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Richard Maddicks
Based
Waterlooville, Hampshire
Overview
Richard has a longstanding interest and expertise in neuropsychologicalassessment and intervention and has acquired experience in this area across a broad range of neurological conditions. He has contributed to a large number of medico-legal reports within this area and has appeared in court as an expert witness. This has included considerable work with traumatic brain injured clients and their families. He is an approved practitioner on the Law Society Expert Witness Directory (2006) and has considerable experience of working alongside other disciplines in rehabilitation teams and teaching/training other health care/rehabilitation professionals. He has worked with adult and older adult stroke patients including neuropsychological assessment and intervention in both inpatient and community settings.
Richard has an Honorary contract with Southampton University, providing both Neuropsychology teaching on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and acting as an internal examiner. He has an interest in pursuing clinical research, in particular the evaluation of treatment for inattention; he has developed a treatment device for use by clinicians in this area (www.treatneglect.co.uk). He is also developing an interview protocol for investigating sexual relationships in younger adults following stroke using a qualitative research method.
Employment
January - September 2000
Institute of Psychiatry Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology, Maudsley Hospital, London
1993 - 1996
South East Thames Regional Health Authority Clinical Psychology Training Scheme, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
1987 - 1991
University of Bath, BSc (Hons) 2 (1). Sociology & Psychology
(Approved by British Psychological Society)
Post Graduate Career History
July 2002 - to date, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Psychology Chartered Ltd. Providing independent neuropsychological services, including assessment, treatment and consultation to a range of referring agencies including medico-legal and case-management services. This work includes a broad range of neurological diagnoses mild head injury/post-concussive symptoms, moderate-severe traumatic brain injury, stroke and anoxic brain injury. It also includes diagnostic assessment of degenerative disorders e.g. Alzheimer's Disease.
June 2003 - to date, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Portsmouth City NHS Trust. Assessing and treating patients with a range of neurological diagnoses on a post-acute in-patient neurological rehabilitation unit. Includes planning, implementing and monitoring cognitive rehabilitation programmes and providing a broad range of interventions with patients and their families alongside consultative input to the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team, teaching/training and service planning/development.
April 2002 - June 2003, Clinical Neuropsychologist
Portsmouth City NHS Trust. Assessing, treating and contributing to multi disciplinary, inpatient and community neurological rehabilitation teams serving patients at various stages following acquired brain injury, including traumatic brain injury, stroke and anoxic brain injury.
April 1998 - October 2001, Clinical Neuropsychologist
Sussex Rehabilitation Centre, South Downs Health NHS Trust. Assessing treating and designing rehabilitation programmes for patients at the post acute stage of acquired brain injury. Included rehabilitative work with over 65 year old stroke patients and under 65 year olds with various neurological diagnoses, including progressive neurological conditions.
1996 -1998, Clinical Psychologist (Adult Mental Health)
South Downs Health NHS Trust. Assessing and treating a broad range of patients psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety and post traumatic symptoms referred by General Practitioners and Consultant Psychiatrists. Consultative work and training with other MDT professionals.
Publications
Maddicks, R., Marzillier, S., & Parker, G. (2003) Rehabilitation of unilateral neglect in the acute recovery stage: The efficacy of limb activation therapy. Neuropsycholgical Rehabilitation, 13, (3), 391-408.
Day, A., Maddicks, R. & McMahon, D. (1993). Brief Psychotherapy in Two-Plus-One Sessions with a Young Offender Population. Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 21, 357-369.
Professional
Member of British Psychological Society (BPS Membership Number 33626)
Full member of BPS Division of Clinical Psychology (BPS) since September 1999
BPS Chartered status since September 1999
Full Practitioner member of BPS Division of Neuropsychology since 2001