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Barbara Mezes

Dr Barbara Mezes
BA, MSc, PhD

Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Primary Care & Mental Health
Part of
Institute of Population Health
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Contact

B.Mezes@liverpool.ac.uk

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • The Fylde Coast Research Consortium- mobilising coastal community assets to tackle health disparities. at 18th European Congress of Psychology: Uniting communities for a sustainable world (Brighton, UK, 2023)
  • Psychological processes underlying personal recovery in bipolar disorder at British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 45th Annual Conference (Manchester, UK, 2017)
  • Beliefs about mood swings and the experience of recovery in bipolar disorder. at Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies 49th Annual Convention (2015 - present)
  • The Resilience Revolution– A whole-town approach to build resilience by, with and for young people while promoting social change. at Sarawak Counselling Colloquium 2021, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Sarawak, Malaysia, 2021)
  • Personal recovery and functioning across the lifespan in bipolar: psychological factors and therapy innovations. at British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 51th Annual Conference (Cardiff, UK, 2023)
  • The Resilience Revolution: From reality to evidence at International Resilience Revolution Conference 2022, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Blackpool, UK, 2022)
  • Self-Harm Support: A targeted community-based resilience intervention for young people who self-harm and live in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area at Society for Research on Adolescence: Redefining possibilities and amplifying marginalised voices (New Orleans, USA, 2022)
  • The Resilience Revolution: A Whole-Town Approach to Promote Resilience and Social Change at Society for Community Research and Action: Uprooting White Supremacy 18th Biennial Conference (2021)
  • Evaluation of a complex community based resilience intervention - HeadStart Blackpool. at Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing: Communities, Families, Resilience and Resistance Conference (Stirling, UK, 2019)

Event Roles

  • Personal recovery and high functioning in bipolar disorder. at Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research: Recovery in Bipolar Disorder (Talk/Lecture, Lancaster, UK, 2018)
  • Cognitive impairment associated with severe mental health problems. at Rethink Carers Lancashire, by Invitation (Workshop, Carnforth, UK, 2014)
  • Personal recovery in bipolar disorder at International Bipolar Foundation, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, 2022)
  • Understanding personal recovery in bipolar disorder at Bipolar Disorder Research Network, University of Worcester, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Worcester, UK, 2018)

Examination Roles

  • King's College London, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PhD, 2023)
  • University of Birmingham, Psychology (PhD, 2023)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Post-submission (National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR))
  • External Post-submission (UK Research and Innovation, 2021 - present)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Early Career Academic Group- Chair (Department, 2022 - present)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Showtown Blackpool (2022 - present)
  • Grundy Art Gallery- Blackpool Council (2022 - present)
  • The Grand Theatre Blackpool (2022 - present)
  • Empowerment Charity (2022 - present)
  • East Sussex County Council (2022 - present)
  • Blackpool Better Start (2022 - present)
  • Citizens Advice Blackpool (2022 - present)
  • The Blackpool and the Fylde College (2022 - present)
  • University of Brighton (2018 - present)
  • Layton Medicak Centre- Central Blackpool Primary Care Network (2022 - present)
  • The Boingboing Foundation (2018 - present)
  • Lancaster University (2013 - present)
  • Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire, and Merseyside (2022 - present)
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2022 - present)
  • Blackpool Borough Council (2018 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Society for Community Research and Action (International, 2021 - present)
  • British Psychological Society (Graduate Member, 2011 - present)