Clinical Psychology (Mental Health)

The current study is interested in exploring the effects of two types of mindfulness meditation on mental wellbeing. The study involves completing a number of questionnaires about thoughts and feelings before and after a two-week period in which you will be asked to do daily 10-minute mindfulness practice.

You will be asked a number of questions about your eating habits, emotions, social situations, and relationships with others. You will also be shown a number of faces and asked to identify which emotion is being displayed.

Interested in mental imagery? This online survey includes a couple of fun, interactive imagery tasks, and a few questions about your thoughts and feelings. We hope you’ll find completing the tasks as enjoyable and thought-provoking as we do!

Intrusions are thoughts, images or urges that enter your mind suddenly. I am focusing particularly on negative intrusions (e.g. an image of doing something bad to someone else). I want to find out how people feel about negative intrusions and whether this influences whether they would tell others about them.

First part of a three part study looking into the relationship between food and mood in adolescents (16-18 year olds). This questionnaire involves questions on mood, feelings and physical activity.

This study investigates moderating factors in the development of disordered eating behaviours. It aims to examine the interaction between several variables (e.g. perfectionism, risk and protective factors, attachment, childhood trauma), and the extent to which these in turn play a role in the development of disordered eating.

This study explores why some people self-harm, and how this relates to the way we experience and manage emotions. It will compare rates of rumination, mindfulness and alexithymia (the ability to identify and describe one’s emotions) in people with a history of self-harm with those who have never self-harmed.

The survey is open to all adults, with or without a history of self-harm.

This study is about the effects of separation on distress and well-being. You need to be over 18, and be currently or previously separated/divorced to participate.

How do you make Decisions? A research team at the University of Edinburgh invite you to participate in a short online study about decision making. With your help, we can get an insight into an important aspect of everyday life.

Participants must be living in the UK and aged between 18 and 65 years old

This is a study looking at different ways that people think about themselves and cope with difficulties. The study is focusing particularly on how this relates to food-type difficulties and early adverse sexual experiences, but would also like to hear from people with no such experiences.

Short online survery looking at attitudes towards seeking help for mental health problems.

Must be under 25 years old, and preferably a student.

This study is investigating the symptoms, cognitions, memories and ways of coping of people with asthma, food intolerance/allergy, IBS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Participants with one of these conditions are particularly needed, however healthy controls are also required.

The current study aims to contribute to our understanding of the individual characteristics under a specific stressful event that may influence healthcare providers coping strategy selection and professional quality of life.

This study sets out to examine the links between a range of psycho-social factors e.g. aspects of personality and well-being, and risk of developing an eating disorder in the future. As part of the study the participant will be be required to answer standardised questionnaires.

This anonymous on-line study seeks to understand people’s experiences of betrayal and broken trust in their relationships. Betrayal experiences are particularly relevant for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. We hope to understand the impact and discover possible treatment options to ease the distress betrayal causes.

Current views on ethical, training, and security issues related to e-therapy/telepsychology. We hope to produce the first large, broad-based survey of current educators’ and clinicians’ views on this increasingly relevant topic in our field, as well as contribute to the conversation about e-therapy best practices.

This is a novel research project into the emotion of self-disgust. Participants with and without mental health problems are sought. We are interested in experiences that may lead to high levels of self-disgust (i.e. adverse early childhood experiences) and experiences that may results from self-disgust (i.e. deliberate self-harm).

This study explores the emotional impact of movies. You will complete a series of measures, watch a short movie or play some online games, and then respond to more questionnaires. You will be asked to provide descriptions of yourself and another important person in your life.

Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a facet of the autistic spectrum identified in some children. The current study seeks to validate a measure this condition in adults using self-report measures, test the reliability of the measure, and check external of the validity to measures of personality and autistic spectrum systematising.

Study exploring the relationship between mindfulness, self compassion and distress for people who hear distressing voices. The study is looking to recruit people who hear voices and involves completing 5 questionnaires.