Pamela Jane Taylor (born 23 April 1948) is a British psychiatrist and academic, who specialises in the links between psychosis and violence, and mental and physical health in the criminal justice system.
[1] Since 2004, she has been Professor of Forensic Psychiatry in the Department Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences of Cardiff University.
[2] She was a joint-founder of the academic journal Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, and has been its joint-editor since its foundation in 1991.
[2] In 1978, Taylor was awarded the Gaskell Medal and Prize by the Royal College of Psychiatrists;[4] it is "one of the foremost academic distinctions in clinical psychiatry".
[3] She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to forensic psychiatry.