Expert clinic on mental health & skin conditions
BSF and talkhealth have teamed up on online expert clinic on mental health and skin conditions!
Dr Anton Alexandroff, Dr Andrew Thompson and Dr Alia Ahmed kindly joined us to give advice on mental health related to skin conditions on Thursday 15 April.
The clinic is now closed but you can view the questions and answers in the clinic forum.
Medical Experts
Dr Alia Ahmed
Consultant Dermatologist - BSc MRCP
Dr Anton Alexandroff
Consultant Dermatologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer & British Skin Foundation spokesperson - FRCP(UK), CCT (Dermat), PhD, FRSM, FAAD
Dr Alexandra Mizara
Chartered Counselling Psychologist
Professor Andrew Thompson
Registered Clinical and Registered Health Psychologist - DClinPsy., C.Psychol., AFBPsS., DipCAT., FHEA., BA(Hons)
Dr Emma Wedgeworth
Consultant Dermatologist & BSF spokesperson
Supporting Partner
British Skin Foundation
The British Skin Foundation is the only UK charity dedicated to raising funds for skin disease and skin cancer research. This year the British Skin Foundation turns 20 years old, giving out more than £10 million in grants to over 300 research projects since 1996. As well as supporting research into diseases such as eczema, psoriasis and skin cancer, cases of which are unfortunately all too common; the BSF are also looking to find better treatments and eventual cures for conditions that may be less familiar such as vitiligo, ichthyosis and alopecia.