Dr Faheem Naqvi

Dr Faheem Naqvi is an expert witness and Consultant Psychiatrist at Clear Psychiatry, based in Manchester. He specialises in general adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD and autism, psychological trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD, affective disorders, personality disorders and occupational mental health.

Dr Naqvi has worked across a broad range of psychiatric settings and has held consultant-level roles in both NHS and independent practice. His clinical experience includes the assessment and management of depression, anxiety, bipolar affective disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, addiction, self-harm and areas of neuropsychiatry. He is experienced in working with adults and children from the age of five, with a particular focus on complex presentations involving trauma, emotional dysregulation, neurodevelopmental conditions and occupational functioning.

Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Naqvi contributes to medical education as a clinical trainer, UKFPO examiner, medical student OSCE examiner, PBL tutor and teacher of psychiatric trainees and medical students. His practice combines senior psychiatric expertise with a broad understanding of complex mental health presentations across both adult and younger patient groups.

Dr Faheem Naqvi has been undertaking medico-legal work since 2024, alongside experience preparing occupational health reports since 2017. He accepts instructions in clinical negligence, personal injury, industrial disease, family and abuse-related matters, and fitness to practise cases.

His medico-legal practice includes screening reports, breach of duty, causation, condition and prognosis, and personal injury assessments. He has experience acting in both claimant and defendant instructed matters, with a practice focused on psychiatric opinion in cases involving trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD, affective disorders, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions, addiction, self-harm, psychosis and occupational mental health.

Dr Naqvi is able to assess claimants from the age of five and provides psychiatric opinion across adult and child-related matters where mental health presentation, diagnosis, prognosis, functional impact or the consequences of alleged injury, abuse or clinical care are in issue.

Dr Faheem Naqvi’s clinical interests centre on the assessment and management of complex psychiatric presentations across adult and younger patient groups. His practice includes patients presenting with mood and affective disorders, including depression, anxiety and bipolar affective disorder, as well as psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia and related conditions.

He has a particular interest in trauma-related mental health difficulties, including PTSD and complex PTSD, and in presentations involving emotional instability, personality disorder, self-harm and addiction. His work also includes the assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly ADHD and autism, where psychiatric symptoms, functional impairment and co-existing mental health difficulties may require careful diagnostic formulation.

A further area of interest is occupational mental health, including the psychiatric assessment of individuals whose symptoms affect work, functioning and day-to-day resilience. Across his clinical practice, Dr Naqvi applies a broad general adult psychiatric skill set alongside specialist interests in child and adolescent psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorder and neuropsychiatric presentations.

Dr Faheem Naqvi is actively involved in medical education, including clinical training, psychiatric trainee and medical student teaching, OSCE examining and PBL tutoring. He has also contributed to the RCPsych Volunteering and International Psychiatry Special Interest Group Newsletter as an editorial board member, with published articles on international and digital psychiatry themes.