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, virology and other areas”.[1]

Wife, Dr Clare Gerada, Vice-Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners.[2]

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Director, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (MHR). MHR's funders include the Ministry of Defence, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Reuters, the BBC, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.[3]

Advisor in Psychiatry for British Army Medical Services; Chair, Nato Working Group on Psychosocial Consequences of Chem/Bio Terrorism; Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Emergency Response (SAPER) and Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC);[4] Science Media Centre, Science Advisory Panel;[5] Trustee, Combat Stress Charity;[6] Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences[7]



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  1. ↑ Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry Staff, accessed 21 November 2010
  2. ↑ The Royal College of General Practitioners About Us
  3. ↑ King's College London [1], accessed 21 November 2010
  4. ↑ Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry Staff, accessed 21 November 2010
  5. ↑ Science Media Centre About Us, accessed 21 November 2010
  6. ↑ Combat Stress Our Patrons and Trustees, accessed 21 November 2010
  7. ↑ The Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows, accessed 21 November 2010
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