Approach

Dr Yahya is passionate about early intervention and prevention work in mental health conditions. At The HCA Wellington Hospital, HCA Elstree Clinic and Priory Hospital North London he treats the following conditions:

• Adjustment disorder
• Anxiety
• Anger management
• Autism
• Bereavement
• ADHD
• Bipolar disorder
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Conversion disorder
• Cognitive Disorder
• Dissociative Disorders
• Drug induced psychosis
• Neuropsychiatry
• Medically unexplained symptoms (MUD)
• OCD
• PTSD
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Schizophrenia
• Self-harm
• Somatic symptom disorder (SSD)
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• Suicidal thoughts
• Selective mutism
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sleep disorders
• Stress
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Trichotillomania
• Gambling addiction
• Gaming Addiction
• Mental disorders in pregnancy and postnatal.
• Treatment Resistant Depression
• Treatment Resistant Anxiety
• Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
• Work Related Stress

Dr Yahya uses a collaborative approach to treatment, ensuring that his patients are fully involved in every step of the decision making process for their treatment and recovery. He performs comprehensive assessments of his patients’ mental health and guides them to personalised, evidence-based and holistic models of mental wellbeing.

Dr Yahya is trained in multiple therapeutic approaches. He uses a biopsychosocial and holistic approach. He works closely with many colleagues in the private sector, with a range of different skills, and he can refer on to them as needed. Furthermore, Dr Yahya has admitting privileges at the Priory Hospital North London.

Dr Yahya is very experienced in psychopharmacology. He will provide a full explanation and discussion of the pros and cons before the initiation of any medication.

Dr Yahya can offer psychiatric genetic testing in collaboration with MYOGENES who via Pharmacogenomics can predict your unique biological tolerability to all psychiatric medications including the full range of antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety medications and mood stabilisers.

Dr Yahya works both face to face and via Microsoft Teams. He can be flexible about this according to the patient’s wishes. Engagement with a patient and establishing a good therapeutic alliance is of paramount importance. The patient needs to feel reassured the person they are talking to can help them and this is a key component of Dr Yahya’s empathic approach.