Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology Research Group at King's College London led by Nigel Blackwood
London, England
Joined January 2017
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Forensic Psychiatry Research Society annual meeting on 16 November (10am-5pm) at Pembroke College, Oxford.
New research presentations in morning; risk assessment masterclass in afternoon (focus on methods and systematic reviews)
To register and book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/199928154…
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Why America’s prisons are shrinking and racial gaps are closing dlvr.it/TV16NX
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Many men already known to services and present with overlapping risk factors, incl. alcohol misuse, psychiatric disorders, gambling-related harm, and criminal justice involvement.
Open access: journals.plos.org/plosmedici…
New from our group in British Journal of Criminology: Offending trajectories in a population representative sample of 1.5 million offenders…beyond the LCP/AL distinction
Doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azag038
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Community forensic teams can have a key role, and interface w/both general MH and secure inpatient services. But consensus on their precise scope & function has been elusive. We used FOIs to map the picture in England. Out open access @TheBJPsych Bulletin. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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I've had fun helping BBC Ideas produce this animation, which attempts to explain Bayesian ideas in 4 minutes. I hope you like it - I really like the animators style. bbc.co.uk/videos/c78ee072lnp…
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Annual Forensic Psychiatry Research Society meeting will be on Thursday 20 November at Pembroke College, Oxford.
New research in the morning, with a risk assessment masterclass in the afternoon.
Sign up using link - there's a fee to cover food/coffees: eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-…
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Our new analysis of suicide mortality in prison highlights the need for a national strategy to remove ligatures. Having a few ‘safe cells’ per prison is not adequate.
NEW: Our latest report examines 25 years of data on ligature deaths in prisons & outlines strategies for prevention.
We recommend a national strategy to ensure a consistent, evidence-based approach to reduce ligature deaths across the estate.
Read: iapdeathsincustody.independe…
Nice blogpost introduction to Hannah Dickson's latest work on predictors of violent recidivism @ADR_UK adruk.org/news-publications/…
Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: pilot prospective cohort study by @tdgstephenson in HMP Wandsworth: single cell accommodation and frequent cell changes associated with self harming behaviours shorturl.at/NAMQA
ADR UK is funding 5 fellows to conduct analysis using the @MoJGovUK-@educationgovuk linked datasets, including Hannah Dickson from KCL, who will investigate violent reoffending risk assessments. Details of all 5 funded projects here: shorturl.at/TNddq
Congratulations to @Gboye_ogunwale as he completes his prison mental heath PhD dataset in Ilaro! Looking forward to the analysis stage @KingsIoPPN
Helpful discussion with Richard Latham about the duties and responsibilities of expert witnesses (partic. psychiatric witnesses)
Spotify: bit.ly/4f5xp6f
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Job alert! Postdoc in computational neuroscience of social decision making (with focus on social rule learning) w/ me, @NeuroecologyLab & @FrancescPoli. Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/353v5kjf
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Today marks a big step in my career as I start a PhD in the Forensic & Neurodevtl Sci dept at IoPPN @forensicrg 📕📜
I'll be looking at during-imprisonment predictors of self-harm for people in prison, sup'd by Prof Nigel Blackwood, Prof @seenafazel & Dr @Emma_FacerIrwin
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Forensic mental health researchers - next Forensic Psychiatry Research Society meeting on 21 November 2024 at Pembroke College, Oxford.
Details and registration forms to come.
Education staff in PRUs feel ill-equipped to support their pupils and lacked access to effective inter-agency support...great to see another MSc research project out in print...congratulations to Dennis Kaip shorturl.at/v6hlD
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What should we do with our Victorian prisons?
@TheHowardLeague briefing has interesting new proposal to minimise problems of antiquated living conditions while maximising potential of their urban locations
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