Professor Nigel Blackwood
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Research interests
- Forensics
- Psychiatry
Contact details
Biography
After undergraduate education at Cambridge and UCL, I came to the Maudsley Hospital to train in general and forensic psychiatry. I am the Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at King's College London, where I lead the Forensic Research Group and the Forensic Mental Health MSc programme. I also work as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist within SLaM. Our research focuses on antisocial behaviour: its developmental origins, brain bases and treatment.
Research Interests
- The brain bases of externalising behaviours
- The assessment and treatment of the mentally disordered offender
Research
Forensic Research Group
The Forensic Research Group explores the complex relationship between mental disorders and crime.
Educational and social care predictors of offending trajectories: An administrative data linkage study
This study will use police national computer data linked to the national pupil database.
Project status: Starting
I am the Forensic Mental Health MSc course lead, teaching a module entitled ‘Prosocial & Antisocial Behaviours across the lifespan’. This focuses on the development and maintenance of both prosocial and antisocial behaviours, enabling students to engage with a broad range of developmental and social neuroscience to explore the complex links between personality development, neurodevelopmental disorders and offending behaviour across the lifespan.
Research
Forensic Research Group
The Forensic Research Group explores the complex relationship between mental disorders and crime.
Educational and social care predictors of offending trajectories: An administrative data linkage study
This study will use police national computer data linked to the national pupil database.
Project status: Starting
I am the Forensic Mental Health MSc course lead, teaching a module entitled ‘Prosocial & Antisocial Behaviours across the lifespan’. This focuses on the development and maintenance of both prosocial and antisocial behaviours, enabling students to engage with a broad range of developmental and social neuroscience to explore the complex links between personality development, neurodevelopmental disorders and offending behaviour across the lifespan.