Overview
My research interests are in cognitive processes, human mental health and mental health services. I work closely with colleagues within the School of Health Sciences and mental health services in Wales and South West England. My current research is focused on 3 areas, 1) the interaction between emotion, executive cognitive processes and complex learning deficits widely assumed to underpin schizophrenia, 2) models of adult attachment style and how these can inform management of people in secure mental health care, 3) learning processes in the acquisition of visual diagnostic ability.
Research Publications
Using a short‐term risk assessment and compassion focused staff support groups to reduce restrictive intervention use in a secure mental health service
Lawrence, D., Stubbings, D. & Watt, A., 6 Jul 2025, In: British Journal of Clinical Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Differences between restrictive practices applied to men and women in UK secure mental health services
Lawrence, D., Davies, J. L., Mills, S. & Watt, A., 19 May 2025, In: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
To Seclude or Not to Seclude? Using Grounded Theory to Develop a Model of the Seclusion Decision-Making Process Used by Mental Health Nurses in Forensic Services
Lawrence, D., Stubbings, D., Watt, A. & Mercer, J., 16 Jan 2025, In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 46, 3, p. 227-238 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Differences between restrictive practices applied to men and women in UK secure mental health services
Lawrence, D., Davies, J. L., Mills, S. & Watt, A., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Restriction, risk, race and reconviction: Findings from a historical medium secure cohort
Brooks, E., Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Hill, C., Maden, A., Davies, J., Davies, J. L. & Watt, A., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
The Maintenance Model of Restrictive Practices: A Trauma-Informed, Integrated Model to Explain Repeated Use of Restrictive Practices in Mental Health Care Settings
Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Stubbings, D. & Watt, A., 18 Jul 2024, In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 45, 10, p. 1006-1021 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Private and Public Sector Differences in Adverse Incidents and Restrictive Practices: Factors That Predicted Service Sector in a National Sample of Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients
Goodwin, H., Davies, J. L., Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Mills, S. & Watt, A., 1 Jul 2024, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 23, 3, p. 300-311 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Psychological Trauma Predicts Obesity in Welsh Secure Mental Health Inpatients
Davies, J. L., Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Watt, A., Mills, S. & Seage, C. H., 1 Jul 2024, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 23, 3, p. 241-250 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Restriction, risk, race and reconviction: Findings from a historical medium secure cohort
Brooks, E., Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Hill, C., Maden, A., Davies, J., Davies, J. L. & Watt, A., Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Welsh Secure Psychiatric Inpatients and the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on Obesity
Davies, J., Lawrence, D., Bagshaw, R., Watt, A. & Seage, H., Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review