Professor Susan McPherson
![Professor Susan McPherson](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/MCPHE54701.jpg)
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment only
Profile
Biography
Susan McPherson is Professor of Psychology and Sociology in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex. From 1998-2007, she worked at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust in psychotherapy evaluation, routine outcome monitoring and as a research psychologist in the Psychotherapy Evaluation Research Unit co-ordinating the Tavistock Adult Depression Study (a randomised controlled trial of psychodynamic psychotherapy for treatment resistant depression). She has also previously worked as a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at Kings College London. Since 2006, she has been leading research training for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Essex. Her research spans medical sociology, psychology and disciplines concerned with mental health and social welfare including critical approaches to diagnosis and evidence-based practice.
Qualifications
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BSc Social Psychology, London School of Economics
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MSc Health Psychology, University College London
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PhD Medical Sociology: "Constructing Treatment Resistant Depression in Primary Care" Kings College London, (2007)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Therapy outcomes and effectiveness
Social care, fostering and adoption
Chronic depression: long term psychotherapy, management in primary care, informal caring
Includes Tavistock Adult Depression Study: the first Randomised Controlled Trial in the NHS to establish if long term psychoanalytic psychotherapy provides relief for patients suffering from long-term depression not helped by other treatments. See lay summary: http://www.essex.ac.uk/hhs/documents/staff/tads-leaflet.pdf
Psychiatric labelling
Social history and history of health and care
Mental health inequalities
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Clinical Research 1 (HS763)
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Clinical Research 2 (HS773)
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Clinical Research 3 (HS783)
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Qualitative Health Research (HS948)
Previous supervision
![Melanie Jayne Watts](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/WATTS23004.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Health Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/5/2024
![Afarin Abolghasem Shirazi](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/ABOLG76204.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 20/3/2024
![Lois Sofocleous Khoo](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SOFOC33008.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 13/2/2024
![Remy Patrick Hayes](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/HAYES82305.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2023
![Jennifer Mary Ann Wardman-Browne](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/WARDM67105.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2023
![Suzanna Clare Greally](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/GREAL43602.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2023
![Susanna Alyce](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/ALYCE11406.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Applied Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/8/2023
![Alexandra Rose Priestner](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/PRIES12208.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2022
![Caroline Floyd](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/FLOYD12207.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2022
![Kathryn Ann Chard](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/CHARD82103.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Health and Organisational Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/10/2022
![Krisztina Nemeth](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/NEMET57201.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 5/7/2022
![Angeliki Kaloudi](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/KALOU41209.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/6/2022
![Emma Hopkins](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/HOPKI06117.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 19/1/2022
![Ilaria Tercelli](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/TERCE76406.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 4/11/2021
![Mairi Anne Emerson-Smith](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/EMERS45704.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2021
![Ayse Akan](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/AKANA71503.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 29/4/2021
![Nathan Michael Parnell](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/PARNE35806.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2020
