Dr. Jason Tan
Consultant Psychiatrist
MD (Moscow), PGDipAVMED (Otago), MRCPsych, MP (Melb)
Dr. Jason Tan is a UK-based consultant psychiatrist with over a decade of clinical experience across Malaysia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists as a specialist in General Adult Psychiatry with an additional endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry, he completed his higher psychiatric training through the prestigious Maudsley Training Programme at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the institution behind the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines on which this calculator is built. Following his training, Dr. Tan served as a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Maudsley before being appointed Medical Director at an independent hospital in London in 2024. His published research spans community mental health team effectiveness, the relationship between family functioning and inpatient admission, and metabolic care for patients on long-term psychotropic medication. This work has been recognised with the John Dunne Medal for excellence and originality in psychiatric research (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2019), and he was part of the team awarded the RCPsych London Division Team of the Year (2022). Dr. Tan advises Claro on the clinical accuracy of the tapering calculator, the framing of withdrawal versus relapse, and the appropriate use of liquid and compounded formulations.
Affiliations
- CurrentCygnet Health Care — Medical Director
- CurrentDementech Neurosciences — Consultant Psychiatrist
- PastSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust — Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist (former)
Training
- University of Melbourne — Master of Psychiatry (2019)
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists — MRCPsych (2018)
- University of Otago — Postgraduate Diploma in Aviation Medicine (PGDipAvMed) (2015)
- First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov) — Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) (2008)
Awards
- John Dunne Medal — Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine (2019)
- Team of the Year — London Division — Royal College of Psychiatrists (2022)
- Excellent Service Award — Human Resource Development Panel, Sarawak State Health Department (2017)
Areas of expertise
- Antidepressant deprescribing
- Hyperbolic tapering
- Withdrawal syndromes
- General adult psychiatry
- Liaison psychiatry
- Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions
- Mood and anxiety disorders
- Psychopharmacology
Selected publications
- The effectiveness of community mental health teams in relation to team cohesion, authentic leadership and size of the team: a study in the North West of Ireland. Community Mental Health Journal 2022. doi:10.1007/s10597-022-00951-9
- Is the behavioral component in the Family Assessment Device uni- or multidimensional?. PsyCh Journal 2019. doi:10.1002/pchj.326
- The association between family dysfunction and admission to an acute mental health inpatient unit: a prospective study. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 2019. doi:10.1017/ipm.2019.41
- Establishing a dedicated metabolic clinic for patients with chronic mental illness. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 2019. Link
- Clozapine and Polycythemia Rubra Vera: a rare side effect or a separate medical condition? A case report. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 2017. Link
- Depression — what causes it, how is it diagnosed, and what is the treatment?. 2018. Link
- Anxiety unveiled: symptoms, causes, and effective management. 2024. Link
Selected talks, podcasts and articles
- Depression — what causes it, how is it diagnosed, and what is the treatment? — Top Doctors UK (2018)
- Anxiety unveiled: symptoms, causes, and effective management — Top Doctors UK (2024)