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I joined LSBU in 1998, after completing my undergraduate psychology degree and PhD in Sheffield. I am Professor of Psychology & Mental Health and the Research and Education director of the Design in Mental Health Network, UK. I am also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, in recognition of my outstanding contribution to social science practice.
My research focusses on the lived experience of individuals who live with distress. I have conducted mental health research across a broad range of NHS and community services and I also work in the field of memory studies, promoting psycho-ecological models of memory.
I founded the Masters in Mental Health and Clinical Psychology course at LSBU in 2014, following my passion for promoting lived experience perspectives of mental health. This programme has been designed and run with experts by experience, in collaboration with LSBU academics and a range of practitioners.
I am currently working on a number of funded research projects, worth over 4 million pounds.
First, a project funded by the Wellcome trust and St. Andrew's Healthcare, examining how sexuality and relationships in forensic mental health services are understood and managed, with a view to developing a nation-wide policy and set of educational/training materials. We have nearly completed this project and have co-created all policy and materials with service users and staff.
Second, a national level funded NIHR project, comparing hospital with intensive community treatments for young people using mental health services.
Third, a national level funded Mental Health in First Aid project examining the perspectives and experiences of the individuals delivering Mental Health First Aid in their place of work, as well as those receiving the service.
Fourth, an NIHR funded project evaluating the use of gamification in use with children and their families, to assist with mental well-being.
Fifth, an NIHR funded project evaluating community interventions for young people's mental health in central Bedfordshire.
Sixth, an NIHR funded project evaluating lived experience approaches used to tackle gambling related harms in Greater Manchester.
I have co-edited a number of books, including New Feminist Stories of Child Sexual Abuse: Sexual Scripts and Dangerous Dialogues (with Sam Warner, Routledge, 2003) Memory Matters: Contexts for Understanding Sexual Abuse Recollections (with Janice Haaken, Psychology Press, 2009), and Mental Health & Space (with Laura McGrath, for Routledge, 2018). I have also sole edited the volume, Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research (Routledge, 2011 - second edition; 2021) and the commercial book series 'Design With People in Mind' (now in its 9th edition) - a psychological and medical evidence review for use by architects and designers, to improve mental health environments.
I have also published two monographs - Psychology, Mental Health and Distress (with John Cromby & Dave Harper, Palgrave, 2013 - winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award, 2014 – now in preparation for its second edition) and Vital Memory and Affect: Living with a Difficult Past (with Steven D. Brown, Routledge, 2015) and numerous articles on mental distress, social remembering and visual methods.
Courses taught
Mental Health and Clinical Psychology - MSc
Psychology (Clinical Psychology) - BSc (Hons)
Criminology with Psychology - BSc (Hons)
Psychological Counselling - BSc (Hons)
Psychology (Child Development) - BSc (Hons)
Psychology (Forensic Psychology) - BSc (Hons)
Psychology with Criminology - BSc (Hons)
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Miss Monica Olubukonla Badejo | How do Black women experience psychological therapies for depression and anxiety? | DProf |
| Ms Helen Bowes-Catton | Bisexual Idnetities in the Twenty-First Century | PhD |
| Ms Sarah Boegle | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Ms Charlotte Taylor-Page | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Mr James Binnie | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Miss Temitope Onasanya | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Mr Opeyemi Olusegun Atanda | Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid within a workplace context. | PhD |
| Mr Ayub Mulla | Studies on the Use of Conitive Behaviour Therapy in Treating Depression in Zambia | PhD |
| Mr Richard Batty | Exploring the experiential geographies of persistent youth offenders and their families | PhD |
| Mr Paul Anthony Boldeau | Mental Health, Religion and Ethnicity | PhD |
| Miss Donna Michelle Ciarlo | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Awarded in the last 5 years
| Miss Serina Anne Fuller | Questioning Identity: Examining identity processes and threat in the context of policing mental health | PhD |
| Ms Sarah Bögle | Loss of a sense of aliveness, bodily unhomeliness and radical estrangement: a phenomenological inquiry into service users’ experiences of psychiatric medication use in the treatment of early psychosis | PhD |
| Ms Katharine Elizabeth Harding | Lived experiences of space in secure mental healthcare environments | PhD |
Jointly supervised by Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield
London South Bank University
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Mental Health Needs of Young People with Vision Impairment | Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Mental Health Needs of Young People with Vision Impairment | Principal Investigator | Nuffield Foundation | OPEN Submitted | Oct 2023 |
| Seclusion and Restrictive Practices: a national study across multiple NHS sites in general, PICU and forensic secure settings. | Seclusion and Restrictive Practices: a national study across multiple NHS sites in general, PICU and forensic secure settings. | Principal Investigator | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | OPEN Approved for submission | Jul 2023 |
| G080_AppRes_MHFA_CMH | G080_AppRes_MHFA_CMH | Co-Investigator | Mental Health First Aid England | OPEN Approved for submission | Apr 2019 |
Director and Lead of the Research & Education stream for the Design in Mental Health Network, UK. I liaise and oversee research relating to the design and building of mental health inpatient environments across the UK.
