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David Kingdon is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Philosophy, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David Kingdon comprise:

  • "An evaluation of the mental health impact of SARS-CoV-2 on patients, general public and healthcare professionals: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, published in EClinicalMedicine
  • "Comparison of a theoretically driven cognitive therapy (the Feeling Safe Programme) with befriending for the treatment of persistent persecutory delusions: a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial," 2021, published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "The state of mental health care in China," 2021, published in Asian Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Positive memory training for the treatment of depression in schizophrenia: A randomised controlled trial," 2020, published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Why hasn't neuroscience delivered for psychiatry?", 2020, published in BJPsych Bulletin

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kingdon include Douglas Turkington, Aaron T. Beck, Peter Phiri, Shanaya Rathod, and Daniel Freeman.

Kingdon's work has appeared in several publication venues with multiple contributions to PsycTESTS Dataset, as well as one or more articles in EClinicalMedicine, The Lancet Psychiatry, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

The scientist has also contributed to scholarly books. Publications include:

  • Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry, Cambridge University Press, 2024
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Schizophrenia, Psychology Press eBooks, 2022
  • Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness, American Psychiatric Association Publishing eBooks, 2025

Best Publications

  • A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for persistent symptoms in schizophrenia resistant to medication.

    Tom Sensky;Douglas Turkington;David Kingdon;Janine L. Scott

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Schizophrenia

    David G. Kingdon;Douglas Turkington

  • Cognitive Therapy of Schizophrenia

    David G. Kingdon;Douglas Turkington

  • Randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy in early schizophrenia: acute-phase outcomes.

    Shôn Lewis;Nicholas Tarrier;Gillian Haddock;Richard Bentall

  • Effectiveness of a brief cognitive—behavioural therapy intervention in the treatment of schizophrenia

    Douglas Turkington;David Kingdon;Trevor Turner

  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Schizophrenia

    Douglas Turkington;David Kingdon;Peter J. Weiden

  • Supported employment for adults with severe mental illness.

    Yoshihiro Kinoshita;Toshi A Furukawa;Kuni Kinoshita;Mina Honyashiki

  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy in first-episode and early schizophrenia: 18-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

    Nicholas Tarrier;Shôn Lewis;Gillian Haddock;Richard Bentall

  • Effects of cognitive behaviour therapy for worry on persecutory delusions in patients with psychosis (WIT): a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial with a mediation analysis

    Daniel Freeman;Graham Dunn;Graham Dunn;Helen Startup;Helen Startup;Katherine Pugh;Katherine Pugh

  • The use of cognitive behavior therapy with a normalizing rationale in schizophrenia. Preliminary report.

    David G. Kingdon;Douglas Turkington

  • The revised Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS): psychometric properties, severity ranges, and clinical cut-offs

    Daniel Freeman;Bao S Loe;David Kingdon;Helen Startup

  • Insight into schizophrenia: the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy on the components of insight and association with sociodemographics—data on a previously published randomised controlled trial

    Shanaya Rathod;David Kingdon;Peter Smith;Douglas Turkington

  • Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder: Similarities and Differences in the Experience of Auditory Hallucinations, Paranoia, and Childhood Trauma

    David G. Kingdon;Katie Ashcroft;Bharathi Bhandari;Stefan Gleeson

  • THE NOTTINGHAM STUDY OF NEUROTIC DISORDER: COMPARISON OF DRUG AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

    P. Tyrer;S. Murphy;D. Kingdon;J. Brothwell

  • Outcomes of an effectiveness trial of cognitive-behavioural intervention by mental health nurses in schizophrenia.

    Douglas Turkington;David Kingdon;Shanaya Rathod;Katie Hammond

  • A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavior therapy for persistent symptoms in schizophrenia: a five-year follow-up.

    Douglas Turkington;Tom Sensky;Jan Scott;Thomas R E Barnes

  • Developing culturally sensitive cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis for ethnic minority patients by exploration and incorporation of service users' and health professionals' views and opinions.

    Shanaya Rathod;David Kingdon;Peter Phiri;Mary Gobbi

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy of schizophrenia. The amenability of delusions and hallucinations to reasoning.

    David Kingdon;Douglas Turkington;Carolyn John

  • Group mindfulness-based intervention for distressing voices: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Paul Chadwick;Clara Strauss;Anna Marie Jones;David Kingdon

  • Cognitive-behavioural techniques for general psychiatrists in the management of patients with psychoses

    Douglas Turkington;David Kingdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman University of Oxford
Helen Startup
Helen Startup Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Andrew Gumley
Andrew Gumley University of Glasgow
Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Bob Remington
Bob Remington University of Southampton
Mark Hayward
Mark Hayward University of Sussex
Thomas R. Lynch
Thomas R. Lynch University of Southampton
Til Wykes
Til Wykes King's College London
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Peter Kinderman
Peter Kinderman University of Liverpool

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