Dr Tessa Roberts, PhD

Profile

I am a mixed methods researcher with a background in Global Mental Health, and am currently based in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. I teach on the MSc Cultural Psychology & Psychiatry, and lead the Global Mental Health module.

Prior to joining QMUL, I was based at the Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Research

Research Interests:

I have worked on collaborative mental health projects in India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Trinidad, and I currently lead the Atmiyata East London programme in which we are adapting an evidence-based mental health intervention from India for the context of Newham, in East London.

I have experience in epidemiological research, as well as studies using qualitative and geographic methods. My current research interests are primarily around using participatory and community-engaged approaches to understanding and supporting people’s mental health in context, and supporting community actors to tackle social determinants of mental health.

Publications

Outstanding publications 

Neighbourhoods & recovery from psychosis in Trinidad: A qualitative study. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001579

Mutuality as a method: advancing a social paradigm for global mental health through mutual learning. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-023-02493-1

Urbanicity and rates of untreated psychotic disorders in three diverse settings in the Global South. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/urbanicity-and-rates-of-untreated-psychotic-disorders-in-three-diverse-settings-in-the-global-south/AB0AFAF4A6D633DD8BDE6D08D6F11883

Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: a fork in the road for global mental health? https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/reconceptualising-the-treatment-gap-for-common-mental-disorders-a-fork-in-the-road-for-global-mental-health/A786D71FEA2CFC5EA5D4AEAB0D079BCA

“Is there a medicine for these tensions?” Barriers to treatment-seeking for depressive symptoms in rural India: A qualitative study. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953619307361

Supervision

Lucy Owusu, NIHR, Economic evaluation of school based interventions in Ghana: methods, application and recommendations using the Youth in Mind programme

Nikita Nalawade, LISS DTP, Relevance of ‘personal recovery’ frameworks to guide policy and practice for people with psychosis in India

Rozina Iqbal, Barts Charity, Domestic Abuse and Mental Health among South Asian Migrant Women: A Multifaith, Place-Based Study in the Green Street Neighbourhood, Newham