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Tony Charman

Professor Tony Charman

Emeritus Professor in Clinical Child Psychology

Research interests

  • Mental Health

Biography

Professor Tony Charman is Emeritus Professor of Child Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. He was previously Professor at both the UCL Institute of Child Health and Institute of Education.

His research aims to better understand development and mental health in autism and the clinical application of this work via screening, diagnostic, intervention and family history studies. He is an Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers and over 30 book chapters.

Research interests

  • Autism
  • Mental Health
  • Development
  • Interventions

Teaching

  • Professor Charman contributes to the D. Clin. Psych, iBSc, BSc and various Masters programmes.

Expertise and public engagement

Professor Charman has served on a number of expert panels for the Medical Research Council and NICE in the UK, NIH in the USA and the WHO. He has worked with Ambitious about Autism, the National Autistic Society and Autistica to advocate for services and positive policy development for autistic people and their families.

    Research

    EU-AIMS (European Autism Interventions)

    One of the largest ever research projects finding new ways to develop drugs for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

    News

    Parenting intervention improves behaviour in autistic children and reduces parental stress

    New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London shows that ‘Predictive Parenting’, a group-based...

    Parent caring for child

    Experts set out future of autism care and treatment in new Lancet Commission

    A new Lancet Commission on the future of care and treatment of autism has been published, calling for a greater focus on stepped, personalised care

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      Research

      EU-AIMS (European Autism Interventions)

      One of the largest ever research projects finding new ways to develop drugs for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

      News

      Parenting intervention improves behaviour in autistic children and reduces parental stress

      New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London shows that ‘Predictive Parenting’, a group-based...

      Parent caring for child

      Experts set out future of autism care and treatment in new Lancet Commission

      A new Lancet Commission on the future of care and treatment of autism has been published, calling for a greater focus on stepped, personalised care

      support-hero