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Dame Susan Mary Bailey, (born 29 August 1950) is a British
psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their ...
and academic who specialises in children's mental health. Since 2004, she has been
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of Child Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire. From 2011 to 2014, she was President of the
Royal College of Psychiatrists The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health ...
. Since January 2015, she has been Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.


Early life

Bailey was born on 29 August 1950 in
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, England. She was educated at Hulme Grammar School for Girls, then a direct grant
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in
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, and at Watford Grammar School for