![Jay Solanki](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SOLAN24908.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 30/10/2020
![Lucy Rebecca Richardson](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BURTL95407.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2019
![Alexandra Murray Thornton](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/THORN08009.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2019
![Anisha Meera Vyas](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/VYASA68701.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2019
![Iva Roberts](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SIMKO11502.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 27/3/2019
![Seamus O'Byrne](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/OBYRN21409.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 24/10/2018
![Ana Jovicic](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/JOVIC95807.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 24/10/2018
![Sarah Ann Sheryl Madders](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/MADDE97502.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 6/7/2018
![Ruth Jennings-Hobbs](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/JENNI87401.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 16/5/2018
![Ryan Thomas Wczasek](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/WCZAS93400.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 16/3/2018
![Xin Yi Lee](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/LEEXI41808.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 5/2/2018
![Aneliya Merolla](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BAKAL41509.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 23/3/2017
![Sian Rachel Granville](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/GRANV53604.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/12/2016
![Adam Churchill Flintoff](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/FLINT37502.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 20/10/2016
![Katie Victoria Budge](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BUDGE40508.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 19/10/2016
![Zara Karim Rahemtulla](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/RAHEN12401.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 19/10/2016
![Natalia Solovieva](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SOLOV60906.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Counselling Psychology (D Couns Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/7/2016
![Jemma Fay Priestley](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/DARCY71500.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 7/6/2016
![Natasha Louise Bennett](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BENNE07517.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 6/6/2016
![Cheontell Barnes](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BARNE19707.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 6/6/2016
![Marta Sosnowska](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SOSNO19101.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 10/5/2016
![Stacy Earl](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/EARLS18109.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 31/3/2016
![Emily Doncaster](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/DONCA99409.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/10/2015
![Jocelyne Eve Boston](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/BOSTO39104.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 20/5/2015
![Toni Dora Beryl Miles](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/MILES11211.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 31/3/2015
![Hilary Anne Sporton](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SPORT21203.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 20/6/2014
![Zoe Alderson](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/SMITH82722.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 25/3/2014
![Sarah Natasha Wraighte](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/WRAIG51404.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/1/2014
![Eva Mary Frances Doherty](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/DOHER65900.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/4/2013
![Jessica Cinzia Floris](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/FLORI01801.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/1/2013
![Paul Cundy](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/CUNDY49004.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 13/12/2012
![Victoria Elizabeth Wallis](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/WALLI64300.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 6/11/2012
![Abdullah Ebrahim Mia](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/MIAAB20103.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 22/11/2011
![Hayley Thompson](http://www1.essex.ac.uk/people-images/THOMP41209.jpg?mh=60&)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 17/11/2011
Publications
Publications (1)
McPherson, S. and Freedman, DEP., (2023). Psychological outcomes of 12-15-year-olds with gender dysphoria receiving pubertal suppression in the UK: assessing reliable and clinically significant change
