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Loneliness and Mental Health: An update on research and treatment

Sunday 18th October 2020

9:45am - 10:30am

Presented by

Professor Roz Shafran Chair in Translational Psychology, UCL.

Presentation subject

Persistent loneliness occurs in a range of mental health problems and appears to be particularly associated with social anxiety and depression. The current pandemic has increased social isolation which may also increase loneliness. This talk will describe the research on loneliness in mental health problems, in particular OCD, and will provide an update on what techniques have been shown to be helpful.

About the speaker

I am Chair in Translational Psychology at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. I am an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, a member of the Health Professions Council and an accredited therapist with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. I founded the Charlie Waller Institute of Evidenced Based Psychological Treatment in 2007 at the University of Reading and was its director until 2012. I am a Trustee of the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, Patron of 'No Panic' and recipient of prizes such as the Positive Practice 'Making a Difference' Award, British Psychological Society Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in Practice and Marsh Award for Mental Health for research that has made a difference to clinical practice. I am a former associate editor of 'Behaviour Research and Therapy' and currently serve on the NIHR HTA Mental Health panel and am a NICE Expert Advisor.

Professor Roz Shafran

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This presentation took place at the online virtual OCD-UK conference on Sunday 18th October 2020. The webinar was hosted live via Zoom to a watching audience.

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