Robert N Goodman (born 1953) is Professor of Brain and Behavioural Medicine at the

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in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

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. He is a UK child psychiatrist specializing particularly in

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and online psychiatric screening. He is a member of the

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, and was awarded a Fellowship of the

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in 1987. Robert is the primary inventor of the SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Development And Wellbeing Assessment or DAWBA.Goodman, R., et al., The Development and Well-Being Assessment: description and initial validation of an integrated assessment of child and adolescent psychopathology. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 2000. 41(5): p. 645-55.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodman, Robert British child psychiatrists Academics of King's College London 1953 births Living people