Professor Fiona Lobban
ProfessorResearch Overview
The aim of my research is to understand key factors underpinning mental health and wellbeing, and how best to support people who are experiencing mental distress. I am interested in mental health within a broad social context, and support offered online, by charity groups, through peer to peer interaction, and in clinical settings. I am keen to understand the positive and negative impacts of these forms of support, and the underlying mechanisms of how they work. To do this, I use a range of methodologies, drawing on both quantiative and qualitative approaches, and am increasingly intersted in working within a realist framework.
Currently, I am particularly interested in supervising PhDs in the following areas
1. Digital mental health
2. Social networks and their role in supporting mental health and wellbeing
3. Peer support
Building mental health research at Lancaster University: Understanding local needs and developing partnerships
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2025
Research
An intervention using mental health support workers as link workers to improve dental visiting in people with severe mental illness: A feasibility study
01/04/2022 → 30/06/2024
Research
Clinical and cost effectiveness of a digital integrated bipolar parenting intervention: A randomised controlled trial
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2026
Research
DSI: Realist evaluation of online mental health communities to improve policy and practice
01/03/2022 → 31/12/2024
Research
The Mental Imagery for Suicidality in Students Trial (MISST): A feasibility study
25/10/2021 → 24/12/2023
Research
The Library of Lived Experience for Mental Health: Developing a programme theory and implementation Plan
01/09/2021 → 31/03/2024
Research
Health Education England: Understanding Psychosis and Bipolar
05/03/2021 → 08/03/2024
Consultancy
The FINCH Study - Development, Feasibility Testing and Pilot Trial of a Crisis Planning and Monitoring Intervention to Reduce Compulsory Hospital Readmissions
01/01/2021 → 31/01/2024
Research
Understanding bipolar experiences report
15/09/2020 → 17/03/2022
Consultancy
Spectrum Fellowship in Mobile Technology and Mental Health
01/12/2018 → 30/11/2020
Research
A psychological intervention for suicide applied to patents with psychosis: the CALMS trial
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2020
Research
Implementation of a relatives toolkit (IMPART Study): examining the critical success factors, barriers and faciliators to implementation of an online supported self-management intervention in the NHS
01/03/2016 → 30/11/2018
Research
An online randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of a peer supported self-management intervention for relatives of people with psychosis or bipolar disorder: Relatives Education And Coping Toolkit (REACT)
01/10/2015 → 31/12/2018
Research
DoH IAPP funds
30/11/2012 → 31/07/2018
Research
PARADES: Reducing relapse and suicide in bipolar disorder: Practical clinical approaches to identifying risk, reducing harm and engaging service users in planning and delivery of care
01/10/2008 → 31/03/2015
Research
Understanding carers’ perspectives of supporting friends and family members who have experienced suicidal behaviour
Oral presentation
Learning from Lived Experience: impacts and underlying mechanisms of inclusive models of peer to peer support for mental health
Oral presentation
An exploratory analysis of the relationship of posting in peer online support forums and trait mood in bipolar disorder
Oral presentation
Bipolar disorder and recovery on Reddit: a corpus linguistic analysis
Oral presentation
CHIME becomes POETIC: Personal recovery in bipolar disorder - systematic review and "best fit" framework synthesis of qualitative evidence
Oral presentation
Realist Research Group
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Understanding Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder
Consultancy
Talking about personal recovery in bipolar disorder
Oral presentation
NIHR (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting an external academic institution
British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy 39th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy 39th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy 39th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Bipolar Disorder Special Interest Group 2nd Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Institute of Psychiatry
Visiting an external academic institution
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting an external academic institution
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 44th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 38th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 38th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 38th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Bipolar Disorder Special Interest Group Inaugural Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 37th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 37th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Mental Health Research Network Public & Patient Involvement Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 36th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 36th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 36th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice (Journal)
Editorial activity
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting an external academic institution
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 45th Annual
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Outstanding contribution to public and patient involvement award
Prize (including medals and awards)
- FHM Mental Health Theme
- Institute for Social Futures Fellow
- ISF Fellows 2019/20
- Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research