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Dr June Brown
Dr 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

    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

      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