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ADHD & Autism Assessment in Children

Dr Priya Rajyaguru

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr Priya Rajyaguru is an Honorary Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Priya Rajyaguru has worked with young people with a variety of mental health difficulties and is particularly interested in the assessment and diagnosis of ADHD, ASD, Tics, OCD, depression, and anxiety. She takes great care to ensure the needs of young people and their families are addressed and uses a calm and compassionate communication style.  She has worked in a variety of specialist settings including community CAMHS, inpatient CAMHS and specialist tertiary clinics.

Dr Priya Rajyaguru is also a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and was previously funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) prior to receiving a prestigious Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Research Fellowship based at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research focusses on differences in thinking and the impact on mental health in children and adolescents. She is currently investigating the neurocognitive basis of rumination (repetitive negative thoughts) present in both neurotypical and neurodiverse people.

Education and Qualifications

  • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Severn Deanery and Great Ormond Street NHS schemes, 2023
  • ADOS and ADI-R trained (2020, 2022)
  • Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), 2017
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Healthcare, University of Bristol 2015
  • Medicine (MBBCh), Cardiff University 2012
  • Psychological Medicine (BSc) 1st Class Honours, Cardiff University 2010

Select Publications

  • Rajyaguru P, Kwong A, Braithwaite E, & Pearson R. (2021). Maternal and paternal depression and child mental health trajectories: Evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. BJPsych Open, 7(5), E166.
  • Culpin I, Bornstein M. H, Putnick D. L, Sallis H, Lee R, Cordero M, Rajyaguru P, Kordas K, Cadman T, Pearson R. M. (2019). Specific domains of early parenting, their heritability and differential association with adolescent behavioural and emotional disorders and academic achievement. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(10)
  • Rajyaguru P, Moran P & Pearson R. (2019). Disciplinary parenting practice and child mental health: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol 58., pp. 108-116
  • Pearson R, Cordero Vega M, Rajyaguru P. (2018) Chapter 10, Parenting Epidemiology. In: Bornstein M.  Handbook of Parenting: Volume 2: The Biology and Ecology of Parenting, Third Edition.
  • Rajyaguru P, Cooper M. (2013) Role of dietary supplementation in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry. Jun; 202:398-9