Jonathan Mitchell

Jonathan qualified in Medicine at the University of Sheffield in 1998 and trained in psychiatry on the mid and North Trent psychiatric training rotations. He has been a consultant psychiatrist working in Sheffield since August 2006. He worked in the early intervention in psychosis and continuing needs community mental health teams until summer 2012. Following a community team reconfiguration he has worked in the home treatment, access and recovery teams. Since October 2013 he has been the Associate Medical Director for Quality and Governance in Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust. Jonathan has been involved in writing NICE guidelines as a guideline development group member contributing to the writing of the Psychosis and Schizophrenia in adults and Psychosis and coexisting substance misuse, and as a special advisor to the Psychosis and Schizophrenia in children and young people. He is a co-investigator in a multicentre randomised controlled trial investigating a lifestyle education programme aiming to reduce the consequences of antipsychotic induced weight gain for people with schizophrenia.