Professor Gareth Owen
Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law
- Honourary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Research interests
- Psychiatry
Biography
Professor Gareth Owen is a Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London and Honourary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
His research has focused on decision-making capacity and related areas, spanning theoretical to practical issues as well as policy impact. He leads the Wellcome Trust Mental Health and Justice Project.
As a consultant psychiatrist Gareth works in liaison psychiatry at King’s College Hospital. He is also a founding member and trustee of the Maudsley Philosophy Group Charity.
Research
Mental Health, Ethics & Law Research Group
The group is concerned with problems which psychiatry, ethics and law have in common and with devising interdisciplinary strategies to research them.
Advance Choice Documents Implementation (ACDI)
ACDI aims to address the research-to-practice implementation gap for advance choice documents.
Project status: Ongoing
Complex Life and Death Decisions group
The Complex Life and Death Decisions group (CLADD) is a King’s based group with expertise in psychiatry, palliative care, bioethics, public policy and law. Members of the group lead research in life and death decision-making (particularly in relation to mental health conditions and palliative care), contribute to policy development, professional guidelines and law reform, and have appeared in leading court cases.
News
Professor Gareth Owen delivers inaugural lecture “Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives”
On Tuesday 26 November, Professor Owen delivered his inaugural lecture as Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law.
A systematic review of the reasons behind self-binding directives
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Ruhr-Universität Bochum has explored the pros...
Do service users with bipolar disorder want to choose enforced treatment ahead of future episodes?
A new study from the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, in partnership with the charity Bipolar UK, explores...
Events
Assisted dying: principles, practice and politics
Join the Policy Institute and the Complex Life and Death Decisions group for a discussion about assisted dying.
Please note: this event has passed.
Professor Gareth Owen - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Gareth Owen's inaugural lecture on 'Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives'
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Mental Health, Ethics & Law Research Group
The group is concerned with problems which psychiatry, ethics and law have in common and with devising interdisciplinary strategies to research them.
Advance Choice Documents Implementation (ACDI)
ACDI aims to address the research-to-practice implementation gap for advance choice documents.
Project status: Ongoing
Complex Life and Death Decisions group
The Complex Life and Death Decisions group (CLADD) is a King’s based group with expertise in psychiatry, palliative care, bioethics, public policy and law. Members of the group lead research in life and death decision-making (particularly in relation to mental health conditions and palliative care), contribute to policy development, professional guidelines and law reform, and have appeared in leading court cases.
News
Professor Gareth Owen delivers inaugural lecture “Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives”
On Tuesday 26 November, Professor Owen delivered his inaugural lecture as Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law.
A systematic review of the reasons behind self-binding directives
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Ruhr-Universität Bochum has explored the pros...
Do service users with bipolar disorder want to choose enforced treatment ahead of future episodes?
A new study from the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, in partnership with the charity Bipolar UK, explores...
Events
Assisted dying: principles, practice and politics
Join the Policy Institute and the Complex Life and Death Decisions group for a discussion about assisted dying.
Please note: this event has passed.
Professor Gareth Owen - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Gareth Owen's inaugural lecture on 'Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives'
Please note: this event has passed.