Nick Bouras is the Director of the Estia Training, Research and Development Centre in London. He is Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Health Service Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Mental Health Studies Programme. He is also Consultant Psychiatrist at SLAM NHS Trust and Director of the Estia Training, Research and Development Centre at Guy's. He has been a member of several national and international organisations including Chairman, World Psychiatric Association, Section of the Psychiatry of Mental Retardation. He has