Kathryn Abel
Kathryn M. Abel | |
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| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Kathryn M. Abel is a British clinical academic psychiatrist specialising clinically in schizophrenia and gender-specified service developments. She was NIHR National Lead for Mental Health for a decade until 2023 when she was appointed as co-chair of the Office for Life Sciences and UK Government's Mental Health Goals programme (formerly the Mental Health Mission), with Professor Husseini Manji.
Abel is Professor of Psychological Medicine and Reproductive Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, where she founded and is Director of the Centre for Women's Mental Health and the NHS's GM.Digital Research Unit.
Her research focuses on the mental and physical health of mothers; its influence on child development and brain development of children; and on how mental illness influences the lives of vulnerable women and their families.
She previously served on the Academic Faculty Executive at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Appraisal Committee C between 2008 and 2018. Abel has co-edited 5 textbooks and authored over 200 peer reviewed publications. She was a Consolidator fellow of the European Research Council.
Life
Kathryn M. Abel is a British academic psychiatrist specialising clinically in schizophrenia and gender-specified service developments.[1] She qualified in Medicine from Somerville College, Oxford with an MA, and from the University of London with an MBBS and PhD.[2]
She previously served on the Academic Faculty Executive at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Appraisal Committee C between 2008 and 2018. She is a fellow of the European Research Council.[5]
Abel was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2025.[6]
Bibliography
Abel has co-edited academic textbooks, including Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Women (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Comprehensive Women's Mental Health (Cambridge, 2016)[7] and The Female Mind (RCPSYH, 2017).[8][9]
References
- ^ Webber, M. (2011). Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Mental Health Social Work. Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series. SAGE Publications. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-85725-427-6. Retrieved 20 Jul 2023.
- ^ "Professor of psychological medicine and director of the Centre for Women's Mental Health, University of Manchester, UK". Flo.health - #1 mobile product for women’s health. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ^ "Prof Kathryn Abel MA MBBS FRCP FRCPsych PhD - The University of Manchester". www.research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Kathryn Abel". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Mental Health Goals". UK Government. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Professor Kathryn Abel". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "Kathryn M. Abel". GoodReads. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "The Female Mind". Amazon. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Farrell, Helen M. (May 2018). "The Female Mind: A User's Guide". American Journal of Psychiatry. 175 (5): 486–486. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18010063. ISSN 0002-953X.