Join our Zoom FESTIVE SHOWCASE on Wednesday 15th December 2021 4.00-6.00pm
Speakers will present an overview of Psychosis Research in Sussex over the last year.
4.00-4.05 Welcome and introduction by Kathryn Greenwood, Director of SPRiG
4.05-4.10 Prof Kathryn Greenwood, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Research Fellow
“The effects on paranoia of SlowMo, a blended digital therapy in a randomised controlled trial”
This presentation will introduce a novel digitally supported therapy including some of the
highlights and key outcomes
4.10-4.15 Dr Mark Hayward, Director of Research and Development, Clinical Psychologist and
Research Fellow
“An Update on the Voices Clinic”
This presentation will offer an update on some of the ways that the Sussex Voices Clinic
has been trying to facilitate learning across diagnoses, the lifespan and service
boundaries.
4.15-4.20 Dr Rollo Sheldon, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Western Community
Services
“Clinical outcome following switching antipsychotic treatment due to market withdrawal”
A naturalistic study of what happened when an old medication was withdrawn from the
market. What happened next? Did anyone relapse and which was the best subsequent
management strategy?
4.20-4.25 Dr Leanne Bogen-Johnson, Post-doctoral Research Fellow for Starting Well (Children
and Adolescent Mental Health)
“DisCOVery: Recovery alongside social isolation”
Research into the mental health impacts of COVID-19 for young people: A longitudinal
mixed-methods study, exploring the social and mental health impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic on 105 vulnerable young people from rural and coastal areas In Kent, Surrey,
Sussex and Norfolk.
4.25-4.30 Gergely Bartl, Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Trial Manager for the Early Youth
Engagement Project (EYE-2)
“Early youth engagement in first episode psychosis study (EYE-2)”
This presentation will highlight progress and implementation in the context of Covid-19 of
a novel motivational engagement intervention
4.30-4.35 Sofia Loizou, PhD Researcher in Clinical Psychology
“iMproving Outcomes of cogniTive behavIoural therapy for distressing VoicEs: a
qualitative study of voice hearers’ and practitioners’ views and perspectives (MOTIVE)”
Outcomes and measures used in recent trials of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for
voices (CBTv) indicates that there is a lack of consensus about what should be measured
and limited focus on the outcomes that matter to people who hear voices. MOTIVE
explores patients’ and practitioners’ perspectives, identifying commonly valued outcomes
for both research and practice.
4.35-5.00 An opportunity to ask questions
5.00-5.05 Ellie Robson, PhD Researcher in Clinical Psychology
“Implementing ‘ProReal’ a therapeutic avatar platform to enhance engagement with
online groups for young people in mental health services: A mixed methods feasibility
pilot”
This study explores the experiences and perspectives of clinicians and young people in a
social group for people with a first episode of psychosis and two psychotherapy groups in
CAMHS with anxiety and depression
5.05-5.10 Jamie Moffatt, PhD Researcher in Cognitive Psychology
“Induced and in-vivo anomalous experiences”
This talk summarises three studies conducted as part of my PhD. In two studies, we
induced feelings of body dis-ownership and illusory touch to explore dissociation and
hallucination-proneness in non-clinical groups. The third study explored the impact of
COVID-19 on anomalous experiences in the general population.
5.10-5.15 Alexandra Bone, Trainee Clinical Psychologist
“An Exploration of How Lead Practitioners Understand and Navigate Boundaries in Early
Intervention in Psychosis Services”
A grounded theory study exploring how lead practitioners in Early Intervention services
develop their understanding and practice around navigating boundaries given the
inherent challenges within this service model (e.g. navigating assertive engagement).
5.15-5.20 Dr Kat Rammou, Trainee Clinical Psychologist
“Voice-hearing in young people: distress factors and social relating”
Psychological models in adults have indicated several psychological factors that could
maintain the distress related to voice-hearing experiences include negative inter-relating
between the hearer and the voices and holding persecutory beliefs about voices. Little is
known about distressing voice-hearing in young people, this study provided preliminary
evidence on the factors that contribute to voice-related distress in youth and the impact of
voice-hearing on young people’s social relating.
5.20-5.25 Dr Elizabeth Ford, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Research
“Providing targeted mental health information for people with risk of future psychological
distress”
This presentation will discuss how we are using our electronic health records to better
identify and meet the needs of our service-users
5.20-5.30 Dr Clio Berry, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Evaluation and Improvement
“Preferences for psychological therapies for voice-hearing experiences”
PREFER is a questionnaire study that aims to better understand patients’ preferences
regarding psychological therapies for distressing voices. It is the first known largescale
survey on this topic. Preliminary findings from c.250 survey respondents will be shared.
5.30-6.00 Further questions and round up
Everyone is welcome with no need to register, using the Zoom link
https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/97718203112?pwd=VmgzMVNGNUl5NTFqd0tWM3YvMXFZZz09