Dr Graham Walker

  • Clinical Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Mental Health & Wellbeing)
  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)

Biography

Dr Graham Walker is an ST5 Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, based in Mental Health & Wellbeing. Dr Walker graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MBChB in 2015, having attained an intercalated BScMedSci in 2013. Dr Walker completed his Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2019.

Dr Walker has experience of working in varying psychiatric subspecialities across the West of Scotland during his core psychiatric training years. He subsequently worked in Melbourne, Australia for 3 years in adult forensic psychiatry. Subsequent to this, he has moved back to Glasgow to complete his higher psychiatric training, and has a 60/40 split between clinical and academic work.

His areas of research interest include both Child and Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatry, and most recent pieces of work have focused on a nationally distributed questionnaire on child and adolescent psychiatrists attitudes to clozapine, and a systematic review identifying studies examining the validity of instruments for use as outcome measures in child and adolescent forensic mental health services. Dr Walker is currently working on an application for a PhD, focusing on prenatal substance exposure and associations with adolescent/ adult criminality.

Publications

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Number of items: 11.

2024

Walker, G. and Carroll, A. (2024) Moving from psychiatric practice in the UK to Australia: some personal reflections. BJPsych Bulletin, (doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.69) (PMID:39291450) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Sarkar, J. and Bhalla, R. (2024) The uptake and utility of a reflective practice group for psychiatry registrars in a state-wide forensic service. Australasian Psychiatry, (doi: 10.1177/10398562241277457) (PMID:39269203) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Wilson, N., Allely, C. S., Thomson, A., Smith, H. and Lang, J. (2024) Identifying studies examining the validity of instruments for use as outcome measures in child and adolescent forensic mental health services: a systematic review. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, (doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02514-7) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Lang, J. and Smith, H. (2024) Survey on barriers to psychiatrists’ use of clozapine for young people in Scotland and suggestions for reducing these. PLoS ONE, 19(6), e0304996. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304996) (PMID:38900758) (PMCID:PMC11189218)

Wilson, N., Gajwani, R. , Fleming, M. , Findlay, M., Stocks, H., Walker, G. , Corrigan, N. and Minnis, H. (2024) The physical health trajectories of young people with neurodevelopmental conditions: a protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies. MedRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.03.22.24304709)

2021

Walker, G. and McCabe, T. (2021) Psychological defence mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case series. European Journal of Psychiatry, 35(1), pp. 41-45. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.10.005) (PMID:33191967) (PMCID:PMC7648496)

2019

Shaw, R. C., Walker, G. , Elliott, E. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Occurrence rate of delirium in acute stroke settings. Stroke, 50(11), pp. 3028-3036. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025015) (PMID:31554501)

2018

Walker, G.S. , Chen, J.Y., Hopkinson, H., Sainsbury, C.A.R. and Jones, G.C. (2018) Structured education using Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) reduces long-term HbA1c and HbA1c variability. Diabetic Medicine, 35(6), pp. 745-749. (doi: 10.1111/dme.13621) (PMID:29573459)

2017

Walker, G.S. , Cunningham, S.G., Sainsbury, C.A.R. and Jones, G.C. (2017) HbA1c variability is associated with increased mortality and earlier hospital admission in people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 34(11), pp. 1541-1545. (doi: 10.1111/dme.13455) (PMID:28833535)

2015

Walker, G. , Alexandrou, E., Rickard, C. M., Chan, R. J. and Webster, J. (2015) Effectiveness of electrocardiographic guidance in CVAD tip placement. British Journal of Nursing, 24(Sup14), S4-S12. (doi: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.Sup14.S4) (PMID:26203700)

2013

Walker, G. and Todd, A. (2013) Nurse-led PICC insertion: is it cost effective? British Journal of Nursing, 22(Sup19), S9-S15. (doi: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.Sup19.S9) (PMID:24350393)

This list was generated on Thu Nov 21 04:46:03 2024 GMT.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Walker, G. and Carroll, A. (2024) Moving from psychiatric practice in the UK to Australia: some personal reflections. BJPsych Bulletin, (doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.69) (PMID:39291450) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Sarkar, J. and Bhalla, R. (2024) The uptake and utility of a reflective practice group for psychiatry registrars in a state-wide forensic service. Australasian Psychiatry, (doi: 10.1177/10398562241277457) (PMID:39269203) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Wilson, N., Allely, C. S., Thomson, A., Smith, H. and Lang, J. (2024) Identifying studies examining the validity of instruments for use as outcome measures in child and adolescent forensic mental health services: a systematic review. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, (doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02514-7) (Early Online Publication)

Walker, G. , Lang, J. and Smith, H. (2024) Survey on barriers to psychiatrists’ use of clozapine for young people in Scotland and suggestions for reducing these. PLoS ONE, 19(6), e0304996. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304996) (PMID:38900758) (PMCID:PMC11189218)

Wilson, N., Gajwani, R. , Fleming, M. , Findlay, M., Stocks, H., Walker, G. , Corrigan, N. and Minnis, H. (2024) The physical health trajectories of young people with neurodevelopmental conditions: a protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies. MedRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.03.22.24304709)

Walker, G. and McCabe, T. (2021) Psychological defence mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case series. European Journal of Psychiatry, 35(1), pp. 41-45. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.10.005) (PMID:33191967) (PMCID:PMC7648496)

Shaw, R. C., Walker, G. , Elliott, E. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Occurrence rate of delirium in acute stroke settings. Stroke, 50(11), pp. 3028-3036. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025015) (PMID:31554501)

Walker, G.S. , Chen, J.Y., Hopkinson, H., Sainsbury, C.A.R. and Jones, G.C. (2018) Structured education using Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) reduces long-term HbA1c and HbA1c variability. Diabetic Medicine, 35(6), pp. 745-749. (doi: 10.1111/dme.13621) (PMID:29573459)

Walker, G.S. , Cunningham, S.G., Sainsbury, C.A.R. and Jones, G.C. (2017) HbA1c variability is associated with increased mortality and earlier hospital admission in people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 34(11), pp. 1541-1545. (doi: 10.1111/dme.13455) (PMID:28833535)

Walker, G. , Alexandrou, E., Rickard, C. M., Chan, R. J. and Webster, J. (2015) Effectiveness of electrocardiographic guidance in CVAD tip placement. British Journal of Nursing, 24(Sup14), S4-S12. (doi: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.Sup14.S4) (PMID:26203700)

Walker, G. and Todd, A. (2013) Nurse-led PICC insertion: is it cost effective? British Journal of Nursing, 22(Sup19), S9-S15. (doi: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.Sup19.S9) (PMID:24350393)

This list was generated on Thu Nov 21 04:46:03 2024 GMT.

Teaching

Dr Walker is involved in clinical teaching, training and mentoring of medical students through the University.


Graham Walker