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Professor Dame Til Wykes FBPS, FMedSci, FSocSci is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, and a consultant clinical psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Her work on cognitive remediation therapy developed, tested and implemented new treatments for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and she founded the Service User Research Enterprise, the first unit in the United Kingdom to employ researchers who have themselves used mental health services. She edits the Journal of Mental Health and is an NIHR Senior Investigator, having been the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s senior spokesperson on mental health until 2017. Her influence has been recognised by the British Psychological Society (2014), a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDTM for the Largest Mental Health Lesson, a Damehood from the Queen (2016) and by the EPA for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Working to Improve Mental Health Care in Europe.