Dr Christabel Owens, BEd (Hons), MA, PhD

Current Research

Public Information to Prevent Suicides (PIPS).  Funder: NHS Devon  

Positive clinical encounters between health professionals and young people who self-harm.  Funder: Mental Health Research Network  

A new focus for suicide prevention: Harnessing personal experience. Funder: BIG Lottery, subcontract via SANE

Is collection of suicide audit data at PCT level effective in informing local action to prevent suicides?  Funder: PenCLAHRC

Development and feasibility of a text-messaging intervention to support children and adolescents who self-harm (TeenTEXT). Funder: PenCLAHRC

Acknowledging and responding to early signs of dementia in the family and social network: qualitative study and intervention development. Funder: PenCLAHRC PhD Studentship

Process and outcomes of patient and public involvement in health research: a natural experiment conducted through PenCLAHRC.  Funder: PenCLAHRC PhD Studentship

Past Research

Collaborative learning on the web: the role of online communities in public and professional health education. An exploration based on self-harm (SharpTalk).  Funder: National Institute for Health Research, Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity (RISC)

The use of SMS text-messaging to reduce repetition of self harm.  Funder: National Institute for Health Research, Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)

Care for offenders: Continuity of access (COCOA). Funder: National Institute for Health Research, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO)

Public involvement in suicide prevention: Understanding and strengthening lay responses to distress (PUBLIS).  Funder: Medical Research Council

Development of national guidance on action to be taken at suicide hotspots.  Funder: National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE)

Service User and Carer Involvement in Mental Health Care Planning: Bridges and Barriers.  Funder: Peninsula Medical School PhD studentship

Service User and Carer Involvement in Mental Health Care Planning: Bridges and Barriers (Pilot study).  Funder: Folk.Us

Lay understandings of suicide, its aetiology and preventability.  Funder: NHS Executive SW Region

An ethnographic study of a residential community for people with severe and long-term mental health problems.  Funder: The Community of St Antony and St Elias

Suicides not in contact with mental health services: a case-controlled psychological autopsy study. Funder: NHS Executive SW Region