Dr Mima Simic, MSc, MD, MRCPsych is Joint Head of the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, co-authored 14 book chapters, and three books: Cutting Down: An Evidence-Based CBT Workbook for Treating Young People Who Self-Harm (first and second editions), Multi-Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa, and The Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders.
Her research focuses on treatments for young people with eating disorders, depression, and self-harm. Dr Simic is a senior RO-DBT clinician, and a senior trainer and supervisor in Maudsley family therapy and multi-family therapy for eating disorders. From 2009 to 2018, she was Consultant to the Adolescent DBT team at the Maudsley Hospital. In 2010, she led the development of the Intensive Day Treatment Programme (ITP) for restrictive eating disorders, which integrates RO-DBT with family and multi-family therapy.
She is currently an expert member of several NHS England advisory groups, contributing to the development of national standards for the treatment of child and adolescent eating disorders.
