Professor Steven Jones
Professor; Programme Leader for Neurodevelopmental Conditions PGCert
Steve joined the Medical School faculty after 15 years delivering post graduate education to medical doctors and allied health care professionals at another North West University.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, MCHP, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India.
Consultant Adviser - Youth mental health for World Awareness for Children in Trauma(WACIT)
His research focuses on suicide, deliberate self-harm and dementia.
ORCID number 0000-0003-0898-7789 and all publications are on research gate.
Steve is responsible for leading on the MSc Psychiatry for international medical doctors within local NHS Trusts. UK mental health professionals can also undertake this programme. Steve is an experienced clinician and educator with particular interests in, mental health, substance misuse, self-harm, cognitive disorders including dementia. He has worked with challenging behaviors and complex high risk patient’s throughout his psychiatry career. Both his Masters and PhD are psychology based. He is a former member of the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIHME/CSIP) Suicide and Self-harm Working Group, NHS SDO Research Community and Member of NETSCC College of Experts, National Research Grants Committee (GRAM) member for The Brain Tumour Charity, NIHR grant reviewer and COVID-19 SAGE Outbreak Expert Database for Mental Health.
He is a specialist peer reviewer for the International Journal of Psychology and Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry Research Journal. He is also an active member for the national sick children’s charity ‘ Well Child’ . He has been project leader for international education and mental health research projects. Steve has been a consultant educator and clinician on many NHS Trust projects. Steve is an editorial board member for the Journal of mental health nursing.
Steve is involved supervising students on a range of postgraduate courses including
- PhD supervisor
- DM
He has been a project leader and co-investigator for many international education and mental health research projects and outputs. Strong international research collaborations in place with clinicians and academics.
- Deliberate self-harm
- later life cognitive disorders
- Suicide reduction and education interventions
- Substance misuse
- Prisoner health UK and overseas
Du, B., Jones, S., Bailey, J., Rao, S. P., Chandra, M., Vaitheswaran, S., Shaji, K. S., Goswami, S. P., Spector, A., Fisher, E., Satish, G., & Krishna, M. (2023). Older adults’ experience of neuropsychological assessments for dementia screening in South India: A qualitative study. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 421.
Acton, D., Williams, J., Woodrow, C., Talbot, G., Jones, S., Lane, S., & Jaydeokar, S. (2023). Evaluation of a novel, multicomponent anxiety management programme for people with intellectual disability: Protocol for a mixed-methods, quasi-experimental feasibility study. BMJ Open, 13(9).
Acton, D.J., Waites, R., Jaydeokar, S. and Jones, S. (2023), "Co-design and development of a multi-component anxiety management programme for people with an intellectual disability", Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 26-36.
Acton, D.J., Jaydeokar, S. and Jones, S. (2023) Caregivers experiences of caring for people with intellectual disability and dementia: a qualitative evidence synthesi, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 10-25.
Acton, D.J., Jaydeokar, S. and Jones, S. (2023) Dementia education and training for caregivers supporting older people with intellectual disability: a scoping review of the literature. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities.
Majgi, S.M., Mal ,N.M., Krishna, M., Ebuenyi, I., Jones, S.(2022). Screening for mental illness using GMHAT App of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus at a teaching institute hospital in India – A cross sectional study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. Vol. 11, No. 10.
Jones, S and Jones, C. (2022) The shock of the new! The introduction of physical methods of treatment in psychiatry in Britain and Europe, 1922-1944. Convulsive and electroconvulsive therapy, a UK perspective from 1922-1944. International Congress-Royal College of Psychiatrists. Presented paper 22/6/22.
Simiyon, M., Loo, J.L., Baker, C., Lepping, P., Jones, S. (2022) An Audit on the Adherence to Antipsychotic Prescription Policy for the Management of Delirium in the Medical Wards. BJ Psych Open. Vol 8( S1) PPS 176.
