Dr Alex Hamilton is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who specialises in working with Deaf people at St Andrew’s Healthcare, a charity that specialises in looking after people with complex mental health conditions.
He grew up in a Deaf family and uses BSL fluently and as a trainee he worked in both Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals, including at the National High Secure Deaf Service and is currently Clinical Director for medium security at St Andrew’s Hospital.
Dr Hamilton works with NHS England on specialist Deaf adult mental health services, and is co-chair of the SignHealth Deaf Mental Health Network.
He regularly provides forensic assessments of mental disorder and treatment needs for Deaf people, medico-legal reports including criminal and family cases, as well as providing support and advice on working with Deaf people with mental health problems.
