Dr Lili Dawson
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a specialist interest in eating disorders, holding the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorder Psychiatry Credential, and experienced in neurodevelopmental assessment using ADOS-2 and ADI-R.
MBChB, MRCPsych, CCT
GMC number 7457549
Dr Dawson is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a specialist interest in eating disorders. She completed her specialist training in 2023 and holds the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorder Psychiatry Credential.
Her wider experience spans general CAMHS clinics, crisis and liaison work, neurodevelopmental clinics, adolescent inpatient units and teams for looked-after children. She carries out neurodevelopmental assessments in line with NICE guidance, with training in ADOS-2 and ADI-R.
She works systemically with families, understanding young people and their difficulties through formulation and drawing on psychotherapeutic approaches in treatment. She also brings her Pets as Therapy accredited dog into her clinical work, to help young people engage.
Special interests
- Eating disorders in children and young people
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Autism assessment (ADOS-2 and ADI-R)
- Neurodevelopmental assessment
- Working with families
- Animal-assisted therapy
Background
- Clinical training
- Qualified in medicine at the University of Birmingham in 2014. CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and on the GMC specialist register since August 2023. A Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, with its Eating Disorder Psychiatry Credential from February 2026.
- Eating disorders
- Consultant psychiatrist in the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust since August 2023, the sole psychiatrist in a county-wide multidisciplinary team. Her training included community CAMHS eating disorder teams and Tier 4 inpatient units for young people with eating disorders and disordered eating.
- Teaching and research
- A clinical supervisor for core psychiatry trainees, she teaches nurses, support workers, GPs, resident doctors and medical students, and helps run parent and carer groups. She is Principal Investigator for her trust in the STORY Study, which looks at the stages of eating disorders and recovery in young people.
Registered with the General Medical Council and a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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