Faraz is an academic GP with expertise in young people’s mental health and suicide prevention in primary care. His active research areas are self-harm and suicide prevention, ADHD, and mental health care transitions. He has been awarded three consecutive NIHR Fellowships, and is a current NIHR Doctoral Fellow. He leads the NIHR funded ‘COPING’ study: a CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs for young people who self-harm. He was a guideline committee member of the recent 2022 NICE self-harm guidance. He is an expert advisor to NHS England and DHSC. He has over 65 peer-reviewed publications. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.