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Ms Lauren Jerome

PhD student

Email: Lauren.jerome@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7920 419645

Profile

I completed my BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Bath in 2016. Following this I worked in research roles at the University of Manchester, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and from 2020 at Queen Mary in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. I completed my PhD in May 2026 in the Youth Resilience Unit exploring the development of a digital version of solution-focused therapy for young people who self-harm.

Projects I have worked on include looking at resilience to depression, exercise as an early intervention in first episode psychosis, text messages to promote safer sexual health in young adults, using DIALOG+ for individuals with chronic depression and low mood, and using solution-focused therapy and digital mental health interventions with young people with lived experience of self-harm.

Research

Research Interests:

Solution-focused therapy, mixed-methods research, non-pharmacological interventions, child and adolescent mental health, self-harm and suicidal behaviours

Publications

  1. Jerome, L., Adams, K., Bird, V., & Ougrin, D. (2026). What should be included in a digital mental health intervention, based on solution-focused therapy, for young people who self-harm? A qualitative exploration of young people and clinicians’ views. PLOS Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001276
  2. Jerome, L. (2025). The uniqueness of Solution Focused Practice. In N, Perry (Ed) Solution Focused Practice and Mental Health Crisis. Routledge.
  3. Jerome, L., Masood, S., Henden, J., Bird, V., & Ougrin, D. (2024). Solution-focused approaches for treating self-injurious thoughts and behaviours: a scoping review. BMC Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06101-7
  4. Jerome, L., & Ougrin, D. (2024). Editorial: How Can We Best Support Suicidal Youth? New Evidence for Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Different Forms of Self-Harm.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.05.009
  5. Jerome, L., Matanov, A., Bird, V., Priebe, S., & McNamee, P. (2024). Comparison of subjective quality of life domains in schizophrenia, mood, and anxiety disorders; an individual patient data meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115707
  6. Jerome, L., McNamee, P., Abdel-Halim, N., Elliot, K., & Woods, J. (2023). Solution-focused approaches in adult mental health research: a conceptual review and narrative synthesis. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1068006
  7. Jerome, L., McNamee, P., Matanov, A., Bird, V., & Priebe, S. (2023). Which life domains are people with major depression satisfied or dissatisfied with? An individual patient data meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.037
  8. Jerome, L., Potter, K., McCarthy, O., Palmer, M., Knight, M., & Free, C. (2022). A dynamic and collaborative approach to trial recruitment in safetxt, a UK sexual health randomised controlled trial. Clinical Trials. https://doi.org/10.1177/17407745221078882
  9. Matanov, A., Jerome, L., Bird, V., & McNamee, P. (2026). DIALOG+ for service users with chronic depression: a cluster-randomised controlled feasibility trial and qualitative evaluation. BMC Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07446-3
  10. Mosler, F., Packer, K., Jerome, L., & Bird, V.. (2023). Structured communication methods for mental health consultations in primary care: a scoping review. BMC Primary Care. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02129-y
  11. Patterson, T., Perkins, GD., Perkins, A., Clayton, T., Evans, R., Dodd, M., Robertson, S., Wilson, K., Mellet-Smith, A., Fothergill, RT., McCrone, P., Dalby, M., MacCarthy, P., Firoozi, S., Malik, I., Rakhit, R., Jain, A., Nolan, JP., Redwood, SR., & ARREST Trial Collaborators. (2023). Expedited transfer to a cardiac arrest centre for non-ST-elevation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (ARREST): a UK prospective, multicentre, parallel, randomised clinical trial. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01351-X
  12. McNamee, P., Matanov, A., Jerome, L., Kerry, S., Walker, N., Feng, Y., Molodynski, A., Scott, S., Guruvaiah, L., Collinson, S., McCabe, R., Geddes, J., Priebe, S., & Bird, V. (2022). Clinical- and cost-effectiveness of a technology-supported and solution-focused intervention (DIALOG+) in treatment of patients with chronic depression-study protocol for a multi-site, cluster randomised controlled trial [TACK]. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06181-4
  13. Free, C., Palmer, MJ., McCarthy, OL., Jerome, L., Berendes, S., Knight, M., Carpenter, JR., Morris, TP., Jamal, Z., Dhaliwal, F., French, RS., Hickson, FCI., Gubijev, A., Wellings, K., Baraitser, P., Roberts, I., Bailey, JV., Clayton, T., Devries, K., Edwards, P., Hart, G., Michie, S., Macgregor, L., Turner, KME., Potter, K. (2022). Effectiveness of a behavioural intervention delivered by text messages (safetxt) on sexually transmitted reinfections in people aged 16-24 years: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070351
  14. Firth, J., Carney, R., Jerome, L., Elliott, R., French, P., Yung, AR. (2016). The effects and determinants of exercise participation in first-episode psychosis: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0751-7
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