Dr Lorna Farquharson
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care
Dr Lorna Farquharson has extensive experience working as a clinical psychologist in the NHS, advising on national quality improvement projects that relate to psychological therapies and training clinical psychologists for the NHS.
She is the academic lead for the first year of the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UEL and the School of Psychology Research Degrees Lead. She is also the current Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology in London.
Areas Of Interest
- Understanding and addressing mental health inequalities
- Negative effects of psychological therapies
- Housing, homelessness and mental health
- Improving the quality of mental health services
Publications
The last four years of publications can be viewed below.
Full publications list
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- Patient experience of lasting negative effects of psychological interventions for anxiety and depression in secondary mental health care services: a national cross-sectional study BMC Psychiatry. 21 (Art. 578). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03588-2
- Impact of Substance Use Disorder on Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Services for People With Anxiety and Depression Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 17 (1), pp. 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2020.1825892
- Adverse Effects of Psychological Therapies in: Tribe, R. and Morrissey, J. (ed.) The Handbook of Professional Ethical and Research Practice for Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists. Routledge
- Quality of English inpatient mental health services for people with anxiety or depressive disorders: Findings and recommendations from the core audit of the National Clinical Audit of Anxiety and Depression Comprehensive Psychiatry. 104 (Art. 152212). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152212
- Variation in clinical care associated with weekend admission and discharge in psychiatric in-patient units: retrospective case-note review BJPsych Open. 6 (Art. 103). https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.88
- Barriers to accessing psychological treatment for medium to high risk male young offenders The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 31 (4), pp. 596-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1782969
- Impact of co‐morbid personality disorder on quality of inpatient mental health services for people with anxiety and depression Personality and Mental Health. 14 (4), pp. 336-349. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1484