Steering group member for NHS England, advising on mental health environments and inpatient settings.
Steering group member for a national group on the Psychology of Social Class and Inequalities, to advise UK policy and the British Psychological Society.
Design, architecture, mental health, service use, care delivery.
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme
Research
I am a visiting scholar, teaching Visual Methods to the MA Social Sciences Programme.
Visual and qualitative methods
External PhD supervisor
Mental health
Working on a variety of research projects and acting external supervisor for a joint PhD on mental health service user led groups.
Prizes, awards, and accolades
British Psychological Society Book Award (Apr 2014)
British Psychological Society
This prize was awarded for the book Cromby, J., Harper, D. & Reavey, P. (2013) Psychology, Mental Health & Distress. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research: Second Edition
Reavey, P Reavey, P. (ed.) (2020). A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research: Second Edition. Routledge.
Supported discharge service versus Inpatient care Evaluation (SITE): a randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of an intensive community care service versus inpatient treatment as usual for adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders: self-harm, functional impairment, and educational and clinical outcomes.
Ougrin, D., Corrigall, R., Stahl, D., Poole, J., Zundel, T., Wait, M., Slater, V., Reavey, P., Byford, S., Ivens, J., Crommelin, M., Hayes, D., Middleton, K., Young, P. and Taylor, E. (2020). Supported discharge service versus Inpatient care Evaluation (SITE): a randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of an intensive community care service versus inpatient treatment as usual for adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders: self-harm, functional impairment, and educational and clinical outcomes. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01617-1
Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid from the Perspective Of Workplace End UseRs-EMPOWER: protocol of cluster randomised trial phase.
Atanda, Opeyemi, Callaghan, Patrick, Carter, Tim, Durcan, Graham, O'Shea, Nick, Brown, Steve D, Reavey, Paula, Vangeli, Eleni, White, Sarah and Wood, K. (2020). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid from the Perspective Of Workplace End UseRs-EMPOWER: protocol of cluster randomised trial phase. Trials. 21 (1), p. 715. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04636-0
Conducting sexualities research: An outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten wellcome-funded projects [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Kneale, D, French, R, Spandler, H, Young, I, Purcell, C, Boden, Z, Brown, SD, Callwood, D, Carr, S, Dymock, A, Eastham, R, Gabb, J, Henley, J, Jones, C, McDermott, E, Mkhwanazi, N, Ravenhill, J, Reavey, P, Scott, R, Smith, C, Smith, M, Thomas, J and Tingay, K (2019). Conducting sexualities research: An outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten wellcome-funded projects [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. Wellcome Open Research. 4, pp. 137-137. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15283.1
Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere
Brown, Steven D., Kanyeredzi, Ava, McGrath, Laura, Reavey, Paula and Tucker, Ian (2019). Affect theory and the concept of atmosphere. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory. 20 (1), pp. 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2019.1586740
Bursting bubbles of interiority: Exploring space in experiences of distress and rough sleeping for newly homeless people
McGrath, L, Weaver, T, Reavey, P and Brown, SD (2018). Bursting bubbles of interiority: Exploring space in experiences of distress and rough sleeping for newly homeless people. in: Reavey, P and McGrath, L (ed.) The Handbook of Mental Health and Space: Community and Clinical Applications London Routledge. pp. 135-148
Using experience-based co-design to improve inpatient mental health spaces
Boden, Z., Larkin, M and Springham, N (2018). Using experience-based co-design to improve inpatient mental health spaces. in: Reavey, P and McGrath, L (ed.) The Handbook of Mental Health and Space: Community and Clinical Applications Oxford Routledge.
