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June Brown

Dr June Brown

Reader/Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology

Research interests

  • Psychology

Biography

Dr June Brown joined Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London in 1995, having worked in the NHS for several years as a clinician and psychology manager. Her areas of expertise are help-seeking, providing psychological care for difficult to engage groups  and sources of informal care (e.g. friends, family, church). 

June completed her BSc at London University, MPsycho at Liverpool University & PhD at Birmingham University 

 

 

Research Interests:

  •  Help-seeking for mental health problems 
  •  Psychological care for difficult to engage groups (e.g. men, ethnic groups, GP non-consulters) 
  • Informal care (e.g. family, friends, religious leaders) 
  • Early intervention for mental health problems (e.g. 16-18 year olds, university students, pregnant mums) 

Teaching: 

 June teaches on the topics depression, insomnia, self-esteem 

Expertise and Public Engagement:

June is a member of the current NICE Guidelines for depression Committee 

She is also a review editor in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, part of ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ 

    Research

    Secondary school
    Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST)

    A clinical trial designed to understand whether the DISCOVER workshop programme can positively impact the mental health of 16-18-year-old sixth-form students.

    Project status: Ongoing

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    DISCOVER Research Group

    Discover Research Group

    News

    Day workshop in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effectively reduces depression in 16-18 year olds

    The Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial found a day-long CBT course is an effective means of improving young people's mental health.

    BESST-iStock-641755290

    Students to take part in mental health trial designed to help anxiety and depression

    In September, 60 schools in London, Bath, Manchester, and Northampton began recruiting for a four-year trial aimed at assisting young people with anxiety and...

    teenagers college school

      Research

      Secondary school
      Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST)

      A clinical trial designed to understand whether the DISCOVER workshop programme can positively impact the mental health of 16-18-year-old sixth-form students.

      Project status: Ongoing

      780x450 depression-lonely-web
      DISCOVER Research Group

      Discover Research Group

      News

      Day workshop in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effectively reduces depression in 16-18 year olds

      The Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial found a day-long CBT course is an effective means of improving young people's mental health.

      BESST-iStock-641755290

      Students to take part in mental health trial designed to help anxiety and depression

      In September, 60 schools in London, Bath, Manchester, and Northampton began recruiting for a four-year trial aimed at assisting young people with anxiety and...

      teenagers college school