MENTAL HEALTH - Key Persons
Dr Josephine Asakpa is an experienced consultant psychiatrist. She has worked extensively in the Uk and sub Saharan Africa. She has travelled extensively and speaks basic Romanian and french. She trained in the eastern deanery(Cambridge,Hertfordshire and Essex)and was actively involved in educational programs at the university of Cambridge and Hertfordshire.
Qualification
She Obtained her higher specialist training in Intellectual disability Psychiatry.Her areas of expertise includes mental health disorders in children, adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities. As a result she worked closely with neurologists, paediatricians and geneticists through her training and subsequently in her role as a consultant psychiatrist. Due to her interest in prevention of mental illness she obtained a post graduate certificate in public health with a focus on prevention in mental illness and promoting the general well being of the individual. She believes in a holistic approach to treatment and actively advocates methods of stress reduction through healthy diet,exercise and meditation.