About
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Research
Research interests
- Secondary influences on cognition (e.g. anxiety, depression, pain)
- Interventions for neuropsychological problems (e.g. confabulation, emotional lability)
- Family support for neurological populations
- Development of psychometric tools (e.g. dementia assessment in ID)
- Training approaches for clinical psychology/neuropsychology (e.g. new teaching approaches, competency tools)
Current research
Research supervisor for current student projects:
DClinPsych
- Self-care behaviour in family caregivers of people with an acquired brain injury.
- Exploring the relationship between executive functioning, rumination, metacognitive beliefs, and mindfulness.
- A brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based intervention for Functional Neurological Disorders.
- Experiences of palliative care for family members of people with motor neurone disease.
- Psychological outcomes from therapy for older adults.
MSc:
- Pilot study for a new neurocognitive assessment tool for dementia in Down’s Syndrome.
- Investigating levels of anxiety, depression, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction in subtypes of Ataxia compared to healthy controls.
My research projects include:
- Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with various subprojects (e.g. self-reported attention and memory problems related to mental health during lockdown)
- Development of a ‘neuropsychological assessment observation tool’ for developing competences in trainee clinical psychologists.
- Qualitative study on a young person’s experiences of having a parent with a brain injury.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
Training in neuropsychological practice, including:
- The role of the clinical neuropsychologist
- Neuropsychological assessment and psychomterics
- Cognition (e.g. memory, attention, visuospatial processing)
- Cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment
- Mental capacity assessments
- Psychological therapy for neurological populations
- Neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Equality, diversity and inclusion in neuropsychology
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
Dr Warren Dunger is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Director on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme at the University of Southampton.
I completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) at the University of Southampton in 2016. Once qualified, I completed further training to gain entry on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
I have worked in various inpatient and community neurological, neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioural rehabilitation services. At present, I continue to work clinically in neurological rehabilitation.
I was appointed as the Neuropsychology & Health Module co-ordinator in 2019 and Neuropsychology Lead for the DClinPsych programme. Other responsibilities include undertaking and supervising research projects, being a clinical/academic tutor for trainee clinical psychologists, and leading on the development of our accredited training pathways.
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Prizes
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