Dr Frances Meeten

Biography

2010-present University of Sussex                         Research Fellow

2009-2010 Sussex Partnership NHS Trust               RfPB grant co-ordinator

2008-2010 Sussex Partnership NHS Trust               Assistant Psychologist

2006-2007 University of Sussex                             Associate Tutor

2005-2009 University of Sussex                             D.Phil (Psychology)

2004-2005 University of Sussex                             MRes (Distinction)

1999-2002 University of Sussex                             BA Hons Psychology (1^st class)

My research interests are in mood disorders, specifically perseverative psychopathologies such as generalised anxiety disorder, depressive rumination, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. My current work focuses on using experimental psychopathology techniques to examine mechanisms of worry.

I am also interested in the development of therapeutic interventions. This includes the transferral of laboratory findings to clinical practice and the extension of new techniques such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy to a broad client base.

I am also co-convenor of Mood and Anxiety Research in Sussex (MARS), which aims to foster academic and NHS anxiety and mood research collaborations in Sussex and facilitate funding for pure and applied research on anxiety and mood through both Sussex Partnership Trust and Sussex University.

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Publications and collaborations

Meeten, F., Whiting, S., & Williams, C. M. (in preparation). An exploratory study of group mindfulness based therapy for older people with depression.

Meeten, F., Brown, S., Dash, S. R.,  & Davey, G. C. L. (2013). The role of metacognitive beliefs and stop rules in ruminative perseveration. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Meeten, F., Dash, S. R., Scarlet, A., & Davey, G. C. L. (2012). Investigating the effect of Intolerance of Uncertainty on catastrophic worrying and mood. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50 (11), 690-698.

Davey, G. C. L., Sired, R., Jones, S., Meeten, F., & Dash, S. R. (in press). The role of facial feedback in the modulation of clinically-relevant ambiguity resolution.Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Meeten, F. & Davey, G. C. L. (2012). Mood-as-input and perseverative worrying following the induction of discrete negative moods.  Behavior Therapy, 43, 393-406

Meeten, F. & Davey, G. C. L. (2011). Mood-as-input hypothesis and perseverative psychopathologies. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 1259-1275.

Camic, P. M., Williams, C. M. & Meeten, F. (2011). Does a ‘singing together group’ improve the quality of life of people with a dementia and their carers? A pilot evaluation study. Dementia: The International Journal for Social Research and Practice,  doi: 10.1177/1471301211422761.

I also collaborate with Guerilla Science, taking research out of the lab and into the most unlikely places. Some of our work on disgust from summer 2011 can be found here:

http://guerillascience.co.uk/archives/2421

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/09/dining-on-dog-food-at-bestival.html

Davey, Graham C L, Sired, Rebecca, Jones, Sarah, Meeten, Fran and Dash, Suzanne R (2013) The role of facial feedback in the modulation of clinically-relevant ambiguity resolution. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37 (2). pp. 284-295. ISSN 0147-5916

Camic, Paul M, Williams, Caroline Myferi and Meeten, Frances (2013) Does a 'singing together group' improve the quality of life of people with a dementia and their carers? A pilot evaluation study. Dementia, 12 (2). pp. 157-176. ISSN 1471-3012

Davey, Graham C L, Meeten, Fran, Barnes, Georgina and Dash, Suzanne R (2013) Aversive intrusive thoughts as contributors to inflated responsibility, intolerance of uncertainty, and thought-action fusion. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 10 (3 S1). pp. 30-44. ISSN 1724-4935

Meeten, F, Dash, S R, Scarlet, A L S and Davey, G C L (2012) Investigating the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on catastrophic worrying and mood. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50 (11). pp. 690-698. ISSN 1873-622X

Meeten, Fran and Davey, Graham (2012) Mood as input and perseverative worrying following the induction of discrete negative moods. Behavior Therapy, 43 (2). pp. 393-406. ISSN 1878-1888

Meeten, Frances and Davey, Graham C L (2011) Mood-as-input hypothesis and perseverative psychopathologies. Clinical Psychology Review, 31 (8). pp. 1259-1275. ISSN 0272-7358