Dr Carl Walker

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643475

Email: C.J.Walker@brighton.ac.uk

Research interests

• Mental health
• Social inequality and mental distress
• Cultural representations of mental health
• Body image and disfigurement
• Critical psychology

Teaching

• Research methodology and analysis
• Psychology and mental health
• Applied psychology

Current projects

• Understanding risk factors for the future onset of depression.
• Just Completed a book that addresses the way that political and economic changes in recent years have influenced the prevalence of depression and the way that it is perceived and treated.
• Currently a trustee at Brighton & Hove Mental health Charity MIND where I organise a mental health research group. Also active with a number of mental health service user groups in the community.
• The relationship between student engagement and academic outcomes.

Profile

Carl gained his PhD in Health Psychology at London Metropolitan University. Previously he graduated in Biology from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1996 before going on to complete a Post-graduate Diploma in Psychology at London Metropolitan University. Carl was a senior research fellow in the Department of Mental Health Sciences, UCL, before coming to the University of Brighton.

At UCL Carl coordinated an EU-funded research project aimed at developing an understanding of the factors related to the onset and maintenance of depression in primary care.

Carl's current interest is in exploring the structural and economic elements that relate to concepts of mental illness and distress and use community initiatives to work toward addressing mental health needs.

Publications

Books

Walker, C., and Fincham, B. (2009). On the sick: Work and the mental health crisis in Britain. Wiley-Blackwell (Forthcoming).

Walker, C. (2007). Depression and Globalisation: The politics of mental health in the 21st century. Springer.

Walker, C., and Papadopoulos, L. (2005). Psychodermatology. Cambridge University Press.

Papadopoulos, L., and Walker, C. (2003). Understanding Skin Problems. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Journal articles

Cameron, J, and Walker, C. (2009). An evaluation of a job retention programme for employees experiencing mental health difficulties. Journal of Mental Health, (Forthcoming).

Walker, C, Cameron, J, and Haslam, I. (2009). Retain: An example of participation in a mental health job retention programme. Community, Work and Family, (Under review).

Walker, C, Lancaster, C, Pickup, J, Jones, H, Arnold, J, Fabry, N, Hubbard, S, Memon, A, Morgan, C, Neal, P, Oyetunde, S, Saw, J, Sides, J, Walshe, T and Woodiwiss, B. (2009). Implementing a suicide awareness campaign for men over 40 in the South East of England: A multiagency community collaboration. Archives of Suicide Research (Under review).

Walker, C. (2009). IAPT, Globalisation and the Credit Crunch: Is this how we put politics into depression? The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy 9(2), 66-75.

King, M, Walker, C, Nazareth, I, Weich, S, Torres-González, F, Švab, I, Maaroos, HI, Neeleman, J, Xavier, M, and the PREDICT team. (2008). Prediction of onset of depression in European general practice attendees. Archives of General Psychiatry 65(12), 1368-1376.

Walker, C, Fleischer, S and Winn, S. (2008). A path analysis of first year social science students’ engagement with their degree and level one academic outcome. ELiSS 1(2).

King, M, Nazareth, I, Weich, S, Torres-González, F, Švab, I, Maaroos, HI, Neeleman, J, Xavier, M, Walker, C, and the PREDICT team. (2008). Prevalence of common psychological disorders in European general practice attendees: the PREDICT study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 192(5), 362-67.

Juan Ángel Bellón Saameño, Francisco Torres González, Berta Moreno Küstner, Michael King, Irwin Nazareth, Miguel Xavier, Heidi Ingrid Maaroos, Igor Svad, Jan Neeleman, Carl Walker, Anu Aluoja, Danica Rotar, Mirjam I Geerlings, Benjamín Vicente, Sandra Saldivia y PREDICT-group. (2007). Predicción de futuros episodios de depresión en atención primaria: evaluación de un perfil de riesgo. Violán C, Bolíbar B, Cabezas C, Nin E. Estudios multicéntricos en Atención Primaria. Ed. Fundació Jordi Gol i Gurina, Barcelona.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., and Hussein, M. (2006). Paediatric eczema and psychosocial morbidity: how does eczema interact with parents' illness beliefs? Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 21 (1), 63–67.

King, M, Nazareth, I, Weich, S, Torres-González, F, Švab, I, Maaroos, HI, Neeleman, J, Xavier, M, Morris, R, Walker, C, and the PREDICT team. (2006). Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees: the PREDICT study. BioMed Central Public Health. 6:6, (12 January 2006).

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., Lipton, M., and Hussein, M. (2006). The importance of children's illness beliefs: The Children’s Illness Perception Questionnaire (CIPQ) as a reliable assessment tool for eczema and asthma. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 11(1), 100-107.

