He was trained in the U.K. at the University of Oxford and the University of Sheffield. Dr. Brewin is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at University College London in England. He is also an honorary consultant clinical psychologist with the Camden & Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust and is part of the clinical team coordinating the mental health response to the July 7 London bombings. His work focuses on post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), with a special emphasis on the determinants of onset and resolution. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Malady or myth? (Yale University Press) and has recently edited The neuropsychology of PTSD: Biological, clinical, and cognitive perspectives (Guilford Press) with Jennifer Vasterling. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies.