Research in Mental Health

Research Summary and Principal Aims

Research presently or recently undertaken by members of the section (staff and students) includes:

• A randomised controlled trial of psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
• Existential psychotherapy for depression
• Differing definitions of bullying by pupils and teachers
• Understanding the meaning of self-harm in women
• The health status of Gypsies and travellers
• The body in psychotherapy
• 6-part storymaking: validation and reliability testing of a dramatherapy assessment method
• People's resilience to isolation
• Counselling provision and takeup for the over 65s in primary care
• Internet based learning and teaching
• Autistic spectrum disorder, particularly Asperger's syndrome

Key publications

• Bennett, D., Parry, G., (2004). "A Measure of Psychotherapeutic Competence Derived from Cognitive Analytic Therapy." Psychotherapy Research 14(2): 176-192.
• Bennett, D., Parry, G., Ryle, A (2006). "Resolving threats to the therapeutic alliance in cognitive analytic therapy of borderline personality disorder: A task analysis." Psychology and Psychothrapy: Theory, Research and Practice 79: 395-418.
• Birchwood, M., Iqbal, Z., Upthegrove, R. (2005). "Psychological pathways to depression in schizophrenia: Studies in acute psychosis, post psychotic depression and auditory hallucinations." Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 255: 202-212.
• Blackmore, C., Tantam, D. (2006). "Editorial introduction." International Journal of Psychotherapy (Spedial Edition).
• Blackmore, C., Tantam, D., van Deurzen, E. (2006). "The role of the eTutor-Evaluaing tutor input in a virtual learning community for psychotherapists and psychologists across Europe." International Journal of Psychotherapy Special edition.
• Blackmore, C., van Deurzen, E., Tantam, D. (2005). A comparative evaluation of eLearning versus traditional "face-to-face" teaching methods in a spcyhotherapy training programme. Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies. S. Dasgupta. USA, George Washington University: 174-178.
• Blackmore, C., van Deurzen, E., Tantam, D. (in Press). Therapy training online-using the internet to widen access to training in mental health issues. Teaching and learning about mental health. T. S. T. Basset, Wiley.
• Brazier, J., Tumur, I., Holmes, M., Ferriter, M., Parry, G., Dent-Brown, K., Paisley, S. (2006). Psychological Therapies including dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder: a systematic review and preliminary economic evaluation. York, Health Technology Assessment: 1-133.
• Brooker C G., B. A. (2004). Measured Success: a scoping review of evaluated psychosocial interventions training for work with people with serious mental health problems., NIMHE/Trent WDC.
• Brooker C G., C. J. M., James A., Readhead E. (2005). "Developing and piloting an audit tool for mental health education and training: The National Mental Health Education Continuous Quality Improvement Tool." Journal of Interprofessional Care 19(3): 280-293.
• Brooker, C., Saul, C., Robinson, J., King, J., Dudley, M., (2003). "Is training in psychosocial interventions worthwhile? Report of a psychosocial intervention trainee follow-up study." International Journal of Nursing Studies 40: 731-747.
• Brooker C., Beverley. C., Repper J., Ferriter M., Brewer N. (2002). Mental Health Services and Prisoners: A Review.
• Cormac, I., Martin, D., Ferriter, M., (2004). "Improving the physical health of long-stay psychiatric in-patients." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 10: 107-115.
• Cowie, H., Naylor, P., Rivers, I., Smith, P.K., Pereira, B., (2002). "Measuring workplace bullying." Aggression and Violent Behavior 7: 33-51.
• Cowie, H., Naylor, P., Talamelli, L., Chauhan, P., Smith, P.K., (2002). "Knowledge, use of and attitudes towards peer support: a 2-year follow-up to the Prince's Trust survey." British Journal of Adolescence 25: 453-467.
• Dent-Brown, K. (2004). "Pessimism and failure in 6-part stories: indicators of borderlline personality disorder." The Arts in Psychotherapy 31: 321-333.
• Dent-Brown, K., Wang, M., (2004). "Developing a rating scale for projected stories." Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 77: 325-333.
• Ferriter, M., Butwell, M., (2001). Confidentiality and Research in Mental Health, Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd.
• Ferriter, M., Calver, S., Connell-Jones, G., Millward, C., (2004). "Gluten and Casein-free diets for autistic sprectrum disorder." Protocol for Cochrane Review(The Cochrane Library, Issue 1).
