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Papers by Graham Turpin
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 1998
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy, 2002
The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 2011
The present study explored the personal experiences of cannabis and psychosis among young adults,... more The present study explored the personal experiences of cannabis and psychosis among young adults, including the reasons and meanings of cannabis use and the perceived relationship between cannabis and mental health. Interviews with seven young adults with psychosis who described regular current or past cannabis use were conducted and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Four master themes emerged: The Journey Through Cannabis Use, The Social and Cultural World, The Struggle to Make Sense, and The Depths and Beyond. Respondent validation supported these themes, particularly the idea of cannabis use as a journey that changed in time. Social and cultural factors clearly influenced the initiation of and decision whether to continue using cannabis. Individuals could simultaneously hold positive and negative views on using cannabis. Implications for clinical interventions are explored, and the relevance of motivational interviewing and the stages of change models of be...
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2009
Objectives. Laboratory research using a working memory framework has shown modality-specific redu... more Objectives. Laboratory research using a working memory framework has shown modality-specific reductions in image vividness and emotionality when concurrent tasks are performed while maintaining the image in consciousness. We extended this research to trauma images in a clinical population awaiting treatment for post-traumatic stress symptoms. Design. A within-subjects design was used, with each participant completing an imagery task under three concurrent task conditions: side-to-side eye-movements, counting, and exposure only (no concurrent task). Methods. Eighteen participants selected three images each, the images being those that were the most distressing from participants' trauma memories and most likely to intrude involuntarily. Participants gave baseline ratings of the vividness and emotionality of each of their trauma images. Each image was assigned to a condition. Each condition comprised 8 trials in which participants recollected the appropriate image for 8 s while performing eye-movements, counting or no concurrent task, and then rated its vividness and emotionality. Follow-up ratings were obtained by telephone 1 week later. Results. The eye-movement task reduced vividness and emotionality of the trauma images relative to the counting task and exposure only, but did so only during the imagery period and not at follow-up. The images were predominantly visual. Conclusions. Concurrent tasks matched to the modality of trauma images may provide a useful treatment aid for temporarily dampening emotional responses to recollections of trauma.
Biological Psychology, 1984
Attention and orienting: Sensory and …, 1997
6 Differentiating Orienting, Startle, and Defense Responses: The Role of Affect and Its Implicati... more 6 Differentiating Orienting, Startle, and Defense Responses: The Role of Affect and Its Implications for Psychopathology Edwin Cook III University of Alabama at Birmingham Graham Turpin University of Sheffield, UK The purpose of this chapter is to examine contemporary psychophysi- ...
Wiley eBooks, 1989
Part 1 General applications - methodological and theoretical issues: an overview of clinical psyc... more Part 1 General applications - methodological and theoretical issues: an overview of clinical psychophysiological techniques - tools or theories?, Graham Turpin research strategies employing psychophysiological measures - identifying and using psychophysiological markers, William G.Iacono and John W.Ficken psychophysiological assessment - conceptual, psychometric and statistical issues, Gerhard Stemmler and Jochen Fahrenberg imagery, memory and emotion - a psychophysiological analysis of clinical anxiety, Bruce N.Cuthbert and Peter J.Lang lateralization and central mechanisms in clinical psychophysiology, John H.Gruzelier psychophysiological assessment in behaviour therapy, Stephen N.Haynes et al psychophysiological interventions in behavioural medicine, Andrew Steptoe psychophysiological and biochemical indices in "stress" research - applications to psychopathology and pathophysiology, Mats Fredrikson. Part 2 Applications to specific disorders: simple phobias, Kenneth Hugdahl panic disorder, agoraphobia and social phobia, Lars-Goran Ost obsessional-compulsive disorder, Gudrun Sartory affective disorders, Jeffrey B.Henriques and Richard J.Davidson schizophrenic disorders, Michael E.Dawson et al sexual disorders, James H.Geer and Cathy Orman Castille hypertension, Iris B.Goldstein Raynaud's disease, Robert R.Freedman gastrointestinal disorders, Rupert Holzl respiratory disorders - asthma and hyperventilation syndrome, Paul Grossman and Kees J.E.Wientjes motor disorders, Marjan Jahanshahi and C.David Marsden.