Journal articles (66)
Baxter, V., Kennedy, M., Speed, E. and McPherson, S., Meeting the needs of patients with dementia to reduce hospital stays: a qualitative exploration of patient pathways and services. Mental Health Practice
Oute, J. and McPherson, S., (2024). Conflict and antagonism within global Psychiatry: A discourse analysis of organizational responses to the UN reports on rights-based approaches in mental health. Sociology of Health and Illness: a journal of medical sociology. 46 (3), 473-494
Tercelli, I., McPherson, S. and Senra, H., (2024). Experiences of working-age adults with depression of psychodynamic couple therapy: a thematic analysis using a phenomenological approach. British Journal of Psychotherapy. 40 (2), 175-194
McPherson, S. and Freedman, DEP., (2024). Psychological outcomes of 12-15-year-olds with gender dysphoria receiving pubertal suppression in the UK: assessing reliable and clinically significant change. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. 50 (3), 315-325
Senra, H., Gaglianone, C., McPherson, S. and Unterrainer, H-F., (2024). Prevalence of Personality Disorders in Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder – a Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews. 25 (3), e13669-
Wicks, C., Booker, C., Kumari, M., Trotta, A. and McPherson, S., (2024). Are protected characteristics associated with mental health care inequalities in the adult UK general population? a cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE. 19 (8), e0308279-e0308279
McPherson, S., Oute, J. and Speed, E., (2023). Quality-of-life measurement in depression trials: A consumerist relic. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 27 (5), 647-663
Solanki, J., Wood, L. and McPherson, S., (2023). Experiences of adults from a Black ethnic background detained as inpatients under the Mental Health Act (1983). Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 46 (1), 14-20
Buus, N., Petersen, A., McPherson, S., Meadows, G., Brand, G. and Ong, B., (2023). The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies. Family Process
Baxter, V., Boydell, V. and McPherson, S., (2023). Multi-disciplinary support for families with complex needs and children on the edge of care in the UK: a mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 45 (4), 307-325
Arnold, DL. and McPherson, S., (2023). A systematic review on the mental health of parents of individuals with learning disabilities. Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments. 4 (2), 59-75
McPherson, SJ. and Speed, E., (2022). NICE rapid guidelines: exploring political influence on guidelines. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 27 (3), 137-140
McPherson, S. and Armstrong, D., (2022). Psychometric origins of depression. History of the Human Sciences. 35 (3-4), 127-143
McCormack, C., McPherson, S. and Blumenfeld, F., (2022). Diversity in clinical psychology training at the University of Essex. Clinical Psychology Forum. 352 (April 2022), 29-38
McPherson, S. and Senra, H., (2022). Psychological treatments for persistent depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quality of life and functioning outcomes.. Psychotherapy. 59 (3), 447-459
Senra, H. and McPherson, S., (2021). Depression in disabling medical conditions – current perspectives. International Review of Psychiatry. 33 (3), 312-325
Vyas, A., Wood, L. and McPherson, S., (2021). A qualitative exploration of stigma experiences of second-generation British South-Asian people using an early intervention in psychosis service. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. 13 (4), 302-314
Cox, P., McPherson, S. and Blumenfeld, F., (2021). Protecting Children, Empowering Birth Parents: New Approaches in Family Justice. Societies. 11 (2), 32-32
McPherson, S., (2021). War of conscience: antivaccination and the battle for medical freedom during World War I. Medical Humanities. 47 (3), e7-e7
McPherson, S. and Oute, J., (2021). A proverbial double-edged sword: A qualitative metasynthesis of family involvement in depression from the perspective of people with depression. Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund. 18 (34)
McPherson, SJ., Rost, F., Sidhu, S. and Dennis, M., (2020). Non-strategic ignorance: Considering the potential for a paradigm shift in evidence-based mental health. Health. 24 (1), 3-20
McPherson, S. and Sunkin, M., (2020). The Dobson–Rawlins pact and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: impact of political independence on scientific and legal accountability. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 216 (4), 231-234
McPherson, S., (2020). A NICE game of Minecraft: philosophical flaws underpinning UK depression guideline nosology. Medical Humanities. 46 (3), 162-165
Jovicic, A. and McPherson, S., (2020). To support and not to cure: general practitioner management of loneliness. Health and Social Care in the Community. 28 (2), 376-384
McPherson, S. and Oute, J., (2020). Responsibilisation of caregivers in depression: the limitations of policy-based evidence. Social Theory and Health. 19 (4), 347-361