• Ferriter, M., D'Silva, K., (2003). "Substance use by the mentally disordered committing serious offences - a high-security hospital study." The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 14(1): 178-193.
• Ferriter, M., Hare, D., Bendall, P., Cordess, C., Elliot, K., Hudson, I., Humpston, R., Jones, J., Souflas, P., Taylor, M., (2001). "Brief Report: Assessment of a Screening Tool for Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Adult Population." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 31(3): 351-353.
• Ferriter, M., Huband, N., (2003). "Experiences of parents with a son or daughter suffering from schizophrenia." Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10: 552-560.
• Ferriter, M., Mooney, P., Travers, R., (2003). "Risperidone as a treatment fo symptoms associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Reaction/Disorder. A systematic review." Clinical Medicine & Health Research.
• Heatley, C., Ricketts. T., Forrest, J. (2005). "Training general practitioners in cognitive behavioural therpay for panic disorder: Ramdomized-controlled trial." Journal of Mental Health 14(1): 73-82.
• Holden, C., Lacey, A., Monach, J., (2001). "Establishing secure mental health facilities: The outcome of public consultation exercises." Journal of Mental Health 10(5): 513-524.
• Huband, N., Tantam, D., (2004). "Repeated self-wounding: Women's recollection of pathways to cutting and of the value of different interventions." Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 77: 413-428.
• Iqbal, Z., Birchwood, M., Hemsley, D., Jackson, C., Morris, E., (2004). "Autobiographical memory and post-psychotic depression in first episode psychosis." British Journal of Clinical Psychology 43: 97-104.
• Kaltenthaler, E., Brazier, J., De Nigris, E., Tumur, I., Ferriter, M., Beverley, C., Parry, G., Rooney, G., Sutcliffe, P. (2006). Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for depression and anxiety update: a systematic review and economic evaluation. York, Health Technology Assessment: 1-183.
• Kaltenthaler, E., Parry, G., Beverley, C. (2004). "Computerized Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A systematic review." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 32: 31-55.
• Kerr, I. (2005). "Cognitive analytic therapy." Psychtherapeutic Approaches: 28-33.
• Kerr, I. B., Birkett, P B L., Chanen, A., (2003). "Clinical and service implications of a cognitive analytic therapy model of psychosis." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 37: 515-523.
• Moodley, R., Shipton, G., Falken, G. (2004). The 'Right to be Desperate' and 'On anger and Hurt' in the presence of Carl Rogers. A racial/psychological identity approach. Carl Rogers Counsels a Black Client. R. Moodley, Lago, C., Talahite, A. London, PCCS Books.
• Nash, J. (2004). Identification, Loss, and Reparation: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Free Associations: Psychoanalysis, Groups, Politics, Culture. London, H. Karnac (Books) Ltd. 11.
• Nash, J. (2006). "'Mutant Spiritualities in a Secular Age: The Fasting Body and the Hunger for Pure Immanence'." Journal of Religion and Health 45(3): 310-327.
• Nash, J., Williams, J. (2001). "'Learning from Experience: Meeting the Advocacy Needs of People who have been Abused by Health and Social Care Practitioners'." The Journal of Applied Social and Community Psychology 11: 361-370.
• Naylor, P., Cowie, H., Cossins, F., de Berttencourt, R., Lemme, F., "Teachers' and pupils' definitions of Bullying." British Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Naylor, P., Cowie, H., del Rey, R., (2001). "Coping Strategies of Secondary School Children in Response to Being Bullied." Child Psychology & Psychiatry Review 6(3): 114-120.
• Parker, S., Naylor, P., Warmington, P., "Widening participation in higher education: What can be learn from the ideologies and practices of committed practitioners?" JAPPS.
• Parry, G., Cape, J., Pilling, S. (2003). "Clinical Practice Guidelines in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy." Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 10: 337-351.
• Parry, G., et al (2001). "Evidence based clinical practice guideline: Treatment Choice in." Psychological therapies and Counselling, Department of Health, London.
• Parry, G., Roth, A.D., Kerr, I.B. (2005). Brief and time-limited psychotherapy. Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy, Oxford University Press.
• Parry, G., Van Cleemput, P., Peters, J., Walters, S., Thomas, K., Cooper, C. (2006 (In Press)). "The Health Status of Gypsies & Travellers in England." JECH.
