Dr Pratibha Nirodi

Consultants

Profile

Dr Nirodi is a highly experienced Consultant Psychiatrist who specialises in the diagnosis, ongoing management and care of older clients with both neurodegenerative and functional illness, and younger adults also with functional disorders and ADHD.

She has a wealth of experience as a substantive consultant, most recently having worked with Tees Esk Wear Valley NHS Trust in liaison psychiatry and crisis mental health, as a substantive for over 20 years and now as a locum with SE HSE.

She has a Medical Degree from Queens University Belfast, Diplomas in Geriatric Medicine and Mental Health, as well as being a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She has trained in biofeedback technique (using HeartMath tool) to help reduce stress and emotional overwhelm and well as being a therapist in Rapid Transformational Therapy (which uses NLP and hypnotherapy to transform negative patterns of thought, emotions and behaviours).

Dr Nirodi has extensive experience in providing diagnostic assessments and is a competent Medico-Legal Expert for capacity assessments (as part of court of protection process).

Dr Nirodi is a thoughtful, compassionate, and client-centred clinician who is respected by patients and colleagues alike. She draws on all her skills to establish the best available outcome and reflect on her own practice in order to maintain an excellent service to her patients. She is passionate about educating patients in using a variety of evidence based self-recovery tools. She is described by her peers as patient-focussed, positive, knowledgeable, respected, personable, supportive, and motivating.

Current NHS Post

Locum in Liaison old age psychiatry SE HSE Trust

Practising At

Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast
Onebright Mental Health Online
Talkmind Mental Health Online

Qualifications

MB BCH BAO 1991 Belfast

MrCpsych 2006

FRCpsych 2015

Dip Old Age Medicine 1994

GMC 3559844

MOS 187263

RCPsych 12997

Publications

Nirodi P, Mitchell AJ (2001)

“Do Doctors Prescribe Carelessly for Patients with Dementia”
Poster, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Annual Old Age Meeting, Dublin, March 2001.
Published 2002 in Ageing and Mental Health ( 2002 6(2): 191-196). Presented as a poster at the Royal college of old age psychiatry meeting in March 2001 in Dublin.

Read NL, Hughes TA, Dunn EM, Nirodi P, Branton T, Mindham RHS, Spokes EGS. (2001)

'Dementia in Parkinson's Disease ; Incidence and Associated Factors at 14- years of follow-up '
Poster, International symposium on Parkinson’s Disease, Helsinki
Published

Survey of expert second opinions in a tertiary psychiatric out-patient clinic in the Yorkshire region between 1988 and 2000

Published in BJP bulletin Nov 2003

Depression in Multi-systems atrophy-Progress in Psychiatry and Neurology

Vol 10 issue 4 May 2006

Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibody(VGKC) - Associated Encephalopathy and Psychiatric Symptoms (case report)- Narayana and Nirodi- VL - 41; DO - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1115;JO - European Psychiatry

Applying the Apprentice Model in Psychiatry - Henfrey, El-Sayh, Nirodi _ Progress in Neurology and Psychaitry

Vol 22 Iss 1 2018

Bite Sized Teaching:

Delivering knowledge of physical health issues in mental health settings - British Journal of Mental Health Nursing November/December 2017 Vol 6 No 6-

Robert Bartram, Ryan Dias, Sam Thompson, Arthitha Das, Pratibha Nirodi, Hany El-Sayeh, Usha Narayana

A Quality Improvement (Pilot) Project Poster at International Congress and RCPSych Conference / Psychiatric Medical Education for Foundation Trainees (Nov 2021)

Dr Pratibha Nirodi1 (Consultant), Dr Imagbe Uwaifo2 (Consultant), Dr Christiana Elisha-Aboh3 (HT), Dr Ogba Onwuchekwa3 (HT), Dr Rahul Watts2 (HT),

Dr Richard Johnson3 (HT), Dr Emma Brooks4 (HT), Dr Lauren Fitzmaurice4 (HT), Dr Emily Legg5 (CT), Dr Maggie Robinson3 (FY), Dr Jess Moncrieff1 (FY)

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry - Case Report - Diagnostic Overshadowing in Sporadic Creutzfeldt -Jakob Disease?

Harry Foster MBChB,Amy Barker iBSc, MBBS, Dr P Nirodi (MRCPsych) 09 May 2022

https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.743

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

ADHD (adult)
Old Age Psychiatry
Anxiety
Bipolar
Complex PTSD
Dementias
Depression
EUPD
OCD
Phobias and other anxiety disorders
Psychosis
PTSD
Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT)

Referral Requirements

Referral letter required

Fees

Consultation Fee

Initial Face-To-Face Consultation Fee £405

Follow Up Consultation Fee £202.50

ADHD Fee £1010

Mental Health Assessment Fee £405

Please note that our practice uses a third-party billing company, Medical Collections Ltd, to handle deposit payments. Patients will be contacted by Medical Collections Ltd for a non-refundable deposit payment prior to their appointment. By booking an appointment, patients consent to their data being shared with Medical Collections Ltd for financial processing purposes.

Our practice uses Medical Collections Ltd for deposit payments. By booking, you consent to your data being shared with them for financial processing. Deposits are non-refundable.