Professor Karen McKenzie

Professor

School: Psychology

Prof Karen McKenzie is a chartered clinical psychologists who has worked in the intellectual disability specialty, both within the NHS and voluntary sector, for many years. She joined Northumbria as Professor of Psychology in 2014 after working for a number of years at the University of Edinburgh. She co-developed the ‘Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire’ and ‘Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire’ both of which are used nationally and internationally in clinical and forensic settings.

Campus Address

Room NB161, Northumberland Building
City Campus
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

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An exploration of the characteristics of adults being screened using an online intellectual disability screening tool, McKenzie, K., Murray, K., Thompson, J., Horridge, K., Greenwell, K., Murray, A. 24 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
“I would go to my car and just cry”: The experiences of parents whose children require or are referred for special education needs support at school, Carter, L., McKenzie, K. 1 Dec 2025, In: Inclusion
Measurement Invariance of the General Health Questionnaire GHQ 12-Item Version (GHQ-12): A Large UK Longitudinal Study Across Students and Non-Students, Ushakova, A., McKenzie, K., Hughes, C., Stoye, J., Murray, A. 1 Mar 2025, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Stakeholders’ views on screening for intellectual disability in mainstream schools, Metcalfe, D., McKenzie, K., Murray, G. 12 Jun 2025, In: Learning Disability Practice
The views of parents, teachers and other stakeholders about the short-term effects of screening for intellectual disability in mainstream schools, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Metcalfe, D. 11 Nov 2025, In: Learning Disability Practice
Evaluating the effectiveness of the CAIDS-Q for screening for intellectual disability in mainstream schools, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Metcalfe, D., Hackett, S. 3 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
Facilitating the identification of intellectual disability in schools: a qualitative study of stakeholder views, McKenzie, K., Tanfield, Y., Murray, G., Sandhu, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
“It does change the narrative for health and social care” views of clinical and homeless service staff about the use of intellectual disability screening tools within homeless support pathways in the north of England, Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A., Murray, G., McKenzie, K. 8 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
The characteristics of users of an online screening tool for children and adolescents with intellectual disability and of those being screened, McKenzie, K., Murray, K., Thompson, J., Horridge, K., Greenwell, K., Murray, A. 8 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
The views of people using homeless services about learning disability, McKenzie, K., Robson, R., Murray, G., Kaczmar, M., Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities