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Demand, diagnosis and a new era of psychiatry

As demand for mental health care continues to rise, are we building a system that treats people at the right time, and strikes the balance between early support, diagnosis and treatment?

Consultant psychiatrists Dr Daniel Masud and Dr Georgios Basdanis sit down for a candid conversation about working in mental health care today, exploring the questions shaping modern psychiatry: are we medicalising too early, can AI make both patients and clinicians more present and what do patients really fear when they walk into a psychiatrist’s consultation room?

The pair also reflect on the changing shape of mental health care, from supporting people through cancer treatment to understanding the distress that sits beneath addiction.

No scripts. Just real experiences, real challenges and real insight into where mental health care is heading in the UK, from clinicians who live it every day.

From the frontline of psychiatric care today

Care before
crisis
Dr Masud and Dr Basdanis explore how psychiatry needs to move upstream: not just stepping in at breaking point, but supporting patients earlier through more specialised, timely care across areas like addiction and cancer.
When does support become diagnosis?
As demand grows, Dr Masud and Dr Basdanis unpack a key tension in modern care: meeting rising need without over-medicalising normal human distress and why understanding the patient must come before the label.
Tech-enabled,
human-first
From AI to more specialised pathways, psychiatry is evolving. But at its core, effective care still depends on one thing: the relationship between clinician and patient.

Meet our psychiatrists

Dr Georgios Basdanis, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psycho-oncologist

Dr Georgios Basdanis is a Consultant Psychiatrist & Psycho-oncologist within the NHS and private practice at St Thomas’ Hospital and Guy’s Cancer Centre in London.

He has extensive experience of working with people with mental health difficulties in the context of chronic or severe physical health problems. He has specialist knowledge in the field of psycho-oncology, where he supports patients throughout their cancer diagnosis and treatment, including managing the side effects of oncology medications.

In his private practice, Dr Basdanis has extensive experience of working withpatients from demanding professional backgrounds, including hedge funds, private equity, banking and corporate law. This has given him a strong understanding of the unique stressors, long work hours and performance pressures which these patients face. 

Dr Daniel Masud, Consultant General Adult & Addiction Psychiatrist


Dr Daniel Masud is a Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in general adult psychiatry, addictions, and adult ADHD, with a focus on complex mental health presentations. He serves as Deputy Lead for Addictions and Extended Services at Nightingale Hospital and works across leading private mental health services in London.

He also co-founded Miracourt to expand access to high-quality, person-centred care. His approach combines clinical rigour with astrong emphasis on understanding each individual’s story, building therapeuticrelationships grounded in trust and empathy.

Dr Masud has particular expertise in treatment-resistant depression, addictions and ADHD.

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