• Pert, L., Ferriter, M., Saul, C., (2004). "Parental loss before the age of 16 years: A comparative study of patients with personality disorder and patients with schizophrenia in a high secure hospital's population." Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 77: 403-407.
• Pickvance, D., Parry, G., Howe, A. "Frequent Attender."
• Ricketts, T., Bliss, P., Murphy, K., Brooker, C. (2005). "Engagement with drug treatment and testing orders: A qualitative study." Addiction Research and Theory 13(1): 65-78.
• Ricketts, T., Macaskill, A., (2003). "Gambling as Emotion Management: Developing a grounded theory of problem gambling." Addiction Research and Theory 11(6): 383-400.
• Ricketts, T., Macaskill, A., (2003). "Gambling as Emotion Management: Developing a grounded theory of problem gambling." Addiction Research and Theory 11(6): 383-400.
• Ricketts, T., Saul, C., Newton, P., Brooker, C. (2003). "Evaluating the development, implementation and impact of protocols between primary care and specialist mental health services." Journal of Mental Health 12(4): 369-383.
• Shipton, G. (2001). Nine-tenths of the pleasure: sexual expression and the female body. Rethinking Gender and Therapy: The changing identities of women. S. Izzard, Barden, N. Buckingham: Philadelphia, Open University Press: 141-161.
• Shipton, G. (2004). Working with eating disorders: A psychoanalytic approach, Palgrove MacMillan.
• Smith, P. K., Talamelli, L., Cowie, H., Naylor, P., Chauhan, P., (2004). "Profiles of non-victims, escaped victims, continuing victims and new victims of school bullying." British Journal of Educational Psychology 74: 1-17.
• Stirling, J., White, C., Lewis, S., Hopkins, R., Tantam, D., Huddy, A., Montague, L., (2003). "Neurocognitive function and outcome in first-episode schizophrenia: a 10-year follow-up of an epidemiological cohort." Schizophrenia Research 65: 75-86.
• Tantam, D. (2002). "Reasons and Psychological Explanation." International Journal of Psychotherapy 7(2): 165-173.
• Tantam, D. (2003). "The challenge of adolescents and adults with Asperger syndrome." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics 12: 143-163.
• Tantam, D. (2003). "The flavour of emotions." Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 76: 23-45.
• Tantam, D., Blackmore, C., van Deurzen, E. (2006). "eLearning and traditional "face-to-face" teaching- a comparative evaluation of methods in a psychotherapy training programme." International Journal of Psychotherapy(Special edition).
• van Deurzen, E. Paradox and Passion in Psychotherapy: an existential approach to therapy and counselling, Wiley.
• van Deurzen, E. (2001). Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice. London, Sage Publications.
• van Deurzen, E., Arnold-Baker, C., (2005). Existential Perspectives on Human Issues: A Handbook for Therapeutic Practice, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
• van Deurzen, E., Blackmore, C., Tantam, D. (2006). "Distance and Intimacy in Internet Psychothrapy Training." International Journal of Psychotherapy(Special edition).
• van Deurzen, E., Kenward, R., Dictionary of Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling, Sage Publications.
• Williams J., Nash, J. (2001). "Meeting the Advocacy Needs of People Who have been Abused by Health and Social Care Practitioners." Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 11: 361-370.

Key achievements

Grants

The following is a partial list of the grants and Fellowships awarded to section members (or teams including section members) in recent years:

2006

• £450,000 from the NHS Service Delivery and Organisation programme for "An evaluation of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme" (Parry, Dent-Brown and other colleagues)
• £16,000 from the charity Research Autism for "Are secondary school pupils with Special Educational Needs bullied differently than other pupils?" (Tantam & Naylor)

2005

• £106,000 from Sheffield Health & Social Care Research Consortium for "Psychological treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder: The SPeDi randomised controlled trial" (Parry, Kerr, Ricketts, Dent-Brown and other colleagues)
• £13,500 from Sheffield Health & Social Care Research Consortium for "The effects and costs of occupational therapy and usual care for people with psychotic conditions. Phase 2b: Participants' views on services" (Chambers & Cook)

Prior to 2005

• "The health status of Gypsies and travellers" (Parry and colleagues)
• £81,000 NHS Research Training Fellowship for "Assessing personality disorder through storymaking" (Dent-Brown)
• NHS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for "A randomised controlled trial of Occupational Therapy for Schizophrenia" (Cook)

People

Postgraduate Researchers

23 May 2011