Dark Organizational Theory
Reavey, P and Brown, SD (2017). Dark Organizational Theory. Journal of Cultural Economy. 10 (3), pp. 280-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2017.1298533
Remembering 7/7: the collective shaping of memories of the London bombings
Brown, SD, Allen, MA and Reavey, P (2016). Remembering 7/7: the collective shaping of memories of the London bombings. in: Tota, AL and Hagen, T (ed.) Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies Oxford University Press (OUP).
Legal professionals and witness statements from people with a suspected mental health diagnosis.
Reavey, P, Wilcock, R, Brown, SD, Batty, R and Fuller, S (2016). Legal professionals and witness statements from people with a suspected mental health diagnosis. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 46, pp. 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.02.040
"Zip me up, and cool me down": Molar narratives and molecular intensities in 'helicopter' mental health services.
McGrath, L and Reavey, P (2016). "Zip me up, and cool me down": Molar narratives and molecular intensities in 'helicopter' mental health services. Health and Place. 38, pp. 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.12.005
Institutional forgetting/forgetting institutions: Space and memory in secure forensic psychiatric care
Brown, SD and Reavey, P (2016). Institutional forgetting/forgetting institutions: Space and memory in secure forensic psychiatric care. in: Institutions Inc. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 7-29
Sexuality, risk, and organisational misbehaviour in a secure mental healthcare facility in England
Ravenhill, JP, Poole, J, Brown, SD and Reavey, P (2019). Sexuality, risk, and organisational misbehaviour in a secure mental healthcare facility in England. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 22 (12), pp. 1382-1397. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1683900
Examining professionals' perspectives on sexuality for service users of a forensic psychiatry unit
Dein, KE, Williams, PS, Volkonskaia, I, Kanyeredzi, A, Reavey, P and Leavey, G (2016). Examining professionals' perspectives on sexuality for service users of a forensic psychiatry unit. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 44, pp. 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.027
Problematic Pornography Use: Narrative Review and a Preliminary Model
Binnie, J. and Reavey, P. (2019). Problematic Pornography Use: Narrative Review and a Preliminary Model. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2019.1694142
Organizing the sensory: Ear-work, panauralism and sonic agency on a forensic psychiatric unit
Brown, S., Kanyeredzi, A., McGrath, L., Reavey, P. and Tucker, I. (2019). Organizing the sensory: Ear-work, panauralism and sonic agency on a forensic psychiatric unit. Human Relations. 73 (11), pp. 1537-1562. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719874850
The atmosphere of the ward: Attunements and attachments of everyday life for patients on a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit
Kanyeredzi, Ava, Brown, Steven D., McGrath, Laura, Reavey, Paula and Tucker, Ian (2019). The atmosphere of the ward: Attunements and attachments of everyday life for patients on a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit. The Sociological Review. 67 (2), pp. 444-466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119829751
Building visual worlds: Using maps in qualitative psychological research on affect and emotion
Reavey, P and McGrath, L (2019). Building visual worlds: Using maps in qualitative psychological research on affect and emotion. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 17 (1), pp. 75-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1577517
Vital Spaces and Mental Health
Reavey, P and Brown, S D (2019). Vital Spaces and Mental Health. Medical Humanities. 0, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2018-011609
‘Never drop without your significant other, cause that way lies ruin’: The boundary work of couples who use MDMA together
Anderson, K, Reavey, P and Boden, Z (2019). ‘Never drop without your significant other, cause that way lies ruin’: The boundary work of couples who use MDMA together. International Journal of Drug Policy. 71, pp. 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.004
An Affective (Re)balancing Act? The Liminal Possibilities for Heterosexual Partners on MDMA
Anderson, K, Reavey, P and Boden, Z (2018). An Affective (Re)balancing Act? The Liminal Possibilities for Heterosexual Partners on MDMA. in: Juvonen, T and Kolehmainen, M (ed.) Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships London Routledge. pp. 19-33
Comparison of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an intensive community supported discharge service versus treatment as usual for adolescents with psychiatric emergencies: a randomised controlled trial.
