Dr Sarah Peters
Senior Lecturer
- Email: Sarah.Peters@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 2558
Room 1.25
Coupland Building 1
Division of Psychology
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
Teaching
- Director of MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology
- PSYC10321 Psychology and Mental Health
- PSYC20331 Psychology and Mental Health
- PSYC32171 Clinical Communication
Selected publications
2012
- Chisholm A, Hart J, Lam V, Peters S. (2012). Current challenges of behaviour change talk for medical professionals and trainees. Patient Education & Counseling, eScholarID:144716
- Chisholm A, Hart J, Mann K, Harkness E, Peters S. (2012). Facilitating lifestyle change with obese patients: results of a systematic review identifying how medical education addresses this challenge. Academic Medicine, eScholarID:144719
- Rowbotham S, Chisholm A, Moschogianis S, Chew-Graham C, Cordingley L, Wearden A, Peters S. (2012). Challenges to non-medical prescribers of a no-antibioitic prescribing strategy for managing self-limiting viral respiratory tract infections. Journal of Advanced Nursing, eScholarID:144721
2011
- Gask L, Dowrick C, Salmon P, Peters S, Morriss R. (2011). Reattribution reconsidered: reflections on an educational intervention for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care settings. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, eScholarID:123186
- Hart J, Peters S. (2011). Healing talk: Health psychology’s contribution to clinical communication. Psychologist, eScholarID:140717
- Kovandžić M, Chew-Graham C, Reeve J, Edwards S, Peters S, Edge D, Aseem S, Gask L, Dowrick C. (2011). Access to formal mental health support in primary care for hard-to-reach groups: from ‘silent suffering’ to ‘making it work’. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 763-772. eScholarID:111345 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.027
- Morris R, Lobban F, Jones S, Riste L, Peters S, Roberts C, Davies L, Mayes D. (2011). Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of group psychoeducation versus group support in the maintenance of bipolar disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 11(114), eScholarID:138415
- Peters S, Pontin E, Lobban F, Morriss R. (2011). Involving relatives in relapse prevention for bipolar disorder: a qualitative study of value and barriers. BiomedCentral: Psychiatry, 11(172), eScholarID:144678
- Peters S, Rowbotham S, Chisholm A, Wearden A, Moschogianis S, Cordingley L, Baker D, Hyde C, Chew-Graham C. (2011). Managing self-limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: How useful is the delayed prescribing strategy? eScholarID:123187 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp11X593866
- Peters S, Wearden A, Morriss R, Dowrick C, Lovell K, Brooks J, Cahill G, Chew-Graham C. (2011). Challenges of nurse delivery of psychological interventions for long-term conditions in primary care: a qualitative study of value and barriers. Implementation Science, eScholarID:144715
- Peters S, Young K, McCracken C. (2011). What do medical students find so difficult about communicating with patients? Patient Education & Counselling, eScholarID:111343 | DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.026
2010
- Collins S, Peters S, Watt I. (2010). Medical Communication. Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Routledge. eScholarID:83158
- Aggarwal VR, Javidi H, Tickle M, Peters S. (2010). Reviewing the evidence: can cognitive behaviour therapy improve outcomes for patients with chronic oro-facial pain?. Journal of Oro-Facial Pain, 24(2), 163-171. eScholarID:76378
- Chew-Graham C, Brocki J, Wearden A, Dowrick C, Peters S. (2010). Factors influencing engagement of patients in a psychological intervention for CFS/ME: A qualitative study. Primary Care Research and Development, eScholarID:119273
- Chew-Graham C, Dowrick C, Wearden A, Richardson V, Peters S. (2010). Making the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis in primary care: a qualitative study. BiomedCentral - Family Practice, 11(16), eScholarID:144672 | DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-11-16
- Lobban F, Morriss R, Taylor L, Chandler C, Tyler E, Kinderman P, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Gamble C, Peters S, Pontin E, Sellwood W. (2010). Cluster feasibility randomised trial of enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder in community mental health teams. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 59 - 63-63. eScholarID:76380
- Morriss R, Gask LL, Dunn G, Peters S. (2010). Randomised trial of reattribution on psychosocial talk between doctors and patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 40(2), 325-334. eScholarID:1d20514 | DOI:10.1017/S0033291709990353
