Dr Matt Bowen
Head of School
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dept. I teach across a range of post-graduate and under-graduate programmes and provide training in Mental Health First Aid, and the use of the Global Mental Health Assessment Tool (GMHAT).
I was previously the Clinical Nurse Specialist at a National Centre for Excellence that provided treatment to people with personality disorder. As a clinician and researcher I have conducted research into staff competencies when working with people with personality disorder, and the functioning of specialist treatment services.
I am currently undertaking research into the representations of mental health in the media (including social media) and nursing practice in relation to people with a diagnosis of personality disorder.
I am the programme leader for the MA Art Therapy programme. I also teach across the pre-registration nursing programme, and the Professional Doctorate of Health and Social Care.
My research interests include:
- Media representations of mental health.
- Personality disorder.
- Stigma and mental illness.
I am interested in supporting any research in these areas.
Recent Publications include:
Bowen, M., Lovell, A. & Waller, R. (2020). Stigma: the representation of anorexia nervosa in UK newspaper Twitter feeds. Journal of Mental Health. 1-8.
Bowen, M. (2019). Stigma: a linguistic analysis of personality disorder in the UK popular press, 2008‐2017. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 26(7): 244–253.
Bowen, M., Kinderman, P., & Cooke, A. (2019). Stigma: a linguistic analysis of the UK red-top tabloids press’ representation of schizophrenia. Perspectives in public health, 139(3), 147-152.
Bowen, M., & Lovell, A. (2019). Stigma: the representation of mental health in UK newspaper Twitter feeds. Journal of Mental Health, May 10: 1-7.
Further publications can be found at ResearchGate.
- PhD
- MA
- PGCert (Ed)
- BSc
- RMN