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Dr. Mary Davoren

Clinical Senior Lecturer (Psychiatry)
      
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Dr. Mary Davoren

Clinical Senior Lecturer (Psychiatry)

 davorenm@tcd.ie

 


Dr Davoren is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin. Dr Davoren is a visiting Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Bari, "Aldo Moro", Italy. She is a member of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych UK). Dr Davoren is the Vice President of the Medical Council of Ireland. Dr Davoren is the Consultant lead for the High Dependancy ward at the Central Mental Hospital Dundrum, Dublin. She is also the academic lead for the prospective longitudinal study evaluating the patient benefit the new development National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) Campus at Portrane, North Dublin, the Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation (D-FOREST) Study (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05074732). Dr Davoren sits on the Education and Training Committee, Preliminary Proceedings Committee and the Health Committee of the Medical Council of Ireland. Dr Davoren is the academic secretary of the Forensic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK. Prior to taking up her current role, Dr Davoren was a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist on personality disorder pathway Broadmoor High Secure Hospital England. She was the High Secure Research lead for Broadmoor Hospital, a maximum-security hospital serving London and the South of England. Dr Davoren was the academic coordinator of the Broadmoor seminars conference series 2016 - 2019. Dr Davoren previously completed an Academic Clinical Fellowship at the Violence Prevention Research Unit of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), one of the member units of the Violence Prevention Alliance of the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Davoren was a previous recipient of the Young Scholar award of the South London and Maudsley Trust Forensic Research Day London (2015), the best research award at the Forensic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2015), the Mohsin Naguib research award of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2013) for research into the needs of older prisoners and the new research award of the Winter Meeting of the Irish College of Psychiatrists (2011). She was also a recipient of an EU Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST) short term scientific mission in Forensic Psychiatry (Netherlands - 2015). She completed her medical degree at the National University of Ireland and an M.D. higher degree in research in Forensic Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin. She has published book chapters and research papers in the area of prisoner health care needs, recovery in forensic settings and the impact of covid-19 in forensic settings.
  Aggression and Violence   Diabetes & Obesity   forensic psychiatry   Intimate partner violence   OBESITY   PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA   PERSONALITY DISORDER   PSYCHOSIS, SCHIZOPHRENIA   Risk and resilience   VIOLENCE   Violence Prevention
Project Title
 Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation Study (D-FOREST study).
From
June 2020
To
July 2027
Summary
Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation Study (D-FOREST). This is a project of research for patient benefit to evaluate the outcomes of the move of the National Forensic Mental Health Service from the Central Mental Hospital Dundrum to the new site at Portrane, North Co. Dublin.
Funding Agency
HSE
Project Type
Research evaluation for patient benefit; Prospective cohort study.
Person Months
84

