Louise Theodosiou

摘要

The child and adolescent psychiatrist at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust speaks to Anne Gulland. Louise Theodosiou is a great advocate for psychiatry and feels lucky to have made it her career. "What makes it amazing is the opportunity to really understand what's going on in people's lives," she says. "We have this chance to understand why someone has reached the point they have, and to help them change things." Theodosiou was first exposed to society's disparities during her childhood in Africa, where her father was a paediatrician. She now works in Moss Side, an area of Manchester once synonymous with gang violence. "It's a privilege and I feel like I'm working with some of the communities that I worked with in Africa," she says.