Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapy

Dr Emily A Holmes' work in experimental psychopathology seeks to understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying distress in psychological disorder. In particular she is interested in the impact on mental imagery on emotional processing and the impact of processing biases in the way people interpret information. Her research approach combines basic experimental research plus clinical experience in mental health. This approach uses an iterative, psychopathology-research cycle, linking experimental science and clinical innovation. This involves mapping out key features with patients, tailoring experiments on key variables in the laboratory and then delineating the theoretical implications for treatment development.

The link address is: http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/epct