Dr Gregg Rawlings

School of Psychology

Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Psychologist

gregg.rawlings@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6631

Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Gregg Rawlings
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Research interests

Gregg’s current research interests include investigating functional neurological disorders (FND), specifically functional / dissociative seizures, examining intellectual (learning) disability via practice-based research, and using principles of clinical health psychology to better understand the impact of living with pulmonary hypertension.

He is particularly keen on conducting research with an applied focus – particularly research aiming to improve the care and support that individuals with mental health difficulties receive. Gregg has used a range of methodologies to answer research questions; this includes primary analyses using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and secondary analyses involving reviews utilising narrative, systematic and meta-analytical approaches.

Publications

Books

Reuber M, McCormick M, Rawlings GH & Stone J (2024) FND Stories Personal and Professional Experiences of Functional Neurological Disorder.
Schachter SC (2020) Non-Epileptic Seizures in Our Experience Accounts of Healthcare Professionals. Oxford University Press, USA.
Reuber M, Rawlings G & Schachter SC (2018) In Our Words Personal Accounts of Living with Non-Epileptic Seizures. Oxford University Press.

Journal articles

Gaskell C, Power N, Novakova B, Simmonds-Buckley M, Kerr WT, Reuber M, Kellett S & Rawlings GH (2024) A meta-analytic evaluation of the effectiveness and durability of psychotherapy for adults presenting with functional dissociative seizures.. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy.
Rawlings GH, Novakova B, Armstrong I & Thompson AR (2023) A systematic review of psychological interventions in adults with pulmonary hypertension: Is the evidence‐base disproportionate to the problem?. The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 17(9), 966-972.
Rawlings GH & Beail N (2023) Psychologists’ experiences and perspectives of adults with long-Covid and neurodiversity, including intellectual disabilities. FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, 21(2), 23-32. View this article in WRRO
Baxter R, Rawlings GH, Yates L & Beail N (2023) Waiting for psychological therapy during the covid-19 pandemic: experiences of adults with an intellectual disability. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3), 148-160. View this article in WRRO
Grahame C, Rawlings GH, Gourley TR & Vlissides N (2023) Experiences of being diagnosed with an intellectual disability: a mixed methods service evaluation. FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, 21(1), 5-16. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Novakova B, Armstrong I & Thompson AR (2023) Can self‐compassion help us better understand the impact of pulmonary hypertension on those with the condition and their carers? A cross‐sectional analysis. Pulmonary Circulation, 13(1). View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Thompson AR, Armstrong I & Beail N (2022) What is the psychosocial burden of COVID‐19 on people with pulmonary hypertension?. The Clinical Respiratory Journal. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Thompson AR, Armstrong I, Novakova B & Beail N (2022) Cognitive and behavioural processes predict anxiety and depression in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation, 12(4). View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH (2022) Book review: Trauma and Intellectual Disability: Acknowledgement, Identification and Intervention. Edited by N. Beail, P. Frankish & A. Skelly. Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd; 2021. ISBN: 978-914010-59-0. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 16(3), 184-185. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Thompson AR, Armstrong I, Novakova B & Beail N (2022) Coping styles associated with depression, health anxiety and health-related quality of life in pulmonary hypertension : cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open, 12(8). View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Beail N, Condliffe R, Kiely DG, Thompson AR, Sabroe I & Armstrong I (2022) Examining the impact of pulmonary hypertension on nonprofessional caregivers: a mixed‐methods systematic review. Pulmonary Circulation, 12(2). View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Beail N, Armstrong I & Thompson AR (2022) Self-help cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety in pulmonary hypertension : pilot randomised controlled trial. ERJ Open Research, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
Power N, Rawlings GH & Bennett C (2022) Evaluating a mindfulness-based group intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 16(3), 135-146. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Novakova B, Beail N & Reuber M (2021) What do we know about non-epileptic seizures in adults with intellectual disability: a narrative review. Seizure, 91, 437-446. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Yates L & Beail N (2021) Restoration of routine neuropsychological testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in a community health service for people who have intellectual disabilities: changes to administration and service user views. FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, 19(2), 31-38. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Wright KP, Rolling K & Beail N (2021) Telephone-delivered compassion-focused therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities: a case series. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 15(2/3), 89-103. View this article in WRRO
Goldstein LH, Robinson EJ, Pilecka I, Perdue I, Mosweu I, Read J, Jordan H, Wilkinson M, Rawlings G, Feehan SJ , Callaghan H et al (2021) Cognitive–behavioural therapy compared with standardised medical care for adults with dissociative non-epileptic seizures: the CODES RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25(43). View this article in WRRO
