Dr. Susan Young

Dr Susan Young, BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, PhD is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Clinical Psychology in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. She is Programme Leader of the MSc. in Clinical Forensic Psychology at King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist at the high secure Broadmoor Hospital. Dr Young has extensive clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of youths and adults with ADHD and in the assessment and treatment of offenders with mental illness and/or mental disorder. Previously, she was employed as a Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Maudsley Hospital, where she set up and developed the neuropsychology service at the first adult ADHD service in the United Kingdom.

Dr Young participated in the British Association of Psychopharmacology Consensus Meeting (2007) to develop guidelines for management of transition for ADHD adolescents to adult services. She was a key member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) ADHD Clinical Guideline Development Group (2008); her main contributions being discussions on psychological treatment of children and adults with ADHD, transition and the provision of expert guidance on the clinical procedures and services required for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults. Dr Young has acted as a consultant regarding ADHD service development in the UK, Iceland and the Republic of Ireland, in addition to consulting on UK and European ADHD Advisory Boards sponsored by industry.

Dr Young has published articles in scientific journals and books, three psychological intervention programmes and has authored two books. Dr Young is currently leading a research group, supported by the Department of Health, which aims to develop projects that will establish the evidence base on ADHD and offenders and approaches to their management in the criminal justice system.

 

Declaration of Interest

• Dr. Young has been consultant for Janssen-Cilag, Eli-Lilly and Shire.
• Dr. Young has given educational talks at meetings sponsored by Janssen-Cilag, Shire, Novatis, Eli-Lilly and Flynn-Pharma.
• Dr. Young has received research grants from Janssen-Cilag, Eli-Lilly, and Shire.
• Dr. Young was a member of the NICE guideline development group for ADHD.