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Shirley Thomas

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Dr Shirley Thomas is an Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Psychology at the 糖心原创. She is an HCPC Registered Health Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist (Health) and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS).

Shirley achieved her BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the 糖心原创 in 2001 and was awarded her PhD in Psychology in 2006, also from the 糖心原创. Her PhD thesis was titled 'Factors relating to emotional distress after stroke'. Following her PhD she received a therapy research bursary from Stroke Association, for which she was based in the division of Rehabilitation & Ageing as a Research Fellow, and alongside this role she was a part-time Research Tutor for the Trent Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), employed by the University of Lincoln.

Shirley was appointed as a Lecturer in Rehabilitation Psychology at the 糖心原创 in January 2009 and was promoted to Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Psychology in August 2016.

Shirley's main research interest is in the psychological aspects of stroke, particularly the assessment and treatment of mood problems following stroke. She completed a multicentre randomised controlled trial of behaviour therapy to treat low mood in people who have aphasia following a stroke, funded by the Stroke Association (CALM trial). She is currently leading an NIHR-HTA funded feasibility trial of behavioural activation for post-stroke depression (BEADS trial). She is a collaborator on a range of other studies including a biopsychosocial intervention for stroke carers, solution focused brief therapy for people with aphasia and peer befriending for people with aphasia.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Psychological aspects of stroke rehabilitation, patient mood assessment, aphasia, randomised controlled trials, stroke rehabilitation

Teaching Summary

Dr Shirley Thomas is the Course Director for the MSc in Rehabilitation Psychology and the Postgraduate Teaching (PGT) lead for the Division of Rehabilitation & Ageing. She is a personal tutor for… read more

Research Summary

Dr Thomas' broad research interest in is the psychological aspects of physical illness and disability, in particular mood problems. She is interested in identifying what factors are related to people… read more

Recent Publications

  • BARROWS, PAUL D., THOMAS, SHIRLEY A. and VAN GORDON, WILLIAM, 2021. JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES. 30(1),
  • HILARI, KATERINA, BEHN, NICHOLAS, JAMES, KIRSTY, NORTHCOTT, SARAH, MARSHALL, JANE, THOMAS, SHIRLEY, SIMPSON, ALAN, MOSS, BECKY, FLOOD, CHRIS, MCVICKER, SALLY and GOLDSMITH, KIMBERLEY, 2021. Clinical rehabilitation. 269215521995671
  • REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WITH APHASIA AFTER STROKE (RELEASE) COLLABORATORS, 2021. Stroke. STROKEAHA120031162
  • MOSS, BECKY, NORTHCOTT, SARAH, BEHN, NICHOLAS, MONNELLY, KATIE, MARSHALL, JANE, THOMAS, SHIRLEY, SIMPSON, ALAN, GOLDSMITH, KIMBERLEY, MCVICKER, SALLY, FLOOD, CHRIS and HILARI, KATERINA, 2021. International journal of language & communication disorders.

Dr Shirley Thomas is the Course Director for the MSc in Rehabilitation Psychology and the Postgraduate Teaching (PGT) lead for the Division of Rehabilitation & Ageing. She is a personal tutor for students on the MSc Health Psychology.

She is module convenor for the Introduction in Research Methods and Clinical Skills modules.

She contributes to teaching on the modules Assessment of Cognitive Function, Stroke, and Theoretical Foundations of Rehabilitation.

Shirley also teaches sessions on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and the BSc in Medical Physiology and Therapeutics.

Shirley supervises MSc project students across areas of health and rehabilitation psychology.

She also supervises PhD students across areas of health, rehabilitation and applied psychology.

Current Research

Dr Thomas' broad research interest in is the psychological aspects of physical illness and disability, in particular mood problems. She is interested in identifying what factors are related to people developing mood problems, the tools for assessing mood, and developing and evaluating psychological interventions for low mood. To date her research has mainly been focused on people who have had a stroke.

