Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, UCL
Past research projects include the development of neural model of intrusive imagery in mental disorders, a neuroimaging study of emotional memory in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, an evaluation of the NHS mental health response to the 2005 London bombings, a study of delayed onset PTSD in UK war pensioners, a test of psychological intervention for elderly victims of crime, and an evaluation of imagery rescripting as an intervention for depressed patients with intrusive memories. The five areas in which I am currently most active are: the design of mental health responses for survivors of disasters and terrorist attacks; considering how memory research should be applied in the courts; experimental studies designed to influence rates of intrusive memory following trauma; the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (I am closely involved with the proposals for the International Classification of Diseases 11th edition); and the use of immersive virtual reality to improve self-compassion.
Why your memory may not be as unreliable as psychologists often claim
Jun 23, 2019 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Over the past couple of decades, there has been an explosion of research into false memories, showing that our memory can be subtly altered by a variety of internal and external factors. Many psychologists think the public...
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