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Professor Henry Gerard Kennedy
Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry

Biography

Harry Kennedy is Adjunct Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College; Hon. Skou Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Aarhus, Denmark; and visiting professor of forensic psychiatry, University of Bari `Aldo Moro", Italy.

Professor Kennedy was consultant forensic psychiatrist and clinical director North London Forensic Service, Camlet Lodge Medium Secure Unit, London and Royal Free Hospital and UCL Medical School from 1992 to 2000. This role included clinical leadership of the move of the forensic psychiatry service from Friern Hospital to a new purpose built medium secure unit, Camlet Lodge in 1993 and This role included expansion of the hospital service to a comprehensive national forensic mental health service with remand prison in-reach clinics and community after care residences and supervision teams. In 2000 Professor Kennedy refturned to Dublin as consultant forensic psychiatrist and executive clinical director National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental hospital Dundrum, Dublin from 2000 to 2022. This role included expansion of the hospital service to a comprehensive national forensic mental health service with remand and sentenced prison in-reach clinics and community after care residences and supervision teams. Also was responsible for medical leadership for the design of the comprehensive model of care and facilities of the new purpose built hospital in Portrane (opened 2022) and national forensic care and treatment pathways.

Professor Kennedy qualified in medicine from University College Dublin (UCD) & The Mater Hospital in 1980 (Welcome Scholarship for intercalated BSc in physiology 1976-77) Honours MB BCh BAO with Gold Medals in Surgery and Obstetrics, Silver (ex aeq first) in Medicine. On completing intern year in the two professorial units at the Mater, Professor Kennedy went on to postgraduate training in general and respiratory medicine in London (Brompton and Hammersmith Hospitals, Royal Postgraduate Medical School) then from 1985 trained in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry and Broadmoor Hospital to 1992.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Morten Deleuran Terkildsen, Harry G Kennedy, Christian Jentz, Lisbeth Uhrskov Sørensen, Online video games and patient"staff power relations. A qualitative study of care and custody in forensic psychiatry, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 29, (3), 2022, p493--503 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Harry G. Kennedy, Models of care in forensic psychiatry, BJPsych Advances, 2022, p1--14 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

L. McLoughlin, C. Carey, S. Dooley, H. Kennedy, I. McLoughlin, An observational study of a cross platform risk assessment mobile application in a forensic inpatient setting, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 138, 2021, p388--392 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Inge Jeandarme, Petra Habets, Ken O"Reilly, Harry G. Kennedy, Is non"completion of treatment related to security need?, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Ken O'Reilly, Paul O'Connell, Aisling Ryan, Daniellla Ambrosch, Eoin Walshe, Mary Davoren, Aiden Corvin, Harry G. Kennedy, Deficit not bias: A quantifiable neuropsychological model of delusions, Schizophrenia Research, 222, 2020, p496--498 Journal Article, 2020

Harry G. Kennedy, Ronan Mullaney, Paul McKenna, John Thompson, David Timmons, Pauline Gill, Owen P. O"Sullivan, Paul Braham, Dearbhla Duffy, Anthony Kearns, Sally Linehan, Damian Mohan, Stephen Monks, Lisa McLoughlin, Paul O"Connell, Conor O"Neill, Brenda Wright, Ken O"Reilly, Mary Davoren, A tool to evaluate proportionality and necessity in the use of restrictive practices in forensic mental health settings: the DRILL tool (Dundrum restriction, intrusion and liberty ladders), BMC Psychiatry, 20, (1), 2020 Journal Article, 2020

Tomlin J, Lega I, Braun P, Kennedy HG, Herrando VT, Barroso R, Castelletti L, Mirabella F, Scarpa F, Völlm B, experts of COST Action IS1302, Forensic mental health in Europe: some key figures., Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2020 Journal Article, 2020

H. G. Kennedy, D. Mohan, M. Davoren, Forensic psychiatry and Covid-19: accelerating transformation in forensic psychiatry, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020, p1--26 Journal Article, 2020

