Dr Lucy Maddox

Dr Lucy Maddox is a consultant clinical psychologist and NIHR clinical academic fellow. She worked in inpatient CAMHS services for several years and is now researching compassionate care in this setting. She has a new book out, A Year To Change Your Mind, ideas from the therapy room to help you live your life better.
Dr Lucy Maddox is a consultant clinical psychologist and NIHR clinical academic fellow. She worked in inpatient CAMHS services for several years and is now researching compassionate care in this setting. She has a new book out, A Year To Change Your Mind, ideas from the therapy room to help you live your life better.
  • Dr. Lucy Maddox

    Nature based interventions in CAMHS wards can benefit patients and staff: helpful ideas from a qualitative practice-based paper

    There is evidence that our surroundings matter, both psychologically and physically. Where we spend our time has an impact on how we feel. Much of what we have learnt about this comes from research in hospital settings.

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  • Why it’s good to ban smacking

    I remember going to an international conference on child abuse and neglect many years ago and thinking before I went, that the UK was pretty far ahead in terms of the services we offer. I was shocked when one presentation went through some of the evidence on how smacking is related to physical abuse, and how many countries in the world allowed it.

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  • As a therapist, how should I grieve after a patient’s suicide?

    Social worker Beth lost her patient Toby to suicide, but didn’t feel entitled to process it as a personal loss. Why do we treat personal and professional grief differently, and how can we support professionals who suffer traumatic losses?

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  • Back to school

    “The government has recognised the need for greater focus on child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing, although is yet to provide adequate funding to match its rhetoric or a clear strategy for what in-school intervention would look like. Whilst early preventative programmes can be really useful for young people, I can’t help but think that the newly proposed in-school mental health initiatives might to some extent be treating problems created by the education culture that has been set up.”

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