Dr Giulia Spada MD PhD

Dr Giulia Spada is a Consultant Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist (medical doctor) who believes that the best long-term outcomes for children and young adults is achieved through early diagnosis and intervention, alongside regular clinical monitoring and psychotherapy.

In addition to her work helping children in our clinics, she is also a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist in the prestigious South London & Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) as well as being a Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry King’s College London (IoPPN). Though Dr Spada treats a wide range of psychiatric conditions, she has undergone further specialist diagnostic training in assessing patients with ADHD and Autism.

Dr Spada has over 15 years of clinical and academic experience in a variety of psychiatric outpatient and inpatient settings, having specialised as a Child & Adolescent Neuropsychiatrist in 2012 and having completed a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (University of Pavia, Italy) with her research on the early identification and treatment of children at risk of mental illness. Dr Spada graduated in Medicine & Surgery (Honours) at the University of Pavia, Italy.

Her research has been presented at many national and international conferences and published in multiple peer reviewed medical journals and textbooks (such as Wiley: “Child Psychology & Psychiatry: Frameworks for Clinical Training”).

Her main interests are in the psychiatric and psychological transition from childhood to adulthood for those with neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and Autism. Neurodevelopmental disorders being a group of disorders which affect the development of the nervous system that may affect emotion, learning ability, self-control and memory.

Dr Spada collaborates in our centre’s multidisciplinary setting which delivers the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) and ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised)  or 3Di (Developmental, Dimensional & Diagnostic Interview) as pioneered by the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, for formal diagnoses of Autism where required.

Dr Spada’s General Medical Council (GMC) registration is 7612946 and she is an Affiliate Specialist of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych).