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Dr Felicity Bishop MSc, PhD

Associate Professor, Programme Director, MSc Health Psychology

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Dr Felicity Bishop is a health psychologist leading an interdisciplinary programme of mixed methods research around complementary therapies and placebo effects in health care within Psychology at the University of Southampton.

Placebo effects are real and powerful. Can we harness them ethically to improve healthcare?

I am a Chartered Psychologist and Health Psychologist. I have an MA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford (The Queen’s College) and an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Southampton. In 2006 I obtained my PhD in Psychology from the University of Southampton. Following some postdoctoral work I moved to Primary Care and Population Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine to take up an Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship. From 2008 to 2011 I undertook a programme of research, funded under the Fellowship, using mixed methods to investigate psychosocial aspects of acupuncture for low back pain. During this period I was also a visiting researcher at Harvard University, developing a programme of work around lay perspectives on placebo effects. In 2012 I returned to Psychology at the University of Southampton to take up a Lectureship in Health Psychology. In 2015 I was promoted to Associate Professor.

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I have an interdisciplinary programme of mixed methods research around contextual effects in health care, encompassing topics including: ethical, scientific and lay perspectives on use of placebos in clinical practice and research; uptake and adherence to treatments for back pain; applications and elaborations of the common-sense model of illness perception; utilisation of complementary and alternative medicines and psychosocial mediators of their effectiveness; mixing qualitative and quantitative methods.

Current Grants

NHS Solent Research Capability Funding. 2016-17. PI: Felicity Bishop.
University of Southampton FSHS, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund. 2016-17. Hush the quacks. Exploring health fraud scams in the UK. PI: Anita Lavorgna. Co-investigator: Felicity Bishop.
NIHR School for Primary Care Research PhD studentship. 2016-19. Supervisors: Felicity Bishop (lead), George Lewith, Adam Geraghty. Student: Doug Hardman.
Arthritis Research UK, Special Strategic Award. 2014-17. Non-specific Mechanisms in Orthodox and CAM management of back pain (MOCAM). PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-investigators: George Lewith, Katherine Bradbury, Janine Leach, Hugh MacPherson, Borislav Dimitrov, Lisa Roberts, Lucy Yardley.
University of Southampton VC PhD-Scholarship with Royal College of Chiropractors, Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, and Southampton Complementary Medicine Research Trust. 2014-17. Reconceptualising Patient-Reported Outcome Measures as Active Components of Complex Interventions. Supervisors: Felicity Bishop (lead), George Lewith, David Newell. Student: Michelle Holmes.
Arthritis Research UK, Research Progression Award. 2014-15. Acupuncture for back pain: modifying the psychological determinants of patient outcomes. PI: Felicity Bishop.
NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme. 2013-17. ACTIB (Assessing Cognitive behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel): A randomized controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome. PI: Hazel Everitt. Co-applicants: Rona Moss-Morris, Trudie Chalder, Paul McCrone, Paul Little, Sabine Landau, Felicity Bishop, Robert Logan, Nicholas Coleman.
NIHR National School for Primary Care Research. 2012-13. PIs: Felicity Bishop & George Lewith. Co-applicants: Hazel Everitt, Adam Geraghty, Paul Little. “Creating a Taxonomy to Harness the Placebo effect in UK primary care.”
Faculty of Social & Human Sciences, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund. 2012. PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-applicants: Cynthia Graham, George Lewith. “Placebo effects and informed consent”
Arthritis Research UK, 2008-12. PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-applicants/Mentors: George Lewith, Lucy Yardley, Paul Little, Cyrus Cooper. Career Development Fellowship "Acupuncture for Back Pain: Evaluating Patient Outcomes and Their Determinants."
NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, 2010-12. PI: Felicity Bishop, Co-applicants: Paul Little, George Lewith, Rona Moss-Morris, Nadine Foster. "Treatment beliefs in back pain."

