Dr Hannah Nearney

Experience: More than 20 years of experience
Hospital: Not Available

About

Dr Hannah Nearney is a leading consultant psychiatrist who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), borderline personality disorder, addiction and various types of depression, including treatment-resistant depression. She currently sees private patients at several Smart TMS locations. With 20 years’ experience, Dr Nearney is at the forefront of the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of mental health conditions. 

Dr Nearney originally qualified from the University of Leicester in 2001 and started her postgraduate psychiatry training in the Midlands before relocating to Norfolk in 2005 to practise in East Anglia. For 10 years, Dr Nearney then worked as a consultant psychiatrist in both community adult and early intervention psychosis teams, where she built a partnership with services in Norfolk and Waveney to improve quality care for patients in need of perinatal mental health and first episode psychosis treatment.

She holds an MSc in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Birmingham and a Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy from the University of East Anglia, and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Beyond her main areas of expertise, Dr Nearney is passionate about women’s mental health, especially within neurodiversity, and served as clinical lead and consultant psychiatrist at Milestones Hospital in 2019, an independent mental healthcare rehabilitation centre for women. She also has an acquired understanding of adult ADHD and autism, and founded Anchor Psychiatry Group in 2013, a Norfolk-based collaborative practice for general adult psychiatry. Dr Nearney, who is on the GMC’s specialist register for general psychiatry, additionally provides neurodevelopmental disorder assessments in support of the University of East Anglia’s student service.

Education

 Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy, University of East Anglia MRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists
 MSc in Healthcare Leadership, University of Birmingham MBChB, University of Leicester (2001)


List of Treatments

Not Available

Work Experience

 More than 20 years of experience Consultant Psychiatrist, Smart TMS (present)
 Founding Partner and Consultant Psychiatrist, Anchor Psychiatry Group (2013 – present) Clinical Lead for Early Intervention in Psychosis and Consultant Psychiatrist, Milestones Hospital (2019 – 2021) Consultant Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (2010 – 2019)


Special Interest

 Adult ADHD Autism
 Mood disorders Neurodevelopmental disorder assessments Psychotic disorders Stress