Professor Philip Graham is emeritus professor of Child Psychiatry at the Institute of Child Health, London. He was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London for over 25 years.

He has acted as Dean of the Institute of Child Health, London, co-ordinating consultant to the World Health Organization Child Mental Health Program, Chair of the National Children’s Bureau and President of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has written columns for The Guardian, and his recent publications include The End of Adolescence and So Young, So Sad, So Listen. He is currently writing a book titled: "65 Years of British Childhood, 1959-2024: Unequal Change".