McPherson, S., (2020). Nice depression guidelines update: Cautious optimism?. Clinical Psychology Forum. 2020 (327), 2-6
McPherson, S., Wicks, C. and Tercelli, I., (2020). Patient experiences of psychological therapy for depression: a qualitative metasynthesis. BMC Psychiatry. 20 (1), 313-
Cox, P., McPherson, S., Mason, C., Ryan, M. and Baxter, V., (2020). Reducing Recurrent Care Proceedings: Building a Local Evidence Base in England. Societies. 10 (4), 88-88
Flintoff, A., Speed, E. and McPherson, SJ., (2019). Risk assessment practice within primary mental health care: A logics perspective. Health. 23 (6), 656-674
Doncaster, E., Hiskey, S., McPherson, S. and Andrews, L., (2019). “I'm Still Fighting for the Two of Us”: How Partners of UK Veterans Construct Their Experience of Living with Combat‐Related Trauma. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 45 (3), 464-479
McPherson, S. and Beresford, P., (2019). Semantics of patient choice: how the UK national guideline for depression silences patients. Disability and Society. 34 (3), 1-7
McPherson, S. and Hengartner, MP., (2019). Long-term outcomes of trials in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence depression guideline. BJPsych Open. 5 (5), e81-
Priestley, J., McPherson, SJ. and Davies, F., (2018). Couples Disease: The Experience of Living with a Partner with Chronic Depression. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. 17 (2), 128-145
Mcpherson, SJ., (2018). Old wine in new bottles? On the new NICE guidelines for depression. Clinical Psychology Forum. 303 (March 2018), 9-12
McPherson, SJ., Rost, F., Town, J. and Abbass, A., (2018). Epistemological flaws in NICE review methodology and its impact on recommendations for psychodynamic psychotherapies for complex and persistent depression. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 32 (2), 102-121
McPherson, S., Andrews, L., Taggart, D., Cox, P., Pratt, R., Smith, V. and Thandi, J., (2018). Evaluating integrative services in edge-of-care work. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 40 (3), 299-320
Rost, F. and McPherson, S., (2018). Guidelines for Depression. New Associations. 27, 14-14
McPherson, S. and Rost, F., (2018). Guest editorial. Clinical Psychology Forum (308), 1-2
Rost, F. and McPherson, S., (2018). Stakeholder position statement on the NICE guideline for depression in adults. Clinical Psychology Forum (308), 3-10
Doherty, E., Walsh, R., Andrews, L. and McPherson, SJ., (2017). Measuring Emotional Intelligence Enhances the Psychological Evaluation of Chronic Pain. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 24 (3-4), 365-375
Thompson, H., McPherson, S. and Marsland, L., (2016). 'Am I damaging my own family?': Relational changes between foster carers and their birth children.. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry. 21 (1), 48-65
McPherson, S., Hiskey, S. and Alderson, Z., (2016). Distress in working on dementia wards - a threat to compassionate care: a grounded theory study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 53, 95-104
Priestley, J. and McPherson, S., (2016). Experiences of adults providing care to a partner or relative with depression: A meta-ethnographic synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 192, 41-49
Floris, J. and McPherson, S., (2015). Fighting the Whole System: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Labelling Theory and Iatrogenic Doubting. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. 16 (4), 476-493
Fonagy, P., Rost, F., Carlyle, J., McPherson, S., Thomas, R., Pasco Fearon, RM., Goldberg, D. and Taylor, D., (2015). Pragmatic randomized controlled trial of long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression: the Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS). World Psychiatry. 14 (3), 312-321
McPherson, S., Byng, R. and Oxley, D., (2014). Treatment resistant depression in primary care: Co-constructing difficult encounters. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 18 (3), 261-278
McPherson, S., Clayton, S., Wood, H., Hiskey, S. and Andrews, L., (2013). The Role of Childhood Experiences in the Development of Sexual Compulsivity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. 20 (4), 259-278
Hiskey, S. and McPherson, S., (2013). That's just life: older adult constructs of trauma. Aging & Mental Health. 17 (6), 689-696
Hiskey, S. and McPherson, S., (2013). That's just life: older adult constructs of trauma. Faculty for the Psychology of Older People Newsletter. 124, 17-23
McPherson, S. and Armstrong, D., (2012). General Practitioner Management of Depression: A Systematic Review. Qualitative Health Research. 22 (8), 1150-1159
Taylor, D., Carlyle, J., McPherson, S., Rost, F., Thomas, R. and Fonagy, P., (2012). Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS): a randomised controlled trial of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant/treatment-refractory forms of depression. BMC Psychiatry. 12 (1), 60-
Mcpherson, SJ. and McPherson, A., (2012). The private and political journey of Norah Dacre Fox, a suffragette turned fascist. Historica: women's history magazine. 69 (Summer 2012)
Sinclair, M., McPherson, S., Bor, R. and Orban, L., (2011). Another dragon in the kitchen: Psychological experiences of hepatitis C treatment among HIV-hepatitis C co-infected gay men. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 11 (3), 228-236
