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Degrees and Honours

PhD (Forensic Psychology, King's College London), MPhil (Clinical Psychology, King's College London), MPhil (Criminology, University of Cambridge), AFBPsS, C.Sci.

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Isabel Clare is a Fellow & Tutor at Lucy Cavendish. She is an Affiliated Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry. She is also employed by the local NHS mental health Trust as a Clinical & Forensic Psychologist for the Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership.

Research Interests

People with learning (intellectual) disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions, focusing on suspects and defendants in the criminal justice system; everyday/legally significant decision-making; and dementia in people with Down Syndrome.

Publications (selected)

Krinsky-McHale, S.J., Hartley, S., Hom, C., Pulsifer, M., Clare, I.C.H., Handen, B.L, Lott, I.T., Schupf, N., and Silverman, W. (2022). A modified cued recall test for detecting prodromal AD in adults with Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s and Dementia:Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring,14,e1236. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12361

Bellamy, R., Ring, H., Watson, P., Kemp, A., Munn, G, and Clare, I.C.H. (2021). The effect of ambient sounds on decision-making and heart rate variability in autism, Autism. doi.org/10.1177/13623613211014993

Redley, M., Lancaster, I., Pitt, A., Holland, A., Thompson, A., Bradley, J.R., Glover, G., Thomson, K., Jones, S., Herbert, B., Holme, A. and Clare, I.C.H. (2019). ‘Reasonable adjustments’ under the UK’s Equality Act 2010: An enquiry into the care and treatment of patients with intellectual disabilities in acute hospital settings, J. Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. doi:10.1111/jar.12623.

Vella, L., Ring, H.A., Aitken, M.R.F., Watson, P.C., Presland, A. and Clare, I.C.H. (2018). Understanding self-reported difficulties in decision-making by people with autism spectrum disorders, Autism, 22(5), 549-559. doi:10.1177/1362361316687988.