Current projects

Chief Investigator: Behavioural activation therapy for depression after stroke (BEADS)

Co-investigator: Adjustment post stroke and aphasia: SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB) (Led by Professor Katerina Hilari at City University, funded by The Stroke Association)

REhabilitation and recovery of peopLE with Aphasia after StrokE (RELEASE) (Led by Professor Marion Brady at Glasgow Caledonian University, funded by NIHR HS&DR)

Behavioural intervention for stroke carers (BISC) (Led by Professor Marion Walker at the 糖心原创, funded by NIHR RfPB)

Associate Investigator:

Preventing depression and reducing the impact of aphasia in stroke patients and their caregivers: a cluster randomised control trial of the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) program (led by Professor Linda Worrall at The University of Queensland, Australia, funded by NHMRC Australia)

Supervisor:

Stroke Association Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Dr Sarah Northcott (City University). Adapting a psychosocial intervention for people with post-stroke aphasia: a feasibility study.

Stroke Association Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Dr Eirini Kontou (糖心原创). Psychoeducational Intervention for People after a Transient Ischaemic Attack and Minor Stroke.

Past Research

Shirley previously led the CALM (Communication and Low Mood) study, which was a multicentre randomised controlled trial to evaluate behavioural therapy for treating low mood in people with aphasia after stroke. The study was was funded by the Stroke Association.

