London Division prizes
Find out about the various prizes open to members of the London Division.
Prize for best psychiatric video
Dr Noah Stanton ST4 was selected as the winner of our debut Video Competition 2025. The video "Implementation and evaluation of ambient voice technology in mental health and neurodevelopment services in CNWL" can be viewed above.
Our division is fully committed to promoting and engaging activities for all members of the Division. We are keen to raise awareness of digital technology within the Division, as well as highlight work being undertaken by Resident Doctors and SAS doctors who are members of the London Division as well as medical students and foundation doctors working in London with an interest in psychiatry.
To broaden this further, the Division introduced a prize for best video in 2025. Digital media and the use of creative videos is advancing, and we want to keep on top of this advancement. We feel that videos around an area in psychiatry/mental health will enhance engagement and increase viewer retention. It also offers better communication as videos can convey complex information more effectively than text, as they allow for visual demonstrations and can better capture tone and emotion.
The London Division’s video prize is an excellent initiative to not just represent services and experiences within psychiatry and mental health, but also engage our members in a more modern format. We will be running this competition again in 2026.
Annual Essay Prize
The London Division has created a prize for the best submission by a medical undergraduate and foundation doctor within the London Division.
This can be any of the following:
- an essay written on a subject in psychiatry
- a research project in psychiatry where the student is either the main author or has made a significant contribution
- a literature review on a topic in psychiatry
- an essay on psychiatry which is especially relevant to London, due either to historical importance or another topic of local significance.
- an essay relating to mental health/mental illness and the support of these.
A maximum of four prizes of ?200 each are offered, depending on the standard and number of submissions.
- two prizes of ?200 for medical undergraduates
- two prizes of ?200 for foundation doctors.
Prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the judges who will take into account the standard of entries.
Winners also receive free entry to the London Division Autumn Academic Conference, curated by our Academic Secretary, Dr Stefania Bonaccorso.
The London Division prize will be on an annual basis.
There will be two prizes for medical undergraduates and two prizes for foundation doctors. Submissions must be from those who are currently working in the London Division area.
London Division Autumn Academic Conference, 31 October 2025. This will be a face-to-face event at RCPsych, 21 Prescot Street, London.
- The submission should be a maximum word count of 6000 words
- Research projects should be written in the format normally associated with research articles published in the academic press, and should also include an abstract of no more than 200 words.
- The submission should be the applicant's own work.
- The submission should be an original piece and should not have been already published.
- Only one submission per applicant will be accepted.
- The submission is to be forwarded as a Word (DOC or DOCX) document.
Please send entries via email to Karen Morgan.
Deadline for submissions: 3 October 2025
Essay Prize winners
Medical student category
Foundation doctor category
Dr Hannah Davies for work entitled 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Understanding Psychopathic Concealment in ‘American Psycho’' |  |
| Dr Umraj Rai for work entitled 'Highs and Lows: Chemsex and Mental Health in London’s LGBT+ Community' |  |
Medical student category
| Twisha Ardelle Rohan for work entitled 'Insights into modern psychiatry and wellness: an exploration of sexual wellbeing in HIV+ women' |  |
| Venkatalakshmi Satram for work entitled 'Do we really care about caring? Empathy and compassion in medical education and practice' |  |
Foundation doctor category
| Dr Helen Lashwood for work entitled 'Asylum seeker access to crisis mental healthcare in Hounslow' |  |
Medical Student category
- Dong Zheng for work entitled: 'Do “happier” countries have lower levels of depression and anxiety – A study to explore the association between the World Happiness Index and the prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders by Country.'
- Naila Choudhury for work entitled: 'Neuropsychiatric condition or jinn possession?'
Foundation Doctor category
- Lydia Akaje-Macauley for work entitled: 'Is spirituality the answer to mental illness in Black patients?'
- Robyn Wilcha for work entitled: 'The Hidden Risk of Sporting Excellence: Eating Disorders in Athletes'
Please note - the prize was delayed from Autumn 2021, and awarded in Spring 2022.
Medical Student category
- Sulaimaan Aslam for work entitled: 'How COVID-19 has impacted Mental Health Services'
- Resha Jazrawi for work entitled: 'Do fictional portrayals of psychopaths add to our understanding of psychopathy?'
- Shir Dor for work entitled: 'Is Autism Spectrum Condition Over-Respresented in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa?'
Medical Student category
- Charlotte Caves for work entitled: 'How contemporary Disney film can be used for mental health teaching in schools: a case study of Winnie the Pooh (2011) and Inside Out (2015)'
- Nichola Sarathchandra for work entitled: 'Investigating Medication Errors in the Transfer of Care Within Mental Health Settings'
Foundation Doctor category
- Dr Elliot Clissold for work entitled: 'What Can Human Development Do for Global Mental Health?'
- Dr Nicola Wolff for work entitled: 'Minimisation and Medicalisation: How Modern Psychiatry Contributes to the Subjugation of Women’s Self Expression and Experiences of Trauma'