Biological Psychology, 1994
Access to psychological therapies for people presenting with common mental health problems within... more Access to psychological therapies for people presenting with common mental health problems within the United Kingdom has tended to be poor and limited by the quality of local services. This is especially the case for people presenting to their general practitioner within primary care who historically have been faced with the unacceptable choice of either only medication or referral to psychological interventions but with the proviso of long waiting times, frequently in excess of 12 months. Recent progress around the development of evidence based clinical guidelines within the UK, has meant that psychological therapies have been recommended as both highly effective, relatively safe and economically viable for a wide range of common mental health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. At the same time the significant costs to individuals and Society in terms of the adverse consequences of poor mental health on well-being, capacity to work and the economic impacts on both the h...
Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy
The nature of tic disorders is described and current aetiological models presented.
Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, Jan 25, 2017
The study investigated the relationship between exposure to trauma work and well-being (general p... more The study investigated the relationship between exposure to trauma work and well-being (general psychological distress, trauma symptoms, and disrupted beliefs) in trainee clinical psychologists. It also assessed the contribution of individual and situational factors to well-being. A Web-based survey was employed. The survey comprised the General Health Questionnaire, Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale, Trauma Screening Questionnaire, and specific questions about exposure to trauma work and other individual and situational factors. The link to the online survey was sent via email to trainee clinical psychologists attending courses throughout the UK RESULTS: Five hundred sixty-four trainee clinical psychologists participated. Most trainees had a caseload of one to two trauma cases in the previous 6 months; the most common trauma being sexual abuse. Exposure to trauma work was not related to general psychological distress or disrupted beliefs but was a...
Biological Psychology, Feb 28, 2003
The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It... more The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It was predicted that anxious individuals would show a bias to threat-related material. In addition, psychophysiological measures were obtained to assess the attentional and encoding processes that might underlie this cognitive bias. Forty participants were equally allocated to high and low trait anxious groups, according to predetermined cutoffs. All participants were exposed to threat and non-threat words and following a filler task, were asked to complete primed and unprimed wordstems. Implicit memory performance was assessed in terms of accuracy and reaction time for completion. Heart rate and electrodermal responses were measured. Results demonstrated initial increased cardiac deceleration to threat stimuli, subsequent cardiac acceleration to non-threat stimuli, and an implicit memory bias to non-threat material by all participants. These findings are discussed in relation to the 'vigilance-avoidance' model of attention to threat stimuli.
Psicothema, 1998
Diferencias individuales asociadas a la respuesta cardíaca de defensa: variables psicofisiológica... more Diferencias individuales asociadas a la respuesta cardíaca de defensa: variables psicofisiológicas y de personalidad
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 1998
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy, 2002
The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 2011
The present study explored the personal experiences of cannabis and psychosis among young adults,... more The present study explored the personal experiences of cannabis and psychosis among young adults, including the reasons and meanings of cannabis use and the perceived relationship between cannabis and mental health. Interviews with seven young adults with psychosis who described regular current or past cannabis use were conducted and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Four master themes emerged: The Journey Through Cannabis Use, The Social and Cultural World, The Struggle to Make Sense, and The Depths and Beyond. Respondent validation supported these themes, particularly the idea of cannabis use as a journey that changed in time. Social and cultural factors clearly influenced the initiation of and decision whether to continue using cannabis. Individuals could simultaneously hold positive and negative views on using cannabis. Implications for clinical interventions are explored, and the relevance of motivational interviewing and the stages of change models of be...
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2009
Objectives. Laboratory research using a working memory framework has shown modality-specific redu... more Objectives. Laboratory research using a working memory framework has shown modality-specific reductions in image vividness and emotionality when concurrent tasks are performed while maintaining the image in consciousness. We extended this research to trauma images in a clinical population awaiting treatment for post-traumatic stress symptoms. Design. A within-subjects design was used, with each participant completing an imagery task under three concurrent task conditions: side-to-side eye-movements, counting, and exposure only (no concurrent task). Methods. Eighteen participants selected three images each, the images being those that were the most distressing from participants' trauma memories and most likely to intrude involuntarily. Participants gave baseline ratings of the vividness and emotionality of each of their trauma images. Each image was assigned to a condition. Each condition comprised 8 trials in which participants recollected the appropriate image for 8 s while performing eye-movements, counting or no concurrent task, and then rated its vividness and emotionality. Follow-up ratings were obtained by telephone 1 week later. Results. The eye-movement task reduced vividness and emotionality of the trauma images relative to the counting task and exposure only, but did so only during the imagery period and not at follow-up. The images were predominantly visual. Conclusions. Concurrent tasks matched to the modality of trauma images may provide a useful treatment aid for temporarily dampening emotional responses to recollections of trauma.