Research group

Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology (CCCAHP)

Affiliate research group

Complementary & Integrated Medicine Research Group

Director MSc Health Psychology (2015 – present);
Admissions Tutor: MSc Health Psychology
Psychology PhD Upgrades Tutor (2015 - present)

Articles

Harvey, J. M., Sibelli, A., Chalder, T., Everitt, H., Moss-Morris, R., & Bishop, F. L. (2018). Desperately seeking a cure: Treatment seeking and appraisal in irritable bowel syndrome. British Journal of Health Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12304
Barker, S. L., Maguire, N., Bishop, F. L., & Stopa, L. L. (2018). Expert viewpoints of peer support for people experiencing homelessness: A Q Sort study. Psychological Services.
Barker, S. L., Maguire, N., Bishop, F. L., & Stopa, L. (2018). Peer support critical elements and experiences in supporting the homeless: a qualitative study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 28(4), 213-229. DOI: 10.1002/casp.2353
Holmes, M. M., Bishop, F., & Calman, L. (2017). “I just googled and read everything”: Exploring breast cancer survivors’ use of the internet to find information on complementary medicine. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 33, 78-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2017.06.007
Zhang, Y., Dennis, J., Leach, M., Bishop, F., Cramer, H., Chung, V., ... Adams, J. (2017). Complementary and alternative medicine use among U.S. Adults with headache or migraine: results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey. Headache. DOI: 10.1111/head.13148
Blease, C., Bishop, F., & Kaptchuk, T. J. (2017). Informed consent and clinical trials: where is the placebo effect? BMJ, 356, [j463]. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j463
Howick, J., Lewith, G., Mebius, A., Fanshawe, T. R., Bishop, F., van Osch, M., ... Mistiaen, P. (2017). Positive messages may reduce patient pain: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2017.03.005
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., Cooper, C., Little, P., & Lewith, G. (2017). Predicting adherence to acupuncture appointments for low back pain: a prospective observational study. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 17(5). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1499-9
McIntyre, E., Saliba, A. J., Wiener, K. K. K., & Bishop, F. L. (2017). Predicting the intention to use herbal medicines for anxiety symptoms: a model of health behaviour. Journal of Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1417553
Sibelli, A., Chalder, T., Everitt, H., Workman, P., Bishop, F. L., & Moss-Morris, R. (2017). The role of high expectations of self and social desirability in emotional processing in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome: A qualitative study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 22(4), 737-762. DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12264
Bishop, F., Coghlan, B., Geraghty, A., Everitt, H., Little, P., Holmes, M. M., ... Lewith, G. (2017). What techniques might be used to harness placebo effects in non-malignant pain? A literature review and survey to develop a taxonomy. BMJ Open, 7(6), 1-13. [e015516]. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015516
Hughes, J. G., Greville-Harris, M. L., Graham, C., Lewith, G., White, P., & Bishop, F. (2017). What trial participants need to be told about placebo effects to give informed consent: a survey to establish existing knowledge among patients with back pain. Journal of Medical Ethics, 1-4. DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103964
Zhang, Y., Leach, M. J., Bishop, F. L., & Leung, B. (2016). A comparison of the characteristics of acupuncture-preferred consumers and non-acupuncture preferred consumers: a secondary analysis of NHIS 2012 data. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 22(4), 315-322. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2015.0244
Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. T. (2016). A qualitative exploration of how patients conceptualise their acupuncturists: technicians, caring professionals, and wise healers. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 27, 74-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.06.005
Kwakye, I. N., Garner, M., Baldwin, D. S., Bamford, S., Pinkney, V., & Bishop, F. L. (2016). Altruism, personal benefit, and anxieties: a phenomenological study of healthy volunteers’ experiences in a placebo-controlled trial of duloxetine. Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental, 1-29.
Greville-Harris, M., Hughes, J., Lewith, G., Liossi, C., White, P., Graham, C. A., & Bishop, F. L. (2016). Assessing knowledge about acupuncture: a survey of people with back pain in the UK. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 29, 164-168. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.10.005
Bishop, F. L., McGinn, L., Graham, C. A., Biggs, H., Denegri, S., & Lewith, G. T. (2016). Describing placebos in patient information leaflets: effects on patients’ beliefs. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 4(4), 609-617. DOI: 10.5750/ejpch.v4i4.1145
Greville-Harris, M., Bostock, J., Din, A., Graham, C. A., Lewith, G., Liossi, C., ... Bishop, F. L. (2016). Informing patients about placebo effects: using evidence, theory, and qualitative methods to develop a new website. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocols, 5(2), [e106]. DOI: 10.2196/resprot.5627
Bradbury, K., Al-Abbadey, M., Carnes, D., Dimitrov, B., Eardley, S., Fawkes, C., ... Bishop, F. L. (2016). Non-specific mechanisms in orthodox and CAM management of low back pain (MOCAM): theoretical framework and protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 6(5), 1-31. [e012209]. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012209
Flower, A., Harman, K., Lewith, G., Moore, M., Bishop, F., Stuart, B., & Lampert, N. (2016). Standardised Chinese herbal treatment delivered by GPs compared with individualised treatment administered by practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine for women with recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTI): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Clinical Trials, 17(358), 1-9. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1471-5
Mistiaen, P., van Osch, M., van Vliet, L., Howick, J., Bishop, F. L., Di Blasi, Z., ... van Dulmen, S. (2016). The effect of patient–practitioner communication on pain: a systematic review. European Journal of Pain, 20(5), 675-688. DOI: 10.1002/ejp.797
Holmes, M., Lewith, G., Newell, D., Field, J., & Bishop, F. L. (2016). The impact of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice for pain: a systematic review. Quality of Life Research, 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1449-5
Bishop, F. L., Greville-Harris, M., Bostock, J., Din, A., Graham, C. A., Lewith, G., ... Yardley, L. (2016). Using psychological theory and qualitative methods to develop a new evidence-based website about acupuncture for back pain. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 1-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2016.05.006
Bishop, F. L., Dima, A. L., Ngui, J., Little, P., Moss-Morris, R., Foster, N. E., & Lewith, G. (2015). “Lovely pie in the sky plans”: a qualitative study of clinicians’ perspectives on guidelines for managing low back pain in primary care in England. Spine, 40(23), 1842-1850.
Mc Sharry, J., Bishop, F. L., Moss-Morris, R., Holt, R. I. G., & Kendrick, T. (2015). A new measure of multimorbid illness and treatment representations: the example of diabetes and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 174, 192-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.11.050
Everitt, H., Landau, S., Little, P., Bishop, F. L., McCrone, P., O'Reilly, G., ... Moss-Morris, R. (2015). Assessing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel (ACTIB): protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome in adults. BMJ Open, 5, 1-15. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008622
Bishop, F. L., Fenge-Davis, A. L., Kirby, S. E., & Geraghty, A. W. (2015). Context effects and behaviour change techniques in randomised trials: a systematic review using the example of trials to increase adherence to physical activity in musculoskeletal pain. Psychology and Health, 30(1), 104-121. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.953529
Yardley, L., & Bishop, F. L. (2015). Editorial. Using mixed methods in health research: benefits and challenges. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20(1), 1-4. DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12126
Bishop, F., Greville-Harris, M., Lewith, G., Yardley, L., Liossi, C., Graham, C., ... Bostock, J. (2015). Improving informed choice about acupuncture and placebo interventions. Abstract. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 7(6), 682. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.012
Simmonds, G., Tinati, T., Barker, M., & Bishop, F. L. (2015). Measuring young women’s self-efficacy for healthy eating: initial development and validation of a new questionnaire. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(11), 2503-2513. DOI: 10.1177/1359105315580464
Bradbury, K., Bishop, F., Lewith, G., Yardley, L., Leach, J., Roberts, L., ... Greville-Harris, M. (2015). Non-specific Mechanisms in Orthodox and CAM management of back pain (MOCAM). European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 7(6), 682-683. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.013
Baker, M., & Bishop, F. (2015). Out of school: a phenomenological exploration of extended non-attendance. Educational Psychology in Practice, 31(4), 354-368. DOI: 10.1080/02667363.2015.1065473
Dima, A., Lewith, G. T., Little, P., Moss-Morris, R., Foster, N. E., Hankins, M., ... Bishop, F. L. (2015). Patients' treatment beliefs in low back pain: development and validation of a questionnaire in primary care. Pain, 1-34. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000193
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., Prescott, P., Cooper, C., Little, P., & Lewith, G. T. (2015). Psychological covariates of longitudinal changes in back-related disability in patients undergoing acupuncture. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 31, 254-264. DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000108
Flower, A., Winters, D., Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. (2015). The challenges of treating women with recurrent urinary tract infections in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs’ experiences of conventional management and their attitudes towards possible herbal options. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 1-10. DOI: 10.1017/S1463423615000201
