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Overview

Mary McMurran is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their primary fields of study encompass psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. The subfields covered include clinical psychology, general health professions, health, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending
  • Personality disorders and psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy techniques and applications
  • Intimate partner and family violence
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics

Mary McMurran has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers. Recent publications include:

  • "Mentalization for Offending Adult Males (MOAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in male offenders on community probation," 2020, Trials
  • "ADVANCE integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment: a feasibility randomised controlled trial," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "Mentalisation-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in males convicted of an offence on community probation in England and Wales (Mentalization for Offending Adult Males, MOAM): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial," 2025, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Structured Psychological Support for people with personality disorder: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a low-intensity intervention," 2020, BJPsych Open
  • "Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention for partner abusive men in drug and alcohol treatment," 2021, Pilot and Feasibility Studies

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, among them:

  • Trials
  • Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
  • Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mary McMurran include:

  • Paul Moran
  • Mike Crawford
  • Barbara Barrett
  • Peter Fonagy
  • Elizabeth Simes

Best Publications

  • The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test

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  • Motivational interviewing with offenders: A systematic review

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  • Increasing Recognition of Happiness in Ambiguous Facial Expressions Reduces Anger and Aggressive Behavior

    Ian S Penton-Voak;Jamie Thomas;Suzanne H Gage;Mary McMurran

  • Non-completion of personality disorder treatments: a systematic review of correlates, consequences, and interventions.

    Mary McMurran;Nick Huband;Eleanor Overton

  • Is treatment non-completion associated with increased reconviction over no treatment?

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  • Forensic Case Formulation

    Stephen Hart;Peter Sturmey;Caroline Logan;Mary McMurran

  • Motivating offenders to change in therapy: an organizing framework

    Mary McMurran;Tony Ward

  • 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

  • Treatment readiness, treatment engagement and behaviour change

    Mary McMurran;Tony Ward

  • An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem-solving, and alcohol use

    Mary McMurran;Marie Blair;Vincent Egan

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

    Nick Huband;Mary McMurran;Chris Evans;Conor Duggan

  • ‘Stop & Think!’: social problem‐solving therapy with personality‐disordered offenders

    Mary McMurran;Stephen Fyffe;Lucy McCarthy;Conor Duggan

  • Criminal cognitions and personality: what does the PICTS really measure?

    Vincent Egan;Mary McMurran;Cathryn Richardson;Marie Blair

  • The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Related Problem Scale: A Pilot Study

    Laura Widyanto;Mark Griffiths;Vivienne Brunsden;Mary McMurran

  • Anger control and alcohol use: Appropriate interventions for perpetrators of domestic violence?

    Mary McMurran;Elizabeth A. Gilchrist

  • What works in substance misuse treatments for offenders?

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  • Recorded incidents in a high-secure hospital: a descriptive analysis.

    Gobinderjit Uppal;Mary McMurran

  • Social problem solving in mentally disordered offenders: a brief report

    Mary McMurran;Vincent Egan;Cathryn Richardson;Shahla Ahmadi

  • Assessment and treatment of social problem solving in offenders with intellectual disability

    William R. Lindsay;Clare Hamilton;Stuart Moulton;Steve Scott

  • Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Men Who Use Substances: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy

    Danielle Stephens-Lewis;Amy Johnson;Alyson Huntley;Elizabeth Gilchrist

  • The relationships between personality disorders and social problem solving in adults

    Mary McMurran;Conor Duggan;Gary Christopher;Nick Huband

  • The relationship between social problem-solving and personality in mentally disordered offenders

    Mary McMurran;Vincent Egan;Marie Blair;Cathryn Richardson

  • The Alcohol-related Aggression Questionnaire

    Mary McMurran;Vincent Egan;Bryany Cusens;Marianne Bernadette van den Bree

  • The Personal Concerns Inventory (Offender Adaptation) Measuring and Enhancing Motivation to Change

    Joselyn L. Sellen;Mary McMurran;W. Miles Cox;Eleni Theodosi

  • Personality, personality disorder and violence: An evidence based approach

    Mary McMurran;Richard C. Howard

  • Personality, personality disorder, and violence

    Mary McMurran;Richard C. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Conor Duggan
Conor Duggan University of Nottingham
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London
Vincent Egan
Vincent Egan University of Nottingham
Paul Moran
Paul Moran University of Bristol
Clive R. Hollin
Clive R. Hollin University of Leicester
Pamela J. Taylor
Pamela J. Taylor Cardiff University
Kevin Howells
Kevin Howells University of Nottingham
Daniel Stahl
Daniel Stahl King's College London
W. Miles Cox
W. Miles Cox Bangor University
Tony Ward
Tony Ward Victoria University of Wellington

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