Dr Mark Salter on changes to Hackney and the East End of London over the last 30 years, and the impact of religion and inequality on mental health
Mark Salter qualified in East London in 1983. In 1994 he became a Consultant in Adult General Psychiatry at St Bartholomew's and the Homerton Hospitals in London has remained in this post to the present. He is presently responsible for the provision of adult general psychiatric care to a deprived inner city area which is extremely varied in terms of psychopathology and socio-cultural make-up. His day-to-day work routinely brings him into clinical contact with psychiatric disorders including depression, schizophrenia, PTSD and organic cerebral syndromes. His professional areas of special interests include the ethics of psychiatry, the psychopathology of trauma, substance misuse and community care.