Bishop, F. L. (2015). Using mixed methods research designs in health psychology: an illustrated discussion from a pragmatist perspective. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20(1), 5-20. DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12122
Flower, A., Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. (2014). How women manage recurrent urinary tract infections: an analysis of postings on a popular web forum. BMC Family Practice, 15(162), 1-8. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-162
Bishop, F., Howick, J., Heneghan, C., Stevens, S., Hobbs, R., & Lewith, G. (2014). Placebo use in the UK: a qualitative study exploring GPs’ views on placebo effects in clinical practice. Family Practice, 31(3), 357-363. DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu016
Bishop, F. L., Aizlewood, L., & Adams, A. E. M. (2014). When and why placebo-prescribing is acceptable and unacceptable: a focus group study of patients' views. PLoS ONE, 9(7), e101822. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101822
Bishop, F. L., & Salmon, C. (2013). Advertising, expectations and informed consent: the contents and functions of acupuncture leaflets. Acupuncture in Medicine, 31, 351-357. DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010416
Bogosian, A., Moss-Morris, R., Bishop, F. L., & Hadwin, J. (2013). Development and initial validation of the Perceptions of Parental Illness Questionnaire (PPIQ). Journal of Health Psychology.
Tonkin-Crine, S., Bishop, F. L., Ellis, M., Moss-Morris, R., & Everitt, H. (2013). Exploring patients' views of a cognitive behavioral therapy-based website for the self-management of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(9), e190-e103. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2672
Bishop, F. L., Bradbury, K. J., Hj Jeludin, N. N., Massey, Y., & Lewith, G. T. (2013). How patients choose osteopaths: a mixed methods study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 21(1), 50-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.10.003
Dima, A., Lewith, G. T., Little, P. S., Moss-Morris, R., Foster, N. E., & Bishop, F. L. (2013). Identifying patients’ beliefs about treatments for chronic low back pain in primary care: a focus group study. British Journal of General Practice, 63(612), e490-e498. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X669211
Bishop, F. L., & Holmes, M. M. (2013). Mixed methods in CAM research: a systematic review of studies published in 2012. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , 2013, 1-12. DOI: 10.1155/2013/187365
Lewith, G., & Bishop, F. (2013). 'Most family doctors' have given a patient a placebo drug. BBC News Health 21 March 2013.
Bishop, F. L., Smith, R., & Lewith, G. (2013). Patient preferences for technical skills versus interpersonal skills in chiropractors and physiotherapists treating low back pain. Family Practice, 30(2), 197-203. DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms066
Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. T. (2013). Patients' preconceptions of acupuncture: a qualitative study exploring the decisions patients make when seeking acupuncture. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 13(102), 1-10. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-102
Bradbury, K. J., Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2013). Patients’ appraisals of public and private healthcare: a qualitative study of physiotherapy and osteopathy. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(10), 1307-1318. DOI: 10.1177/1359105312465101
Howick, J., Bishop, F. L., Heneghan, C., Wolstenholme, J., Stevens, S., Hobbs, F. D. R., & Lewith, G. T. (2013). Placebo use in the United Kingdom: results from a national survey of primary care practitioners. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58247. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058247
Eardley, S., Bishop, F. L., Cardini, F., Santos-Rey, K., Jong, M. C., Ursoniu, S., ... Lewith, G. (2012). A pilot feasibility study of a questionnaire to determine European Union-wide CAM use. Complementary Medicine Research: Practice, Methods, Perspectives, 19(6), 302-310. DOI: 10.1159/000345839
Eardley, S., Bishop, F. L., Prescott, P., Cardini, F., Brinkhaus, B., Santos-Rey, K., ... Lewith, G. (2012). A systematic literature review of complementary and alternative medicine prevalence in EU. Complementary Medicine Research: Practice, Methods, Perspectives, 19, 18-28. DOI: 10.1159/000342708
Bishop, F. L., Amos, N., Yu, H., & Lewith, G. T. (2012). Health-care sector and complementary medicine: practitioners’ experiences of delivering acupuncture in the public and private sectors. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 13(3), 269-278. DOI: 10.1017/S1463423612000035
Bishop, F. L., Adams, A. E. M., Kaptchuk, T. J., & Lewith, G. (2012). Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e39661. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039661
Bishop, F. L., Jacobson, E. E., Shaw, J., & Kaptchuk, T. J. (2012). Participants' experiences of being debriefed to placebo allocation in a clinical trial. Qualitative Health Research, 22(8), 1138-1149.
White, P., Bishop, F. L., Prescott, P., Scott, C., Little, P., & Lewith, G. (2012). Practice, practitioner or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture. Pain, 153(2), 455-462. DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.007
