Professor Gareth Owen
SCHR member
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 Honorary 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 led the Wellcome Trust Mental Health and Justice Project and is now working within the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group.
He has strong interests in concepts of psychiatry and is author of the monograph “Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives”, Cambridge University Press.
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.
