{"id":205949,"date":"2025-06-22T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205949\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:30:10","slug":"essexs-first-autism-specialist-psychiatrist-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205949\/","title":{"rendered":"Essex&#8217;s first autism specialist psychiatrist appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Dr Catherine Dakin will be working at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) to ensure autistic patients receive the best-suited mental health care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She is the first autism specialist consultant psychiatrist in the county, supporting neurodivergent patients in the community and on inpatient wards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Dakin, who was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 47, shared her experiences on Autistic Pride Day on June 18.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Dr Catherine Dakin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Dr Catherine Dakin (Image: EPUT)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;As an autistic person, who has specialised in autism, I am passionate about making sure that the care we provide at EPUT is best suited to the individual.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;My role involves helping clinicians view patient care through an autistic lens so that we work with patients to optimise their care and help them thrive.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Dakin&#8217;s own personal experiences have significantly shaped her career and driven her to advocate for neurodivergent patients within the healthcare system.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She added: &#8220;I\u2019ve had to work harder than most to navigate the world in a way that works for me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As an autistic autism consultant, I am able to advocate for autistic people, ensuring that their voices are heard, their needs are met, and that they are able to engage with mental health services.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Catherine Dakin will be working at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) to ensure autistic patients&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-205949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114728915622443408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}