Graham Durcan

Graham Durcan has worked in the mental health field for 30 years and is a psychiatric nurse by background. He has worked in a variety of settings, including CAMHS, community, acute inpatient, high secure NHS, a prison and has been fulltime with the Centre for Mental Health (formerly the Sainsbury Centre) since 1996. 

Graham’s work with the Centre has involved research, evaluation and service development work in a variety of areas and these include CMHTs, Assertive Outreach, Crisis Resolution, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Acute Inpatient Care and Whole Systems Work. 

For the last seven years he has been engaged in work with prisons, secure care services, policing, diversion and other parts of the criminal justice system.

Graham has a Doctorate based on his research on prisoners mental health needs, an MSc in Research and Evaluation in Health and Social Care Settings and BSc in psychology. Graham is also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry - Kings College, London; and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health – Nottingham.

Contact Details

Tel: 020 7827 8313

Email: graham.durcan@centreformentalhealth.org.uk