Dr Gwen Adshead trained at St George's Hospital, the Institute of Psychiatry and the Institute of Group Analysis. She has worked as a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the NHS for nearly three decades, within prisons, at secure hospitals including Broadmoor, and in the community. She has published over one hundred academic works; she holds an MA in Medical Law and Ethics as well as two honorary doctorates from St George's Hospital Medical School and has lectured widely, including as a visiting professor at Yale and as the Gresham College Professor of Psychiatry 2014-2016. In 2013, she was honoured with the Royal College of Psychiatry's President's Medal and in 2024 was awarded with an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She is the co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry. In 2024, she gave the annual BBC Reith Lectures.
