Research

Insight & Metacognition

 We examine insight and its relationship to metacognition across mood and anxiety disorders, exploring how people perceive, interpret, and think about their own mental health experiences. Our research investigates how these processes shape illness beliefs, emotional wellbeing, functional outcomes, and decisions about seeking help.

Mental Health Beliefs & Help-Seeking

We explore how people understand and respond to mental health conditions, with a focus on the beliefs, attitudes, and social factors that shape their experiences. Current research themes include:

  • Insight in depression and anxiety disorders
  • Illness perceptions and causal attributions in mood disorders
  • Stigma and its relationship to help-seeking
  • Age of onset and its influence on illness understanding and treatment attitudes
Treatment Accessibility & Cultural Adaptation

We focus on understanding and culturally adapting evidence-based treatments for underserved populations. Our work aims to bridge the gap between research and service access by examining how treatments can be tailored to meet the needs of diverse communities, with a particular emphasis on the Arab community.