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...
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
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...
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