Professor Allan Young

Professor Allan Young is Chair of Mood Disorders and Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, where he is also Head of School and Vice-Dean for Academic Psychiatry. He is the Clinical Academic Lead in the Psychological Medicine and Integrated Care Clinical Academic Group in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, where he also acts as Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of the Affective Disorders Service.  

Professor Young’s research interests focus on the cause and treatments for severe psychiatric illnesses, particularly mood disorders. He has received research grants from several funding agencies and has over 750 peer-reviewed publications, including several books. He is a Trustee of the patient and family charity Bipolar UK, and of the Drug Safety Research Unit, respected for its work in pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, risk management and training services.