Kevin Gournay

Kevin Gournay is a registered psychologist and scientist, and a registered nurse by background. He is an emeritus professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.

Career

He worked as a consultant psychologist at the Priory Hospital North London.

He retired in December 2018. He returned to clinical work as part of the national response to COVID-19; retiring once more in 2023. He is an Honorary Professor at the Matilda Centre; University of Sydney. His work in Australia spanned 30 years and focused on the intersection of mental health and substance use. During the COVID19 pandemic he contributed to research on the impacts of COVID19 on mental health.

Recognition

Fellowships

• He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998. ^[1]
• Royal College of Psychiatrists (Honorary)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Academy of Medical Sciences^{[ citation needed ]}
• Royal Society of Medicine^{[ citation needed ]}
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

• CBE : Queens New Year's Honours 1999^{[ citation needed ]}
• Honorary Doctor of Science^{[ citation needed ]}
• Nurse of the Year (American Psychiatric Nursing Association, 2004)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lifetime Achievement Awards (The Eileen Skellern award 2021; British Journal of Nursing 2024)^{[ citation needed ]}

Publications

Gournay is the author or editor of 17 books and monographs and more than 300 chapters, articles, books and conference papers.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

Sources

• Biodata