Harry G Kennedy, Ronan Mullaney, Paul McKenna, John Thompson, David Timmons, Pauline Gill, Owen P O'Sullivan, Paul Braham, Dearbhla Duffy, Anthony Kearns, Sally Linehan, Damian Mohan, Stephen Monks, Lisa McLoughlin, Paul O'Connell, Conor O'Neill, Brenda Wright, Ken O'Reilly, Mary Davoren, A tool to evaluate proportionality and necessity in the use of restrictive practices in forensic mental health settings: The DRILL tool (Dundrum Restriction, Intrusion and Liberty Ladders)., 2020 Journal Article, 2020

Petra Habets, Inge Jeandarme, Harry G. Kennedy, Determining security level in forensic psychiatry: a tug of war between the DUNDRUM toolkit and the HoNOS-Secure, Psychology, Crime & Law, 2020, p1--19 Journal Article, 2020

Kennedy HG, Simpson A, Haque Q, Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services., Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 Journal Article, 2019

O'Reilly, K., Donohoe, G., O'Sullivan, D., (...), O'Connell, P., Kennedy, H.G. , A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, BMC Psychiatry, 19, (1), 2019, p27- Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Inge Jeandarme, Petra Habets, Harry Kennedy, Structured versus unstructured judgment: DUNDRUM-1 compared to court decisions, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 64, 2019, p205--210 Journal Article, 2019

O'Reilly K, O'Connell P, O'Sullivan D, Corvin A, Sheerin J, O'Flynn P, Donohoe G, McCarthy H, Ambrosh D, O'Donnell M, Ryan A, Kennedy HG, Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study., BMC psychiatry, 2019 Journal Article, 2019

Moynihan G, O'Reilly K, O'Connor J, Kennedy HG, An evaluation of functional mental capacity in forensic mental health practice: the Dundrum capacity ladders validation study., BMC psychiatry, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Seppänen A, Törmänen I, Shaw C, Kennedy H, Modern forensic psychiatric hospital design: clinical, legal and structural aspects., International journal of mental health systems, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

O'Reilly, K., O'Connell, P., Corvin, A., (...), Richter, M., Kennedy, H. , Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study, Schizophrenia Research, 193, 2018, p468-469 Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Iqtidar M, Sharma K, Mullaney R, Kelly E, Keevans M, Cullinane M, Kennedy H, Mohan D, Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths., BJPsych open, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

SanSegundo MS, Ferrer-Cascales R, Bellido JH, Bravo MP, Oltra-Cucarella J, Kennedy HG, Prediction of Violence, Suicide Behaviors and Suicide Ideation in a Sample of Institutionalized Offenders With Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis., Frontiers in psychology, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Impact of Service Organisation on Teaching and Training in, 2018, pp211--237 , [Harry Kennedy, Luca Castelletti, Owen O'Sullivan] Book Chapter, 2018

Smith D, Harnett S, Flanagan A, Hennessy S, Gill P, Quigley N, Carey C, McGhee M, McManus A, Kennedy M, Kelly E, Carey J, Concannon A, Kennedy HG, Mohan D, Beyond the Walls: An Evaluation of a Pre-Release Planning (PReP) Programme for Sentenced Mentally Disordered Offenders., Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Gulati G, Kelly BD, Meagher D, Kennedy H, Dunne CP, Hunger strikes in prisons: a narrative systematic review of ethical considerations from a physician's perspective., Irish journal of psychological medicine, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Padraic O" Flynn, Roisin O" Regan, Ken O" Reilly, Harry G Kennedy, Predictors of quality of life among inpatients in forensic mental health: implications for occupational therapists, BMC Psychiatry, 18, (1), 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Richter MS, O'Reilly K, O'Sullivan D, O'Flynn P, Corvin A, Donohoe G, Coyle C, Davoren M, Higgins C, Byrne O, Nutley T, Nulty A, Sharma K, O'Connell P, Kennedy HG, Prospective observational cohort study of 'treatment as usual' over four years for patients with schizophrenia in a national forensic hospital., BMC psychiatry, 8, (1), 2018, p289- Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Gulati G, Murphy V, Clarke A, Delcellier K, Meagher D, Kennedy H, Fistein E, Bogue J, Dunne CP, Intellectual disability in Irish prisoners: systematic review of prevalence., International journal of prisoner health, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Colin Fernandez, Harry G. Kennedy, Miriam Kennedy, The recovery of factors associated with decision-making capacity in individuals with psychosis, BJPsych Open, 3, (03), 2017, p113--119 Journal Article, 2017

