Thanos Karatzias
Thanos Karatzias

Prof Thanos Karatzias

Professor

Biography

Professor Karatzias, is a Professor of Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University, UK and a Clinical & Health Psychologist at the Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress, Edinburgh, UK. He is the Director of Research at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a former Chair of the British Psychological Society Scotland Working Party for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BPSSS) and is a current member of the Committee of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Crisis, Disaster & Trauma Section and UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS). He has spent his entire clinical and academic career working in the field of psychological trauma. In collaboration with national and international research partners he has developed a special interest in the effects and treatment of psychological trauma on physical and mental health; on prison populations; and on people with learning disabilities. He has published widely in these areas.

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Research Areas

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Committee Member - Chief Scientist Office Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committee
  • Board Member - Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Standing Review Board
  • Board Member - British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Board
  • Board Member - UK Posttraumatic Stress Society (UKPTS)
  • Committee Member - BPS Crisis, Disaster & Trauma Section
  • Changing Faces Scotland Advisory Board
  • Committee Member - BPS Scotland

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Keynote and Conference Chair - UKPTS Annual Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Keynote: St. Andrews Health Care Conference - The Introduction CPTSD as a New Diagnosis in ICD-11
  • PTSD and CPTSD Using the Newly Developed ICD-TQ
  • Classification, Assessment and Treatment of PTSD and CPTSD
  • The Impact of Interpersonal Trauma on Health & Wellbeing. United Nations, N 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
  • Treating Traumatic Stress and PTSD in People with LDs
  • Evidence of distinct profiles on PTSD and Complex PTSD
  • PTSD & complex PTSD: ICD -11 updates on concept and measurement
  • Childhood Sexual Abuse Across The Lifespan.
  • Psychological trauma and criminal behaviour
  • Phenomenology and Treatment of Traumatic Stress in People with Intellectual Disabilities: Preliminary Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial on the effectiveness of EMDR for DSM 5 PTSD
  • Effectiveness & Acceptability of Group Psychological Interventions for Interpersonal Trauma.
  • Symptom profiles of people attending a trauma service: Is there evidence that PTSD and complex PTSD are two distinct disorders
  • Disruptive, Optimistic, Progressive and Entrepreneurial: Is Survive and Thrive D.O.P.E.?
  • Keynote: Psychological trauma: Treatment & trauma informed care
  • Keynote: Child Sexual Abuse: Impact & Recovery
  • Keynote: Male Survivors Conference: Health & Well-being

 

Editorial Activity

  • Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

 

External Examining/Validations

  • MSc Psychological Trauma - External Examiner
  • MSc Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy - External Examiner
  • Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology - External Examiner

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Grant reviewer for MRC
  • Grant reviewer for Carnegie Trust
  • Member of Russian Science Foundation (RSF) College Of Experts
  • Member of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review College
  • Grant reviewer for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Clinical Evaluation and Trials (NIHR)
  • Grant reviewer for National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

 

Invited Speaker

  • UKPTS Annual Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Psychological Trauma: Impact and Treatment
  • Child sexual abuse impact and interventions: A critical review of the existing evidence

 

Media Activity

  • Glasgow Sunday Herald
  • Herald Scotland (web).
  • Irish Independent (web).
  • CBC News Radio
  • The Sun (Scotland)
  • The Sun (Eire).

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Chartered Clinical Psychologist
  • Member of the Health Professions Council
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
  • Chartered Scientist (CSci), Science Council
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Chartered Health Psychologist, British Psychological Society
  • Graduate Member, British Psychological Association

 

Reviewing

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • Stress & Health
  • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy
  • Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
  • Psychology, Health & Medicine
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Traumatology
  • Behaviour Research & Therapy
  • Women’s Studies International Forum
  • Journal of Behaviour Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry
  • Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • Psychiatria Danubina
  • European Review of Applied Psychology
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
  • Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • British Journal of Health Psychology
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy; Theory, Research and Practice
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Quality of Life Research
  • Aggressive Behaviour

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor in Mental Health

 

Date


226 results

Acts of Recovery: moving on from childhood abuse.

Report
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T. & Gullone, A. (2012)
Acts of Recovery: moving on from childhood abuse. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish recovery
Evidence-based, survivor-centred self-help booklet for survivors of childhood abuse.

Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress

Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Chouliara, Z., Power, K., & Kilfedder, C. (2011)
Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 39, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2011.552599
The aim of the present study was to investigate predictors of outcome of counselling, using mean change scores of three outcome measures, at treatment completion and at 4-mont...

Talking Therapy Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Scotland: Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals

Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T., Scott-Brien, G., Macdonald, A., MacArthur, J., & Frazer, N. (2011)
Talking Therapy Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Scotland: Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 20, 128-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2011.554340
This study aimed to elicit perceptions and experiences of talking therapy services for CSA survivors and professionals utilizing qualitative interviews and analyzing transcrip...

A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice

Journal Article
Brown, M., Duff, H., Karatzias, T., & Horsburgh, D. (2011)
A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 15, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629511401166
The aim of this review is to identify and analyse the published evidence base and wider literature in relation to psychological interventions for adults with intellectual disa...

Acts of recovery: moving on from childhood abuse. (Easy read version)

Report
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T., Gullone, A. & Duncan, E. (2011)
Acts of recovery: moving on from childhood abuse. (Easy read version). Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS LOthian
The booklet has also been adjusted for survivors of childhood abuse who have learning difficulties in collaboration with Eileen Duncan, Project Manager for Health Inequalities...

A Controlled Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Psychological Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing vs. Emotional Freedom Techniques

Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Power, K., Brown, K., McGoldrick, T., Begum, M., Young, J., …Adams, S. (2011)
A Controlled Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Psychological Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing vs. Emotional Freedom Techniques. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(6), 372-378. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0b013e31821cd262
The present study reports on the first ever controlled comparison between eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and emotional freedom techniques (EFT) for postt...

A randomized trial of face-to-face counselling versus telephone counselling versus bibliotherapy for occupational stress

Journal Article
Kilfedder, C., Power, K., Karatzias, T., McCafferty, A., Niven, K., Chouliara, Z., …Sharp, S. (2010)
A randomized trial of face-to-face counselling versus telephone counselling versus bibliotherapy for occupational stress. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 83, 223-242. https://doi.org/10.1348/147608309X476348
Objective. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness and acceptability of three interventions for occupational stress. Methods/design. A total of 90 Natio...

General psychopathology in anorexia nervosa: the role of psychosocial factors

Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Chouliara, Z., Power, K., Collin, P., Yellowlees, A., & Grierson, D. (2010)
General psychopathology in anorexia nervosa: the role of psychosocial factors. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 17, 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.701
The aim of the present study was to investigate psychosocial correlates of comorbid psychopathology. Data were collected from a total of 90 female inpatients with anorexia ner...

The effectiveness of, and predictors of response to, inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa

Journal Article
Collin, P., Power, K., Karatzias, T., Grierson, D., & Yellowlees, A. (2010)
The effectiveness of, and predictors of response to, inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 18, 464-474. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.1026
Objective The inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa lacks a clear evidence base. We sought to determine the effectiveness of, and predictors of response to, a specialist inp...

The public health role of local area coordinators in Scotland: a mixed methods study.

Report
Brown, M., Karatzias, T. & O'Leary, L. (2010)
The public health role of local area coordinators in Scotland: a mixed methods study.

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