  • BARROWS, PAUL D., THOMAS, SHIRLEY A. and VAN GORDON, WILLIAM, 2021. JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES. 30(1),
  • HILARI, KATERINA, BEHN, NICHOLAS, JAMES, KIRSTY, NORTHCOTT, SARAH, MARSHALL, JANE, THOMAS, SHIRLEY, SIMPSON, ALAN, MOSS, BECKY, FLOOD, CHRIS, MCVICKER, SALLY and GOLDSMITH, KIMBERLEY, 2021. Clinical rehabilitation. 269215521995671
  • REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WITH APHASIA AFTER STROKE (RELEASE) COLLABORATORS, 2021. Stroke. STROKEAHA120031162
  • MOSS, BECKY, NORTHCOTT, SARAH, BEHN, NICHOLAS, MONNELLY, KATIE, MARSHALL, JANE, THOMAS, SHIRLEY, SIMPSON, ALAN, GOLDSMITH, KIMBERLEY, MCVICKER, SALLY, FLOOD, CHRIS and HILARI, KATERINA, 2021. International journal of language & communication disorders.
  • WALKER, M.F., BIRCHALL, S., COBLEY, C., CONDON, L., FISHER, R., FLETCHER-SMITH, J., GOLDING-DAY, M.R., GREENSMITH, C., KONTOU, E., MATIAS, O., SPRIGG, N., THOMAS, S.A. and WHITEHEAD, P.J., 2020. Clinical Rehabilitation. 34(10), 1268-1281
  • KNAPP P, DUNN-ROBERTS A, SAHIB N, COOK L, ASTIN F, KONTOU E and THOMAS SA, 2020. International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society. 15(3), 244-255
  • BRADY, MARIAN C., ALI, MYZOON, VANDENBERG, KATHRYN, WILLIAMS, LINDA J., WILLIAMS, LOUISE R., ABO, MASAHIRO, BECKER, FRANK, BOWEN, AUDREY, BRANDENBURG, CAITLIN, BREITENSTEIN, CATERINA, BRUEHL, STEFANIE, COPLAND, DAVID A., CRANFILL, TAMARA B., DI PIETRO-BACHMANN, MARIE, ENDERBY, PAMELA, FILLINGHAM, JOANNE, GALLI, FEDERICA LUCIA, GANDOLFI, MARIALUISA, GLIZE, BERTRAND, GODECKE, ERIN, HAWKINS, NEIL, HILARI, KATERINA, HINCKLEY, JACQUELINE, HORTON, SIMON, HOWARD, DAVID, JAECKS, PETRA, JEFFERIES, ELIZABETH, JESUS, LUIS M. T., KAMBANAROS, MARIA, KANG, EUN KYOUNG, KHEDR, EMAN M., KONG, ANTHONY PAK-HIN, KUKKONEN, TARJA, LAGANARO, MARINA, RALPH, MATTHEW A. LAMBON, LASKA, ANN CHARLOTTE, LEEMANN, BEATRICE, LEFF, ALEXANDER P., LIMA, ROXELE R., LORENZ, ANTJE, MACWHINNEY, BRIAN, MARSHALL, REBECCA SHISLER, MATTIOLI, FLAVIA, MAVIS, ILKNUR, MEINZER, MARCUS, NILIPOUR, REZA, NOE, ENRIQUE, PAIK, NAM-JONG, PALMER, REBECCA, PAPATHANASIOU, ILIAS, PATRICIO, BRIGIDA F., MARTINS, ISABEL PAVAO, PRICE, CATHY, JAKOVAC, TATJANA PRIZL, ROCHON, ELIZABETH, ROSE, MIRANDA L., ROSSO, CHARLOTTE, RUBI-FESSEN, ILONA, RUITER, MARINA B., SNELL, CLAERWEN, STAHL, BENJAMIN, SZAFLARSKI, JERZY P., THOMAS, SHIRLEY A., VAN DE SANDT-KOENDERMAN, MIEKE, VAN DER MEULEN, INEKE, VISCH-BRINK, EVY, WORRALL, LINDA and WRIGHT, HEATHER HARRIS, 2020. APHASIOLOGY. 34(2), 137-157
  • KONTOU E, WALKER, M, THOMAS, S, WATKINS, C, GRIFFITHS, H, GOLDING-DAY, M, RICHARDSON, C and SPRIGG, N, 2020. AMRC Open Research. 2, 24
  • RELEASE COLLABORATION, 2020. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 22(3), 302-312
  • DRUMMOND, AVRIL, ABLEWHITE, JOANNE, CONDON, LAURA, DAS NAIR, ROSHAN, JONES, AMANDA, JONES, FIONA, SPRIGG, NIKOLA and THOMAS, SHIRLEY, 2020. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
  • KONTOU, E., KETTLEWELL, J., CONDON, L., THOMAS, S., LEE, A.R., SPRIGG, N., WATKINS, D. C., WALKER, M.F. and SHOKRANEH, F., 2020. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. Published Online First: 30 September 2020,
  • THOMAS, S.A., DRUMMOND, A.E.R., LINCOLN, N.B., PALMER, R.L., DASNAIR, R., LATIMER, N.R., HACKNEY, G.L., MANDEFIELD, L., WALTERS, S.J., HATTON, R.D., COOPER, C.L., CHATER, T., ENGLAND, T.J., CALLAGHAN, P., COATES, E., SUTHERLAND, K.E., JACOB ESHTAN, S. and TOPCU, G., 2019. Health Technology Assessment. 23(47),
  • HILARI, KATERINA, BEHN, NICHOLAS, MARSHALL, JANE, SIMPSON, ALAN, THOMAS, SHIRLEY, NORTHCOTT, SARAH, FLOOD, CHRIS, MCVICKER, SALLY, JOFRE-BONET, MIREIA, MOSS, BECKY, JAMES, KIRSTY and GOLDSMITH, KIMBERLEY, 2019. Pilot and feasibility studies. 5, 14
  • CARRAGHER M, RYAN B, WORRALL L, THOMAS S, ROSE M, SIMMONS-MACKIE N, KHAN A, HOFFMANN TC, POWER E, TOGHER L and KNEEBONE I, 2019. BMJ open. 9(5), e023560
