Staff Profile

I joined the team at Newcastle from the DClinPsy at Bath, where I worked as research tutor for 3 years. I trained at the Institute of Psychiatry and qualified in 2005, before this I undertook a PhD looking at the impact of neurodegenerative disease on patients and their caregivers. I have worked with adults and children with anxiety disorders, with my main areas of experience being with OCD and BDD. I took up the post of Programme Director in October 2016 for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and in 2020 also became Programme Director for the Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PGCert. I am also Clinic Director of the Newcastle University Psychological Therapies Research and Training Clinic.

Areas of expertise

• Assessment and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Assessment and treatment of Hoarding Disorder

I teach on the programme on a range of areas, including anxiety disorders and specialist mental health problems such as Hoarding Disorder. I also contribute to the research module and clinical skills module.

• Morris L, Lomax C. Assessment, development, and treatment of childhood perfectionism: a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2014, 19(4), 225-234.
• Naguib JM, Kulinskaya E, Lomax CL, Garralda E. Neuro-cognitive Performance in Children with Type 1 Diabetes—A Meta-analysis. Journal of Paediatric Psychology 2009, 34(3), 271-282.
• Cowdrey F, Lomax C, Gregory J, Barnard P. Could a unified theory of cognition and emotion further the transdiagnostic perspective? A critical analysis using Interacting Cognitive Subsystems as a case example. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology 2017, a4(3), 377-399.
• Lomax CL, Lam DH. Investigation into activation of dysfunctional schemas in euthymic bipolar disorder following positive mood induction. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 2011, 50(2), 115-126.
• Lomax C, Oldfield V, Salkovskis P. Clinical and treatment comparisons between adults with early- and late-onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Behavior Research and Therapy 2009, 47(2), 99-104.
• Lomax CL, Lam DJ. Cognitive processing in bipolar disorder conceptualized using the Interacting Cognitive Subsystems (ICS) model. Psychological Medicine 2009, 39(5), 773-783.
• Lomax C, Brown RG, Chaudhuri KR, Howard RJ. Neurobehavioural and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with neurodegenerative disease. Brain Impairment 2005, 6(3), 181-190.
• Lomax C, Brown RG, Howard RJ. Measuring disability in patients with neurodegenerative disease using the 'Yesterday Interview'. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 19, 1058-1064.
• Pal S, Lomax C, Pezzella FR, Forbes A, Chaudhuri KR. The relationship of Parkinsonian nocturnal disability and excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & related disorders 2001, 7, S50.
• Pepperdine E, Lomax C, Freeston M. Disentangling Intolerance of Uncertainty and Threat Appraisal in Everyday Situations. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 2018, 57, 31-38.
• Chandler R, Butler C, Lomax C, Newman A. Burnout in Clinicians Working with Offenders with Personality Disorder. Journal of Forensic Practice 2016, 19(2), 139-150.
• Watson P, Clarkin J, Lomax C. What are the predictors of family accommodation of obsessive-compulsive behaviours in adults and youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their relatives? A systematic review. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 2021, 31, 100681.
• Milne S, Lomax C, Freeston MH. A review of the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and threat appraisal in anxiety. Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 2019, 12, e38.