Details Date
Vice President of the Medical Council of Ireland Ongoing
Member of the Medical Council of Ireland. Ongoing (2021 - present time)
Board Member, Mental Health Commission (Ireland) Ongoing
Member of the National Office for Suicide Prevention, National Implementation working group. This was a multi-disciplinary committee of the Department of Health aimed at reducing suicide rates nationally by supporting initiatives to prevent deliberate self-harm and suicide in Ireland. I was the representative for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. 2012
External advisory role recently commenced with Sozosei Foundation (USA). This is a philanthropic group in the USA which are funding research projects aimed at decriminalisation of mental illness. The group have requested input and advice regarding what works for decriminalising mental illness in Europe prior to launching their research grants and funding calls. https://www.sozoseifoundation.org May 2021
Member of the Ethics Committee of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, and in this role I co-authored the College position paper on the upcoming Dying with Dignity bill. 2021
I am a member of the Psychiatry Committee of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA), representing forensic psychiatry and general psychiatrists on this national body. 2021
Member of the Books Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. The role of the committee is to decide the college priorities for book publication and to review book proposals and manuscripts on behalf of the RCPsych in conjunction with the editorial team from CUP. 2018
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Details Date From Date To
Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists November 2020 Present time
Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009 Present time
Member of Irish College of Psychiatrists 2009 Present time
Medico-legal society of Ireland January 2021
Kennedy HG, Davoren M., Neuroethics and treatment without consent., CNS spectrums, 30, (1), 2025, pe39 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Parente L, Carabellese F, Felthous A, La Tegola D, Davoren M, Kennedy HG, Carabellese FF., Italian Evaluation and Excellence in REMS (ITAL-EE-REMS): appropriate placement of forensic patients in REMS forensic facilities., International journal of mental health systems, 18, (1), 2024, p33 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McLaughlin, P. and Brady, P. and Carabellese, F. and Carabellese, F. and Parente, L. and Uhrskov Sorensen, L. and Jeandarme, I. and Habets, P. and Simpson, A.I.F. and Davoren, M. and Kennedy, H.G., Excellence in forensic psychiatry services: international survey of qualities and correlates, BJPsych Open, 9, (6), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
C. McMorrow, D. Nerney, N. Cullen, J. Kielty, A. VanLaar, M. Davoren, L. Conlon, C. Brodie, C. McDonald, B. Hallahan, Psychiatric and psychosocial characteristics of suicide completers: A 13-year comprehensive evaluation of psychiatric case records and postmortem findings, European Psychiatry, 2022, p1--20 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Davoren M, O'Reilly K, Mohan D, Kennedy HG, Prospective cohort study of the evaluation of patient benefit from the redevelopment of a complete national forensic mental health service: the Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation Study (D-FOREST) protocol, BMJOpen, 12, (7), 2022, pe058581-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Anti-androgens in Forensic Psychiatric Settings in, editor(s)Anne M Doherty Aoife Egan Sean Dineen , Mental Health, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 2021, [M Davoren], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Basrak N, Kennedy HG, Davoren M., Covid-19 in forensic settings. The unique vulnerability of patients in secure services, International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Online due to covid-19, 16 - 17 June 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Murray S, Kennedy HG, Davoren M, Insight Into Illness Among Inpatients In a Forensic Service: a Study From DUNDRUM Hospital, International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Online due to Covid-19, 16 - 17 June 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Amin H, Kennedy HG, Davoren M, Quality of life, risk and recovery in secure settings: A study from Dundrum Hospital., International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services., Online due to Covid-19, 16 - 17 June 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Basrak N, Mulcrone N, Sharifuddin S, Ghumman Z, Bechan N, Mohamed E, Murray M, Rajendran H, Gunnigle S, Nolan M, Quane T, Terao M, Hoare T, Kirrane K, Kennedy HG, Davoren M., Risk of adverse outcome of COVID-19 among patients in secure psychiatric services: observational cohort study., BJPsych open, 7, (1), 2021, pe31 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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The future of research in forensic psychiatry. in, editor(s)Gary Chaimowitz, Mini Mamak, Heather Moulden, Drew Kingston. , Global Perspectives in Forensic Psychiatry. International approaches to practice, policies and the law., Routledge, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, Routledge, 2025, pp369 - 417, [Harry G Kennedy, Mary Davoren], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Coid JW, Davoren M., Pathways to Serious Violence, Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry Annual Conference (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Vienna, Austria, 8th March, 2019, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Davoren M., Structured professional judgement and the need for therapeutic security in forensic recovery pathway, Risk and Public Protection Research Group (RRPRG) Meeting., Queen Mary University of London, 10th June 2014, 2014, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Davoren M, Marrinan S, Gill P, Kennedy HG, Service user and carer involvement in Forensic settings, Ghent Group for Forensic Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 12th September 2013, 2013, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Davoren M, Kelly B.D., Capacity and associated legislation, Joint workshop of forensic psychiatry faculty, old age psychiatry faculty and social and rehabilitation psychiatry faculty. Winter Meeting of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, November 2013, 2013, College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kennedy HG, Walsh E, Davoren M., Assessing the need for secure forensic beds: what is the process?, Joint meeting of the Irish College of Psychiatry and the Royal College of Psychiatry,, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK., 12th November 2010, 2010, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Young scholar award of the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (IoPPN London UK) Forensic Research Day 2015
Best oral presentation of new research, Forensic Faculty of Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych UK). 2015
Mohsin Naguib Research Prize, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych UK). 2013
Best oral presentation of new research, Winter Meeting of Irish College of Psychiatrists 2011
EU COST (cooperation in science and technology) action short term scientific mission recipient (based in Netherlands secure services). 2016