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Claire Lomax
Dr Claire Lomax

Experiencing OCD in a university setting

 Broadcast live on Saturday 9th November 2024
Speaker

Dr Claire Lomax, School of Psychology Programme Director, Newcastle University.
The presentation will be facilitated by a member of the OCD-UK team.

Presentation subject

This topic will discuss mental health in students / young people and what mental health support there is at university for students and the transitions, changing living circumstances.   The topic will also include a look at parents/family role in helping their loved one with OCD transition to university.
About the speaker

Dr Claire Lomax

Dr Lomax is a regular speaker at the OCD-UK conference and supporter of our is Director of the Newcastle University Psychological Therapies Training and Research Clinic which is a university clinic which provides evidence-based therapies to students. 

Claire joined the team at Newcastle from the DClinPsy at Bath, where she worked as research tutor for 3 years. She trained at the Institute of Psychiatry and qualified in 2005, before this she undertook a PhD looking at the impact of neurodegenerative disease on patients and their caregivers. She has worked with adults and children with anxiety disorders, with her main areas of experience being with OCD and BDD. She took up the post of Programme Director in October 2016. She also worked clinically at the NTW Centre for Specialist Psychological Therapies - Regional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Service for one day a week.

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This presentation took place at the online virtual OCD-UK conference on Saturday 9th November 2024. The webinar was hosted live via Zoom to a watching audience.

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