O'Reilly, K. and O'Connell, P. and Donohoe, G. and Coyle, C. and O'Sullivan, D. and Azvee, Z. and Maddock, C. and Sharma, K. and Sadi, H. and McMahon, M. and Kennedy, H.G., Anticholinergic burden in schizophrenia and ability to benefit from psychosocial treatment programmes: A 3-year prospective cohort study, Psychological Medicine, 46, (15), 2016, p3199-3211 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

O'Reilly, K., Donohoe, G., O'Sullivan, D., Coyle, C., Mullaney, R., O'Connell, P., Maddock, C., Nulty, A., O'Flynn, P., O'Connell, C., Kennedy, H.G., Study protocol: A randomised controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic mental health patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, BMC Psychiatry, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

O'Reilly K, Donohoe G, O'Sullivan D, Coyle C, Mullaney R, O'Connell P, Maddock C, Nulty A, O'Flynn P, O'Connell C, Kennedy HG, Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic mental health patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder., 2016 Journal Article, 2016

O'Reilly K, Donohoe G, O'Sullivan D, Coyle C, Mullaney R, O'Connell P, Maddock C, Nulty A, O'Flynn P, O'Connell C, Kennedy HG, Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic mental health patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder., BMC psychiatry, 16, (1), 2016, p5 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

Harry G Kennedy, Conor O'Neill, Grainne Flynn, Pauline Gill, Mary Davoren, 'The DUNDRUM Toolkit V1.0.30', 1.0.30, Dublin, TARA, 2016, 1 - 141 Test or assessment, 2016 TARA - Full Text

O'Neill C, Smith D, Caddow M, Duffy F, Hickey P, Fitzpatrick M, Caddow F, Cronin T, Joynt M, Azvee Z, Gallagher B, Kehoe C, Maddock C, O'Keeffe B, Brennan L, Davoren M, Owens E, Mullaney R, Keevans L, Maher R, Kennedy H.G., STRESS-testing clinical activity and outcomes for a combined prison in-reach and court liaison service: a 3-year observational study of 6177 consecutive male remands., International journal of mental health systems, 10, (1), 2016, p1 - 17 Journal Article, 2016

Dornan, J., Kennedy, M., Garland, J., Rutledge, E., Kennedy, H.G., Functional mental capacity, treatment as usual and time: Magnitude of change in secure hospital patients with major mental illness Psychiatry, BMC Research Notes, 8, (1), 2015 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text

Arimin Mat, Tomas Ahern, Tracey Hoare, Paul McCarran, Harry G Kennedy, Donal O'Shea, The prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among inpatients at a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in the Republic of Ireland, EJEA, 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren M, Hennessy S, Conway C, Marrinan S, Gill P, Kennedy HG, Recovery and concordance in a secure forensic psychiatry hospital - the self rated DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery scales., 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

O'Reilly K, Donohoe G, Coyle C, O'Sullivan D, Rowe A, Losty M, McDonagh T, McGuinness L, Ennis Y, Watts E, Brennan L, Owens E, Davoren M, Mullaney R, Abidin Z, Kennedy HG, Prospective cohort study of the relationship between neuro-cognition, social cognition and violence in forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder., 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Sharma A, Dunn W, O'Toole C, Kennedy HG, The virtual institution: cross-sectional length of stay in general adult and forensic psychiatry beds., 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren, M., Fitzpatrick, M., Caddow, F., Caddow, M., O'Neill, C., O'Neill, H., Kennedy, H.G., Older men and older women remand prisoners: Mental illness, physical illness, offending patterns and needs, International Psychogeriatrics, 27, (5), 2015, p747-755 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren M, Fitzpatrick M, Caddow F, Caddow M, O'Neill C, O'Neill H, Kennedy HG, Older men and older women remand prisoners: mental illness, physical illness, offending patterns and needs., 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren M, Byrne O, O'Connell P, O'Neill H, O'Reilly K, Kennedy HG, Factors affecting length of stay in forensic hospital setting: need for therapeutic security and course of admission., BMC psychiatry, 15, (1), 2015, p301 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Davoren M, Byrne O, O'Connell P, O'Neill H, O'Reilly K, Kennedy HG, Factors affecting length of stay in forensic hospital setting: need for therapeutic security and course of admission., 2015 Journal Article, 2015

