Dr Lindsey Gilling

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Background

Lindsey is a postdoctoral research fellow in forensic psychiatry within the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. She completed her PhD in forensic psychiatry in 2020 evaluating evidence-based practice in psychological therapies within forensic mental health services.  Lindsey is a research psychologist with academic training and prior research in clinical neurosicence and cognitive neuropsychology. She was previously employed by and maintains a working relationship with the Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network and the State Hospital Psychological Therapies Service. She is an associate member of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and holds an honorary research position with the NHS State Hospitals Board for Scotland, the high security hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In 2023 the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services awarded Lindsey the Christopher Webster Early Career Award, which recognises an individual in the early stages of their career who has made significant contributions to the forensic mental health field.

Qualifications

Academic

  • BA (Hons), Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA
  • MSc (Distinction), Human Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  • PhD, Forensic Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Professional

  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA), the Higher Education Academy 

Research summary

Lindsey's current research interests revolve around the improvement of forensic mental healthcare and in the study of the translation of evidence-based practice into clinical practice. This work is funded by Scottish Government and the State Hospitals Board for Scotland.

  • Assessment of the mental health needs of the Scottish prison population
  • Routine outcome measurement in secure hospitals
  • Evidence-based clinical decision-making in forensic psychiatry
  • Study of treatment pathways through secure settings for offenders with mental health needs

Tutor

  • CLPS11033 Evidence-based psychological interventions (Spring 2024)
  • CLPS11055 Individual Differences in Mental Health (Spring 2023)
  • CLPS11056 Psychological Research Methods: Data Management and Analysis (Autumn 2022)

Guest Lecture

  • CLPS11056 Psychological Research Methods: Data Management and Analysis - Mediation and Moderation Analyses (Autumn 2022)
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - Advanced Practice Seminar - Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia (Autumn 2022, 2023)
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - Advanced Practice Seminar - Cognitive Contributors to Offending Behaviour (Autumn 2022, 2023)
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - Year 1 Core Teaching - Theories on Violent Offending (Summer 2022, 2023)

Research Supervision

Lindsey has supervised a number of students in the MBChB programme on Student Selected Component research projects.

  • Member of the Forensic Network Research Special Interest Group (2024 - )
  • Assistant Editor of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Newsletter (2023 -)
  • Early career representative for the Edinburgh Mental Health Network Steering Committee (2022 - )
  • Member of the State Hospital Research Committee (2021 - )
  • Member of the Conference Scientific Committee for the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (2021 - )
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