Kevin Gournay

Kevin Joseph Michael Gournay is a registered psychologist, chartered scientist and a registered nurse by background. He is an emeritus professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience; King's College London.

He worked as a consultant psychologist at the Priory Hospital North London.

He retired in December 2018. He returned to clinical work as part of the national response to COVID-19; retiring once more in 2023. He is an Honorary Professor at the Matilda Centre; University of Sydney. His work in Australia spanned 30 years and focused on the intersection of mental health and substance use. During the COVID19 pandemic he contributed to research on the impacts of COVID19 on mental health. As an expert witness, he reported on more than 300 suicides; 20 homicides and hundreds of people who suffered traumatic events, including accidents, terrorist incidents, natural disasters, war, and stillbirth and perinatal death. He report on patients receiving care and treatment in high secure and medium secure settings, including Broadmoor, Rampton and Ashworth hospitals

• He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998.^[1]
• Royal College of Psychiatrists (Honorary)
• Academy of Medical Sciences
• Royal Society of Medicine
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

• CBE : Queens New Year's Honours 1999
• Honorary Doctor of Science
• Nurse of the Year (American Psychiatric Nursing Association, 2004)
• Lifetime Achievement Awards (The Eileen Skellern award 2021; British Journal of Nursing 2024)

Gournay is the author or editor of 17 books and monographs and more than 300 chapters, articles, books and conference papers.

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