  • CONDON, L., BENFORD, P., KONTOU, E., THOMAS, S. and WALKER, M., 2019. Topics in stroke rehabilitation. 26(6), 440-447
  • NORTHCOTT, S., SIMPSON, A., THOMAS, S.A., HIRANI, S.P., FLOOD, C. and HILARI, K., 2019. AMRC Open Research. 1, 4
  • LAGOGIANNI, C., THOMAS, S. and LINCOLN, N., 2018. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 28, 57-116
  • BARROWS, P.D. and THOMAS,S.A., 2018. Clinical Rehabilitation. 32, 94-102
  • STANYON, M, THOMAS, S., GORDON, A. and GRIFFITHS, A., 2018. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Studies. 33(1), 207-214.
  • NORTHCOTT, S., THOMAS, S., SIMPSON, A., BURNS, K., HIRANI, S. P., MOSS, B. and HILARI, K., 2018. How acceptable is solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) to people with severe aphasia? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 13, 20-20
  • PLACKETT, R., THOMAS, S. and THOMAS, S., 2017. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 12(3), 236-243
  • WALKER, MF, THOMAS, SA, WHITEHEAD, PJ, CONDON, L, FISHER, RJ, KONTOU, E, BENFORD, P and COBLEY, C, 2017. BMJ Open. 7(10), e018309
  • KONTOU, E, WALKER, MF, SPRIGG, N, THOMAS, S, CONDON, L and WATKINS, C, 2017. Available at: <https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=56734>
  • KONTOU, E., MARION, M. F., THOMAS, S. A., SPRIGG, N., WATKINS, C. L. and CONDON, L., 2017. Service user and expert perspectives for the development of a psychoeducational intervention following a TIA and minor stroke INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 12, 43-43
  • AL-HADETHE, A., HUNT, N., THOMAS, S. and AL-QAYSI, A., 2016. Journal of Religion and Health. 55(1), 16-25
  • SAHAR, K., THOMAS, S. and CLARKE, S., 2016. Australian Journal of Psychology. 68(1), 29-37
  • STANYON, M.R., GRIFFITHS, A., THOMAS, S. and GORDON, A.L., 2016. Age and Ageing. 45(1), 164-170
  • THOMAS SA, COATES E, DAS NAIR R, LINCOLN NB, COOPER C, PALMER R, WALTERS SJ, LATIMER NR, ENGLAND TJ, MANDEFIELD L, CHATER T, CALLAGHAN P and DRUMMOND AE, 2016. Pilot and feasibility studies. 2, 45
  • ALGHAMDI, M, HUNT, N and THOMAS, S, 2016. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Treatment. 6(1), 1-6
  • AL-ARJAN, S., THOMAS, S. and LINCOLN, N., 2015. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 鈥� International. 2(2), 1-9
  • HUMPHREYS, I., THOMAS, S.., PHILLIPS, C. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2015. Clinical Rehabilitation. 29(1), 30-41
  • ALGHAMDI, M., HUNT, N. and THOMAS, S., 2015. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 66(2015), 64-71
  • EVANS, R., KAWABATA, M. and THOMAS, S., 2015. British Journal of Health Psychology. 20(3), 534-548
  • AL-HADETHE, A., HUNT, N., AL-QAYSI, A. and THOMAS, S., 2015. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Treatment. 4(4),
  • AL-HADETHE, A., HUNT, N., AL-QAYSI, A. and THOMAS, S., 2014. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 5(23928),
  • THOMAS, S.A., WALKER, M.F., MACNIVEN, J.A., HAWORTH, H. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2013. Clinical Rehabilitation. 27(5), 398-408
  • THOMAS, S.A., RUSSELL, C., SEED, R., WORTHINGTON, E., WALKER, M.F., MACNIVEN, J.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2013. Clinical Rehabilitation.
  • NIRGUDE, P, HUNT, N and THOMAS, S, 2013. . In: BRAY, P and MAK, D, eds., People Being Patients: International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives Inter-Disciplinary Press. Part 3
  • COBLEY, C.S., THOMAS, S.A., LINCOLN, N.B. and WALKER, M.F., 2012. Clinical Rehabilitation. 26(4), 372-381
  • KONTOU, E., THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2012. Clinical Rehabilitation. 26(12), 1133-40
