Amelia Talbot

• Anxiety and Depression
• Patient-Led Methodology/ Research
• Qualitative Research
• Serious Mental Illness
• Smoking Cessation

I am a postdoctoral qualitative researcher working on the SAVINGS trial, which is exploring brief opportunistic smoking cessation advice for financially vulnerable individuals accessing financial support. My role includes conversation analysis of consultations, interviews with service users, and interviews with service advisors.

I have a DPhil in Primary Care. In my doctoral research, I looked at patient and GP experiences of treating and managing treatment-resistant depression (TRD), which is when antidepressants do not work. This included a systematic review, content analysis of Tweets, and interviews with patients and GPs. My thesis was underpinned by patient-led methodology where I actively used my experiences of living with TRD (and bipolar) to inform my decisions. 

I am a representative for the British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group. I am leading on EDI and the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness book prize. I also blog for Mental Elf, an interdisciplinary Charity which reviews research articles on Mental Health with the aim to make this research more accessible.

Pronouns: She/Her.

Uncertainties About Stopping or Reducing Antipsychotics As Shared by Families

First-Responders Lack Training on How To Support People in Mental Health Crisis

Navigating the Long-Term Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis