WA Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry CPD event

Prof Karen Slade is Professor of applied forensic psychology specialising in suicide prevention and postvention, self-harm and dual harm (harm to self and others) across the criminal justice and blue-light sectors.

She has been on secondment to His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) since 2019, leading work and designing approaches to prevent and respond to suicide and deaths under supervision across the prison and probation services (including Approved Premises) in England and Wales. She is an international expert on dual harm – when someone is both violent and self-harms. Professor Slade is developing a strong research and practice foundation in developing understanding and practice in this area.

Prof Slade has extensive expertise and experience in research, policy and practice and specialises in the development of new evidence-based systems in practice. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and supervises DPsych, PhD and MSc students in all areas of forensic psychology and harm prevention.

Karen's current research and practice areas include:

• Prevention and management of self harm, suicide and violence within the criminal justice and blue light services.
• Understanding and managing dual harm (both violence and self-harm) behaviour.
• Organisational and practice approaches to suicide, self-harm and violence prevention.
• Death prevention within community criminal justice populations and services.