King, M, Jones, L, Barnes, K, Low, J, Walker, C, Wilkinson, S, Mason, C, Stevenson, J and Tookman, A. (2005). Measuring spiritual belief: development and standardisation of the Beliefs and Values Scale. Psychological Medicine, 36, 417-425.

Papadopoulos, L., Walker, C.J., and Anthis, L. (2004). Living with vitiligo: a controlled investigation into the effects of group cognitive-behavioural and humanistic therapies. Dermatology & Psychosomatics, 5, 172-177.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., Hussein, M., and Lipton, M. (2004). Paediatric Eczema, Illness Beliefs and Psychosocial Morbidity: How does eczema affect children (in their own words)? Dermatology & Psychosomatics;5:126-131.

Walker, C., and Papadopoulos, L. (2003). Personality, Coping and Sex as Psychosocial Aspects of Psoriatic Arthritis. Dermatology & Psychosomatics;4:27-32.

Papadopoulos, L., Bor, R., Walker, C., Flaxman, P., and Legg, C. (2002). Different shades of meaning: examining illness beliefs amongst vitiligo sufferers. Psychology, Health and Medicine;7(4): 425-433.

Papadopoulos, L., Bor, R., Walker, C., and Legg, C. (2001). The Illness Perception Questionnaire as a reliable assessment tool: Cognitive representations of vitiligo. Psychology, Health and Medicine;6(4):441-446.

Papadopoulos, L., Walker, C., Aitken, D., and Bor, R. (2000). The relationship between body image and self-esteem in individuals with Acne Vulgaris. Psychology, Health and Medicine;5(4):431.

Reports

McQueen, H, Wilcox, P, Stephens, D, and Walker, C. (2008). Widening Access and the Role of Social Motivation in Students' Transitional Experiences in Higher Education, University of Brighton Health and Social Policy Research Centre.

Chandler, T, Cresdee, S, Cunningham, L, and Walker, C. (2008). "Climbing Everest Naked": The revolving door research project.

Conference speeches and professional lectures

Walker, C. (2008). Retain: A new approach for work and mental health. International Conference of Community Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Walker, C. (2008). Depression and globalization: The personal representation of a political problem. International Conference of Community Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Cunningham, L., and Walker, C. (2008). Working at the margins: research to break the revolving door experience. The Community University Exposition Conference, Victoria, Canada.

Cunningham, L., and Walker, C. (2008). Working at the margins: research to break the revolving door experience. International Conference of Community Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Walker, C., and Fleischer, S. (2007). First year social science students' engagement with their degree and implications for learning and teaching. The Student Transition and Retention Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Walker, C., and Fleischer, S. (2007). 'I'd rather read the lecture notes than go to the lecture': First year social science students' engagement with their degree and implications for learning and teaching. The 2nd European First Year Experience Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Walker, C., King, M., Torres, F., Xavier, M., Svab, I., Maaroos, H., Neeleman, J., and Saldivia, S. (2005). Can we predict the onset of depression in general practice: Provisional results: prevalence of depression in each country. World Psychiatric Association: Quality and outcome research in psychiatry. Valencia, Spain.

Walker, C., and Papadopoulos, L. (2003). Childhood Eczema: a physiological and psychosocial investigation. XIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Milan, Italy.

Walker, C., King, M, Nazareth, I., and Mariathasan, J. (2003). Prediction of future episodes of depression in primary medical care: Evaluation of a risk factor profile. MRC General Practice Research Framework Annual Conference, University of Nottingham.

Walker, C., and Papadopoulos, L. (2003). The Psychology of Vitiligo. International Symposium on Vitiligo, London.

The British Association of Psychodermatologists. (2003). The Medical Society of London. Psychological approaches to disfigurement.

The Vitiligo Society Annual Conference. (2002). Keynote speech on the relationships between skin disease and psychology.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., Aitken, D., and Bor, R. (2001). The relationship between body image and self-esteem in individuals with Acne Vulgaris. 9th International Congress on Dermatology and Psychiatry, Barcelona, Spain.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., and Bor, R. (2001). More than skin deep: treating psychological distress associated with skin disease. British Psychological Society Centenary Annual Conference, Glasgow.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., Bor, R., Flaxman, P., and Legg, C. (2000). Different shades of meaning: examining illness beliefs amongst vitiligo sufferers. British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology, Liverpool.

Walker, C., Papadopoulos, L., Bor, R., Flaxman, P., and Legg, C. (2000). Different shades of meaning: examining illness beliefs amongst vitiligo sufferers. 6th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Brisbane, Australia.

Publications from the institutional repository