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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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74
Citations
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World Ranking
588
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105

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Overview

David Fowler is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health as well as Clinical Psychology. Their work also touches on General Health Professions, Philosophy, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Fowler's research include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on psychosis, mental health treatment, and outcomes. Notable publications include:

  • "Effect of delaying treatment of first-episode psychosis on symptoms and social outcomes: a longitudinal analysis and modelling study" (2020) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Effects of SlowMo, a Blended Digital Therapy Targeting Reasoning, on Paranoia Among People With Psychosis" (2021) published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Antipsychotic medication versus psychological intervention versus a combination of both in adolescents with first-episode psychosis (MAPS): a multicentre, three-arm, randomised controlled pilot and feasibility study" (2020) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Prevalence of treatment resistance and clozapine use in early intervention services" (2020) published in BJPsych Open
  • "Prevalence of and recovery from common mental disorder including psychotic experiences in the UK Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme" (2020) published in Journal of Affective Disorders

Fowler frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Kathryn Greenwood
  • Clio Berry
  • Max Birchwood
  • Joanne Hodgekins
  • Peter B. Jones

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several key publication venues, notably:

  • BJPsych Open
  • Trials
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • A cognitive model of the positive symptoms of psychosis.

    PA Garety;E Kuipers;DG Fowler;D Freeman

  • A cognitive model of persecutory delusions

    Daniel Freeman;Philippa A. Garety;Elizabeth Kuipers;David Fowler

  • Psychological investigation of the structure of paranoia in a non-clinical population.

    Daniel Freeman;Philippa A. Garety;Paul E. Bebbington;Benjamin Smith

  • The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis

    Daniel Freeman;Daniel Freeman;Bryony Sheaves;Bryony Sheaves;Guy M Goodwin;Guy M Goodwin;Ly-Mee Yu

  • The Brief Core Schema Scales (BCSS): psychometric properties and associations with paranoia and grandiosity in non-clinical and psychosis samples

    David Fowler;Daniel Freeman;Ben Smith;Elizabeth Kuipers

  • London-East Anglia randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis. I: effects of the treatment phase.

    Elizabeth Kuipers;Philippa Garety;David Fowler;Graham Dunn

  • Reasoning, emotions, and delusional conviction in psychosis.

    Philippa A. Garety;Daniel Freeman;Suzanne Jolley;Graham Dunn

  • Emotion and psychosis: Links between depression, self-esteem, negative schematic beliefs and delusions and hallucinations

    Ben Smith;David G. Fowler;Daniel Freeman;Paul Bebbington

  • Measuring ideas of persecution and social reference: the Green et al. Paranoid Thought Scales (GPTS)

    Cel Green;D Freeman;E Kuipers;PE Bebbington

  • Implications for neurobiological research of cognitive models of psychosis: a theoretical paper.

    Philippa A. Garety;Paul Bebbington;David Fowler;Daniel Freeman

  • Early detection and intervention evaluation for people at risk of psychosis: multisite randomised controlled trial

    Anthonty P. Morrison;Paul French;Suzanne L.K. Stewart;Max Birchwood

  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy and family intervention for relapse prevention and symptom reduction in psychosis: randomised controlled trial {

    Philippa A. Garety;David G. Fowler;Daniel Freeman;Paul Bebbington

  • Virtual reality study of paranoid thinking in the general population.

    Daniel Freeman;Katherine Pugh;Angus Antley;Mel Slater

  • Trauma and hallucinatory experience in psychosis

    Amy Hardy;David G. Fowler;Daniel Freeman;Ben Smith

  • London-east Anglia randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis. III: Follow-up and economic evaluation at 18 months.

    Elizabeth Kuipers;David Fowler;Philippa Garety;Daniel Chisholm

  • The association between traumatic experience, paranoia and hallucinations: a test of the predictions of psychological models.

    A Gracie;D Freeman;S Green;Philippa Garety

  • A large-scale validation study of the medication adherence rating scale (MARS)

    Laura Fialko;Philippa A. Garety;Elizabeth Kuipers;Graham Dunn

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy for drug-resistant psychosis

    P. A. Garety;L. Kuipers;D. Fowler;F. Chamberlain

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Medication-Resistant Symptoms

    Philippa A. Garety;David Fowler;Elizabeth Kuipers

  • London-East Anglia randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis. II: Predictors of outcome.

    Philippa Garety;David Fowler;Elizabeth Kuipers;Daniel Freeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman University of Oxford
Philippa Garety
Philippa Garety King's College London
Elizabeth Kuipers
Elizabeth Kuipers King's College London
Max Birchwood
Max Birchwood University of Warwick
Richard Emsley
Richard Emsley King's College London
Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Andrew Gumley
Andrew Gumley University of Glasgow
Juliana Onwumere
Juliana Onwumere King's College London
Jesus Perez
Jesus Perez University of Cambridge
Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield

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