Robert Nicholas Goodman (15 November 1953 – 18 December 2025) was a British child psychiatrist who was Professor of Brain and Behavioural Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London. He specialised in hemiplegia and online psychiatric screening. Goodman was a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1987.Royal College of Psychiatrists, public online membership list
Goodman was the primary inventor of the SDQ Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireGoodman, R., The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 1997. 38(5): p. 581–6. 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.
Goodman died from complications of dementia on 18 December 2025, aged 72.
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