Dr Maja Elia

Dr Elia is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 15 years’ experience working therapeutically in mental health with adults and their families. She has a friendly, compassionate nature, is very patient focused, and values an individualised approach while ensuring evidence-based practice is followed.

She is currently a Consultant Psychiatrist for Psychiatry Service at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust. She completed her core training in psychiatry at St Mary’s & Charing Cross Hospital (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, affiliated to Imperial College School of Medicine) and her postgraduate training on the University College London and Partners scheme across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. She obtained qualifications in general adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry and liaison psychiatry with a special interest in addiction.

Her training, alongside leading professors and clinicians, gave her strong clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge in treating a wide range of psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD and psychosis. She is skilled in comprehensive assessment of complex and severe mental health conditions and advocates a holistic, tailored approach to treatment.

Dr Elia has a particular interest in neurostimulation. She is trained in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), holds a PULSES training certificate, and is a member of the Clinical TMS Society. She collaborates on the BRIGhTMIND TMS Randomised Control Trial and regularly attends the annual TMS conference in London. In addition to her NHS role, she provides private psychiatric care specialising in ADHD, dementia and neurostimulation treatments. She also has experience treating dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with both pharmacological interventions and Transcranial Pulse Stimulation therapy at the London Alzheimer Clinic. She attended the International Transcranial Pulse Stimulation Symposium and the World Congress on ADHD.

In 2021, while working in the Early Intervention Psychosis team, she became a Principal Investigator for Prevalence of Pathogenic Antibodies in Psychosis, one of the largest psychosis studies in the UK in recent years.

Having previously practised in Serbia and Montenegro, she understands the cross-cultural challenges faced by clients from diverse backgrounds.

In addition to her clinical work, she has published in respected medical journals, including the Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care. She is also active in teaching, delivering training to medical students at University College London, and maintains a strong interest in mental health research.