Dr Hugo Amaro

Dr Amaro trained as a medical doctor in Portugal. He worked for twelve years in an acute mental health inpatient unit before moving to the UK, as an academic trainee at the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Southampton.

While in the UK, where he holds a registration within the GMC, he joined an NHS-England Trust working in different settings including adult acute inpatient units, psychiatry intensive care units (PICU), old age and learning disabilities community teams. Currently he works as a Specialist Doctor in Psychiatry, for an NHS Adult Mental Health Community team.

Dr Amaro has a special interest in Neuromodulation and has been trained in several Neuromodulation modalities that include Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), Transcranial Direct Cranial Stimulation (TDCs), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Neurofeedback.

He is also a Section 12 approved doctor, and he has completed hundreds of mental health act assessment in different clinical setting, with high level of complexity. Dr Amaro has undertaken the UKAAN training in assessing adults with ADHD, as part of his special interest and can provide ADHD assessments online, in addition to general adult mental health assessments.

As part of his complementary training, he has completed a Master’s degree in education psychology, a University Certificate in Postgraduate Professional Development (UCPPD) in General Forensic Medicine, a Certificate in Clinical Psychopharmacology as well as PhD in Health Psychology.