O'Reilly, K., Donohoe, G., Coyle, C., O'Sullivan, D., Rowe, A., Losty, M., McDonagh, T., McGuinness, L., Ennis, Y., Watts, E., Brennan, L., Owens, E., Davoren, M., Mullaney, R., Abidin, Z., Kennedy, H.G., Prospective cohort study of the relationship between neuro-cognition, social cognition and violence in forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, BMC Psychiatry, 15, (1), 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Dornan J, Kennedy M, Garland J, Rutledge E, Kennedy HG, Functional mental capacity, treatment as usual and time: magnitude of change in secure hospital patients with major mental illness., BMC research notes, 8, (1), 2015, p566 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Sharma, A., Dunn, W., O'Toole, C., Kennedy, H.G., The virtual institution: Cross-sectional length of stay in general adult and forensic psychiatry beds, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren, M., Hennessy, S., Conway, C., Marrinan, S., Gill, P., Kennedy, H.G., Recovery and concordance in a secure forensic psychiatry hospital - the self rated DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery scales, BMC Psychiatry, 15, (1), 2015, p1-12 Journal Article, 2015

Davoren, M., Byrne, O., O'Connell, P., O'Neill, H., O'Reilly, K., Kennedy, H.G., Factors affecting length of stay in forensic hospital setting: Need for therapeutic security and course of admission, BMC Psychiatry, 2015 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text

Dornan J, Kennedy M, Garland J, Rutledge E, Kennedy HG, Functional mental capacity, treatment as usual and time: magnitude of change in secure hospital patients with major mental illness., 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Introduction in, editor(s)Brendan D Kelly , Care, Custody and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry in 19th Century Ireland, Dublin, History Press Ireland, 2014, pp6 - 14, [Harry Kennedy] Book Chapter, 2014

McInerney C, Davoren M, Flynn G, Mullins D, Fitzpatrick M, Caddow M, Caddow F, Quigley S, Black F, Kennedy HG, O'Neill C, Implementing a court diversion and liaison scheme in a remand prison by systematic screening of new receptions: a 6 year participatory action research study of 20,084 consecutive male remands., International journal of mental health systems, 7, 2013, p18 Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

Harry G Kennedy, Conor O'Neill, Grainne Flynn, Pauline Gill, Mary Davoren, DANGEROUSNESS UNDERSTANDING, RECOVERY and URGENCY MANUAL (THE DUNDRUM QUARTET) V1.0.26 (01/08/13) Four Structured Professional Judgement Instruments for Admission Triage, Urgency, Treatment Completion and Recovery Assessments, Dublin, IReland, Trinity College Dublin, August, 2013 Report, 2013 TARA - Full Text

Davoren M, Abidin Z, Naughton L, Gibbons O, Nulty A, Wright B, Kennedy H.G. , Prospective study of factors influencing conditional discharge from a forensic hospital: the DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery structured professional judgement instruments and risk , BMC psychiatry , 13 , (1 ), 2013, p185 - Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text

Fred Browne, Rajan Darjee, John Gunn, Harry Kennedy, R Mackay, Damian Mohan, Nigel Shackleford, Leigh Neal, Lindsay Thomson, Legal arrangements in the rest of the British Isles and Islands, Forensic Psychiatry, 2013, p86--110 Journal Article, 2013

Jackie Craissati, Pamela Taylor, Lindsay Thomson, Fred Browne, Harry Kennedy, Damian Mohan, Forensic mental health services in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Forensic Psychiatry, 2013, p587--618 Journal Article, 2013

Abidin Z., Davoren M., Naughton L., Gibbons O., Nulty A., Kennedy H.G., Susceptibility (risk and protective) factors for in-patient violence and self-harm: Prospective study of structured professional judgement instruments START and SAPROF, DUNDRUM-3 and DUNDRUM-4 in forensic mental health services, BMC Psychiatry, 13, 2013 Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

