Our Sections

Head of Section: Professor Conor Duggan

Forensic mental health research covers the understanding, assessment, and treatment of people with personality disorders, focusing on those who offend.

We have many research interests which include understanding the links between personality disorder and dysfunction, including offending and prediction, management and treatment of violent behaviour.

We are also interested in social problem solving theory and therapy, neurobiological bases of personality disorder, Assessment and treatment of alcohol-related violence, anger in relation to violence, antisocial and psychopathic disorders, risk assessment and prediction, readiness for treatment, naturalistic follow-up studies examining the course of mentally disordered offenders, organisational aspects of forensic services provision, single case research methodologies and treatment design, development and evaluation.

The Forensic Section has strong links between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust which include links with the Personality Disorder Institute, Peaks Academic Research Unit (PARU), Literature and Evidence Research Unit, Arnold Lodge Secure Unit and Mandala Centre.

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