Notes on Contributors

Daniel Armstrong undertook his undergraduate training in the city of Liverpool before returning to his native Tyneside for postgraduate training in psychiatry. He became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2008 with an accreditation in addictions psychiatry. He began his senior practice as a community psychiatrist in 2011. He served for seven years where he developed an interest in personality. He served for three years working with the Regional Specialist Personality Disorder Team as their Consultant Psychiatrist. He is an elected member of the General Adult Psychiatry Faculty Executive Committee. Dr Armstrong changed role and became a consultant liaison psychiatrist in 2018.

Kirsten Barnicot is a lecturer in Mental Health Services Research at City University of London. Her research work has particularly focused on the experiences of people diagnosed with personality disorder who may be survivors of complex trauma, and on parent-infant interventions in the perinatal period. She is currently leading a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded randomised controlled trial of the video feedback intervention for positive parenting (VIPP) for parents with enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships, consistent with a personality disorder. Prior to this, her NIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship at Imperial College London explored the interplay between personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, and evaluated outcomes and experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalization-based psychological therapies.

Gerry Byrne is a consultant nurse and child and adolescent psychotherapist (Tavistock). He is Head of Attachment and Perinatal Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (Family Assessment & Safeguarding Services (FASS), Infant Parent Perinatal Service (IPPS) & ReConnect). He is Clinical Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy for the Trust (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) and is the originator of the Lighthouse