Dr KIM DENT-BROWN - CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic Qualifications:

  • 1989 Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists (College of York St John)
  • 1992 BSc (Hons) Health Studies (2:1) (College of York St John)
  • 1995 Advanced Diploma in Dramatherapy (College of York St John)
  • 1998 Postgraduate Certificate in Psychotherapy (University of Lincoln)
  • 2002 Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training (University of Hull)
  • 2004 Postgraduate Diploma in Research Training (University of Hull)
  • 2004 PhD in Clinical Psychology (University of Hull)

Grants and Awards:

  • 1999 Travelling Fellowship (value £5,000) awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to observe the 6-Part Story Method during a four-week visit to Israel.
  • 2001 Research Training Fellowship (value £81,000) awarded by the NHS Regional Executive (Northern and Yorkshire) towards a PhD project to validate the 6-Part Story Method.
  • 2006 Research contract (value £498,000) from the NHS Service Delivery & Organisation R&D programme as co-investigator on project to evaluate a new model Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
  • 2006 Advanced Research Workshop (value €37,500) from NATO as principal applicant for a conference held in Israel in 2007 entitled “The social stress of the immigrant/member of a minority group as a factor in terrorist behaviour”
  • 2008 Ministry of Defence funded study (value £120,000): An evaluation of community veterans’ mental health pilot projects. Co-investigator.

Professional Registration:

  • State Registered Arts Therapist (Dramatherapy)since 1995

Employment History:

  • 1989-90, Occupational Therapist, In-patient psychiatric unit, Bradford
  • 1990-92, Senior Occupational Therapist, Community mental health team, Hull
  • 1992-93, Acting Head Occupational Therapist, Adult Mental Health Services, Hull
  • 1993-97, Clinical Team Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Humberside.
  • 1997-2001, Dramatherapist, Personality Disorder Service, Hull
  • 2001-2004, Research Training Fellow in Dramatherapy (PhD studentship), Hull
  • 2004- Clinical Researcher, Humber Mental Health NHS Teaching Trust (part-time)
  • 2004- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychological Therapies, University of Sheffield

Professional roles:

  • Executive member and Chair of Research Sub-committee, British Association of Dramatherapists
  • Arts Therapies representative on Research Forum for the Allied Health Professions
  • Member of Health Professions Council Conduct and Competence Committee Panel, Health Committee Panel and Investigating Committee Panel (2004-2006)
  • External Examiner, University of Derby BA (Hons) Creative & Expressive Therapies (2003-2008)
  • External Examiner, Liverpool Hope University PG Diploma and MA Play Therapy (2007- )
  • Guest editor of the journal Dramatherapy, special issue on research (Autumn 2003)
  • Executive member and Conference Organiser, Society for Psychotherapy Research (UK chapter) 2004-2007.

Recent Research:

  • The 6-Part Story Method of assessment in personality disorder: a validation and reliability study. (Completed PhD study in the Dept of Clinical Psychology, University of Hull). Principal Investigator and grant holder.
  • Dramatherapy for Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-like illnesses. (Cochrane systematic review in collaboration with Psychological Therapies Research Centre, University of Leeds.) Co-author.
  • The Sheffield Personality Disorders Trial (SPeDi). (Ongoing RCT of psychotherapies for personality disorder in ScHARR, University of Sheffield.) Project manager.
  • Evaluation of the NHS Prison In-Reach Collaborative. (Qualitative arm of service evaluation for ScHARR, University of Sheffield). Co-author.
  • Systematic review of psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (HTA commissioned review by ScHARR, University of Sheffield). Co-author.
  • The Stability of Psychological Status over Time (longitudinal study of CORE and attachment measures in a general population) Co-investigator.
  • The Effects of a Staff group on an In-patient Unit (qualitative study of a sensitivity group for nurses in Humber Mental Health NHS Trust). Principal Investigator.
  • A Benchmarking Study of the CORE-OM in Personality Disorder (nationwide study of pre- and post-therapy CORE-OM scores in personality disorder). Principal Investigator.
  • Evaluation of the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme. Co-investigator and Project Manager.
  • An evaluation of community veterans’ mental health pilot projects. Co-investigator.

