
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.
Status not set
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
Research

Forensic Research Group
The Forensic Research Group explores the complex relationship between mental disorders and crime.
Status not set
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