Professor Sam Chamberlain

Sam Chamberlain is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southampton, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Prof Chamberlain’s research focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of impulsive, compulsive, and behaviourally-addictive disorders. In particular, the research involves three main aims: (1) developing and validating clinical tools; (2) measuring cognitive problems and brain circuits that contribute (including vulnerability markers); and (3) improving existing treatments and developing new ones. He leads a Specialist NHS clinical service for Impulsive and Compulsive Disorders, and Regional Treatment Service for Gambling Harms, and has published widely about these conditions. Prof Chamberlain is co-founder of the National UK Research Network on Behavioural Addictions (NUK-BA). He is co-author of the following books: Clinical Guide to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders (Oxford University Press), Why Can't I Stop? Reclaiming Your Life from a Behavioral Addiction (Johns Hopkins University Press), and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (American Psychiatric Association Publishing).