Jones, S & Nathan, R. (2022) Constructing and conceptualizing suicide and self-harm, chapter 11. In Contemporary Social Problems in the UK; A Comprehensive Overview. Stanley, S. (ed), Routledge. ISBN 9780367764227
Krishna, M., Jones, S., Krishnaveni, G.V., Veena, S.R., Prince, M.,Kumaran, K.,Karat, S.C, Somashekar, R., Nagaraj,S., Fall, C.H.D. (2021) Social networks, depression, non-communicable disorders and disability: findings from the MYsore studies of Natal effect on Ageing and Health (MYNAH), South India. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.(Under peer review)
Jones, S., Kumar, P., Eost-Telling, C., Krishna, M. (2021). Attitudes of Female Warders towards inmate who self-harm: A pilot Exploratory Study from an Inner-city Prison in South India. Indian Journal of Criminology. 48(2) 15-26
Maiji, S.M., Jones, S., Taylor, L., Somashekar, R., Nagaraj, S., Bharath D. U., Krishna, M., (2021) Physical Health impairment, disability and suicidal intent among self-harm survivors in South India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health (IJCMPH). 8 (5) 2370-2377.
Jones, S., Jack, B., Kirby, J., Wilson, T., Murphy, P. (2020) Methadone assisted opiate withdrawal and subsequent heroin abstinence: the importance of psychological preparedness. American Journal of Addictions. 30 (1). 11-20.
Majgi, S., Krishna, M., Bharath D. U., S. Rao, .P. Rajendra, R., Jones, S. (2020) Social and clinical correlates of Mephedrone Use Disorder in a tertiary mental health setting in Mumbai: a pilot exploratory study. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour. 24(1). 36-43.DOI 10.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_40_19
Krishna, M., Jones, S., Maden, M., Bharath, D., Kumaran, K., Ramya, M.C., Karat, S.C., Fall, C.H.D. (2019) Size at birth and cognitive ability in late life: A systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 34:1139–1169. Published on line 6 May and Journal issue 11 July. DOI:10.1002/gps.5138.
Bifarin, O. and Jones, S. (2018) Embedding recovery based approaches into mental health nurse training- a reflective account. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 7(5).
Murphy, P., Mohammed, F., Wareing, M., Cotton, A., Mc Neil, J., Irving, P., Jones, S., Sharples, L., Monk, R., Elton, P. (2018) High drug related mortality rates following prison release: Assessing the acceptance likelihood of a naltrexone injection and related concerns. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (92) 91-98
Jones. C. and Jones, S. (2018) Electro Convulsive Therapy: Milestones in its history. Mental Health Nursing. 38(4).6-10
Krishna, M, Jones,S., Ramya, M and Sharma, V (2017) Use of GMHAT/PC in old age population in India. In: Behere, P, Sharma, V, Kumar, V and Shah, V (eds). MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL (GMHAT). Indian Psychiatric Society Publication, India. 141-149. ISBN 978-1-68419-385-1
Jones, S., Keenan, P., Danivas, V and Krishna, M (2017) Training nurses in Mental Health Assessment using GMHAT/PC in India. In: Behere, P, Sharma, V, Kumar, V and Shah, V (eds). MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL (GMHAT). Indian Psychiatric Society Publication, India. 93-101.
Danivas, V., Bharmal, M., Keenan, P., Jones, S., Prasad, K., Kalyanaraman, K., Prince, M., Karat, K., Fall, C, and Krishna, M. (2016) An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of coercion towards community dwelling older adults with dementia: Findings from MYsore studies of Natal effects on Ageing and Health (MYNAH). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51(12): 1659–1664
Kumar, N., Rajendra, R., Sumanth, M.M., Krishna, M., Keenan, P., Jones, S. (2016) Attitudes of general hospital staff towards patients who self-harm in South India: A cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 38(6): 547–552.
Krishna, M., Beulah, E., Jones, S., Sundarachari, R., Kumaran, Soroja .A., Kalyanaraman, K., Karat, S. Fall, C., and Prince, M. (2016) Cognitive function and disability in late Life: An ecological validation of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests among community dwelling older adults in south India. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31(8) 879-891.
Krishna, M., Lepping, P., Jones, S., Lane, S. (2015) Systematic review and meta-analysis of group cognitive behavioural psychotherapy for sub-clinical depression. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Volume 16: 7-16.
PhD, MSc (FBS) Liverpool, RGN, RMN, PGCE (HETLS).