Dr Mwimba is a consultant psychiatrist with the passion to improve and promote mental health well-being of children and young adults. She has an extensive experience in neurodevelopment disorders like Autism, ADHD, and complex tic disorders. She has also assessed and treated some of the most unwell children with learning disabilities as lead clinician of the under 12 national inpatient unit of Scotland.

 

She has over 20 years' experience of working closely, in a multidisciplinary setting with nurse therapists, psychologists, SLT, OT, Psychotherapist, Family therapist, pharmacist and admin staff. She and is a specialist prescriber of controlled medications such as stimulants and cannabis based medicinal products (CBMPs) in a wholistic context. She truly believes that it takes a village, parents leading the way, to truly make a difference in our children, young people, and adults mental wellbeing.

 

She is a supporter of both multidisciplinary and multiagency work. She provides expert LEGAL psychiatric opinion for children and adults. She has provided mental health promotion talks to various non-NHS and third sector organisations such as the UN, Churches/ Charities, and service users' groups. She has experience of both clinical and commercial medical research in the field of psychiatry and is an honorary lecturer at the University of Glasgow, school of Medicine. She has held CAMHS consultant psychiatrist posts in the community- NHS and private; she was Consultant Paediatric Liaison Psychiatrist- Royal Hospital for Children and was the lead clinician for the national inpatients' unit for under 12s in Scotland.