Dr. Lindsay Healey is a scientist within the Population & Global Health Institute and the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and cross appointed at the Assistant Professor level within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Lindsay completed her Ph.D. in Psychology (Forensic) with a Concentration in Quantitative Methodology at Carleton University in 2023. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Irvine between 2023-25 in the Department of Psychology, where she studied in the Psychosis-Risk Evaluation, Intervention and Treatment lab.
Areas of Research
Dr. Healey has conducted clinically applied forensic research with persons at the intersection of serious mental illness and the legal system since 2014; previously at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (2014-2026) and currently at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2026-present). Her research focuses on equity, risk and recovery within the forensic mental health and correctional systems, and in adjacent legal (e.g., courts) pathways. Grounded in social determinants of health, her work is guided by an equity-informed and stigma-reduction lens.
Currently, her three pillars of research include:
- System Pathways: Identifying and addressing disparities, intervention opportunities and recovery pathways into the forensic mental health system (i.e., correctional settings, mental health diversion courts, and court-ordered forensic assessments) and through it (i.e., trajectories and outcomes under the Ontario Review Board).
- Risk Behavior and Management: Measuring and managing risk and antisocial behaviour among persons with serious mental illness involved in the legal system.
- Forensic Stigma Reduction: Measuring, understanding and addressing public stigma surrounding the forensic population.
Publications
View Dr. Healey's publications on Google Scholar.