- Peters S. (2010). Qualitative research methods in mental health. Evidence Based Mental Health, 13, 35-40. eScholarID:144674 | DOI:10.1136/ebmh.13.2.35
- Wearden AJ, Dowrick C, Chew-Graham C, Bentall R, Morriss R, Peters S, Riste L, Richardson G, Lovell K, Dunn G. (2010). Fatigue Intervention by Nurses Evaluation – The FINE Trial. A randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led home-based self-help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome [ISRCTN 74156610]. British Medical Journal, 340, eScholarID:83154
- Hart J, Peters S. (2010). Health professional trainees' use of lifestyle behaviour change communication skills: an experimental study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 91-92. eScholarID:123191
- Peters S, Aggarwal V, Goldthorpe J, McElroy C, King E, Durham J, Tickle M. (2010). Managing chronic oro-facial pain: a qualitative study of the experiences of patients, doctors and dentists. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 287. eScholarID:123188
- Peters S, Chisholm A, Keyworth C, Hart J. (2010). Effective ways of talking with patients about behavior change: A qualitative analysis of the challenges perceived by doctors and nurses. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 92-93. eScholarID:123190
2009
- Atherton K, Chisholm A, Rutter L, Fletcher I, Peters S. (2009). Breaking barriers in clinical communication: Are securely attached doctors more empathetic doctors? Reinvention: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2, eScholarID:1d20505
- Chew-Graham CA, Dixon R, Shaw JW, Smyth N, Lovell K, Peters S. (2009). Practice Nurses' views of their role in the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalagic Encephalitis: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing, Online 22 January 2009(8), eScholarID:1d28294 | DOI:10.1186/1472-6955-8-2
- Eleanor Pontin, Peters S, Fiona Lobban, Rogers AE, Richard Morriss. (2009). Enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder: A qualitative investigation of value perceived by service users and care coordinators. Implementation Science, 4, eScholarID:1d18110 | DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-4-4
- Healey C, Peters S, Kinderman P, McCracken C, Morriss. R. (2009). Reasons for substance use in dual diagnosis bipolar disorder and substance use disorders: a qualitative study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113, 118-126. eScholarID:1d18108 | DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.010
- Hiscock J, Peters S. (2009). Complexity in simple tasks: A qualitative analysis of barriers to GPs' effective completion of long-term incapacity forms. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 10, 254-269-269. eScholarID:1d20512
- Mari Lloyd-Williams, Juliet Morton, Peters S. (2009). End-of-life care experiences of relatives of brain dead intensive care patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, eScholarID:1d18109 | DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.013
- Peters S, Rogers AE, Salmon P, Gask LL, Dowrick C, Morriss R. (2009). What do patients choose to tell their doctors? Qualitative analysis of potential barriers for managing unexplained symptoms. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(4), 443-449. eScholarID:1d18136 | DOI:10.1007/s11606-008-0872-x
2008
- Chew-Graham CA, Greg Cahill, Christopher Dowrick, Wearden AJ, Peters S. (2008). Using multiple sources of evidence about CFS/ME in primary care consultations. Annals of Family Medicine, 6(4), 340-348. eScholarID:1d16964 | DOI:10.1370/afm.867
- Chris Dowrick, Gask, LL, Hughes J, Towey M, Charles-Jones H, Peters, S, Salmon P, Rogers, AE, Hogg J, Morriss R. (2008). General Practitioners’ views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study. BioMed Central - Family Practice, 9, 46. eScholarID:1d18107 | DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-9-46
- Litva A, Peters S. (2008). Exploring barriers to teaching behavioural and social sciences in medical education. Medical Education, 42, 309-314. eScholarID:1d18105 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02951.x
- Wearden AJ, Peters S. (2008). Therapeutic techniques for interventions based on Leventhal's common sense model. Br J Health Psychol, 13( Pt 2), 189-93. eScholarID:1d17925 | DOI:10.1348/135910708X295613
2007
- Green J, Stanley C, Peters S. (2007). Disorganized attachment representations in young school age children: relationship to psychopathology and maternal expressed emotion. Attachment and Human Development, 9(3), 207-222. eScholarID:1d27816
