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Professor Karen McKenzie

Professor

Department: Psychology

Prof Karen McKenzie is a chartered clinical psychologists who has worked in the intellectual disability specialty, both within the NHS and voluntary sector, for many years. She joined Northumbria as Professor of Psychology in 2014 after working for a number of years at the University of Edinburgh. She co-developed the ‘Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire’ and ‘Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire’ both of which are used nationally and internationally in clinical and forensic settings.

Campus Address

Room NB161, Northumberland Building
City Campus
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • “I would go to my car and just cry”: The experiences of parents whose children require or are referred for special education needs support at school., Carter, L., McKenzie, K. 17 Feb 2025, In: Inclusion
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the CAIDS-Q for screening for intellectual disability in mainstream schools, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Metcalfe, D., Hackett, S. 3 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
  • Facilitating the identification of intellectual disability in schools: a qualitative study of stakeholder views, McKenzie, K., Tanfield, Y., Murray, G., Sandhu, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • “It does change the narrative for health and social care” views of clinical and homeless service staff about the use of intellectual disability screening tools within homeless support pathways in the north of England, Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A., Murray, G., McKenzie, K. 8 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
  • The characteristics of users of an online screening tool for children and adolescents with intellectual disability and of those being screened, McKenzie, K., Murray, K., Thompson, J., Horridge, K., Greenwell, K., Murray, A. 8 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • The views of people using homeless services about learning disability, McKenzie, K., Robson, R., Murray, G., Kaczmar, M., Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • Exploring the views of UK regional primary care practitioners on the use and role of screening tools for learning disabilities in their services, McKenzie, K., Wigham, S., Bourne, J., Rowlands, G., Hackett, S. 1 Sep 2023, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Knowledge of social care staff about learning disability: 20 years on, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Martin, R., Metcalfe, D. 5 Oct 2023, In: Learning Disability Practice
  • Measurement Invariance of the General Health Questionnaire GHQ 12-Item Version (GHQ-12): A Large UK Longitudinal Study Across Students and Non-Students, Ushakova, A., McKenzie, K., Hughes, C., Stoye, J., Murray, A. 23 Aug 2023, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • Screening for intellectual disability in autistic people: A brief report, McKenzie, K., Metcalfe, D., Murray, A. 1 Feb 2023, In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Clinical Psychology DPhil July 01 2014
  • Practitioner Psychologist Health & Care Professional Council (HCPC) 2014
  • Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) British Psychological Society (BPS) 2014
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2008


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