Damian Smith, Duffy R, Darran Flynn, Luke Quirke, Stephen Monks, Harry G Kennedy, DUNDRUM-D: Developmental Understanding of Drug Misuse & Dependence (Short version), Dublin, Central Mental Hospital, National Forensic Mental Health Service , 2012, 1, 5 Report, 2012 TARA - Full Text

Flynn, D., Smith, D., Quirke, L., Monks, S., Kennedy, H.G., Ultra high risk of psychosis on committal to a young offender prison: an unrecognised opportunity for early intervention, BMC Psychiatry, 12, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Davoren, M., O'Dwyer, S., Abidin, Z., Naughton, L., Gibbons, O., Doyle, E., McDonnell, K., Monks, S., Kennedy, H.G., Prospective in-patient cohort study of moves between levels of therapeutic security: the DUNDRUM-1 triage security, DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery scales and the HCR-20, BMC Psychiatry, 12, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Damian Smith, Duffy R, Darran Flynn, Luke Quirke, Stephen Monks, Harry G Kennedy, DUNDRUM-D: Developmental Understanding of Drug Misuse & Dependence, 2012, 2, 64 Report, 2012 TARA - Full Text

Giblin Y, Kelly A, Kelly E, Kennedy HG, Mohan D., Reducing the use of seclusion for mental disorder in a prison: implementing a high support unit in a prison using participant action research., International journal of mental health systems, 6, (1), 2012, p2 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Davoren M, O'Dwyer S, Abidin Z, Naughton L, Gibbons O, Doyle E, McDonnell K, Monks S, Kennedy HG., Prospective in-patient cohort study of moves between levels of therapeutic security: the DUNDRUM-1 triage security, DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery scales and the HCR-20., BMC Psychiatry, 12, 2012, p80 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Naughton M, Nulty A, Abidin Z, Davoren M, O'Dwyer S, Kennedy HG., Effects of group metacognitive training (MCT) on mental capacity and functioning in patients with psychosis in a secure forensic psychiatric hospital: a prospective-cohort waiting list controlled study., BMC research notes, 5, 2012, p302 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Giblin, Y., Kelly, A., Kelly, E., Kennedy, H.G., Mohan, D., Reducing the use of seclusion for mental disorder in a prison: Implementing a high support unit in a prison using participant action research, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 6, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Naughton, M., Nulty, A., Abidin, Z., Davoren, M., Odwyer, S., Kennedy, H.G., Effects of group Metacognitive Training (MCT) on mental capacity and functioning in patients with psychosis in a secure forensic psychiatric hospital: A prospective-cohort waiting list controlled study, BMC Research Notes, 5, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Flynn D, Smith D, Quirke L, Monks S, Kennedy HG., Ultra high risk of psychosis on committal to a young offender prison: an unrecognised opportunity for early intervention., BMC Psychiatry, 12, 2012, p100 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Donnelly, V., Lynch, A., Mohan, D., Kennedy, H.G., Working alliance, interpersonal trust and perceived coercion in mental health review hearings, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 5, 2011 Journal Article, 2011

Flynn G, O'Neill C, McInerney C, Kennedy HG, The DUNDRUM-1 structured professional judgment for triage to appropriate levels of therapeutic security: retrospective-cohort validation study., BMC Psychiatry, 11, 2011, p43 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text DOI

O'Dwyer S, Davoren M, Abidin Z, Doyle E, McDonnell K, Kennedy HG., The DUNDRUM Quartet: validation of structured professional judgement instruments DUNDRUM-3 assessment of programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 assessment of recovery in forensic mental health services, BMC Research Notes, 4, (229), 2011 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text URL

Donnelly V, Lynch A, Mohan D, Kennedy HG., Working alliance, interpersonal trust and perceived coercion in mental health review hearings., International journal of mental health systems, 5, (1), 2011, p29 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Grainne Flynn, Conor O'Neill, Harry G Kennedy, DUNDRUM-2: Prospective validation of a structured professional judgment instrument assessing priority for admission from the waiting list for a Forensic Mental Health Hospital, BMC Research Notes, 4, (230), 2011 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text URL

