Mr Vincent Deary
MRC Fellow
- Email: vincent.deary@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 222 7249
I am an MRC Fellow, with a Health Services Research Fellowship. The focus of the research is medically unexplained symptoms in general, and functional dysphonia in particular - this is an alteration of voice quality for no clear physical reason. My core profession is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and in a small pilot study our team showed that a brief training in CBT improved a speech and language therapists treatment of this condition. We are currently conducting a randomised controlled trial of this intervention.
Research Interests
Medically unexplained symptoms has been my major focus over the last few years, specifically using cognitive behavioural therapy to treat them. I like the clinical challenges of working with people with these conditions and it's a theoretically fascinating area, a real world challenge to our dualistic understanding of how mind and body relate. I've lectured, supervised, trained, published and worked clinically in this field now for some ten years, and it still provides fresh challenges.
Other Expertise
I am particularly interested in the dissemination of clinically useful knowledge to other practicioners, patients and their relatives and have produced self help material, a self help web-site and run many workshops to this end. I also occasionally write for the popular press.
Current Work
Main focus at the moment is on functional dysphonia (aka unexplained hoarseness) but have in the past worked with adults and children with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Selected Publications
- Deary, V, & Chalder, T. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a case conceptualisation approach. In: Nikcevic, A V, Kuczmierczyk, A R. & Bruch,M, ed. Formulation and Treatment in Clinical Health Psychology. Brunner-Routledge, 2006.
- Deary V, Chalder T, Sharpe M. Cognitive behavioural therapy for medically unexplained symptoms: a theoretical and empirical review of the model. Clinical Psychology Review 2006, (in press).
- Deary, V. Explaining the unexplained? Overcoming the distortions of a dualist understanding of medically unexplained illness. Journal of Mental Health 2005, 14(3), 213-22.
- Deary, V, Deary I, McKenna, H, McCance, T, Watson, R, & Hoogbruin, A. Elisions in the field of caring. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2002, 39, 96-99.
- Chalder, T, Tong, J, & Deary, V. Family cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: an uncontrolled study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2002, 86, 95-97.
- Deary, V. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - A Self Help website. 2001. Available at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cfs.
Postgraduate Supervision
will supervise anyone practicing CBT, or conducting related trials, particularly if it involves Medically Unexplained Symptoms or dissemination of skills to other health professionals.
Funding
Four Year MRC Fellowship
Background
My professional career began in psychitaric nursing in 1990. I then trained as a specialist in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and practiced as a therapist since 1995, principally dealing with clients with medically unexplained symptoms. Along the way I have developed my interests in teaching, supervising, consulting and writing in this field. In 2000 I did a Masters in Health Psychology at City University, gaining a distinction.
Roles and Responsibilities
Currently I am chief investigator on the research into the use of CBT to treat functional dysphonia.
Qualifications
Masters in Health Psychology (Distinction); Diploma in CBT; RMN (Psychiatric Nursing).
Previous Positions
For the last ten years a clinician either at Kings College Hospital, London or at The Maudsley Hospital London. As well as clinical work I was involved in Research, Teaching, Supervision and Consultancy to other research projects and have published papers, book chapters, popular articles and self help material in my field.
Memberships
BABCP; NMC.
Honours and Awards
MRC Fellowship.
Distinction in Masters.
Informal Interests
I write books and film reviews for (amongst others)the Times Literary Supplement and have generally got a second career as a writer. I also occasionaly moon-light as an art critic.
Undergraduate Teaching
over the last few years I have taught student psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medics and mixed professional groups. I teach on (and was one of the founder members of) the South of Scotland CBT for Children and Adolescents course, and I supervise on the Masters and Diploma Adult CBT course.
Postgraduate Teaching
I taught on the Masters course in CBT at the Institute of Psychiatry plus have run numerous workshops, one off lectures and conference presentations to psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, general doctors and psychiatrists in the field of CBT and medically unexplained symptoms.
