Dr Sarah Sullivan

Dr Sarah Sullivan
B.Sc.(Manc.), M.Sc.(Plym.), CPsychol, PhD

Research Fellow (Quantitative in Primary Care)

Area of research

Social functioning in early psychosis and risk factors for and outcomes of psychotic experiences in healthy populations

Office BS2
Oakfield House,
Oakfield Grove, Clifton BS8 2BN
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 3310074
sarah.sullivan@
bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Biography

Currently I work as a Research Fellow in the Effectiveness Theme at NIHR CLAHRC West. I have investigated the association between duration of untreated psychosis and clinical outcomes as well as the risk factors for violence and self-harm in first episode psychosis. I have also investigated primary care consultations for prodromal symptoms of psychosis in the 5 years before a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder.

Previously I worked as an epidemiologist using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. I investigate risk factors for and outcomes of the psychotic experiences detected in a proportion of the cohort ...

Recent publications

Sullivan, SA, Kounali, D-Z, Cannon, M, David, AS, Fletcher, P, Holmans, PA, Jones, H, Jones, PB, Linden, DEJ, Lewis, GH, Owen, MJ, O'Donovan, MC, Rammos, A, Thompson, A, Thompson, A, Wolke, D & Zammit, S, 2019, ‘A population-based cohort study examining the incidence and impact of psychotic experiences from childhood to adulthood, and prediction of psychotic disorder.’. American Journal of Psychiatry.
Poli, PF, Sullivan, SA, Shah, J & Uhlaas, P, 2019, ‘Improving the detection of individuals at clinical risk for psychosis in the community, primary and secondary care: an integrated evidence-based approach’. Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Dr Sarah Sullivan