Bishop, F. L., Jacobson, E. E., Shaw, J. R., & Kaptchuk, T. J. (2012). Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing: How clinical trial participants conceptualise placebos. Social Science & Medicine, 74(5), 767-774. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.020
Mc Sharry, J., Bishop, F. L., Moss-Morris, R., & Kendrick, T. (2012). 'The chicken and egg thing’: cognitive representations and self-management of multimorbidity in people with diabetes and depression. Psychology and Health. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.716438
Bishop, F. L., Zaman, S., & Lewith, G. T. (2011). Acupuncture for low back pain: a survey of clinical practice in the UK. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 19, 144-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.03.004
Bishop, F. L., Rea, A., Lewith, H., Chan, Y. K., Saville, J., Prescott, P., ... Lewith, G. T. (2011). Complementary medicine use by men with prostate cancer: a systematic review of prevalence studies. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 14, 1-13. DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2010.38
Bishop, F. L., Massey, Y., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2011). How patients choose acupuncturists: a mixed-methods project. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17(1), 19-25. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0061
Barlow, F., Scott, C. L., Coghlan, B., Lee, P., White, P., Lewith, G. T., & Bishop, F. L. (2011). How the psychosocial context of clinical trials differs from usual care: a qualitative study of acupuncture patients. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(79), 1-8. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-79
Brien, S., Bishop, F. L., Riggs, K., Stevenson, D., Freire, V., & Lewith, G. T. (2011). Integrated medicine in the management of chronic illness: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 61(583), e89-e96. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X556254
Bishop, F. L., Barlow, F., Coghlan, B., Lee, P., & Lewith, G. T. (2011). Patients as healthcare consumers in the public and private sectors: a qualitative study of acupuncture in the UK. BMC Health Services Research, 11(129), 1-11. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-129
Steinsbekk, A., Rise, M. B., Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. (2011). Predictors for adolescent visits to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a total population (the Young-HUNT Studies). PLoS ONE, 6(10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025719
Bishop, F. L., Lewis, G., Harris, S., McKay, N., Prentice, P., Thiel, H., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). A within-subjects trial to test the equivalence of online and paper outcome measures: The Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11, 113-[7pp]. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-113
Bishop, F. L., Rea, A., Lewith, H., Chan, Y. K., Saville, J., Prescott, P., & von Elm, E. (2010). Complementary medicine use by men with prostate cancer: A systematic review of prevalence studies. Conference paper presented at ECIM 2010. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2(4), 179-180.
Bishop, F., Jacobsen, E., Shaw, J., & Kaptchuk, T. (2010). Debriefing to placebo allocation: A phenomenological study of participants’ experiences in a randomized clinical trial. Conference paper presented at ECIM 2010. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2(4), 199-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2010.09.058
Bogosian, A., Moss-Morris, R., Bishop, F. L., & Hadwin, J. (2010). How do adolescents adjust to their parent's multiple sclerosis?: An interview study. British Journal of Health Psychology. DOI: 10.1348/135910710X521492
Bishop, F. L., Massey, Y., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso. ICCMR 2010 Abstract Book, 0-135.
Bishop, F. L., Hill, C., White, P., Walker, J., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). Mean-making and efficacy research: A qualitative analysis to interpret the results of a randomised controlled trial. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine, Tromso. ICCMR 2010 Abstract Book, 0-007.
Bishop, F. L., Prescott, P., Chan, Y. K., Saville, J., Elm, E. V., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). Prevalence of complementary medicine use in pediatric cancer: a systematic review. Pediatrics, 125(4), 768-776. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1775
Bishop, F., & Yardley, L. (2010). The development and initial validation of a new measure of lay definitions of health: the wellness beliefs scale. Psychology and Health, 25(3), 271-287. DOI: 10.1080/08870440802609980
Bishop, F. L., Barlow, F., Walker, J., McDermott, C., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). The development and validation of an outcome measure for spiritual healing: A mixed methods study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 79(6), 350-362. DOI: 10.1159/000320120
Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). Who uses CAM? A narrative review of demographic characteristics and health factors associated with CAM use. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , 7(1), 11-28. DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen023
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2010). Why consumers maintain complementary and alternative medicine use: a qualitative study. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(2), 175-182. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0292
Bishop, F. L., Prescott, P., Chan, Y. K., Saville, J., & Lewith, G. T. (2009). A systematic review of epidemiological studies on the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by paediatric cancer patients. Presented at North American Conference on Integrative Medicine. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 15(3).
Bishop, F., Hill, C., White, P., Walker, J., & Lewith, G. (2009). Acupuncture for osteoarthritis: A qualitative analysis to interpret the results of a randomised controlled trial. Conference paper presented at ECIM 2009. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 1(4), 214-215. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.135
Bishop, F. L., Lim, C. Y., Leydon, G. M., & Lewith, G. T. (2009). Overseas Chinese students in the UK: Patterns and correlates of their use of Western and traditional Chinese medicine. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 15(1), 8-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2008.09.005
Walsh, E. A., McBride, A., Bishop, F., & Muser Leyvraz, A. (2009). Public perception of temperament in dogs may be influenced by working roles. Proceedings of the International Working Dogs Conference, Leper, Belgium 2009.
Bishop, F., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. (2009). Why consumers maintain complementary and alternative medicine use: A qualitative study. Presented at ECIM 2009. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 1(4), 219-219. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.141
Bishop, F. L., Lewith, G. T., & Yardley, L. (2008). A qualitative analysis of patients' experiences of acupuncture: implications for understanding non-specific effects. Presented at EHPS and DHP conference 2008. Psychology and Health, 23(1), 66-67. DOI: 10.1080/08870440802299543
Bishop, F., Lewith, G., & Yardley, L. (2008). A qualitative analysis of patients’ experiences of acupuncture: Implications for understanding non-specific effects. Presented at ECIM 2008. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 1, 34. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2008.08.065
Bishop, F. L., & Lewith, G. T. (2008). A review of psychosocial predictors of treatment outcomes: what factors might determine the clinical success of acupuncture for pain? Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, 1(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60001-7
Bishop, F., Chan, Y. K., Lewith, G., & Prescott, P. (2008). A systematic review of epidemiological studies on the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by paediatric cancer patients. Presented at ECIM 2008. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 1(Supplement 1), 1-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2008.08.082
Bishop, F. (2008). Alternative choices. A health psychology perspective. In Essence, 6(4), 30-31.
White, P., Bishop, F., Hardy, H., Abdollahian, S., White, A., Park, J., ... Lewith, G. T. (2008). Southampton needle sensation questionnaire: development and validation of a measure to gauge acupuncture needle sensation. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 14(4), 373-379. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0714
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2008). Treat or treatment: a qualitative study analyzing patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine. American Journal of Public Health, 98(9), 1700-1705. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110072
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2008). Treatment appraisals and beliefs predict adherence to complementary therapies: a prospective study using a dynamic extended self-regulation model. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13(4), 701-718. DOI: 10.1348/135910707X249570
Bishop, F. . L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. . T. (2007). A systematic review of beliefs involved in the use of complementary and alternative medicine. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12(6), 851-867. DOI: 10.1177/1359105307082447
Yardley, L., Bishop, F. L., Beyer, N., Hauer, K., Kempen, G. I. J. M., Piot-Ziegler, C., ... Rosell Holt, A. (2006). Older people's views of falls prevention interventions in six European countries. The Gerontologist, 46(5), 650-660.
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2006). Why do people use different forms of complementary medicine? Multivariate associations between treatment and illness beliefs and complementary medicine use. Psychology and Health, 21(5), 683-698. DOI: 10.1080/14768320500444216
Bishop, F. L., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. (2005). Developing a measure of treatment beliefs: the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Beliefs Inventory. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 13(2), 144-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.01.005
Bishop, F., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. (2004). Associations and explanations: who uses complementary medicine and why? Health Psychology Update, 13(3), 12-19.
Bishop, F. L., & Yardley, L. (2004). Constructing agency in treatment decisions: negotiating responsibility in cancer. Health, 8(4), 465-482. DOI: 10.1177/1363459304045699

