Dr Alan Ogilvie

Psychiatrist in Oxford

MRCPsych MBChB

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Professional statement

Dr Alan Ogilvie is a leading consultant psychiatrist with more than 30 years of clinical experience. He practices in Oxford and London and currently offers online consultations (e-Consultations - video or audio) nationally.

Dr Ogilvie provides a flexible, innovative and entrepreneurial approach as well as a personalised treatment plan. His areas of expertise include bipolar disordersmood disorderspsychotic disorderspost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)anxiety and depression, along with wide experience in general psychiatryHe is also able to provide second opinions.

He has a special interest and his expertise is in the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorders and severe depression. He has been involved in the care of many hundreds of people with this condition. This includes running a specialist treatment unit in Cambridge for treatment-resistant bipolar disorder and depression.

Furthermore, he was involved as founding director of Equilibrium, a bipolar foundation which launched in 2003 as an NGO spin-out from Oxford University Department of Psychiatry. This organisation had a membership network of almost 4000 and contacts from more than 167 countries. Actor Stephen Fry was its international ambassador. The foundation closed in 2015 and between 2007 and 2014, Dr Ogilvie was working part-time with the bipolar foundation and undertaking clinical work the rest of the time as a consultant psychiatrist.

As a keen researcher, Dr Ogilvie has published more than 33 articles on bipolar disorder, depression and ethics,  his work being cited in more than 2800 publications. What is more, he has been a clinical expert adviser to the UK National Library for Health Mental Health Specialist Library.

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19/02/2024

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Dr Alan has made a huge difference to my life. He is understanding and sympathetic and diagnosed and treated my condition very quickly. I will always be grateful to him.

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24/01/2024

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I met Dr Ogilvie last summer and his care and insight have been amazing. Ever since I’ve received treatment my mood has stabilised and I’ve been the happiest I’ve been perhaps ever been in my life. He is very kind and patient and always helpful.

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18/01/2024

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I first met Alan via a Zoom call in September 2023. I immediately warmed to his manner and felt relaxed enough to share all the issues in my back ground. The meds he prescribed have made a real difference to every element of my like. I feel calmer, clearer and more relaxed. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

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19/12/2023

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Kind, knowledgeable, and extremely effective doctor. Dr Alan Ogilvie has been a supporting part of my life for 2 and a half years. In this time I have faced considerable challenges while at the same time getting better at being kind to myself, and finding greater meaning in life.


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