- Lobban F, Gamble C, Kinderman P, Taylor L, Chandler C, Tyler E, Peters S, Pontin E, Sellwood W, Morriss R. (2007). Enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder - ERP trial. A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility of training care coordinators to offer enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder. BioMed Central - Psychiatry, 7(6), eScholarID:1d15236
- Morriss, R, Dowrick, C, Salmon, P, Peters, S, Dunn, G, Rogers, AE, Lewis, B, Charles-Jones, H, Hogg, J, Clifford, R, Rigby, C, Gask, LL. (2007). Cluster randomised controlled trial of training practices in reattribution for medically unexplained symptoms. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 536-542-542. eScholarID:1d28119
- Salmon P, Peters S, Clifford R, Iredale W, Gask LL, Rogers AE, Dowrick C, Morriss R. (2007). Why do general practitioners decline training to improve management of medically unexplained symptoms? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22, 565-571. eScholarID:1d15847
2006
- Calam R, Peters S. (2006). Assessing expressed emotion: comparing Camberwell Family Interview and Five-minute Speech Sample ratings for mothers of children with behaviour problems. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res, 15( 3), 107-15. eScholarID:1d14894 | DOI:10.1002/mpr.187
- Morriss, R, Dowrick, C, Salmon, P, Peters, S, Rogers, AE, Dunn, G, Lewis, B, Charles-Jones, H, Hogg, J, Clifforda, R, Iredale, W, Towey, M, Gask, LL. (2006). Turning theory into practice: rationale, feasibility and external validity of an exploratory randomized controlled trial of training family practitioners in reattribution to manage patients with medically unexplained symptoms (the MUST). Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 28( 4), 343-51. eScholarID:1d14518
- Peters S, Livia A. (2006). Relevant behavioural and social science for medical undergraduates: a comparison of specialist and non-specialist educators. Med Educ, 40( 10), 1020-6. eScholarID:1d14895 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02562.x
- Wearden, AJ, Riste, L, Dowrick, C, Chew-Graham, CA, Bentall, RP, Morriss, R, Peters, S, Dunn, G, Richardson, G, Lovell, K, Powell, P. (2006). Fatigue Intervention by Nurses Evaluation - The FINE Trial. A randomised controlled trial of nurse led self-help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome: study protocol. BioMed Central - Medicine, eScholarID:1d15238
2005
- Peters S, Calam R, Harrington R. (2005). Maternal attributions and expressed emotion as predictors of attendance at parent management training. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 46( 4), 436-48. eScholarID:1d11149 | DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00365.x
2003
- Bolton C, Calam R, Barrowclough C, Peters S, Roberts J, Wearden A, Morris J. (2003). Expressed emotion, attributions and depression in mothers ofchildren with problem behaviour. J Child PsycholPsychiatry, 44( 2), 242-54. eScholarID:1d6191 | DOI:10.1111/1469-7610.00117
2002
- Peters S, Stanley I, Rose M, Kaney S, Salmon P. (2002). A randomized controlled trial of group aerobic exercise in primary care patients with persistent, unexplained physical symptoms. Fam Pract, 19( 6), 665-74. eScholarID:1d14893 | DOI:10.1093/fampra/19.6.665
- Stanley Ian, Peters S, Salmon Peter. (2002). A primary care perspective on prevailing assumptions about persistent medically unexplained physical symptoms. Int J Psychiat in Med, 32, 125-140. eScholarID:1d15239
- Stanley Ian, Salmon Peter, Peters S. (2002). Doctors and social epidemics: the problem of persistent unexplained physical symptoms, including chronic fatigue. Brit J Gen Pract, 52, 355-356. eScholarID:1d15240
2000
- Harrington R, Peters S, Green J, Byford Sarah, Woods Jane, McGowan Ruth. (2000). Randomized comparison of community- and hospital-based mental health services for children with behavioural disorders. British Medical Journal, 321, 1047-1050. eScholarID:1d15243
1999
- Salmon Peter, Peters S, Stanley Ian. (1999). Patients' perceptions of medical explanations for somatisation disorders: qualitative analysis. British Medical Journal, 318, 372-376. eScholarID:1d15244
1998
- Peters S, Stanley Ian, Rose Mike, Salmon Peter. (1998). Patients with medically unexplained symptoms: sources of patients' authority and implications for demands on medical care. Soc Sci Med, 559-565, eScholarID:1d15246
Selected research projects
- Randomised controlled trial of nurse led self-help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome (FINE)
- Reducing relapse and suicide in bipolar disorder: Practical approach to identifying risk, reducing harm and engaging service users in planning and delivery of care (PARADES)
- TRACT Study: Development and evaluation of a communication training package for primary care practitioners to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections