Our latest paper in Frontiers: a systematic review of service user satisfaction measures in correctional MHS.
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Sandy Simpson
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Sandy Simpson
@DrSandySimpson
Professor and Chair in Forensic Psych @CAMHnews & @UofTPsych. Interest: mental illness, violence & offending, risk & recovery, system design, social justice.
Katılım Kasım 2014
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Another poster highlight by the very productive @austinaldenlam , expanding on the BC work on female sex offending.
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On this increasingly illiberal platform, this matters.
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Closing date for applications for scholarships for the Forensic Psychiatry Summer School is Friday 2nd May. Open to early career psychiatrists e mail forensicsummerschoolbari@gmail.com
@CPsychITrainee @MaryDavoren @annedohertypsy
@ProfHarryKennedy@Bass57Hounds
Thanks to Nua Healthcare for their wonderful support for the Summer School again this year. Early career psychiatrists for research and medicolegal skills. @CPsychIOldAge @AddictionsPsych @CPsychILiaison @IMO_IRL @IrishPsychiatry @TCDPsychiatry
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Forensic Psychiatry Research Summer school will take place in Italy 17th - 19th September 2025. Email for applications on flyer. Research and medicolegal skills for all psychiatry trainees @CPsychITrainee @IrishPsychiatry @annedohertypsy @Bass57Hounds @DrSandySimpson
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Our recent paper on the impact of cannabis legalization on forensic patients in MEDPAGE Today. Answer? THC is harmful for recovery, supporting abstinence from the drug.
medpagetoday.com/resource-cente…
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Thank you @MaryDavoren. Important to think about the value of Enlightenment ideals, whilst also acknowledging the evils of Empire and the slave trade. Principles of fairness, justice, imperialism, reason, liberty, and prosperity that come from Hume and Smith deserve discussion.
Mary Davoren 💙@MaryDavoren
An acknowledgment of Place: Edinburgh and the Enlightenment. Prof Sandy Simpson and Prof Lindsay Thomson @rcpsychForensic Conference 2025 @rcpsych @DrSandySimpson @CAMHnews @RCPsychScot @Bass57Hounds @drcallumross
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@ProfLAppleby Welcome to Canadian reality. The provinces vary as to whether this obligation exists on doctors. One problem we encountered was of doctors offering this option when specific treatment was not available.
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This is an astounding proposal, a profound change to the role of doctors & the trust patients place in us.
Prof Katherine Sleeman@kesleeman
I am working clinically today. Our team is caring for 55 patients who would likely be eligible for assisted dying. KL is saying that under this law, our team ought to inform all these patients an assisted death is an option for them. The dissonance with clinical reality is 🤯
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frontiersin.org/journals/psych… Our new paper on the use of the DASA @CAMHnews to assist in short term violence risk identification. N=3819. AUCs over 0.7 except in the geriatric units. The DASA is integrated into daily practice.
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@austinaldenlam We all need an emergency supply of potassium.
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Unfortunately re-learning the lessons of the '60s & '70s when hallucinogen use was clearly identified as a risk factor for schizophrenia. These data show that for some people any hallucinogen use is unsafe, and yet rate of use recently has doubled especially among younger people.
JAMA Psychiatry@JAMAPsych
Individuals with an ED visit involving hallucinogen use had a greater risk of developing a schizophrenia spectrum disorder compared with both the general population and with individuals with ED visits for other types of substances. ja.ma/4eqM6jD
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This is sad news. A ground breaking researcher, great speaker and a wonderful colleague to many.
European Association of Psychology and Law@E_A_P_L
We are deeply saddened by the death of our previous president, professor David Farrington. He was one of the most influental criminological psychologists and the founder of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development. 1/2
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Looking forward to it greatly.
IAFMHS@IAFMHS1
Join the #IAFMHS #StudentBoard Mentorship #Webinar by Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Simpson - "Exploring Forensic Psychiatry, Psychosis, and Pathways to Recovery" on November 14, 2024! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… @DrSandySimpson @IAFMHS_Student
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@jackltomlin Yes, it is, Jack. Bruce McKean is a remarkable man. It really adds to a very hopeful future.
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Incredible day for forensic psychiatry here, and academic forensic psychiatry of the future. Thank you feels a very small response to Bruce and his family, but we are deeply grateful. The McKeans are remarkable people.
CAMH@CAMHnews
We’re proud to announce the new Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building at CAMH in recognition of support totaling $203M from Bruce McKean and Waverley House Foundation. It is the largest cumulative gift to #mentalhealth in Canadian history. MORE: camh.ca/en/camh-news-a…
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#iafmhsconference2025 #dublin #ireland 🍀ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SYSTEM IS NOW OPEN📷iafmhs2025.exordo.com/login until December 2, 2024📷 Please note this deadline will not be extended. 📷Please see requirements and instructions for submission here: lnkd.in/dqVrk8UZ.
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1/There has been a flood of articles about Ontario's new #MAID data and reports released by the coroner this week, most of it based on "leaked" data in an AP article and people who don't know how to analyze observational data.
Here's a 🧵 with the highlights from the report.
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Honoured to be the inaugural Rossy Chair in Campus #MentalHealth at #UofT, dedicated to advancing our understanding and support for postsecondary student wellbeing & #mentalhealth in partnership with students, staff, and faculty.
Bloomberg Nursing@UofTNursing
Bloomberg Nursing's own Prof. Kristin Cleverley @ClevKristin has been named the inaugural Rossy Chair in Campus Mental Health at #UofT, a research chair that is supported by a generous gift from the Rossy Foundation. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/4eJSwvd #WorldMentalHealthDay
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