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Alexander Simpson

ResearcherForensic ProgramUniversity of Toronto

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Alexander Simpson

Researcher

Forensic Program

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Cannabis Forensic Mental Health Services Mental Health Offending Psychosis Violence Distress Mental Illness

Latest papers

Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une étude d'observation.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2025
Procedural justice and forensic mental health: An introduction and future directions.
Medicine, science, and the law · 2024 · senior author
Copy Number Variation Analysis of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia.
Neuropsychobiology · 2024

All 13 publications

Latest funding

What are the unique mental health needs of women in correctional and forensic mental health settings? A virtual community of practice model
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$583,022
Culture is Protection: A Gathering on Cultural Connectedness as a Protective Factor in Youth Violence Prevention
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Motivational influences and trajectories to violence in the context of major mental illness
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$81,773

All 13 grants and awards

13 publications.

Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une étude d'observation.

Sanchez-Morales D, Mason S, Chan PPM, Borschmann R, Simpson A, Weinstock LM, Dmetrichuk JM, Schaffer A, Mitchell RHB, Steinberg R, Sinyor M

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251342276 PMID: 40415388

Procedural justice and forensic mental health: An introduction and future directions.

Tomlin J, Markham S, Wittouck C, Simpson A

Medicine, science, and the law2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/00258024231206865 PMID: 37847574

Copy Number Variation Analysis of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia.

De Luca V, Chaudhary Z, Al-Chalabi N, Qian J, Xu X, Gerretsen P, Bani-Fatemi A, Simpson A, Fischer C, Graff A, Kolla NJ

Neuropsychobiology2024

DOI: 10.1159/000533689 PMID: 37984346

Evidence for the ecological validity of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen: Positive predictive value among remanded men and women.

Gerritsen C, Adamo V, Fulham L, Jones R, Penney S, Tagore A, Simpson A

Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2256 PMID: 35988066

Emotional impact on healthcare providers involved in medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

Dholakia SY, Bagheri A, Simpson A

BMJ open2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058523 PMID: 35840304

The relationship between clinician leverage, patient experiences, and and the impact of stigma: a study in academic and community outpatient psychiatry settings.

Law SF, Sirotich F, Sunderji N, Simpson A, Nakhost A

General hospital psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.06.008 PMID: 34214934

An evaluation of cascading mentorship as advocacy training in undergraduate medical education.

Patel M, Aitken D, Xue Y, Sockalingam S, Simpson A

BMC medical education2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02489-y PMID: 33478476

Tutors’ Perceptions of the Transition to Video and Simulated Patients in Pre-clinical Psychiatry Training

Patel M, Hui J, Ho C, Mak CK, Simpson A, Sockalingam S

Academic Psychiatry202110 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01504-0

Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services.

Kennedy HG, Simpson A, Haque Q

Frontiers in psychiatry2019

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00733 PMID: 31681042

Impact of an assertive community treatment model of care on the treatment of prisoners with a serious mental illness.

McKenna B, Skipworth J, Tapsell R, Pillai K, Madell D, Simpson A, Cavney J, Rouse P

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists2018

DOI: 10.1177/1039856217748247 PMID: 29334235

What are the unique mental health needs of women in correctional and forensic mental health settings? A virtual community of practice model

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Op. Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Healthcare implementation research

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie R; Ray, Ipsita; Tyagi, Smita V; Nicholls, Tonia L

Keywords: Community Of Practice; Community-Based Participatory Research; Corrections; Forensic Mental Health; Mental Illness; Women

$583,022

Culture is Protection: A Gathering on Cultural Connectedness as a Protective Factor in Youth Violence Prevention

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Linklater, Renee; Smith, Holly

Keywords: Cultural Connectedness; Indigenous Youth; Protective Factors; Risk Assessment; Violence Prevention

$25,000

Motivational influences and trajectories to violence in the context of major mental illness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie R.

Keywords: major mental illness; motivation; violence; risk; forensic mental health

$81,773

Closing a Revolving Door: Evaluating transitions into and out of correctional centres among Ontarians with schizophrenia.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Evaluation Grants

Principal investigators: Kurdyak, Paul A; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G; Rehman, Farhat

Keywords: Correctional System; Health Services; Mental Health; Schizophrenia

$200,000

The impact of cannabis legalization on the forensic mental health patient population in Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas - Mental Health

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie R; Schneider, Richard; Jones, Roland M; Simpson, Alexander I

Keywords: Cannabis; Forensic Mental Health Services; Mental Health; Offending; Psychosis; Violence

International Collaboration for Excellence and Innovation in Mental Health in Corrections I-CEIsMIC / La Collaboration Internationale pour L'Excellence et L'Innovation en Santé Mentale dans le Systeme Correctionnel CIEISMSC

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Simpson, Alexander I.F.

