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Professor Amanda Perry is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Professor at the University of York, where she serves as Director of the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group (MHARG). She holds an honorary Consultant Psychologist position with Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and is actively involved in the Faculty of Science Athena Swan Committee as both Chair of the Working Group and Committee Member. Her work bridges academic research and practical application within the criminal justice system.
Professor Perry's educational background includes a BSc Combined in Psychology and Science from the University of Leicester, an MA in Health Services Research from the Nuffield Institute at Leeds University, and a PhD from the University of York focused on developing a screening instrument for offenders at risk of suicide and self-harm behavior. She is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist with Certificate of Competence in Psychological Testing (Level A & B) and holds a City and Guilds 730 Teachers Certificate.
Her research interests center on forensic mental health, particularly evidence-based psychological interventions within the criminal justice system. She specializes in suicide and self-harm risk assessment among prisoners, psychometrics, and systematic reviews of interventions for offenders. Professor Perry currently leads a £2.2m NIHR programme grant called AMICABLE, demonstrating her capacity to secure significant research funding for complex projects addressing mental health in correctional settings.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on older prisoners' mental and physical health needs, cultural adaptation of interventions for diverse prison populations, and innovative approaches to suicide prevention. Her work increasingly incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives, including archaeology to inform policy development, and employs advanced methodologies such as machine learning for risk prediction. She maintains an active role in the Cochrane Collaboration, contributing numerous systematic reviews on drug treatments and psychological interventions for offenders.
Professor Perry actively supervises PhD students and welcomes proposals in areas including suicide and self-harm in prisoners, psychological therapies with prisoners (particularly problem-solving or CBT approaches), quality assessment of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and drug treatments with offenders. Her external activities include membership in the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology and editorial duties on the Health and Justice Journal.
She has delivered invited talks at international conferences including the International Conference on Justice Development in Warsaw, Poland, and presented TED-style talks for the York Medical Society during the ESRC Festival of Social Science. Professor Perry has also contributed blogs for Suicide Prevention Day for BMC Blog, demonstrating her commitment to translating research into public understanding.