Biological Psychology, 1984
Attention and orienting: Sensory and …, 1997
6 Differentiating Orienting, Startle, and Defense Responses: The Role of Affect and Its Implicati... more 6 Differentiating Orienting, Startle, and Defense Responses: The Role of Affect and Its Implications for Psychopathology Edwin Cook III University of Alabama at Birmingham Graham Turpin University of Sheffield, UK The purpose of this chapter is to examine contemporary psychophysi- ...
Wiley eBooks, 1989
Part 1 General applications - methodological and theoretical issues: an overview of clinical psyc... more Part 1 General applications - methodological and theoretical issues: an overview of clinical psychophysiological techniques - tools or theories?, Graham Turpin research strategies employing psychophysiological measures - identifying and using psychophysiological markers, William G.Iacono and John W.Ficken psychophysiological assessment - conceptual, psychometric and statistical issues, Gerhard Stemmler and Jochen Fahrenberg imagery, memory and emotion - a psychophysiological analysis of clinical anxiety, Bruce N.Cuthbert and Peter J.Lang lateralization and central mechanisms in clinical psychophysiology, John H.Gruzelier psychophysiological assessment in behaviour therapy, Stephen N.Haynes et al psychophysiological interventions in behavioural medicine, Andrew Steptoe psychophysiological and biochemical indices in "stress" research - applications to psychopathology and pathophysiology, Mats Fredrikson. Part 2 Applications to specific disorders: simple phobias, Kenneth Hugdahl panic disorder, agoraphobia and social phobia, Lars-Goran Ost obsessional-compulsive disorder, Gudrun Sartory affective disorders, Jeffrey B.Henriques and Richard J.Davidson schizophrenic disorders, Michael E.Dawson et al sexual disorders, James H.Geer and Cathy Orman Castille hypertension, Iris B.Goldstein Raynaud's disease, Robert R.Freedman gastrointestinal disorders, Rupert Holzl respiratory disorders - asthma and hyperventilation syndrome, Paul Grossman and Kees J.E.Wientjes motor disorders, Marjan Jahanshahi and C.David Marsden.
Biological Psychology, 1994
Access to psychological therapies for people presenting with common mental health problems within... more Access to psychological therapies for people presenting with common mental health problems within the United Kingdom has tended to be poor and limited by the quality of local services. This is especially the case for people presenting to their general practitioner within primary care who historically have been faced with the unacceptable choice of either only medication or referral to psychological interventions but with the proviso of long waiting times, frequently in excess of 12 months. Recent progress around the development of evidence based clinical guidelines within the UK, has meant that psychological therapies have been recommended as both highly effective, relatively safe and economically viable for a wide range of common mental health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. At the same time the significant costs to individuals and Society in terms of the adverse consequences of poor mental health on well-being, capacity to work and the economic impacts on both the h...
Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy
The nature of tic disorders is described and current aetiological models presented.
Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, Jan 25, 2017
The study investigated the relationship between exposure to trauma work and well-being (general p... more The study investigated the relationship between exposure to trauma work and well-being (general psychological distress, trauma symptoms, and disrupted beliefs) in trainee clinical psychologists. It also assessed the contribution of individual and situational factors to well-being. A Web-based survey was employed. The survey comprised the General Health Questionnaire, Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale, Trauma Screening Questionnaire, and specific questions about exposure to trauma work and other individual and situational factors. The link to the online survey was sent via email to trainee clinical psychologists attending courses throughout the UK RESULTS: Five hundred sixty-four trainee clinical psychologists participated. Most trainees had a caseload of one to two trauma cases in the previous 6 months; the most common trauma being sexual abuse. Exposure to trauma work was not related to general psychological distress or disrupted beliefs but was a...
Biological Psychology, Feb 28, 2003
The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It... more The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It was predicted that anxious individuals would show a bias to threat-related material. In addition, psychophysiological measures were obtained to assess the attentional and encoding processes that might underlie this cognitive bias. Forty participants were equally allocated to high and low trait anxious groups, according to predetermined cutoffs. All participants were exposed to threat and non-threat words and following a filler task, were asked to complete primed and unprimed wordstems. Implicit memory performance was assessed in terms of accuracy and reaction time for completion. Heart rate and electrodermal responses were measured. Results demonstrated initial increased cardiac deceleration to threat stimuli, subsequent cardiac acceleration to non-threat stimuli, and an implicit memory bias to non-threat material by all participants. These findings are discussed in relation to the 'vigilance-avoidance' model of attention to threat stimuli.
Psicothema, 1998
Diferencias individuales asociadas a la respuesta cardíaca de defensa: variables psicofisiológica... more Diferencias individuales asociadas a la respuesta cardíaca de defensa: variables psicofisiológicas y de personalidad