Rajendra Persaud (/pərˈsɔːd/pər-SAWD; Hindi: राजेन्द्र परसौद), also known as Raj Persaud (Hindi: राज परसौद), born 13 May 1963, Reading, Berkshire is an English consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author of popular books about psychiatry.
Raj Persaud is the son of Trinidadian mother Dr. Lakshmi Persaud, novelist, of Indian origin, and Guyanese father Prof. Bishnodat Persaud. He is well known for raising public awareness of psychiatric and mental health issues in the general media; and has published five popular books, and has received numerous awards.
On 16 June 2008 Persaud admitted to inadequately acknowledging articles mentioned in his book From The Edge Of The Couch, but denied deliberate plagiarism when he faced the General Medical Council's "fitness to practise panel". Passages of Professor Richard Bentall's work had been copied without quotation marks or other adequate reference on the corresponding pages of one of Persaud's popular books, although Persaud had obtained the author's permission to include the material. On 19 June 2008 he was found guilty of dishonesty and bringing the profession into disrepute by the GMC, but it was accepted that there was no financial incentive at work. It was announced on 20 June by the GMC that his fitness to practise was impaired, and he was suspended from practising for three months.
He lives in Central London and is married to an eye surgeon who works at Moorfields Eye Hospital. They have a son and a daughter.
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