Mental Health & Stigma - Shahid Latif's story

Shahid Latif is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. His varied roles include school governor and weekly radio anchor for a medical programme on LRB Digital radio from June 2017 until June 2018, occasionally hosting a medical programme on Ramadan Radio on Leicester occasionally. Shahid has worked for the BME groups for more than 10 years and completed qualitative research projects for the minority groups particularly within the Muslim population where he worked on the overlap between cultural beliefs and mental health problems, also publishing papers in this area and presenting at conferences and hosting free workshops within communities. In addition he’s been a regular feature on multi-ethnic television channels and radio stations including BBC Asian Network on their panel of experts providing awareness and understanding of mental health conditions of the minority groups.