Keywords: correctional mental health service; serious mental illness; prison mental health; inmates; systems of care; integrated care pathways

$6,000

Investigating the Endocannabinoid System in Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder with Persistent Violence

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kolla, Nathan J

Keywords: Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Endocannabinoid System; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Persistent Violence; Positron Emission Tomography; Suicide

$352,810

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie

Keywords: Not Criminally Responsible on account of Mental Disorder; Offending; Violence; Risk; Typologies; Latent class analysis

$70,705

PET Imaging Monoamine Oxidase-A in Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H

Keywords: Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Monoamine Oxidase A; Positron Emission Tomography

$328,764

Predictors and consequences of trajectories of mental illness among prisoners

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Simpson, Alexander I; Brink, Johann H; Colman, Ian R; Mckenzie, Kwame J

Keywords: Distress; Mental Illness; Prison; Risk Factors; Screening; Trajectories

$299,018

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cannabis Dear Professor Simpson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une étude d'observation." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The impact of cannabis legalization on the forensic mental health patient population in Ontario" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Alexander Simpson

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Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une étude d'observation.

Procedural justice and forensic mental health: An introduction and future directions.

Copy Number Variation Analysis of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia.

Evidence for the ecological validity of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen: Positive predictive value among remanded men and women.

Emotional impact on healthcare providers involved in medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

The relationship between clinician leverage, patient experiences, and and the impact of stigma: a study in academic and community outpatient psychiatry settings.

An evaluation of cascading mentorship as advocacy training in undergraduate medical education.

Tutors’ Perceptions of the Transition to Video and Simulated Patients in Pre-clinical Psychiatry Training

Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services.

Impact of an assertive community treatment model of care on the treatment of prisoners with a serious mental illness.

What are the unique mental health needs of women in correctional and forensic mental health settings? A virtual community of practice model

Culture is Protection: A Gathering on Cultural Connectedness as a Protective Factor in Youth Violence Prevention

Motivational influences and trajectories to violence in the context of major mental illness

Closing a Revolving Door: Evaluating transitions into and out of correctional centres among Ontarians with schizophrenia.

The impact of cannabis legalization on the forensic mental health patient population in Ontario

International Collaboration for Excellence and Innovation in Mental Health in Corrections I-CEIsMIC / La Collaboration Internationale pour L'Excellence et L'Innovation en Santé Mentale dans le Systeme Correctionnel CIEISMSC

Investigating the Endocannabinoid System in Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder with Persistent Violence

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

PET Imaging Monoamine Oxidase-A in Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Predictors and consequences of trajectories of mental illness among prisoners

Frequent collaborators

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Nadiya Sunderji

Philip Gerretsen

Stephanie Penney

Roland Jones

Rosalie Steinberg

Mark Sinyor

Corinne Fischer

Ayal Schaffer

Frank Sirotich

Corinne Fischer

Certina Ho

Certina Ho

Alexander Simpson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: D&#xe9;m&#xea;l&#xe9;s avec le syst&#xe8;me de justice p&#xe9;nale parmi les personnes d&#xe9;c&#xe9;d&#xe9;es par suicide &#xe0; Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une &#xe9;tude d'observation.

Procedural justice and forensic mental health: An introduction and future directions.

Copy Number Variation Analysis of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia.

Evidence for the ecological validity of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen: Positive predictive value among remanded men and women.

Emotional impact on healthcare providers involved in medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

The relationship between clinician leverage, patient experiences, and and the impact of stigma: a study in academic and community outpatient psychiatry settings.

An evaluation of cascading mentorship as advocacy training in undergraduate medical education.

Tutors’ Perceptions of the Transition to Video and Simulated Patients in Pre-clinical Psychiatry Training

Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services.

Impact of an assertive community treatment model of care on the treatment of prisoners with a serious mental illness.

What are the unique mental health needs of women in correctional and forensic mental health settings? A virtual community of practice model

Culture is Protection: A Gathering on Cultural Connectedness as a Protective Factor in Youth Violence Prevention

Motivational influences and trajectories to violence in the context of major mental illness

Closing a Revolving Door: Evaluating transitions into and out of correctional centres among Ontarians with schizophrenia.

The impact of cannabis legalization on the forensic mental health patient population in Ontario

International Collaboration for Excellence and Innovation in Mental Health in Corrections I-CEIsMIC / La Collaboration Internationale pour L'Excellence et L'Innovation en Santé Mentale dans le Systeme Correctionnel CIEISMSC

Investigating the Endocannabinoid System in Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder with Persistent Violence

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

PET Imaging Monoamine Oxidase-A in Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Predictors and consequences of trajectories of mental illness among prisoners

Frequent collaborators

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Nadiya Sunderji

Philip Gerretsen

Stephanie Penney

Roland Jones

Rosalie Steinberg

Mark Sinyor

Corinne Fischer

Ayal Schaffer

Frank Sirotich

Corinne Fischer

Certina Ho

Certina Ho

Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020: An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, entre 1998 et 2020 : Une étude d'observation.