Professor and Chair in Forensic Psych @CAMHnews & @UofTPsych. Interest: mental illness, violence & offending, risk & recovery, system design, social justice.
Joined November 2014
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Forensic Psychiatry Research summer school, Italy 2026 scholarship applications close this weekend. Training in research methods, court room skills, court report writing. Email: [email protected]
@CPsychITrainee @CPsychILiaison @CPsychIOldAge @CPsychI_LD
Dr. Treena Wilkie, Chief of Forensic here at @CAMHnews kicking off our one day Think Tank on housing, mental health and justice together with John Howard Society and government, many experts, persons with lived expertise and leaders in this space.
Our latest paper in Frontiers: a systematic review of service user satisfaction measures in correctional MHS.
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Another poster highlight by the very productive @austinaldenlam , expanding on the BC work on female sex offending.
On this increasingly illiberal platform, this matters.
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Sandy Simpson retweeted
Closing date for applications for scholarships for the Forensic Psychiatry Summer School is Friday 2nd May. Open to early career psychiatrists e mail [email protected]
@CPsychITrainee @MaryDavoren @annedohertypsy
Thanks to Nua Healthcare for their wonderful support for the Summer School again this year. Early career psychiatrists for research and medicolegal skills. @CPsychIOldAge @AddictionsPsych @CPsychILiaison @IMO_IRL @IrishPsychiatry @TCDPsychiatry
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Forensic Psychiatry Research Summer school will take place in Italy 17th - 19th September 2025. Email for applications on flyer. Research and medicolegal skills for all psychiatry trainees @CPsychITrainee @IrishPsychiatry @annedohertypsy @Bass57Hounds @DrSandySimpson
Our recent paper on the impact of cannabis legalization on forensic patients in MEDPAGE Today. Answer? THC is harmful for recovery, supporting abstinence from the drug.
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Thank you @MaryDavoren. Important to think about the value of Enlightenment ideals, whilst also acknowledging the evils of Empire and the slave trade. Principles of fairness, justice, imperialism, reason, liberty, and prosperity that come from Hume and Smith deserve discussion.
An acknowledgment of Place: Edinburgh and the Enlightenment. Prof Sandy Simpson and Prof Lindsay Thomson @rcpsychForensic Conference 2025 @rcpsych @DrSandySimpson @CAMHnews @RCPsychScot @Bass57Hounds @drcallumross
frontiersin.org/journals/psy… Our new paper on the use of the DASA @CAMHnews to assist in short term violence risk identification. N=3819. AUCs over 0.7 except in the geriatric units. The DASA is integrated into daily practice.
A pleasure to join you and Danny in editing this collection, Howard.
Our editorial, to go with a collection of papers around the theme of violence in psychiatry, put together w/@HowardRyland @DrSandySimpson @DrSPenney
Sandy Simpson retweeted
Unfortunately re-learning the lessons of the '60s & '70s when hallucinogen use was clearly identified as a risk factor for schizophrenia. These data show that for some people any hallucinogen use is unsafe, and yet rate of use recently has doubled especially among younger people.
Individuals with an ED visit involving hallucinogen use had a greater risk of developing a schizophrenia spectrum disorder compared with both the general population and with individuals with ED visits for other types of substances. ja.ma/4eqM6jD
This is sad news. A ground breaking researcher, great speaker and a wonderful colleague to many.
Looking forward to it greatly.
Join the #IAFMHS #StudentBoard Mentorship #Webinar by Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Simpson - "Exploring Forensic Psychiatry, Psychosis, and Pathways to Recovery" on November 14, 2024! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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#iafmhsconference2025 #dublin #ireland 🍀ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SYSTEM IS NOW OPEN📷iafmhs2025.exordo.com/login until December 2, 2024📷 Please note this deadline will not be extended. 📷Please see requirements and instructions for submission here: lnkd.in/dqVrk8UZ.
Incredible day for forensic psychiatry here, and academic forensic psychiatry of the future. Thank you feels a very small response to Bruce and his family, but we are deeply grateful. The McKeans are remarkable people.
We’re proud to announce the new Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building at CAMH in recognition of support totaling $203M from Bruce McKean and Waverley House Foundation. It is the largest cumulative gift to #mentalhealth in Canadian history.
MORE:
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Sandy Simpson retweeted
1/There has been a flood of articles about Ontario's new #MAID data and reports released by the coroner this week, most of it based on "leaked" data in an AP article and people who don't know how to analyze observational data.
Here's a 🧵 with the highlights from the report.
Sandy Simpson retweeted
Honoured to be the inaugural Rossy Chair in Campus #MentalHealth at #UofT, dedicated to advancing our understanding and support for postsecondary student wellbeing & #mentalhealth in partnership with students, staff, and faculty.
Bloomberg Nursing's own Prof. Kristin Cleverley @ClevKristin has been named the inaugural Rossy Chair in Campus Mental Health at #UofT, a research chair that is supported by a generous gift from the Rossy Foundation. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/4eJSwvd #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Thrilled critical @McGillQueensUP volume w/fellow editors/authors Ramona Coelho & @TrudoLemmens being released Apr 2025, w/expert clinical, legal, ethical, PwLE, disability & indigenous perspectives on #AssistedSuicide in 🇨🇦
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w/accessible ePUB format