HG Kennedy, D Timmons, P Gill, P McKenna, P Braham, R Mullaney, DUNDRUM Restriction and Intrusion Liberty Ladders (DRILL), 2011 Working Paper, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Donnelly, V., Lynch, A., Devlin, C., Naughton, L., Gibbons, O., Mohan, D., Kennedy, H.G., Therapeutic alliance in forensic mental health: Coercion, consent and recovery, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 28, (1), 2011, p21-28 Journal Article, 2011

Harry G Kennedy, Conor O'Neill, Grainne Flynn, Pauline Gill, The Dundrum Toolkit. Dangerousness, Understanding, Recovery and Urgency Manual (The Dundrum Quartet). Four Structured Professional Judgement Instruments for Admission Triage, Urgency, Treatment Completion and Recovery Assessments , Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, April, 2010, 1 - 69 Report, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Atif Ijaz, Alexia Papaconstantinou, Helen O'Neill & Harry G Kennedy., The Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Manual (S-RAMM) Validation Study I: Inter-Rater Reliability, Internal Consistency, and Discriminatory Capacity., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 26, (2), 2009, p54 - 58 Journal Article, 2009

Ijaz, A., Papaconstantinou, A., O'Neill, H., Kennedy, H.G., The suicide risk assessment and management manual (S-RAMM) validation study 1, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 26, (2), 2009, p54-58 Journal Article, 2009

Katharine Curtin, Stephen Monks, Brenda Wright, Dearbhla Duffy, Sally Linehen, Harry G Kennedy, Psychiatric morbidity in 615 male remanded and sentenced committals to Irish Prisons , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 26, 2009, p169 - 173 Journal Article, 2009

Harry Kennedy, Madness and murder: gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 20, (4), 2009, p602--604 Journal Article, 2009

John Fagan, Alexia Papaconstantinou, Atif Ijaz, Aideen Lynch, Helen O'Neill & Harry G Kennedy, The Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Manual (S-RAMM) Validation Study II: Prospective Study of a Structured Professional Judgement Tool for Suicide Risk Assessment, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 26, (3), 2009, p107 - 113 Journal Article, 2009

Fagan, J., Papaconstantinou, A., Ijaz, A., Lynch, A., O'Neill, H., Kennedy, H.G., The suicide risk assessment and management manual (S-RAMM) validation study II, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 26, (3), 2009, p107-113 Journal Article, 2009

Kennedy M, Dornan J, Rutledge E, O'Neill H, Kennedy HG, Extra information about treatment is too much for the patient with psychosis., International journal of law and psychiatry, 32, (6), 2009, p369-76 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Harry Kennedy , A General Theory of Mental Disorder and Consolidated Mental Disability Legislation: Commentary on the Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2008 , Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland., 14, (2), 2008, p51 - 58 Journal Article, 2008

Selena M Pillay, Brid Oliver, Louise Butler, Harry G Kennedy , Risk stratification and the care pathway , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 25, (4), 2008, p123 - 127 Journal Article, 2008

Rutledge E, Kennedy M, O'Neill H, Kennedy HG, Functional mental capacity is not independent of the severity of psychosis., International journal of law and psychiatry, 31, (1), 2008, p9-18 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Wright, Brenda; O'Neill, Conor; Kennedy, Harry G, Admissions to a national forensic hospital 1997-2003. , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 25, (1), 2008, p17 - 23 Journal Article, 2008

Harry Kennedy, The Annotated Mental Health Acts, 1st, Dublin, Blackhall, 2007, 1 - 165pp Book, 2007

Therapeutic Uses of Security: mapping forensic mental health services by stratifying risk in, editor(s)Bloom, Hy and Christopher D. Webster , Essential Writings in Violence Risk Assessment , Toronto, CAMH, 2007, [HG Kennedy] Book Chapter, 2007

Brenda Wright, Dearbhla Duffy, Katherine Curtin, Sally Linehan, Stephen Monks, Harry G. Kennedy , Psychiatric Morbidity Among Women Prisoners Newly Committed and amongst Remanded and Sentenced Women in the Irish Prison System , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 23, (2), 2006, p47 - 53 Journal Article, 2006

