Dennis Ougrin is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Global Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London, and a visiting professor at King’s College London. He leads a programme of global mental health studies aimed at developing community mental health services in Ukraine and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries. His main professional interests include the prevention of Borderline Personality Disorder and effective interventions for self-harm in young people.
Prof. Ougrin is the author of Therapeutic Assessment, a novel model of assessment for young people with self-harm. He also developed and tested an Intensive Community Care Service model for young people with severe psychiatric disorders called Supported Discharge Service. The model was evaluated in the first randomised controlled trial of an intensive community care service for young people in the UK. The results of the trial informed the development of intensive community care services in the UK and internationally. His work also includes developing modular psychotherapeutic interventions for self-harm and on understanding the pathophysiology of self-harm in young people.
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