Psychology Research Institute

  1. Background
  2. Publications
  3. Research Activity

Mrs Karen Kirby

My research has primarily been in :

- Health Psychology
- Management of chronic pain
- Diabetes and chronic disease management
- Psychophysiology and psychological medicine
- Obesity
- Respiratory diseases
- Measurement issues in binge eating scales
- Evaluation of psychological interventions
- Clinical trial intervention for health-related projects

Membership of Professional Bodies

- Chartered Counselling Psychologist British Psychological Society
- Registered Practising Psychologist Psychological Society of Ireland
- Registered Adult Nurse Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Member NI British Psychological Society representing Counselling Psychology
- BPS Recognised Coordinator of training for the independent route to Chartered Counselling Psychology status.

Contact

- Room MB110
- School of Psychology
- University of Ulster
- Magee campus
- Londonderry
- BT48 7JL
- +44 (0)28 71375109
- k.kirby@ulster.ac.uk

Publications

Number of items: 1.

Kirby, Karen, Dunwoody, Lynn and Millar, Robert (2009) What type of service provision do patients with chronic pain want from primary care providers. Disability and Rehabilitation, 31 (18). pp. 1514-1519.

This list was generated on Tue May 22 19:11:15 2012 BST.

Research Activity / Grants

Research Projects

- Psychological impact and adjustment, before and after, a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Research Consultancies
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Western Trust, Woodlea House, Gransha.
- Collaborative research partners
- Chronic Disease Management Team for Diabetes, Western Health and Social Services