Ms Laura Mcgrath


NameMs Laura Mcgrath
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9121-9870
Job titleSenior Lecturer
Email addresslaura12@uel.ac.uk
Research institutePsychology

Research outputs

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression: A Review of the Quality of ECT vs Sham ECT Trials and Meta-Analyses

Read, J., Kirsch, I. and Mcgrath, L. 2019. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression: A Review of the Quality of ECT vs Sham ECT Trials and Meta-Analyses. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. 21 (2), pp. 64-103. https://doi.org/10.1891/EHPP-D-19-00014

Organizing the sensory: Ear-work, panauralism and sonic agency on a forensic psychiatric unit

Brown, S., Kanyeredzi, A., Mcgrath, L., Reavey, P. and Tucker, I. 2019. Organizing the sensory: Ear-work, panauralism and sonic agency on a forensic psychiatric unit. Human Relations. 73 (11), pp. 1537-1562. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719874850

Affect Theory and the Concept of Atmosphere

Tucker, I., Brown, S., Kanyeredzi, A., Mcgrath, L. and Reavey, P. 2019. Affect Theory and the Concept of Atmosphere. Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory. 20 (1), pp. 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2019.1586740

The atmosphere of the ward: Attunements and attachments of everyday life for patients on a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit

Kanyeredzi, A., Brown, Steven D., McGrath, L. and Tucker, I. 2019. The atmosphere of the ward: Attunements and attachments of everyday life for patients on a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit. The Sociological Review. 67 (2), pp. 444-466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119829751

Building visual worlds: Using maps in qualitative psychological research on affect and emotion

McGrath, L., Mullarkey, Shauna and Reavey, Paula 2019. Building visual worlds: Using maps in qualitative psychological research on affect and emotion. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 17 (1), pp. 75-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1577517

Living ‘in between’ outside and inside: The forensic psychiatric unit as an impermanent assemblage

Tucker, I., Brown, Steven D., Kanyeredzi, A., McGrath, L. and Reavey, Paula 2018. Living ‘in between’ outside and inside: The forensic psychiatric unit as an impermanent assemblage. Health & Place. 55, pp. 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.10.009

Agents and spectres: Life-space on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit

Reavey, P., Brown, S.D., Kanyeredzi, A., McGrath, L. and Tucker, I. 2018. Agents and spectres: Life-space on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit. Social Science & Medicine. 220, pp. 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.012

Life lines: Loss, loneliness and expanding meshworks with an urban Walk and Talk group

Muir, Jessica and McGrath, L. 2018. Life lines: Loss, loneliness and expanding meshworks with an urban Walk and Talk group. Health & Place. 53, pp. 164-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.007

Contending with the Minimum Data Set: Subjectivity, linearity and dividualising experiences in Improving Access to Psychological Therapy

Bendall, C. and McGrath, L. 2018. Contending with the Minimum Data Set: Subjectivity, linearity and dividualising experiences in Improving Access to Psychological Therapy. Health. 24 (1), pp. 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459318785718

Facing the void: Embodying fear in childhood homes

Del Busso, Lilliana, McGrath, L., Guest, Carly, Reavey, Paula, Kanyeredzi, A. and Majumdar, Anamika 2018. Facing the void: Embodying fear in childhood homes. Emotion, Space and Society. 28, pp. 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2018.06.004

Through the prison walls: Using published poetry to explore current UK prisoners’ narratives of past, present and future selves

Devaliant, G., McGrath, L. and Kougiali, G. 2018. Through the prison walls: Using published poetry to explore current UK prisoners’ narratives of past, present and future selves. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 17 (2), pp. 240-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1442701

The Psychological Impact of Austerity: A Briefing Paper

Mcgrath, L., Griffin, V., Mundy, E., Curno, T., Weerasinghe, D. and Zlotowitz, S. 2016. The Psychological Impact of Austerity: A Briefing Paper. Educational Psychology Research and Practice. 2 (2), p. 46–57. https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.885xw

Psychologists Against Austerity: Mobilising Psychology for Social Change

McGrath, L., Walker, Carl and Jones, Christopher 2016. Psychologists Against Austerity: Mobilising Psychology for Social Change. Critical and Radical Social Work. 4 (1), pp. 409-413. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986016X14721364317537

"Zip me up, and cool me down”: Molar narratives and molecular intensities in ‘helicopter’ mental health services.

McGrath, L. and Reavey, P. 2016. "Zip me up, and cool me down”: Molar narratives and molecular intensities in ‘helicopter’ mental health services. Health & Place. 38, pp. 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.12.005

Transportations of space, time and self: The role of therapeutic reading groups in managing mental distress in the community.

Shipman, Judith and McGrath, L. 2016. Transportations of space, time and self: The role of therapeutic reading groups in managing mental distress in the community. Journal of Mental Health. 25 (5), pp. 416-421. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2015.1124403

Educational Psychology Research and Practice (EPRaP): Volume 2, Issue 2

Fox, M., Vingerhoets, H., Thorne, L., Howarth, I., Kelly, S., Alrai, S., Hussain, N., Crane, J., Mcgrath, L., Clark, I., Kelly, M., Wilson, J., Edmonds, C., Wagner, K., Gersch, I., Griffin, V., Mundy, E., Curno, T., Weerasinghe, D. and Zlotowitz, S. 2016. Educational Psychology Research and Practice (EPRaP): Volume 2, Issue 2. School of Psychology, University of East London. https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.885w0

The Psychological Impact of Austerity: A Briefing Paper

McGrath, L., Griffin, Vanessa, Mundy, Ed and Psychologists for Social Change 2015. The Psychological Impact of Austerity: A Briefing Paper. Psychologists for Social Change.

Seeking fluid possibility and solid ground: Space and movement in mental health service users' experiences of 'crisis'.

McGrath, L. and Reavey, P. 2015. Seeking fluid possibility and solid ground: Space and movement in mental health service users' experiences of 'crisis'. Social Science & Medicine. 128, pp. 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.017

Embodying limb absence in the search for sexual intimacy

Batty, Richard, McGrath, L. and Reavey, P. 2014. Embodying limb absence in the search for sexual intimacy. Sexualities. 17 (5-6), pp. 686-706.

Exploring embodied and located experience: Memory Work as a method for drug research.

Anderson, Katie and McGrath, L. 2014. Exploring embodied and located experience: Memory Work as a method for drug research. International Journal of Drug Policy. 25 (6), pp. 1135-1138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.08.008

Heterotopias of control: Placing the material in experiences of mental health service use and community living.

McGrath, L. and Reavey, P. 2013. Heterotopias of control: Placing the material in experiences of mental health service use and community living. Health & Place. 22, pp. 123-131.

Heterotopias of mental health care: The role of space in experiences of distress, madness and mental health service use.

McGrath, L. 2012. Heterotopias of mental health care: The role of space in experiences of distress, madness and mental health service use. PhD Thesis London South Bank University Psychology https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.4397

The scenes and spaces of anxiety: Embodied expressions of distress in public and private fora

McGrath, L., Reavey, P. and Brown, Steven 2008. The scenes and spaces of anxiety: Embodied expressions of distress in public and private fora. Emotion, Space and Society. 1 (1), pp. 56-64.
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