Letter/Editorial

Steel, A., Sundberg, T., Reid, R., Ward, L., Bishop, F., Leach, M., ... Adams, J. (2017). Reply to the letter to the editor: ‘Systematic review of comparative effectiveness and health economics research relating to osteopathic manipulative treatment’. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2017.02.001

Book Chapters

Yardley, L., & Bishop, F. (2007). Mixing qualitative and quantitative methods: a pragmatic approach. In C. Willig, & W. Stainton-Rogers (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology (pp. 352-370). Sage Publications Ltd.
Bishop, F., & Yardley, L. (2007). Qualitative Assessment. In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman, & R. West (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (pp. 314-318). Cambridge University Press.

Conferences

Al-Abbadey, M., Bradbury, K., Carnes, D., Dimitrov, B. D., Fawkes, C., Foster, J., ... Bishop, F. L. (2017). Non-specific mechanisms in orthodox and complementary /alternative management of back pain (The MOCAM Study): recruitment rates and challenges. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 99-B(SUPP 10), 11.
Marmion, V. J., Bishop, F., Millard, D. E., & Stevenage, S. V. (2017). The cognitive heuristics behind disclosure decisions. In Social Informatics. SocInfo 2017 (pp. 591-607). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10539). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67217-5_35
Bishop, F. L., Massey, Y., Yardley, L., & Lewith, G. T. (2009). How do patients choose an acupuncturist? A mixed methods study.. Paper presented at 5th International Mixed Methods Conference, United Kingdom.
Walsh, E. A., McBride, E. A., Bishop, F. L., & Muser Leyvraz, A. (2009). Influence de l’experience et du milieu d’origine sur les preferences des propriétaires de chiens en Irlande. In C. Beata (Ed.), Proceedings of Congrés Zoopsy Lyon 2009 L'Attachment De L'Animal á L'Humain, De L'Éthologie Á La Pathologie (pp. 139-150). Ecoles Nationales Vétérinaires Françaises.
Muser Leyvraz, A., McBride, A. ., & Bishop, F. L. (2009). Management and behaviour of pet rabbits in Switzerland. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology & 5th Annual Meeting of the European College of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine-Companion Animals (pp. 42). European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology.
Bishop, F. L., Hill, C., White, P., Walker, J., & Lewith, G. T. (2009). Mean-making and efficacy research: A qualitative analysis to interpret the results of a randomised controlled trial. Paper presented at 5th International Mixed Methods Conference, United Kingdom.
Bishop, F. L., Walker, J., Barlow, F., & Lewith, G. T. (2009). The development and validation of an outcome measure of proximate spiritual healing: a mixed methods study. Paper presented at 5th International Mixed Methods Conference, United Kingdom.
Bishop, F. L. (2008). A review of psychosocial predictors of treatment outcomes: what factors might determine the clinical success of acupuncture for pain?. Paper presented at Symposium on Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (SAMS 2008), .
Walsh, E. A., McBride, E. A., & Bishop, F. L. (2008). Influences on public perception of the temperament of a breed of dog in Ireland: breed, handler appearance, experience and knowledge. 26-27. Paper presented at European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, Spain.
White, J., McBride, E. A., Redhead, E., & Bishop, F. (2007). Factors that contribute towards obesity in dogs. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Human-Animal Interaction, .
Walsh, E. A., McBride, E. A., Bishop, F., & Muser Leyvraz, A. (2007). Influence of breed, handler appearance and people's experience of dogs on their perception of the temperament of a breed of dog in Ireland. Paper presented at 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Anthrozoology, .
Muser Leyvraz, A., McBride, E. A., & Bishop, F. (2007). Influence of management on the behaviour of pet rabbits in Switzerland. 23. Paper presented at 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Anthrozoology "The Power of Animals: Approaches to Identifying New Roles for Animals in Society", .

Report

Hardman, D., & Bishop, F. (2018). The importance of logic when choosing how to approach a systematic review: lessons from a meta-ethnography of how healthcare professionals and patients understand placebos and their effects in primary care. (SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2). London: Sage Publications Ltd. DOI: 10.4135/9781526445353

Module co-ordinator:

PSYC6002 Psychology and the Delivery of Health Care
RESM6012 Applied Research Methods (ARM): Qualitative Methods
PSYC6128 Apprenticeship in Health Psychology

I also teach on:

PSYC6001 Biopsychosocial aspects of health
PSYC6003 Psychosocial Aspects of Illness & Disability
RESM6003 Qualitative Methods 1
RESM6006 Qualitative Methods 2
RESM6012 Applied Research Methods (ARM): Planning and Designing

Supervisor and/or personal tutor for undergraduate, MSc, professional doctorate, PhD students

Dr Felicity Bishop
Building 44 Highfield Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BJ

Room Number:44/3067

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Dr Felicity Bishop MSc, PhD

Associate Professor, Programme Director, MSc Health Psychology

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Mechanisms in Orthodox and Complementary Alternative Medicine Management of Back Pain (MOCAM study)

Creating a taxonomy to harness the placebo effect in UK primary care

Acupuncture for Back Pain: Evaluating Patient Outcomes and Their Determinants

Placebo effects and informed consent

Treatment Beliefs in Back Pain

Assessing Cognitive behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (ACTIB)

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