International Associate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry School of Medicine, Nicosia University

Dr Spyridi is a Consultant Psychiatrist with proven experience in Adult Psychiatry, working across a range of Mental Health Conditions including Early Psychosis, Anxiety and Mood related disorders.

Dr Spyridi qualified as a medical doctor in 2000 from Athens Medical School in Greece and continued her postgraduate studies obtaining a master’s degree in Medical Research Technology and a doctorate in Psychiatry concentrated on cognitive impairment in psychosis.

Dr Spyridi also received training on Brief Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and CBT. She completed her full training in Psychiatry in 2008  and has worked in several NHS settings in the UK, Greece and Cyprus since then. In 2016 she left the NHS to work as a private Consultant  in Cyprus and the UK. Since 2022 she works with the University of Nicosia as Associate Professor of Pyschiatry.

Dr Spyridi has been actively involved with clinical research as Research Fellow at the Psychiatry Department, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, as Honorary Psychiatrist at the Neurosciences Department, Cambridge University, UK, as peer reviewer and author at the Cochrane Library and also contributing to a number of NIHR research projects as part of her NHS role. Her research work has been presented in international psychiatric conferences and published in scientific journals.

Dr Spyridi has special interest in the management of anxiety and depression in working age and highly functioning population.

Her special interests are also the interface between physical and mental health as well as the early intervention in psychosis including Bipolar Disorder.

Her aim is to provide mental care of high standards, tailored to patient’s needs and preferences,  based on the latest clinical and research evidence. Dr Spyridi wishes to  ensure that medication is prescribed safely only on an if needed basis and non pharmacological treatments are also considered.