Thompson, H. and McPherson, S., (2011). The experience of living with a foster sibling, as described by the birth children of foster carers A thematic analysis of the literature. Adoption & Fostering Journal. 35 (2), 49-60
Pauley, G. and McPherson, S., (2010). The experience and meaning of compassion and self-compassion for individuals with depression or anxiety. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 83 (2), 129-143
McPherson, A. and Mcpherson, SJ., (2010). Norah Elam: a Feminist Fascist from Stillorgan. Journal of the Kilmacud-Stillorgan Local History Society (5)
McPherson, S., Evans, C. and Richardson, P., (2009). The NICE Depression Guidelines and the recovery model: Is there an evidence base for IAPT?. Journal of Mental Health. 18 (5), 405-414
McPherson, S. and Armstrong, D., (2009). Negotiating ?depression? in primary care: A qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine. 69 (8), 1137-1143
McPherson, S., Walker, C. and Carlyle, J-A., (2006). Primary care counsellors’ experiences of working with treatment resistant depression: A qualitative pilot study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 6 (4), 250-257
McPherson, S. and Armstrong, D., (2006). Social determinants of diagnostic labels in depression. Social Science & Medicine. 62 (1), 50-58
McPherson, S. and Armstrong, D., (2006). Erratum to: “Social determinants of diagnostic labels in depression”. Social Science & Medicine. 62 (11), 2915-2915
McPherson, S., Cairns, P., Carlyle, J., Shapiro, DA., Richardson, P. and Taylor, D., (2005). The effectiveness of psychological treatments for treatment‐resistant depression: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 111 (5), 331-340
McPherson, S., (2003). Stress and coping in accident and emergency senior house officers. Emergency Medicine Journal. 20 (3), 230-231
Di Ceglie, D., Freedman, D., McPherson, S. and Richardson, P., (2002). Children and Adolescents Referred to a Specialist Gender Identity Development Service: Clinical Features and Demographic Characteristics. International Journal of Transgenderism. 6 (1)
McPherson, S. and Wilkinson, M., (2001). Health informatics and the cultural divide: a UK perspective. Health Informatics Journal. 7 (2), 62-65
Wilkinson, M. and Mcpherson, SJ., (2001). NHS Direct Online and the Information Divide. Health Information on the Internet (22), 8-10
Books (3)
Cavenagh, P., McPherson, S. and Ogden, J., (2023). The Psychological Impact of Boarding School The Trunk in the Hall. Routledge. 9781032248738
(2018). Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health. Routledge. 1855759020. 9781855759022
McPherson, S. and McPherson, A., (2010). Mosley's Old Suffragette: A Biography of Norah Dacre Fox. lulu.com. 9781446699676
Book chapters (29)
Priestner, A., Ogden, J., Cavenagh, P. and McPherson, S., (2023). The impact of boarding school on adult eating behaviour. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 69- 84
McPherson, S., Emerson-Smith, M. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). British boarding schools on trial. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 1- 20
Floyd, C., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). How does boarding school influence feelings of loneliness?. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 85- 100
Lee, J., Wardman-Browne, J., Hopkins, E., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). It's not all down to boarding. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 53- 68
Cavenagh, P. and McPherson, S., (2023). British boarding schools on trial. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 154- 172
Hopkins, E., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). British boarding schools, mental health and resilience. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 21- 35
Hayes, R., Blumenfeld, F., McPherson, S., Cavenagh, P. and Phillips, C., (2023). Escape, autonomy, friendship and resilience. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 130- 153
Emerson-Smith, M., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). Having psychotherapy to help with boarding school experiences. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School. Routledge. 118- 129
Lee, J., Wardman-Browne, J., Hopkins, E., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). It’s not all down to boarding: Early family and peer relationships among boarders. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 53- 68
Hayes, R., Blumenfeld, F., McPherson, S., Cavenagh, P. and Phillips, C., (2023). Escape, autonomy, friendship and resilience: Positive experiences of British boarding school. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 130- 153
McPherson, S., Emerson-Smith, M. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). British boarding schools on trial: Making the case for new evidence. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 1- 20
Emerson-Smith, M., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). Having psychotherapy to help with boarding school experiences: The role of denial, shame and privilege. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 118- 129
