Stephanie Penney, University of Toronto

Research

Community Of Practice Community-Based Participatory Research Corrections Forensic Mental Health Mental Illness Women Cannabis Forensic Mental Health Services

Latest papers

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder for Individuals in Custody in Short-Term Segregation.
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2026
Ethical and legal considerations of artificial intelligence applications in psychiatric violence risk assessment: A scoping review protocol.
PloS one · 2025
Static and Dynamic Variables Associated with Inpatient Aggression: A Two-Year Retrospective Study: Variables statiques et dynamiques associées au comportement agressif des patients hospitalisés : étude rétrospective de deux ans.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2025

All 8 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 · Nominated PI
$583,022
Motivational influences and trajectories to violence in the context of major mental illness
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$81,773
The impact of cannabis legalization on the forensic mental health patient population in Ontario
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI

All 5 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder for Individuals in Custody in Short-Term Segregation.

Jones RM, Maheandiran M, Sanches M, Penney S, Simpson AIF

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law2026

DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.260045-26 PMID: 42203452

02

Ethical and legal considerations of artificial intelligence applications in psychiatric violence risk assessment: A scoping review protocol.

Lee A, Buchman D, Hui K, Nunnelley S, Penney S, Rodak T, Zaheer J, Sikstrom L

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0334649 PMID: 41118365

03

Static and Dynamic Variables Associated with Inpatient Aggression: A Two-Year Retrospective Study: Variables statiques et dynamiques associées au comportement agressif des patients hospitalisés : étude rétrospective de deux ans.

Jones RM, Vangala L, Farrokhi F, Moscovici M, Penney S, Simpson AIF, Kurdyak P

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251343293 PMID: 40415389

04

A Contemporary Model of Care for Forensic Mental Health Services in Ontario.

Wilkie T, Penney S, Jones R, Chatterjee S, Saccoccio T, Simpson AIF

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2025.27584 PMID: 40406838

05

Editorial: Assessment and management in violence and aggression.

Ryland H, Penney S, Simpson AIF, Whiting D

Frontiers in psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1519741 PMID: 39687778

06

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder of Remand Prisoners: An Observational Group-Based Trajectory Study.

Jones RM, Gerritsen C, Maheandiran M, Penney S, Simpson AIF

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221114095 PMID: 35849126

07

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 : CBMH2022

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2256 PMID: 35988066

08

Perceptions of procedural justice and coercion among forensic psychiatric patients: a study protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods investigation.

Simpson AIF, Boldt I, Penney S, Jones R, Kidd S, Nakhost A, Wilkie T

BMC psychiatry2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02629-6 PMID: 32404082

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

Nominated PICIHR2024Op. 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

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

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie R.

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

$81,773

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

Nominated PICIHR2019Team 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

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Penney, Stephanie

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

$70,705

Admitting Recovery onto the Units: Coalescing a Research Strategy to Advance Care in Psychiatric Inpatient Settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Kidd, Sean A

Keywords: Inpatient Services; Recovery-Oriented Care; Severe Mental Illness

$22,467

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

Frequent collaborators

Forensic Program
Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Other

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Roland Jones

Forensic Program

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Alexander Simpson

Forensic Program

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Daniel Buchman

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Paul Kurdyak

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community Of Practice Dear Professor Penney, 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 "Change in Severity of Mental Disorder for Individuals in Custody in Short-Term Segregation." (2026), 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 "What are the unique mental health needs of women in correctional and forensic mental health settings? A virtual community of practice model" (2024), 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]

Stephanie Penney

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder for Individuals in Custody in Short-Term Segregation.

Ethical and legal considerations of artificial intelligence applications in psychiatric violence risk assessment: A scoping review protocol.

Static and Dynamic Variables Associated with Inpatient Aggression: A Two-Year Retrospective Study: Variables statiques et dynamiques associées au comportement agressif des patients hospitalisés : étude rétrospective de deux ans.

A Contemporary Model of Care for Forensic Mental Health Services in Ontario.

Editorial: Assessment and management in violence and aggression.

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder of Remand Prisoners: An Observational Group-Based Trajectory Study.

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

Perceptions of procedural justice and coercion among forensic psychiatric patients: a study protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods investigation.

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

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

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

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

Admitting Recovery onto the Units: Coalescing a Research Strategy to Advance Care in Psychiatric Inpatient Settings

Frequent collaborators

Roland Jones

Juveria Zaheer

Laura Sikstrom

Sean Kidd

Alexander Simpson

Daniel Buchman

Paul Kurdyak

Stephanie Penney

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder for Individuals in Custody in Short-Term Segregation.

Ethical and legal considerations of artificial intelligence applications in psychiatric violence risk assessment: A scoping review protocol.

Static and Dynamic Variables Associated with Inpatient Aggression: A Two-Year Retrospective Study: Variables statiques et dynamiques associ&#xe9;es au comportement agressif des patients hospitalis&#xe9;s : &#xe9;tude r&#xe9;trospective de deux ans.

A Contemporary Model of Care for Forensic Mental Health Services in Ontario.

Editorial: Assessment and management in violence and aggression.

Change in Severity of Mental Disorder of Remand Prisoners: An Observational Group-Based Trajectory Study.

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

Perceptions of procedural justice and coercion among forensic psychiatric patients: a study protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods investigation.

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

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

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

Life course trajectories of serious mental illness and offending

Admitting Recovery onto the Units: Coalescing a Research Strategy to Advance Care in Psychiatric Inpatient Settings

Frequent collaborators

Roland Jones

Juveria Zaheer

Laura Sikstrom

Sean Kidd

Alexander Simpson

Daniel Buchman

Paul Kurdyak

Static and Dynamic Variables Associated with Inpatient Aggression: A Two-Year Retrospective Study: Variables statiques et dynamiques associées au comportement agressif des patients hospitalisés : étude rétrospective de deux ans.