Biography
Dr Lucy Stephenson joined the Mental Health and Justice Project in 2017 to complete a PhD focussed on developing and trialling a tool which aims to maximise service user autonomy in making advance decisions for mental health crises.
She is a higher trainee in Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy on the Maudsley Training Programme and has a background in Philosophy of Psychiatry.
Research Interests
- Mental Health Law
- Medical Humanities
Expertise and Public Engagement
Dr Stephenson worked with members of the Mental Health and Justice Project and the Policy Institute at Kings to organise a Westminster Evidence Session on the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act and produce a policy briefing and blog post. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/adm-mental-health-act.pdf
Dr Stephenson coordinates the Mental Health and Justice Twitter feed @MHealthJustice
Research
Mental Health, Ethics & Law Research Group
The group is concerned with problems which psychiatry, ethics and law have in common and with devising interdisciplinary strategies to research them.
News
A systematic review of the reasons behind self-binding directives
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Ruhr-Universität Bochum has explored the pros...
Do service users with bipolar disorder want to choose enforced treatment ahead of future episodes?
A new study from the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, in partnership with the charity Bipolar UK, explores...
Research
Mental Health, Ethics & Law Research Group
The group is concerned with problems which psychiatry, ethics and law have in common and with devising interdisciplinary strategies to research them.
News
A systematic review of the reasons behind self-binding directives
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Ruhr-Universität Bochum has explored the pros...
Do service users with bipolar disorder want to choose enforced treatment ahead of future episodes?
A new study from the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, in partnership with the charity Bipolar UK, explores...