  • DHEENSA, S and THOMAS, S, 2012. Investigating the relationship between coping, quality of life and depression/anxiety in patients with external fixation devices International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. 16, 30-38
  • DAS NAIR, R and THOMAS, S, 2012. Politics of Desire: Exploring the Ethnicity/Sexuality Intersectionality in South Asian and East Asian Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Psychology of Sexualities Review. 3, 8-21
  • DAS NAIR, R. and THOMAS, S.A., 2011. What can be done II: approaches to rehabilitation. In: MCNICHOLL, D. and POPPLETON, R., eds., Understanding and caring for people with brain disorders Pavilion Publishing Ltd. 263-288
  • BRAHAM, L, THOMAS, S and DEBOOS, D, 2011. The Clearing House Application Form: how is it for you? Clinical Psychology Forum. 227, 46-51
  • THOMAS, S, 2011. The CALM study 鈥� psychological treatment for low mood in stroke patients with aphasia Stroke Matters. 12, 10-11
  • HACKER, V.L., STARK, D. and THOMAS, S., 2010. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 49(1), 123-127
  • MARSH, J.M., RADFORD, K., LINCOLN, N.B., PHILLIPS, J. and THOMAS, S., 2010. Clinical Rehabilitation. 24(3), 276-287
  • THOMAS, S.A., HAWORTH, H., LINCOLN, N.B., MACNIVEN, J., SEED, R. and WALKER, M., 2010. Description of a behaviour therapy intervention aimed at improving mood in stroke patients with aphasia International Journal of Stroke. 5(Supp. 3), 12
  • THOMAS, S.A., 2010. Handbook of rehabilitation psychology The Psychologist. 579
  • THOMAS, S.A. and DAS NAIR, R., 2010. Psychological outcome measures to evaluate exercise interventions. In: BLAKE, H., ed., Physical activity in rehabilitation and recovery Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. 313-340
  • EDMANS, J., GLADMAN, J., HILTON, D., WALKER, M., SUNDERLAND, A., COBB, S., PRIDMORE, T. and THOMAS, S., 2009. Clinical Rehabilitation. 23(2), 106-116
  • BLAKE, H., MO, P., MALIK, S. and THOMAS, S., 2009. Clinical Rehabilitation. 23(10), 873-887.
  • THOMAS, S.A., 2009. Evaluation of anxiety and depression in people with acquired communication problems. In: BRUMFITT, S., ed., Psychological well being in the person with acquired communication problems Wiley. 25-43
  • BRAHAM, L. and THOMAS, S., 2009. Selecting trainees for the future 鈥� what does the training community want? Clinical Psychology Forum. 45-49
  • THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2008. Stroke. 39(4), 1240-1245
  • THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2008. Disability and Rehabilitation. 30(23), 1779-1785
  • THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N., 2008. Assessment and treatment of post-stroke depression and anxiety. In: LAIDLAW, K. and KNIGHT, B., eds., Handbook of emotional disorders in later life Oxford University Press. 363-382
  • THOMAS, S.A., 2007. Stroke. 38(3), 850-851
  • THOMAS, S.A and BENNETT, H.E. & LINCOLN, N.B., 2007. Validation of screening measures for assessing mood in stroke patients Clinical Rehabilitation. 21, 1146-1147
  • THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2006. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 45(1), 49-61
  • BENNETT,H.E., THOMAS,S.A., AUSTEN,R., MORRIS,A.M.S. and LINCOLN,N.B, 2006. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 45(3), 367-376
  • THOMAS, S.A., 2006. A different stroke story (Book Review) The Psychologist. 19, 615
  • THOMAS,S.A. and LINCOLN,N.B., 2004. Factors relating to depression after stroke (Abstract) Clinical Rehabilitation. 18(5), 589-590
  • THOMAS, S.A. and LINCOLN, N.B., 2003. Depression and cognitions after stroke: Validation of the Stroke Cognitions Questionnaire Revised In: BPS Division of Health Psychology Conference.
  • NICHOLL, C.R., LINCOLN, N.B., MUNCASTER, K. and THOMAS, S., 2002. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 41(3), 221-231

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