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Kathryn Thomas is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and a licensed psychologist and attorney. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychology and the criminal legal system, particularly focusing on the health-harming impacts of incarceration and wrongful convictions from a legal epidemiological perspective. She is dedicated to understanding factors that affect psychological adjustment during re-entry from incarceration and adapts evidence-based treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to meet the needs of individuals returning home from incarceration, focusing on issues related to moral injury. In addition to her research, she has conducted clinical forensic evaluations and provided evidence-based therapy for justice-involved clients in various forensic settings. Additionally, she serves as a consulting psychologist for the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School and provides mental health training to Connecticut law enforcement personnel.
Yale School of Medicine • New Haven, CT
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Psychiatry.
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