ICPA2024 PID162 Natalie Parrett

Innovative approaches to improving access to mental health support for people in prison. Findings from the introduction of a mental health text service for prisoners

Author

Natalie Parrett

Director of Psychological Services, Serco

Natalie Parrett (MSc, CPsychol, AFBPsS) is a Principal Forensic Psychologist with 23 years experience working in prisons and secure hospitals in the UK. She is now the Director of Psychological Services for Serco prisons in the UK, providing the strategic leadership, oversight, is clinically responsible for the governance for Psychological Services and provides consultation and advice on psychological matters to the Prison Operational Directors. She has a particular interest in innovating and developing psychologically-informed prison practice and culture. Natalie is a peer reviewer for academic journals and her authored/co-authored research includes: “Who’s holding the trauma? ‘RE-ACT’: Increasing Prison Officer insights and reducing violence in prisons”; “Assessing female sexual offenders’ motivations and cognitions: An exploratory study”; “A re-examination of female child molesters’ implicit theories: Evidence of female specificity?” and “An interpretative phenomenological analysis of prison officer experiences when working with personality disordered offenders with intellectual disabilities.”

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