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Overview

Sonia Johnson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental health treatment and access
  • Healthcare decision-making and restraints
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental health and patient involvement
  • Mental health and psychiatry

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Brynmor Lloyd-Evans
  • Alan Simpson
  • Una Foye
  • Luke Sheridan Rains
  • Phoebe Barnett

They have contributed numerous articles to several publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • BJPsych Open
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • PLoS ONE

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Sonia Johnson are:

  • "How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "The association between loneliness and depressive symptoms among adults aged 50 years and older: a 12-year population-based cohort study," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Loneliness and the onset of new mental health problems in the general population," 2022, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • "Impact on mental health care and on mental health service users of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods survey of UK mental health care staff," 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • "The experience of loneliness among young people with depression: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature," 2020, BMC Psychiatry

Sonia Johnson's contributions also extend to books, including publications such as "Guide to Mobility for Livable Pacific Cities: Part 1," published in 2024 by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks.

Best Publications

  • How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Carmen Moreno;Til Wykes;Til Wykes;Silvana Galderisi;Merete Nordentoft

  • Associations between loneliness and perceived social support and outcomes of mental health problems: a systematic review

    Jingyi Wang;Farhana Mann;Brynmor Lloyd-Evans;Ruimin Ma

  • Schizophrenia and employment - A review

    Steven Marwaha;Sonia Johnson

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

    Brynmor Lloyd-Evans;Evan Mayo-Wilson;Bronwyn Harrison;Hannah Istead

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Drug and alcohol problems among individuals with severe mental illness in south London.

    Paulo R. Menezes;Sonia Johnson;Graham Thornicroft;Jane Marshall

  • Rates and correlates of employment in people with schizophrenia in the UK, France and Germany

    Steven Marwaha;Sonia Johnson;Paul Bebbington;Mai Stafford

  • Social isolation in mental health: a conceptual and methodological review

    Jingyi Wang;Brynmor Lloyd-Evans;Domenico Giacco;Rebecca Forsyth

  • The REACT study: randomised evaluation of assertive community treatment in north London

    Helen Killaspy;Paul Bebbington;Robert Blizard;Sonia Johnson

  • Rationale and design. PRiSM Psychosis Study I.

    Graham Thornicroft;Geraldine Strathdee;Michael Phelan;Frank Holloway

  • Randomised controlled trial of acute mental health care by a crisis resolution team: the north Islington crisis study

    Sonia Johnson;Fiona Nolan;Stephen Pilling;Andrew Sandor

  • A life less lonely: the state of the art in interventions to reduce loneliness in people with mental health problems

    Farhana Mann;Jessica K. Bone;Brynmor Lloyd-Evans;Johanna Frerichs

  • Domestic and sexual violence against patients with severe mental illness.

    H. Khalifeh;Peter Moran;R. Borschmann;K. Dean

  • Mental health, "burnout' and job satisfaction among hospital and community-based mental health staff.

    David Prosser;Sonia Johnson;Elizabeth Kuipers;George Szmukler

  • The association between loneliness and depressive symptoms among adults aged 50 years and older: a 12-year population-based cohort study.

    Siu Long Lee;Eiluned Pearce;Olesya Ajnakina;Olesya Ajnakina;Sonia Johnson;Sonia Johnson

  • The views and experiences of severely mentally ill mothers--a qualitative study.

    Angeles Diaz-Caneja;Sonia Johnson

  • Perceived sources of work stress and satisfaction among hospital and community mental health staff, and their relation to mental health, burnout and job satisfaction

    David Prosser;Sonia Johnson;Elizabeth Kuipers;George Szmukler

  • Substance Misuse and Risk of Aggression and Offending Among the Severely Mentally Ill

    Helen Scott;Sonia Johnson;Paulo Menezes;Graham Thornicroft

  • Explanations for stress and satisfaction in mental health professionals: a qualitative study

    Y. Reid;S. Johnson;N. Morant;E. Kuipers

  • Burden on caregivers of people with schizophrenia: comparison between Germany and Britain

    Christiane Roick;Dirk Heider;Paul E Bebbington;Matthias C Angermeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Bebbington
Paul Bebbington University College London
Stephen Pilling
Stephen Pilling University College London
Louise M. Howard
Louise M. Howard King's College London
Mike Slade
Mike Slade University of Nottingham
Morven Leese
Morven Leese King's College London
Paul McCrone
Paul McCrone King's College London
Helen L. Fisher
Helen L. Fisher King's College London
Graham Thornicroft
Graham Thornicroft King's College London
Oliver Mason
Oliver Mason University of Surrey
Stefan Priebe
Stefan Priebe Queen Mary University of London

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