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Contact information

Email
sinead.lambe@psych.ox.ac.uk

Research groups

Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis

Sinead Lambe

BSc, MSc, DClinPsy

Research Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Doctoral Fellow

I was awarded an NIHR fellowship in 2021. This programme of work aims to develop a better understanding of the psychological factors that lead to violence by forensic patients with psychosis. This will feed into the development of a novel virtual reality psychological therapy aimed at reducing violence in forensic settings.

I previously worked on the gameChange project, which aimed to transform services for patients with psychosis by providing psychological therapies using immersive virtual reality. This project involved collaborations with the Royal College of Arts, the McPin Foundation, NIHR MindTech, OxfordVR, and multiple NHS trusts and universities across the UK.

I am an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist and BABCP accredited therapist.

Key publications

Psychological framework to understand interpersonal violence by forensic patients with psychosis.

Lambe S. et al, (2024), Br J Psychiatry, 224, 47 - 54

The Oxford Agoraphobic Avoidance Scale.

Lambe S. et al, (2023), Psychol Med, 53, 1233 - 1243

Automated virtual reality therapy to treat agoraphobic avoidance and distress in patients with psychosis (gameChange): a multicentre, parallel-group, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial in England with mediation and moderation analyses.

Freeman D. et al, (2022), Lancet Psychiatry, 9, 375 - 388

Effects of different types of written vaccination information on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK (OCEANS-III): a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.

Freeman D. et al, (2021), Lancet Public Health, 6, e416 - e427

Developing an automated VR cognitive treatment for psychosis: gameChange VR therapy

Lambe S. et al, (2020), Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 30, 33 - 40

Recent publications

The Oxford Paranoia Defence Behaviours Questionnaire (O-PDQ): assessing paranoia-related safety-seeking behaviours.

Lambe S. et al, (2025), Behav Cogn Psychother, 53, 224 - 237

Systematic review of risk factors for violence in psychosis: 10-year update.

Lagerberg T. et al, (2025), Br J Psychiatry, 226, 100 - 107

Exploring stigma, shame, and safety behaviours in social anxiety and paranoia amongst people diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Aunjitsakul W. et al, (2024), Behav Cogn Psychother, 52, 581 - 595

A randomized controlled experiment testing the use of virtual reality to trigger cigarette craving in people who smoke.

Rovira A. et al, (2024), Sci Rep, 14

Digital Mental Health for Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Illnesses: An International Consensus on Current Challenges and Potential Solutions.

Smith KA. et al, (2024), JMIR Ment Health, 11

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