Ahmed S, Heaven A, Lawton R, Rawlings G, Sloan C & Clegg A (2021) Behaviour change techniques in personalised care planning for older people: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice, 71(703), e121-e127. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Gaskell C, Rolling K & Beail N (2021) Exploring how to deliver videoconference-mediated psychological therapy to adults with an intellectual disability during the coronavirus pandemic. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 15(1), 20-32. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Beail N, Armstrong I, Condliffe R, Kiely DG, Sabroe I & Thompson AR (2020) Adults’ experiences of living with pulmonary hypertension: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open, 10(12). View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH & Bains M (2020) Experiences of depression in older adults from non-white and ethnic minority groups: A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 266, 341-348. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Perdue I, Goldstein LH, Carson AJ, Stone J & Reuber M (2019) Neurologists’ experiences of participating in the CODES study—a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing cognitive behavioural therapy vs standardised medical care for dissociative seizures. Seizure, 71, 8-12. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Williams RK, Clarke DJ, English C, Fitzsimons C, Holloway I, Lawton R, Mead G, Patel A & Forster A (2019) Exploring adults’ experiences of sedentary behaviour and participation in non-workplace interventions designed to reduce sedentary behaviour: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. BMC Public Health, 19(1). View this article in WRRO
Novakova B, Harris PR, Rawlings GH & Reuber M (2019) Coping with stress: A pilot study of a self-help stress management intervention for patients with epileptic or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behavior , 94, 169-177. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Brown I & Reuber M (2018) Narrative analysis of written accounts about living with epileptic or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Seizure, 62, 59-65. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Brown I, Stone B & Reuber M (2018) A pilot randomised controlled trial of a home-based writing intervention for individuals with seizures. Psychology & Health, 33(9), 1151-1171. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH & Reuber M (2018) Health care practitioners’ perceptions of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Epilepsia, 59(6), 1109-1123. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Brown I, Stone B & Reuber M (2018) Written accounts of living With epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A thematic comparison. Qualitative Health Research, 28(6), 950-962. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Brown I & Reuber M (2017) Deconstructing stigma in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: An exploratory study. Epilepsy & Behavior, 74, 167-172. View this article in WRRO
Dickson JM, Rawlings GH, Grünewald RA, Miles K, Mack C, Heywood T & Reuber M (2017) An alternative care pathway for suspected seizures in pre-hospital care: a service evaluation. British Paramedic Journal, 2(2), 22-28. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH, Brown I, Stone B & Reuber M (2017) Written accounts of living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A thematic analysis. Seizure, 50, 83-91.
Rawlings GH, Brown I, Stone B & Reuber M (2017) 8 Patients’ perspectives of living with epilepsy or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a thematic analysis investigating patients’ writings. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 88(8), A15.2-A16.
Rawlings GH, Brown I, Stone B & Reuber M (2017) Written accounts of living with epilepsy: A thematic analysis.. Epilepsy Behav, 72, 63-70.
Rawlings GH, Jamnadas-Khoda J, Broadhurst M, Grünewald RA, Howell SJ, Koepp M, Parry SW, Sisodiya SM, Walker MC & Reuber M (2017) Panic symptoms in transient loss of consciousness: Frequency and diagnostic value in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, epilepsy and syncope. Seizure, 48, 22-27.
Rawlings GH, Brown I & Reuber M (2017) Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior, 68, 153-158. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH & Reuber M (2016) What patients say about living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A systematic synthesis of qualitative studies.. Seizure, 41, 100-111. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings G, Gaskell C, Beail N, Thompson A, Armstrong I & Rawlings G () Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of emPHasis-10: the health-related quality of life measure in pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation.
Gaskell C, Power N, Novakova B, Simmonds‐Buckley M, Reuber M, Kellett S & Rawlings GH () A meta‐analytic review of the effectiveness of psychological treatment of functional / dissociative seizures on non‐seizure outcomes in adults. Epilepsia. View this article in WRRO
Rawlings GH & Beail N () Long‐COVID in people with intellectual disabilities: a call for research of a neglected area. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. View this article in WRRO

Chapters

Reuber M, Rawlings GH & Schachter SC (2020) Researcher and Trainee Clinical Psychologist, 4 years’ experience, UK In Reuber M, Rawlings GH & Schachter SC (Ed.), Non-Epileptic Seizures in Our Experience (pp. 195-200). Oxford University Press
Rawlings G (2020) Anonymised title In Rawlings G, Reuber M & Schachter S (Ed.), Non-Epileptic Seizures in Our Experience Accounts of Healthcare Professionals Oxford University Press, USA
Reuber M & Rawlings GH (2017) Nonepileptic seizures - subjective phenomena. In Hallett M, Stone J & Carson A (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Neurology (pp. 283-296).

Preprints

Varian F, Burney R, Pearson C, Goh ZM, Newman J, Rawlings G, Zafar H, Kiely DG, Thompson AAR, Condliffe R , Toshner M et al (2024) Health-related quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension trials: a review and conceptual map, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Teaching activities: Gregg supports the delivery of a range of teaching sessions as part of the DClinPsy programme, which includes information relating to the service evaluation assignment. He is Academic Tutor and Thesis Research Supervisor for DClinPsy trainees.