TGProf Tania Gergel — no licensed photograph is available, so the clinician plate is shown instead.

Clinician

Prof Tania Gergel

Director of research at the charity Bipolar UK and honorary psychiatry professor at University College London

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Mental health

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Prof Tania Gergel: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Director of research at the charity Bipolar UK and honorary psychiatry professor at University College London
Quoted on
Mental health
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

“There is no evidence to substantiate claims that modern ECT carries any major risk to physical health or that it causes long-term brain damage and permanent deterioration of cognitive functioning.”

Where Prof Tania Gergel has been quoted

  1. Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thoughttheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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