Dr. Stephanie Penney is a scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and cross-appointed at the associate professor level within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
She received her PhD from Simon Fraser University in in clinical psychology with a specialization in forensic psychology. Dr. Penney completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at New York University Medical School / Bellevue Hospital Center, with a specialization in forensic psychology, and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Adolescent Forensic Service of the Child, Youth and Family Program at CAMH.
Areas of research
Dr. Penney’s current program of research is geared toward understanding the causes of violence and offending in individuals with serious mental illness, enhancing the clinical practice of risk assessment, and ultimately, improving service delivery and health outcomes for forensic service users in Canada. Other research interests include motivations for violence among justice-involved persons with mental illness, as well as innovative models of care to promote recovery among forensic service users. Dr. Penney has published on topics such as risk and recovery in forensic mental health care, and the assessment of violence risk in diverse populations. She currently holds two federal grants as Principal Investigator and has previously been the recipient of over $500,000 in international, federal and provincial grants and research awards.
Publications
View Dr. Penney’s publications on Google Scholar.