Ougrin, D, Corrigall, R, Poole, J, Zundel, T, Sarhane, M, Slater, V, Stahl, D, Reavey, P, Byford, S, Heslin, M, Ivens, J, Crommelin, M, Abdulla, Z, Hayes, D, Middleton, K, Nnadi, B and Taylor, E (2018). Comparison of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an intensive community supported discharge service versus treatment as usual for adolescents with psychiatric emergencies: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 5 (6), pp. 477-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30129-9
Facing the void: Recollections of embodying fear in the space of childhood homes
Reavey, P, Del Busso, L, Mcgrath, LM, Kanyeredzi, A and Guest, C (2018). Facing the void: Recollections of embodying fear in the space of childhood homes. Emotion, Space and Society. 28 (3), pp. 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2018.06.004
Embodiment and place in autobiographical remembering: a relational-material approach
Reavey, P and Brown, SD (2018). Embodiment and place in autobiographical remembering: a relational-material approach. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 25 (7-8), pp. 200-224.
Agents and spectres: Life-space on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit
Reavey, P, Brown, SD, McGrath, L, Tucker, I and Kanyeredzi, A (2018). Agents and spectres: Life-space on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit. Social Science and Medicine. 220, pp. 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.012
Living ‘in between’ outside and inside: The forensic psychiatric unit as an impermanent assemblage
Reavey, P, Tucker, I, Brown, SD, McGrath, L and Kanyeredzi, A (2018). Living ‘in between’ outside and inside: The forensic psychiatric unit as an impermanent assemblage. Health and Place. 55, pp. 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.10.009
Contextualising Autobiographical Remembering: An expanded view of memory
Brown, SD and Reavey, P (2017). Contextualising Autobiographical Remembering: An expanded view of memory. in: Meade, M, Harris, C, Van Bergen, P, Sutton, J and Barnier, A (ed.) Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 197-215
Scenic memory: Experience through time–space
Reavey, P (2017). Scenic memory: Experience through time–space. Memory Studies. 10 (2), pp. 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750698016683844
False Memories and Real Epistemic Problems
Reavey, P and Brown, SD (2017). False Memories and Real Epistemic Problems. Culture and Psychology. 23 (2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X17695764
The ward as emotional ecology: Adolescent experiences of managing mental health and distress in psychiatric inpatient settings.
Reavey, P, Poole, J, Corrigall, R, Zundel, T, Byford, D, Sarhane, S, Taylor, M, Taylor, E, Ivens, J and Ougrin, D (2017). The ward as emotional ecology: Adolescent experiences of managing mental health and distress in psychiatric inpatient settings. Health and Place. 46, pp. 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.05.008
Drinkers like us? The availability of relatable drinking reduction narratives for people with alcohol use disorders
Morris, James, Cox, Sharon, Moss, Antony. C. and Reavey, Paula (2022). Drinkers like us? The availability of relatable drinking reduction narratives for people with alcohol use disorders. Addiction Research & Theory. 31 (1), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2099544
Choreographies of sexual safety and liminality: Forensic mental health and the limits of recovery
Reavey, P., Brown, S., Ravenhill, J., Boden-Stuart, Z and Ciarlo, D. (2022). Choreographies of sexual safety and liminality: Forensic mental health and the limits of recovery. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100090
Peripheral recovery: ‘Keeping safe’ and ‘keep progressing’ as contradictory modes of ordering in a forensic psychiatric unit
McGrath, L., Brown, S.D., Kanyeredzi, A., Reavey, P. and Tucker, I. (2021). Peripheral recovery: ‘Keeping safe’ and ‘keep progressing’ as contradictory modes of ordering in a forensic psychiatric unit. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 39 (4), pp. 704-721. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758211013032