Nikki Dehmahdi
Nikki Dehmahdi - Assistant Psychologist (Research) Nikki Dehmahdi is an Assistant Research Psychologist who will be working across a number of trials at PRU. At present she is assisting with the IF CBT trial which is a feasibility study investigating whether combined individual and family cognitive behavioural therapy CBT is beneficial for people who are at risk of developing Psychosis. Nikki is also working towards establishing the minimum clinically important difference...
Dr Natasha Holden
Dr Natasha Holden - Clinical Psychologist Natasha Holden is a Clinical Psychologist. Her main role within PRU is to deliver structured interventions CBT to clients with varying presentations including individuals with psychosis not currently taking any medication, individuals who have experiences of psychosis which have been unresponsive to Clozapine, and young people with emerging mental health difficulties. Links to the trials Natasha has been involved in can be found below. As...
Dr Liz Murphy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr Liz Murphy - Clinical Psychologist Liz Murphy is a research clinical psychologist at The Psychosis Research Unit (PRU). Her role is to provide cognitive therapy to people who are participating in research trials. Since Liz joined the team in early 2014, she has provided therapy across a range of trials, including RESPECT (Reducing Self-stigma in Psychosis by engagement in Cognitive Therapy), FOCUS (Focusing On Clozapine Unresponsive Symptoms), COMPARE (Cognitive behavioural...
Karmen Au-Yeung
Karmen Au-Yeung - Assistant Psychologist (Research) Karmen Au-Yeung is an Assistant Psychologist working on the PRODIGY (Prevention of Long Term Social Disability Amongst Young People with Emerging Psychological Difficulties) trial. Before working full-time, Karmen was volunteering for PRU, assisting on the COMPARE trial and also helped on the conference: Challenging the Stigma of Psychosis 2016. Karmen is enjoying her first post as an Assistant Psychologist and hopes to build on her...
Heather Peel
Heather Peel - Service User Researcher Heather Peel started working for PRU in May 2016 as a Service User Researcher conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews for the Method of Levels (MOL), a feasibility randomised control trial. Furthermore, Heather completed some of the transcribing and helped to develop the coding for the trial booklet. She currently works on helping to set-up and promote The Game Change Project. This project involves looking at using a...
Jonothan Orson
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jonothan Orson - Trial Therapist Jonothan is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and joined the Psychosis Research Unit in 2018. Jonothan currently works as a Research Care Coordinator on the iATTp trial (Investigation into Attention Training Technique for Psychosis), a feasibility study investigating whether ATT is beneficial for individuals experiencing psychosis. Jonothan is passionate about engaging service-users in clinical research in order to expand the number of evidence-based treatment options available to...
Dr Heather Law
Dr Heather Law - Research Trial Manager Heather Law studied for a degree in psychology at The University of Manchester before moving to work at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in 2007. To begin with, Heather worked as a research assistant in the child and adolescent services in Prestwich mainly on studies looking at assessment and care pathways for young people in contact with the criminal justice system. Heather...
Emmeline Joyce
Emmeline Joyce - Assistant Psychologist (Research) Emmeline Joyce is an assistant psychologist/research assistant on the Bipolar At Risk Trial (BART). BART is a pilot randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy vs treatment as usual, for young adults at risk of developing bipolar disorder. Emmeline works with young people experiencing difficulties with mood swings, and is passionate about being able to offer as much support as she can to the young...
Emma Izon
Emma Izon - Assistant Psychologist (Research) Emma Izon is an Assistant Research Psychologist working primarily on the IFCBT Trial. This randomised control trial is looking at combined individual and family therapy in comparison to the usual treatment offered to people at risk of psychosis. We are investigating whether this combined approach is an acceptable, feasible and potentially effective treatment. Emma has been involved with this trial from the onset with the...
Dr Eleanor Longden
Dr Eleanor Longden - Postdoctoral Service User Research Manager Dr Eleanor Longden is the Postdoctoral Service User Research Manager at PRU and the current chair of its Service User Reference Group (SURG). Throughout her career she has drawn on her own experiences of recovery from psychosis to promote more creative, person-centred approaches to complex mental health problems that emphasise the lived experience and expertise of individuals more fully and has an...