Publications:

Dent-Brown, K. (1990). "Numbers and distribution of men entering Occupational Therapy training." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 53(6): 229-232.

Dent-Brown, K. (1992). "Indicators in adults of child sexual abuse." Nurs Times 88(15): 52-3.

Dent-Brown, K. (1993). "Child sexual abuse: Problems for adult survivors." Journal of Mental Health 2(4): 329-338.

Dent-Brown, K. (1999). "The six-part story method (6PSM) as an aid in the assessment of personality disorder." Dramatherapy 21(2): 10-14.

Dent-Brown, K. (1999). "Working with personality disorder in community mental health." Dialogue(2): 5.

Dent-Brown, K. (2000). A split in the mirror: Using psychotherapeutic concepts to understand team conflict. Changing practice in health and social care. C. Davies, L. Finlay and A. Bullman. London, Sage: 172-180.

Dent-Brown, K. (2001). "Story as therapeutic tool: The Six-Part Story Method." Context 55: 22-23.

Dent-Brown, K. (2001). "The chance of a lifetime: A dramatherapist visits the Middle East." Dramatherapy 23(2): 26-29.

Dent-Brown, K. (2003). "Evaluating a research article." The Prompt (Magazine of the British Association of Dramatherapists) Autumn 2003: 6-8.

Dent-Brown, K. (2003). Six Part Storymaking in the assessment of personality disorder: History, practice and research. Community Stress Prevention Vol 5. O. Ayalon, M. Lahad and A. Cohen. Kiryat Shmona, Israel, Community Stress Prevention Centre: 43-60.

Dent-Brown, K. and Wang, M. (2004). "Pessimism and failure in 6-part stories: indicators of borderline personality disorder?" Arts in Psychotherapy 31(5): 321-333.

Dent-Brown, K. and Wang, M. (2004). "Developing a rating scale for projected stories." Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice 77: 325-333.

Brazier, J., Tumur, I., Holmes, M., Ferriter, M., Parry, G., Dent-Brown, K. and Paisley, S. (2006). "Psychological therapies including dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder: a systematic review and preliminary economic evaluation." Health Technol Assess 10(35): iii, ix-xii, 1-117.

Brooker, C., Ricketts, T., Lemme, F., Dent-Brown, K. and Hibbert, C. (2006). An evaluation of the Prison In-Reach Collaborative: A report for the NHS National Programme on Forensic Mental Health Research and Development. Sheffield, ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Dent-Brown, K. and Wang, M. (2006). "The mechanism of storymaking: A Grounded Theory study of the 6-Part Story Method." Arts in Psychotherapy 33(4): 316-330.

Brazier, J., Tumur, I., Holmes, M., Ferriter, M., Dent-Brown, K., Paisley, S. and Parry, G. (2007). "Psychological therapies for borderline personality disorder: A systematic review." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 10: S5-S6.

Holmes, M., Brazier, J., Tumur, I., Ferriter, M., Parry, G., Dent-Brown, K. and Paisley, S. (2007). "A probabilistic cost-effectiveness analysis of psychological therapies including dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 10: S18-S19.

Kerr, I. B., Dent-Brown, K. and Parry, G. D. (2007). "Psychotherapy and mental health teams." International Review of Psychiatry 19(1): 63-80.

Ricketts, T., Brooker, T. and Dent-Brown, K. (2007). "Mental Health In-reach teams in English prisons: Aims, processes and impacts. ." International Journal of Prisoner Health 3(4): 234-247.

Ruddy, R. A. and Dent-Brown, K. (2007). "Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(1).

Finklestein, M. and Dent-Brown, K., Eds. (2008). Psychocosial Stress in Immigrants and in Members of Minority Groups as a Factor of Terrorist Behavior. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Amsterdam, IOS Press.

Dent-Brown, K., Parry, G. and Kerr, I. (2009). Personality disorder in community settings. Mental Health: From Policy to Practice. C. Brooker and J. Repper. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone: 96-107.