Duffy DM, Linehan SA, Kennedy HG, Psychiatric Morbidity in the male sentenced Irish Prisons Population, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 23, (2), 2006, p54 - 62 Journal Article, 2006

HG Kennedy , The Future of Forensic Mental Health Services in Ireland, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 23, (2), 2006, p45 - 46 Journal Article, 2006

Kelly, B.D., Kennedy, H.G. , Suicide in prisons , British Journal of Psychiatry, 186, (4), 2005, p354 - 355 Journal Article, 2005 URL DOI

SA Lenihan, DM Duffy, B Wright, K Curtin, S Monks, HG Kennedy, Psychiatric morbidity in a cross-sectional sample of male remanded prisoners., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 22, (4), 2005, p128 - 132 Journal Article, 2005

C O'Neill, A Kelly, H Sinclair, H Kennedy, Deprivation: Different implications for forensic psychiatric need in urban and rural areas, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40, 2005, p551 - 556 Journal Article, 2005

H Kennedy, Limits of Psychiatric Evidence in Criminal Cases: Morals and Madness , Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland , 11, (1), 2005, p1 - 17 Journal Article, 2005

Harry G Kennedy, Stephen Monks, Katherine Curtin, Brenda Wright, Sally Linehan, Dearbhla Duffy, Conor Teljeur, Alan Kelly, Mental Illness in Irish Prisoners, Dublin, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland, December, 2004, 1-108 Report, 2004 TARA - Full Text

H Kennedy , Limits of Psychiatric Evidence in Civil Cases: Science and Sensibility, Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland , 10, 2004, p1 - 16 Journal Article, 2004

D Duffy, S Lenihan, H Kennedy, Screening prisoners for mental disorders, Psychiatric Bulettin , 27, 2003, p241 - 242 Journal Article, 2003

H Kennedy, Human Rights Standards and Mental Health in Prisons , Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland , 8, 2003, p58 - 65 Journal Article, 2003

D Duffy, S Lenihan, H Kennedy, Screening prisoners for mental disorders, Psychiatric Bulettin , 27, 2003, p241 - 242 Journal Article, 2003

C O'Neill, P Heffernan, R Goggins, C Corcoran, S Linehan, D Duffy, H O'Neill, C Smith, HG Kennedy, Long-stay forensic psychiatric inpatients in the republic of Ireland: aggregated needs assessment, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 20, 2003, p119 - 125 Journal Article, 2003

SE Prasad, HG Kennedy , Pseudophaeochromocytoma associated with clozapine treatment., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 20, 2003, p132 - 134 Journal Article, 2003

HG Kennedy , Therapeutic Uses of Security: mapping forensic mental health services by stratifying risk, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , 8, 2002, p433 - 443 Journal Article, 2002

D Duffy, S Linehan, H O'Neill, HG Kennedy , Irish Travellers and forensic mental health, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 19, (3), 2002, p76 - 79 Journal Article, 2002

C O'Neill, H Sinclair, A Kelly, HG Kennedy , Interaction of forensic and general psychiatric services in Ireland: learning the lessons or repeating the mistakes? , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 19, (2), 2002, p19 - 54 Journal Article, 2002

Obomanu, W., Kennedy HG , Juridogenic Harm: statutory Principles for the New Mental Health Tribunals., Psychiatric Bulletin , 25, 2001, p331 - 333 Journal Article, 2001

HG Kennedy , Risk Assessment is Inseparable from Risk Management: Comment on Szmuckler, Psychiatric Bulletin, 25, 2001, p208 - 211 Journal Article, 2001

HG Kennedy , Do Men Need Special Services? , Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , 7, 2001, p93 - 101 Journal Article, 2001

Kennedy HG, Iveson RC, Hill O, Violence, homicide and suicide: strong correlation and wide variation across districts., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 175, 1999, p462-6 Journal Article, 1999

HG Kennedy , Community treatment: a civil solution, Psychiatric Bulletin , 23, 1999, p193 - 194 Journal Article, 1999

P Pierzchniak, F Farnham, N deTaranto, D Bull, H Gill, P Bester, A McCallum, H Kennedy, Assessing the needs of patients in secure settings: a multidisciplinary approach., Journal of Forensic Psychiatry , 10, 1999, p343 - 354 Journal Article, 1999