Cavenagh, P. and McPherson, S., (2023). British boarding schools on trial: Making the case for ‘boarding family syndrome’. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 154- 172
Hopkins, E., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). British boarding schools, mental health and resilience: Survey research. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall. 21- 35
Hayes, R., Blumenfeld, F., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). Escape, autonomy, friendship, and resilience: Positive experiences of British boarding school. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School The Trunk in the Hall. Editors: Cavenagh, P., McPherson, S. and Ogden, J., . Routledge. 1003280498. 9781003280491
McPherson, S., Rost, F., Town, J. and Abbass, A., (2020). Epistemological flaws in NICE review methodology and its impact on recommendations for psychodynamic psychotherapies for complex and persistent depression. In: The Social and Interpersonal Origins of Depression Today. Editors: Clarke, J., Cundy, P. and Yakeley, J., . Routledge. 0367458985. 9780367458980
Speed, E., McPherson, S. and Beresford, P., (2020). Questioning the Patient Participation Imperative. In: Health and Wellbeing: The University of Essex Reader. Editors: Boncori, I. and Loughran, T., . Editoriale Scientifica. 169- 186. 9788893916639
McPherson, S., (2018). Quality in psychological treatment services: Reflections and developments. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 21- 26
McPherson, S. and Leroux, P., (2018). Case study of a mental health trust. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 17- 20
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McPherson, S. and Richardson, P., (2018). Involving health service users. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 125- 126
McPherson, S. and Richardson, P., (2018). Choosing outcome measures: Considerations. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 105- 108
McPherson, S. and Richardson, P., (2018). The early years. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 3- 8
McPherson, S. and Richardson, P., (2018). Categories of information. In: Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance. 97- 104
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McPherson, S., (2023).Purity and danger in pandemic public health,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S. and Oute, J., (2023).Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. Mad in America
McPherson, S., (2022).How blue are you feeling? The social life of questionnaires in measuring depression,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2021).Pile the bodies high: a policy led by science or led by donkeys?,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2021).An unpatriotic agitation? Public health versus the right to health,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2021).War of Conscience: Anti-Vaccination and the Battle for Medical Freedom During World War One,BMJ Medical Humanities Blog
McPherson, S., (2021).Blinded by the Christmas lights: NICE depression guidelines,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., Beresford, P., Speed, E. and Taggart, D., (2021).Beyond the academy - democratising user involvement in health & social care,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2020).For COVID-19 vaccination programmes to be effective history shows gender equality in science is necessary,LSE Impact Blog
McPherson, S., (2020).Mistakes of the Masters: the problem with Chief Scientific Officers,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S. and Oute, J., (2020).In lockdown with depression: let’s not pass the buck onto families in the aftermath of COVID-19,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2020).We need rest not reflection: psychological support for the medical frontline,Cost of Living blog
McPherson, S., (2019).BMJ Rapid Response: What's wrong with the NICE depression guideline?,BMJ
McPherson, S., (2019).Atalanta the Greek Amazon - revisioning gender equality in STEMM,Cost of Living blog
Mcpherson, SJ., (2017).Guidelines for Depression: More Gourmet Nights from NICE. Clinical Psychology Forum(304),http://www.cost-ofliving.net/
Mcpherson, SJ., (2017).Response to NICE Draft Guideline on Depression in Adults,National Institute for Health Care and Excellence (NICE )
Mcpherson, SJ., (2017).Old wine in new bottles: on the new NICE guideline for depression. Clinical Psychology Forum(303),http://www.cost-ofliving.net
Mcpherson, S., Rost, F., Taylor, D. and Fonagy, P., (2017).Leaflet: A lay summary of the Tavistock Adult Depression Study, a Randomised Controlled Trial of long term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for long-term depression.,Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
Mcpherson, SJ., (2016).Psychodynamic therapy – there’s more to it than lying on a couch talking about your childhood,The Conversation
Mcpherson, SJ. and Hiskey, S., (2016).Is the NHS really suffering a crisis of compassion?,http://www.cost-ofliving.net
Mcpherson, SJ., (2015).Suffragette: On 100 years of votes for women,http://www.cost-ofliving.net/
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