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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
I am a member of the Norwich Medical School’s Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Group.
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
2009-2012 Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia
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
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
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Improving Social Recovery in Psychosis (ISRIP): a definitive randomised controlled trial and process evaluation of Social Recovery Therapy compared to treatment as usual for people with psychosis and severe social disability
Hodgekins, J., Oduola, S., Reeve, S., Semlyen, J., Barton, G., Clark, A., Hammond, M. & Pond, M.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/01/26 → 30/04/30
Project: Research
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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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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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A comparison of pathways to care in at-risk mental states and first episode psychosis: A mental health electronic clinical records analysis in the East of England, UK
Murden, R., Allan, S. M., Hodgekins, J. & Oduola, S., Aug 2025, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 60, 8, p. 1919–1931 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jun 2025, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 60, 6, p. 1323–1334 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive and clinical profiles in first-episode psychosis and their relationship with functional outcomes
Cowman, M., Hodgekins, J., Griffiths, S. L., Frawley, E., O'Connor, K., Fowler, D., Birchwood, M. & Donohoe, G., 26 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British Journal of Psychiatry. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ethnic disparities, clinical and pathways to care characteristics associated with the offer, uptake, and type of psychological therapy during first-episode psychosis: examining the role of early intervention for psychosis
Oduola, S., Pathan, S., Hodgekins, J., Teague, B., Craig, T. K. J., Murray, R. & Morgan, C., 5 Sept 2025, In: Psychological Medicine. 55, 9 p., e262.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiences of care from mental health services among partners of women accessing support for postpartum psychosis: A qualitative study
Roxburgh, E., Taylor, B. L. & Hodgekins, J., Oct 2025, In: Community Mental Health Journal. 61, 7, p. 1406–1417 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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