NE de Taranto, P Bester, P Pierzchniak, A McCallum, HG Kennedy, Medium secure provision in NHS and private units., Journal of Forensic Psychiatry , 9, 1998, p369 - 378 Journal Article, 1998

FR Farnham, HG Kennedy , Acute excited states and sudden death , British Medical Journal , 315, 1997, p1107 - 1108 Journal Article, 1997

Farnham FR, Ritchie CW, James DV, Kennedy HG, Pathology of love., Lancet, 350, (9079), 1997, p710 Journal Article, 1997

P Pierzchniak, N Purchase, HG Kennedy, Liaison between Court, Prison and Psychiatric Services, Health Trends , 29, 1997, p26 - 29 Journal Article, 1997

Purchase ND, McCallum AK, Kennedy HG, Evaluation of a psychiatric court liaison scheme in north London., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 313, (7056), 1996, p531-2 Journal Article, 1996

Kennedy HG, Grubin DH, Patterns of denial in sex offenders., Psychological medicine, 22, (1), 1992, p191-6 Journal Article, 1992

Kennedy HG, Anger and irritability., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 161, 1992, p145-53 Journal Article, 1992

Kennedy HG, Kemp LI, Dyer DE, Fear and anger in delusional (paranoid) disorder: the association with violence., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 160, 1992, p488-92 Journal Article, 1992

Kennedy HG, Dyer DE, Parental hostage takers., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 160, 1992, p410-2 Journal Article, 1992

The Anxiety Neuroses in, editor(s)L Appleby and D. Forshaw , Postgraduate Psychiatry: Scientific and Clinical Principles, London, Heinemann Medical Books, 1990, [HG Kennedy] Book Chapter, 1990

Kennedy HG, Grubin DH, Hot-headed or impulsive?, British journal of addiction, 85, (5), 1990, p639-43 Journal Article, 1990

DH Grubin & HG Kennedy , Sexual Deviancy , Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2, 1989, p745 - 749 Journal Article, 1989

Sutedja TG, Apperley JF, Hughes JM, Aber VR, Kennedy HG, Nunn P, Jones L, Hopper L, Goldman JM, Pulmonary function after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukaemia., Thorax, 43, (3), 1988, p163-9 Journal Article, 1988

Kennedy HG, Fatigue and fatigability., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 153, 1988, p1-5 Journal Article, 1988

Asherson RA, Hackett D, Gharavi AE, Harris EN, Kennedy HG, Hughes GR, Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: a report of three cases., The Journal of rheumatology, 13, (2), 1986, p416-20 Journal Article, 1986

Stead RJ, Kennedy HG, Hodson ME, Batten JC, Adverse reactions to piperacillin in adults with cystic fibrosis., Thorax, 40, (3), 1985, p184-6 Journal Article, 1985

Gardner J, Kennedy HG, Hamblin A, Jones E, HLA associations in sarcoidosis: a study of two ethnic groups., Thorax, 39, (1), 1984, p19-22 Journal Article, 1984

Kennedy HG, Mulvey MJ, Lopez-Vidriero M, Pavia D, Havard CW, Situs inversus and ciliary immotility., Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 76, (12), 1983, p1065-6 Journal Article, 1983

Research Expertise

Description

Professor Kennedy has a long standing interest in the psychopathology of fear and anger, violent behaviour and functional mental capacity. This has developed into researching the experimental psychopathology of moral delusions and regarding working alliance in forensic psychiatry. A parallel and closely related research theme has been the use of models of care in forensic psychiatry and psychiatry more generally, including mathematical modelling of stratifed therapeutic security, models of length of stay, the development of structured professional judgement instruments for triage according to need for therpaeutic security, clinical triage of waiting list priorities, assessment of treatment response relevant to reducing risk of violence and reducing need for therapeutic security, with forensic recovery. These measures have led to international collaborations with replication studies in the UK, Belgium, Italy, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Research focuses on the judgement support frameworks within the model of care. Current international collaborative work includes quantifying excellence in forensic psychiatry services and extending these findings and frameworks to all of psychiatric services.