Research

Health Psychology is a research theme from the Department of Psychology. We take a theoretical, methodological and applied focus to our research. Our focus includes stress and well-being, psychosocial management of long term conditions, alcohol and tobacco addiction and child and adolescent health.

Our work

• Exploring emotional loneliness in older people living in retirement communities
• Researchers reveal lack of evidence for drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain in children
• The relationship between cremation and grief 1-2 years post death

Researchers

• Professor Julie Barnett, Professor
• Dr Charlotte Dack, Lecturer
• Dr Tom Freeman, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Abbie Jordan, Reader
• Professor Ed Keogh, Professor
• Dr Paula Smith, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Andrew Weyman, Reader