Prof Malcolm Adams
Honorary Professor and Co-Director (ClinPsyD)
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
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Honorary Professor
and Co-Director (ClinPsyD) |
M dot Adams at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3600 |
Elizabeth Fry Building 2.11 |
Biography
Malcolm is the Co-Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme, He is also the line manager of the trainees clinical psychologists within Cambridge and Peterborough Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He manages the Senior Lecturers on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme and is also the Director of Learning and Teaching for the Norwich Medical School.
Career
Academic Background
1972 BA (University of Cambridge)
1974 MSc in Clinical Psychology (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
1976 MA (University of Cambridge)
1993 Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS)
2005 Honorary Professor, University of East Anglia
Key Research Interests
Research interests include bipolar affective disorder, quality of life, psychosocial aspects of chronic illness, measurement and methodological issues in clinical psychology, especially single case methods and health services research.
Recent Publications
Adams M, Palmer A, O’Brien J T and Crook W (2000) Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Psychiatry: Are They Valid. Journal of Mental Health 9 193-198.
Hand C H, Morley S and Adams M (2000) Patients’ beliefs about inhalers: are they compatible with the optimal use of inhalers for the prevention and relief of asthma? Asthma in General Practice 8 9-11.
Hand C H, Morley S and Adams M (2000) Developing a questionnaire to measure patients' beliefs about inhaler treatment for asthma: Tests of validity and reliability. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 9 12-15.
Martin C, West J, Cull C and Adams M (2000) A preliminary study investigating how people with mild intellectual disabilities perform on the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 13 186-193.
Clare L, Wilson B A, Carter G, Hodges J R and Adams M (2001) Long-term maintenance of treatment gains following a cognitive rehabilitation intervention in early dementia of Alzheimer type: A single case study Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 11 477-494.
Hand C, and Adams M (2002) How do attitudes to illness and treatment compare with self-reported behaviour in predicting inhaler use in asthma? Primary Care Respiratory Journal 11 9-12.
Stapleton S, Adams M and Atterton L (2007) A mobile phone as a memory aid for individuals with traumatic brain injury: A preliminary investigation. Brain Injury 21 401-411.
Davidson-Thompson D C, Mcallister J, Adams M and Horton S (2009) Evaluation and discharge criteria in therapy with adults who stutter: A survey of speech and language therapists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 11 45-53.
Palmer A and Adams M (2002) Information processing and self-related models in bipolar disorder. In Maj M., Akiskal H.S., López-Ibor J.J., Sartorius N. (Eds.) Bipolar Disorder WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry Vol 5 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. London.
Article
Adlam, ALR, Adams, M, Rous, B, Yeates, G, Bateman, A and Gracey, F (2009) The Bangor gambling task: A useful clinical tool in the assessment of decision-making in survivors of head injury? Clinical Rehabilitation, 23. pp. 761-762.
Davidson Thompson, TC, McAllister, J, Adams, M and Horton, SMC (2009) Evaluation and discharge criteria in therapy with adults who stutter: A survey of speech and language therapists. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11 (1). pp. 45-53.
Ramjeet, J, Smith, JR and Adams, M (2008) The relationship between coping and psychological and physical adjustment in rheumatoid arthritis: a literature review. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 17. pp. 418-428.
Ramjeet, J, Smith, JR and Adams, M (2008) A systematic review of coping with arthritis. Journal of Clinical Nursing and Chronic Illness, 17 (11c). pp. 418-428.
Koutantji, M, Adams, M, Brooksby, A, Somerville, M and Scott, DGI (2005) Observational study of the routine use of anti-TNF drugs in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a UK setting: Impacts on quality of life and mood. Rheumatology, 43 (Suppl 2).
Hand, C and Adams, M (2002) How do attitudes to illness and treatment compare with self-reported behaviour in predicting inhaler use in asthma? Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 11 (1). pp. 9-12.
Clare, L, Wilson, BA, Carter, G, Hodges, JR and Adams, M (2001) Long-term maintenance of treatment gains following a cognitive rehabilitation intervention in early dementia of Alzheimer type: A single case study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 11 (3). pp. 477-494.
Ramjeet, J and Adams, M A systematic review of the literature on coping with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness. (In Press)
Book Section
Palmer, A and Adams, M (2002) Information processing and self-related models in bipolar disorder. In: Bipolar Disorder WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN 0471560375
Conference or Workshop Item
Nicol, AAM, Smith, RD, Mills, KS, Adams, M and Reynolds, SA (2006) Shared decision-making in rheumatoid arthritis: the patients' view (poster presentation). In: European Association for Communication in Healthcare Conference, Basel.
Nicol, AAM, Smith, RD, Mills, KS, Adams, M and Reynolds, SA (2006) Shared Clinical Decision-making in Rheumatology: What do the Patients Think? (poster presentation). In: Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds.
Nicol, AAM, Smith, RD, Mills, KS, Somerville, M, Adams, M and Reynolds, SA (2006) What do patients with rheumatoid arthritis think of shared clinical decision-making? A qualitiative observational study of anti-TNF treatment in clinical practice (poster presentation). In: European League Against Rheumatism Congress, Amsterdam.
Professional Activities
- 1985 - 1999 Member of the List of National Assessors for Clinical Psychology
- 1987 - 1990 Secretary of the BPS Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology
- 1987 - 1993 Member of the Membership and Qualifications Board of the BPS (Deputy Chair of the Board 1990-93).
- 1987 - 1993 Member of the Committee of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the BPS.
- 1990 - 1992 Member of the Professional Affairs Board of the BPS and a member of the task force on the future of professional applied psychology.
- 1991 - 1992 Chair, Division of Clinical Psychology of the BPS.
- 1991 - 1993 Chair, BPS/NCVQ/SCOTVEC Steering Group on the Development of National/Scottish Vocational Qualifications in Applied Psychology.
- 1993 - 1999 Consultant Adviser in Clinical Psychology to the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health. This involved advising CMO and civil servants in the Department of Health about a wide range of matters to do with clinical psychology and also being available to advise both employers and clinical psychologists about professional and organisational issues, employment and grading, and on conflict resolution.
- 2001 - 2002 Chair, DCP Training Strategy Group’s working group to review the accreditation criteria for postgraduate courses in clinical psychology.This required ensuring that the major changes gained sufficient support from the major stakeholders
- 2002 - 2005 GTiCP representative on the BPS Board of Examiners for the Statement of Equivalence.
- 2002 - 2007 Chair, Psychology Sector Committee of the Science, Technology and Mathematics Skills Council and Chair of the BPS National Occupational Standards in Psychology Steering Committee
- 2004 Co-author (with Dr Susan Llewelyn, University of Oxford) of the QAA subject benchmark statement for Clinical Psychology.
- 2005 - 2007 Chair, BPS Board of Examiners for the Statement of Equivalence.
- 2007 onwards, Member of the Health Professions’ Council Professional Liaison Group for Applied Psychology
- 2009 onwards Chair, Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology
Key Responsibilities
1994 - Onwards: Co-Director, Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology.
2001 - 2009: Chair, MED LTQC (later School Director of Learning and Teaching)
2010 - Onwards: Member of the School Co-Ordination and Planning Team (CPT) later MED executive
2002 - 2004: Member of HAP LTQE (Chair, 2003 – 2004) and Senate LTC
2003 - 2009: Member of GSE (now Postgraduate Research Programmes Policy Group)
2004 - 2009: Member of IoH LTQE (now LTQC) and the Major Review Project Group
2004 Member, working group reviewing procedures for new course proposals
2005 Member, working group reviewing Senate Appeals procedures
2010 - Onwards: MED Director of Learning and Teaching
