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Organisation profile
The Bath Centre for Mindfulness and Compassion (BCMC) is a unique partnership between academic researchers and Student Services, working closely with the Student’s Union, local NHS and community leaders. The BCMC serves to make the university and region a healthier, more mindful and compassionate community within which to live, study and work.
We aim to do this through sector-leading research and practical, co-created programmes that enhance the wellbeing and productivity of students and staff while contributing to the prevention of mental ill health. So far, the BCMC has conducted pioneering research establishing mindfulness for asthma, body image, eating disorders, persistent depression, psychosis and tinnitus, with over £1.6 million in competitive grants, and 30+ peer reviewed publications.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Melissa Atkinson
- Department of Psychology - Senior Lecturer
- Bath Centre for Mindfulness and Compassion
Person: Research & Teaching
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Pamela Jacobsen
- Department of Psychology - Senior Lecturer
- Bath Centre for Mindfulness and Compassion
- Addiction and Mental Health Group (AIM)
Person: Research & Teaching
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Research England: Enhancing Researcher Wellbeing by Acknowledging and Reducing the Potential for Secondary Trauma in the Research Process
Skinner, T., Halligan, S., Girling, H. & Chadwick, P.
1/02/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research-related funding
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Lucy Maddox NIHR CRDF - Development of an intervention to prevent and reduce staff compassion fatigue in an at risk NHS staff group
National Institute for Health Research
1/09/22 → 31/08/27
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Evaluating Participant Experiences of Norfolk and Waveney Mind - Mindfulness and Active Hope Groups
1/07/22 → 30/09/23
Project: UK charity
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A Brief Online Cognitive Dissonance-Based Intervention to Reduce Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery and Improve Body Image Among Chinese Women
Wu, Y., Mulkens, S., Atkinson, M. & Alleva, J., 7 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology of Women Quarterly. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acceptability of integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine care for people with mental illness: a qualitative study
Sawyer, K., Fredman Stein, K., Jacobsen, P., Freeman, T. P., Blackwell, A. K. M., Metcalfe, C., Kessler, D., Munafò, M. R., Aveyard, P. & Taylor, G. M. J., 28 Feb 2023, In: Health Expectations. 26, 1, p. 108-118Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond body size: Focusing on body functionality to improve body image among women who have undergone bariatric surgery.
Alleva, J., Atkinson, M., Vermeulen, W., Monpellier, V. & Martijn, C., 31 Jan 2023, In: Behavior Therapy. 54, 1, p. 14-28 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Supplementary materials for "Understanding University Student Priorities for Mental Health and Well-being Support: A Mixed-Methods Exploration using the Person-Based Approach"
Remskar, M. (Creator), Atkinson, M. (Creator), Marks, E. (Creator) & Ainsworth, B. (Creator), University of Bath, 9 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00987
Dataset
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Dataset for "Effects of decentering and non-judgement on body dissatisfaction and negative affect among young adult women"
Osborne, E. (Creator) & Atkinson, M. (Creator), University of Bath, 8 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00984
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Supplementary materials for "Exercising body but not mind: A qualitative exploration of attitudes to combining physical activity and mindfulness practice for mental health promotion"
Remskar, M. (Creator), Western, M. (Creator) & Ainsworth, B. (Creator), University of Bath, 9 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01163
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Student theses
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Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: Main Research Portfolio: 1) “Where do you fit?”: A Meta Ethnography of Family Caregivers Experiences of Caring in Disorders of Consciousness 2) Provision and Barriers of Psychological Support for Psychosis in a Community Mental Health Team: A Care Coordinator Enquiry Audit 3) “That could have been me”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Healthcare Professionals Experience of Managing the Professional and Personal Impact of Patient Death in Motor Neurone Disease.
Author: Slay, N., 10 Oct 2022Supervisor: Jacobsen, P. (Supervisor), Strudwick, A. (External person) (Supervisor), Paulett, J. (External person) (Supervisor), Frayne, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dysch, L. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy)
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Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: Main Research Portfolio: (Alternative format thesis) 1) Kintsugi – identity change and reconstruction following an episode of psychosis: a systematic review and thematic synthesis; 2) Surviving and thriving – a mixed-methods study of staff experiences of occupational wellbeing in a psychiatric Place of Safety service; 3) Epistemic injustice amongst voice-hearers with and without a clinical need: a qualitative thematic analysis study.
Author: Harris, O., 15 Sept 2021Supervisor: Jacobsen, P. (Supervisor) & Wilkinson-Tough, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy)
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Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: Main Research Portfolio: 1) Critical Review of the Literature: Risk and maintenance factors for disordered eating in children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes: a systematic review; 2) Service Improvement Project: Exploring the service for fear of hypoglaemia in paediatric diabetes: development of service recognition; 3) Main Research Project: Mental contamination in children and young people: the relationship to OCD and betrayal.
Author: Wilkinson, K., 16 Sept 2019Supervisor: Davis, C. (Supervisor), Marks, E. (Supervisor), Taylor, G. (Supervisor) & Loades, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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