Dr Ramya Mohan ( www.ramyamohan.com) is a senior UK board-certified NHS Developmental Consultant Psychiatrist , Medical Educator, Music Composer, trained Singer, exhibiting Artist, invited Author, Orator and Humanitarian working across Asia and Europe for international Community Development.

An alumna of Bangalore Medical College (India), Ramya completed her MRCPsych with South London and the Maudsley on the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas hospitals training scheme. Following her sub-specialisation on the Great Ormond Street /Royal London training programme, she was awarded a board-certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry through the London Deanery. She has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist (CAMHS, Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Learning Disability of childhood and adolescence ) on the NHS since 2008, with Oxleas Partnership, Surrey and Borders Partnership and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation trusts. She is trained in the ADOS ,3Di , EMDR and Mindfulness and holds a clinical certificate form the British Association of Psychopharmacology. Her special interests and expertise are in the areas of Paediatric Psychopharmacology and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry. Her academic presentations ,publications and invited authorships include the World Psychiatric Association Conference & Journal, The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference UK, European Psychiatric Association Conference, Journal of European Psychiatry, The British Medical Journal, Schizophrenia Research etc. Her research interests & expertise are in the cognitive neuroscience of creativity and psycho-oncology.

As a Qualified Educational Supervisor and Medical Educator (KSS Deanery), Ramya is actively involved in teaching medical students and postgraduates on the NHS . She supports Psychiatry and CAMHS trainees as a specialty champion for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ( Health Education England) . She is visiting expert faculty for the College of Counselling and Psychotherapy Education , London. She is a Committee member for the Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health UK International (India)

Ramya has been teaching and expert faculty as part of a UK-India mental health training initiatives (UK-India voluntary sector collaborations -Concern for Mental Health UK & Mukul Madhav Foundation) and pan-India school training programmes (eg., The Live, Laugh, Love Foundation). She has extensive experience in international community development (in the context of the UK and Indian healthcare systems /communities) and contributes her expertise actively to the voluntary sector across the UK and India. She has been on the Autism Surrey board.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists UK have commended Ramya as a global pioneer in amalgamating Creative Arts and Neuroscience for youth and societal development , awarding her a fellowship for distinctive contributions to world Psychiatry (2018) and shortlisting her nomination twice for the Royal College of Psychiatrists ‘Communicator of the year ‘ national awards in 2019 and 2020.Her original work has pioneered a global movement in integrating music and the creative arts with Psychiatry for optimal mental health across the west and the east over the years. Her internationally acclaimed neuroscientific therapeutic technique CAPE : Creative Arts for Processing Emotions ® has dedicated users across the globe. To maximise accessibility and reach in areas with minimal infrastructure, training and community outreach around mental health , CAPE is now being taken forward as an integrated web-based mental health platform and app in collaboration with the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (NSRCEL) as incubation partner. This is an important step in her mission to optimise accessibility/reach and enhance the potential of creativity in healing and supporting mental health. Alongside being an NHS CAMHS consultant and initiating clinical CAMHS work in India with her home community, Ramya is the Medical Director and Creative Head of I MANAS London, a trail-blazing organisation with and established body of globally acclaimed work in integrating Medicine, Music, Art, Neuroscience and Ability in societies through high-impact events, global projects and large-scale media awareness work across the UK and India. She has two music albums and three video singles to her credit as a composer, singer and performer, in collaboration with artists and communities worldwide, including Indian and British Arts & Culture and British Hollywood.

Described as an accomplished polymath by thought leaders, Ramya’s repertoire of invited talks, music performances, art exhibitions and oratory for CAPE and mental health on a prestigious world platform includes TEDx, The United Nations UNGSII SDG Champions conference, The High Commission of India UK (Cultural wing), The houses of Lords and Commons (UK Parliament) , Mental Wealth Festival, world media ( BBC, Aaj Tak/India Today, Huffington Post etc), The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan UK and some of the world’s top Universities, schools, colleges and hospitals.

Combining her Indian roots with a working life in the West, Ramya is a global citizen with local sensibilities, an ambassador for creative arts in mental health. Her vision is to empower organisations, individuals & families through the powerful amalgamation of medicine, neuroscience and the creative arts.