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Biography
Jo Hodgekins is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Associate Professor at Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia. For the past 20 years, Jo has been involved in research with people with psychosis and young people who may be at risk of developing psychosis. Jo has a particular interest in using psychological interventions to improve social and functional outcomes for people with psychosis and those who may be at risk of long-term social disability following mental health difficulties. Jo is also interested in the way in which such outcomes may be measured and developed an adapted version of the UK Time Use Survey for this purpose.
Key Responsibilities
Teaching Interests
Psychosis, Research Methods, Ethics
Teaching Activities
I am Postgraduate Research Director on the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at UEA. I also supervise ClinPsyD and PhD postgraduate students.
Academic Background
2004-2009 PhD “The Nature of Schizotypal Symptoms and Social Recovery in Psychosis”, University of East Anglia
2000-2003 BSc (1st Class Hons) Psychology, University of York
Career
2016-present Clinical Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, UEA, Norwich
2012-2016 Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, UEA, Norwich
2009-2012 Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Foundation Trust
2007-2009 Early Intervention Service Research Co-ordinator, UEA, Norwich
2004-2007 Trial Co-ordinator (“Improving Social Recovery in Early Psychosis”) UEA, Norwich
2003-2004 Research Associate, UEA, Norwich
Key Research Interests
- Psychosis continuum research and schizotypal personality
- Time use and wellbeing
- Youth mental health, at-risk mental states, and the development and onset of severe mental health problems, particularly the role of early social functioning difficulties
- Cognitive and emotional processes underlying psychosis and psychotic symptomatology (positive and negative symptoms)
- The role of perception and visual processing in the development and maintenance of psychotic symptoms
- Psychological interventions for psychosis
- Development of assessment tools to measure recovery from severe mental illness
- Predictors of longitudinal outcomes following psychosis
Research Keywords
PsychosisYouth Mental Health
Recovery from severe mental illness
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Research Group or Lab Membership
Psychology and Psychiatry
Psychosis
Postgraduate Research Student Supervision
Psychosis – adopting a continuum approach from psychotic like experiences in the general population to severe mental illnessPositive psychology and resilience in adjusting to severe mental illness and the impact of this on recovery
Time Use as a measure of functional outcome from mental illness
Experimental research using analogue populations to investigate psychological processes underpinning mental illness
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA
Blow, J., Blow, J., Clark, A., Cornish, C., Deane, K., Duvendack, M., Hodgekins, J., Horwood, N., Mondal, A., O'Connell, M., Reid, B. & Semlyen, J.
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Tailoring evidence-based psychological therapY for People with common mental disorder including Psychotic EXperiences (TYPPEX)
Hodgekins, J., Alibert, L., Clark, A., Colles, A., Pond, M., Sims, E., Stirling, S., Swart, A. M. & Ashford, P.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/02/18 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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The Early Youth Engagement in first episode psychosis (EYE-2) study: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of implementation, effectiveness & cost effectiveness of a team-based motivational engagement intervention to improve engagement
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
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Associations between rural/urban status, duration of untreated psychosis and mode of onset of psychosis: A mental health electronic clinical records analysis in the East of England, UK
Kaminska, K., Hodgekins, J., Lewis, J. R., Cardinal, R. N. & Oduola, S., 9 Sep 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characteristics of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young people with PTSD following multiple trauma exposure
Lofthouse, K., Beeson, E., Dalgleish, T., Danese, A., Hodgekins, J., Mahoney-Davies, G., Smith, P., Stallard, P., Wilson, J. & Meiser-Stedman, R., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65, 6, p. 822-831 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perspectives of young people, family carers and voluntary sector staff on help-seeking for mental health difficulties in a rural region of the United Kingdom - a qualitative study
Oduola, S., Coombes, E., Hodgekins, J. & Jones, A., 5 Jan 2024, medRxiv, (medRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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The Early Youth Engagement (EYE-2) intervention in first episode psychosis services: a pragmatic cluster RCT and cost-effectiveness evaluation
Greenwood, K., Jones, C., Yaziji, N., Healey, A., May, C., Bremner, S., Hooper, R., Rathod, S., Phiri, P., de Visser, R., Mackay, T., Bartl, G., Abramowicz, I., Gu, J., Webb, R., Nandha, S., Lennox, B., Johns, L., French, P., Hodgekins, J., & 10 others , 30 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effectiveness of public health interventions, initiatives, and campaigns designed to improve pathways to care for individuals with psychotic disorders: A systematic review
Murden, R., Allan, S. M., Hodgekins, J. & Oduola, S., Apr 2024, In: Schizophrenia Research. 266, p. 165-179 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (SciVal)16 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Understanding help-seeking patterns for mental health difficulties among young people in rural populations
Sheri Oduola (Presenter), Joanne Hodgekins (Contributor), Emma Coombes (Contributor) & Andy Jones (Contributor)
Mar 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other