Louise Howard (psychiatrist)

King's College portrait, 2013

Louise Michele Howard OBE is Emeritus Professor of Women's Mental Health, King's College London.[1] Howard's research includes medication in pregnancy, violence and health and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of perinatal mental health services. She is an Honorary Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.[2][3]

Howard is Chair of the NICE National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Guideline Development Group on Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health and a member of the International Editorial Board of the British Journal of Psychiatry.[2] In 2019 she became a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).[1]

Howard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to women's mental health.[4]

Bibliography

  • Howard, Louise (2008), Camberwell Assessment of Need for Mothers (CAN-M) : a needs-based assessment for pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness, Royal College of Psychiatrists, ISBN 978-1435674615
  • Howard, Louise M; Feder, Gene; Agnew-Davies, Roxane (2013), Domestic violence and mental health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, ISBN 978-1908020567

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Louise Howard". King’s College London. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Louise Howard awarded prestigious NIHR Research Professorship". Kcl.ac.uk. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Louise Howard - Research Portal, King's College, London". Kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B13.


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