Helen Killaspy
Professor
University College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Killaspy is a clinical academic working in the field of rehabilitation psychiatry. Her research has provided crucial evidence for the effectiveness of specialist services for people with complex mental health needs. She has played a key role in ensuring this evidence is included in policy to support ongoing investment in mental health rehabilitation services in the UK and abroad. She was the Topic Adviser for the first NICE (National Institute for Health and Care) Clinical Guideline on Mental Health Rehabilitation Services(CG 181, NICE, 2020) that provides evidence based recommendations for commissioners to invest in local rehabilitation services, and for service providers about the specific treatments, interventions and support that they should provide to people with complex psychosis.
Research Interest
psychiatry