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Conor Duggan is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Psychology, with a particular emphasis on Clinical Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Duggan's research include Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment, as well as Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services. Additionally, their work touches on Health, Psychology, and Well-being, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Among Duggan's recent papers are:

  • "Galenic syndromes: combinations of mental state and personality disorders too closely entwined to be separated" (2022) published in The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "A comparison of long-term medium secure patients within NHS and private and charitable sector units in England" (2020) published in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
  • "Matching ICD-11 personality status to clinical management in a community team-The Boston (UK) Personality Project: Study protocol" (2022) published in Personality and Mental Health
  • "The effect of environmental change, planned and unplanned life events on the long-term outcome of common mental disorders" (2023) published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • "Specialist teams as constituted are unsatisfactory for treating people with personality disorders" (2021) published in BJPsych Bulletin

Duggan frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Richard Howard
  • Peter Tyrer
  • Min Yang
  • Helen Tyrer
  • Barbara Barrett

Their work is often published in venues such as BJPsych Bulletin, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, and Personality and Mental Health.

In addition to journal articles, Duggan has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Antisocial Personality published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder

    Claire Binks;Mark Fenton;Lucy McCarthy;Tracey Lee

  • Antidepressant drugs and generic counselling for treatment of major depression in primary care: randomised trial with patient preference arms

    Claire Chilvers;Michael Dewey;Katherine Fielding;Virginia Gretton

  • Does treatment really make psychopaths worse? A review of the evidence.

    Karen D'Silva;Conor Duggan;Lucy McCarthy

  • The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS): A comparison of forms A and B and proposals for a new subscaled version

    M.J. Power;R. Katz;P. McGuffin;C.F. Duggan

  • Assessing effectiveness of treatment of depression in primary care. Partially randomised preference trial.

    Navjot Bedi;Clair Chilvers;Richard Churchill;Michael Dewey

  • Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder

    Simon Gibbon;Conor Duggan;Jutta M Stoffers;Nick Huband

  • Childhood trauma, dissociation and self-harming behaviour: a pilot study.

    Gail Low;David Jones;Andrew MaCleod;Mick Power

  • Does personality predict long-term outcome in depression?

    Conor F. Duggan;Alan S. Lee;Robin M. Murray

  • Pharmacological interventions for people with borderline personality disorder

    Claire Binks;Mark Fenton;Lucy McCarthy;Tracey Lee

  • Neuroticism: a vulnerability marker for depression evidence from a family study

    Conor Duggan;Pak Sham;Alan Lee;Carrine Minne

  • Changing the attitudes of 'tomorrow's doctors' towards mental illness and psychiatry: a comparison of two teaching methods

    Swaran P Singh;Helen Baxter;Penny Standen;Conor Duggan

  • The attitudes of 'tomorrow's doctors' towards mental illness and psychiatry: changes during the final undergraduate year.

    Helen Baxter;Swaran P. Singh;Penny Standen;C. Duggan

  • Pharmacological interventions for those who have sexually offended or are at risk of offending

    Omer Khan;Michael Ferriter;Nick Huband;Melanie J Powney

  • The recording of adverse events from psychological treatments in clinical trials: evidence from a review of NIHR-funded trials.

    Conor Duggan;Conor Duggan;Glenys Parry;Mary McMurran;Kate Davidson

  • THE TREATMENT OF DELIBERATE SELF-HARM IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER USING DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY: A PILOT STUDY IN A HIGH SECURITY HOSPITAL

    Gail Low;David Jones;Conor Duggan;Mick Power

  • Treating depression in general practice: factors affecting patients' treatment preferences.

    R Churchill;M Khaira;V Gretton;C Chilvers

  • The use of psychological treatments for people with personality disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Conor Duggan;Nick Huband;Nadja Smailagic;Michael Ferriter

  • Iatrogenic harm from psychological therapies--time to move on.

    Glenys D. Parry;Mike J. Crawford;Conor Duggan

  • Social problem-solving plus psychoeducation for adults with personality disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

    Nick Huband;Mary McMurran;Chris Evans;Conor Duggan

  • Quality of parenting and vulnerability to depression: Results from a family study

    C. Duggan;P. Sham;C. Minne;A. Lee

  • Long-term outcomes after discharge from medium secure care: a cause for concern

    Steffan Davies;Martin Clarke;Clive Hollin;Conor Duggan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary McMurran
Mary McMurran University of Nottingham
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London
Birgit Völlm
Birgit Völlm University of Rostock
Peter Tyrer
Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Klaus Lieb
Klaus Lieb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Clive R. Hollin
Clive R. Hollin University of Leicester
Mick Power
Mick Power National University of Singapore
Andrew Macleod
Andrew Macleod Royal Holloway University of London
Essi Viding
Essi Viding University College London
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin

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