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Research and Media

I study psychological risk factors, long-term outcomes and interventions for ICU patients. I write and speak regularly on these areas. My research has been reported by the BBC, Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and other media. 

Delirium, Imagination and Altered States

Published by The Junkyard, a scholarly blog devoted to the study of imagination.

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Results of the POPPI trial,  Journal of the American Medical Association 

Article on a randomised clinical trial to evaluate the effects of a nurse-led psychological intervention to prevent trauma in ICU patients

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Memories of hallucinations and delirium 

Interview study with ICU survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder,

British Journal of Health Psychology 

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Psychological risk factors and outcomes of ICU 

Article in Critical Care medical journal based on a cohort study

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Newspaper article on ICU during the pandemic

My experience of working in busy London ICU wards during the Covid-19 pandemic

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BBC radio programme on ICU delirium

I was interviewed by clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman for his podcast series, A History of Delusions

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Delirium Wards BBC podcast

I was interviewed and featured in this powerful and immersive BBC documentary by David Aaronovitch, who recounts his personal experience of delirium and talks to other former ICU patients

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