Dr Heather Bullen
Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatrist
An empowering, family-focused approach
I have specialist expertise and experience in child and adolescent intellectual disability psychiatry that I am keen to use efficiently to improve the health of children, adolescents, families and wider multiagency teams. I predominantly provide consultations online to Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists who request additional specialist expertise around individual cases. I am also keen to develop an online resource of information available free to families and professionals relating to my experience in this area.
Hello, I’m Heather
I trained in the UK as a psychiatrist specialising in child and adolescent intellectual disability and then worked in a specialist team at consultant level for 15 years in the NHS in Scotland. In 2024 I left this post and am now establishing an independent practice. I am passionate about treating mental illness and also improving mental health at a population level.
Resources
Overwhelmed by all the mental health information available online? I want you to be able to access basic information online quickly when you need it.
Desperate to know more? I will be expanding the information to include references for those who love their details and aim to include more information on the advantages and disadvantages of specific issues that are most relevant.
What I offer
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Resources
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Support for Families
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Supervision for Professionals
My Aims
To use my skills and experience to improve the health of children and young people with an intellectual disability.
To develop my clinical practice through consultation to colleagues who request specialist guidance in child and adolescent psychiatry.
To practice as a psychiatrist appropriate to my training and experience in a manner that is also sustainable in terms of my own quality of life.
