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Our research projects

Find out more about our current and past mental health research projects.
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Maguire - Providence Row "Roots to Roots" (Fulcher-Cornah)

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Maguire, Guys & St Thomas, Charity Evaluation of the Lambeth PIE Proejct

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Measuring recovery from serious mental ill-health - the HAO tool

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Lawrence - Delivering an Online Intervention to Parents of Children at Risk to Prevent Anxiety Disorders

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Neural mechanisms of change following cognitive behavioural therapy in tic disorders

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Online Metacognitive Training

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS

Lecturer B
Research interests
  • Metacognition in Psychosis and other serious mental health conditions
  • Creativity and Wellbeing
  • AI and Digital Mental Health
Connect with Emma

Email: E.C.Palmer-Cooper@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Hayward Godwin

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • I have a number of research interests, and they are as follows:
  • - How we search for target(s) in the environment, particularly using visual searches.
  • - Eye movement behaviour, focusing on search tasks
Connect with Hayward

Email: hayward.godwin@soton.ac.uk

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Our Stories...': co-constructing Digital Storytelling methodologies for supporting the transitions of autistic children

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COVID-19: Supporting Parents, Adolescents and Children during Epidemics (Co-SPACE)

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Froebel Trust - The voices and experiences of children with autism, and their families, in their transitions from nursery to primary school.

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Prediction of Academic Success and Student Mental Health

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS

Lecturer B
Research interests
  • Metacognition in Psychosis and other serious mental health conditions
  • Creativity and Wellbeing
  • AI and Digital Mental Health
Connect with Emma

Email: E.C.Palmer-Cooper@soton.ac.uk

Dr Dennis Golm

Lecturer in Psychology
Research interests
  • Early adverse experiences (i.e. abuse, neglect, institutional deprivation, bereavement)
  • Neurodevelopmental problems (i.e. ADHD, autism)
  • Emotional processing (threat processing, empathy, emotional regulation)
Connect with Dennis

Email: D.Golm@soton.ac.uk

Dr Heather Armstrong

Lecturer in Sexual Health
Research interests
  • LGBTQ+ Sexual Health and Well-Being
  • Sexual Fluidity
  • Sexual Motivation
Connect with Heather

Email: H.Armstrong@soton.ac.uk