Dr Stephanie Allan

Research Associate (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

email: Stephanie.Allan@glasgow.ac.uk

Biography

I am an early-career researcher based within the Psychosis Research Group. My PhD research focused on the process evaluation of a clinical trial of a Peer Support Worker and Nurse-led digital self-management intervention for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. I have now switched tracks and am focusing on intervention development (with a big focus on co-design) for my post-doc.

Research interests

I have a broad range of research interests in psychosis. Some of my current ones include trauma, worry, body image, and using participatory approaches within research to understand people's experiences better. I am interested in connecting with others working on these topics.

Publications

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Number of items: 43.

2026

Gupta, Veenu, Syrett, Suzy, Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X, Hardy, Amy, Ward, Tom and Allan, Stephanie (2026) Identifying problems and solutions to qualitative research privileging “rich” data within psychosis research. Wellcome Open Research, (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25581.1) (Early Online Publication)

2025

McAllister, J. et al. (2025) The experience of body image in people with psychosis and psychotic-like experiences: a co-produced mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, (doi: 10.1111/papt.70021) (PMID:41246850) (Early Online Publication)

Allan, Stephanie, Morea, Chris, MacLennan, Keren, Schwannauer, Matthias, McLaughlin, Angela L., Weinstein, Netta and Chan, Stella W.Y. (2025) A qualitative exploration of change processes relevant to compassion-focused therapy that occurs when people view both soothing and non-soothing images. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 98(1), pp. 193-204. (doi: 10.1111/papt.12566) (PMID:39829305) (PMCID:PMC11823347)

Dennard, S. et al. (2025) Exploration of factors that affect engagement with the Experience Sampling Method and servie users' experience of this within the AVATAR2 trial: mixed methods study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e78204. (doi: 10.2196/78204) (PMID:41385734) (PMCID:PMC12700335)

Eisner, E. et al. (2025) Barriers and facilitators of user engagement with digital mental health interventions for people with psychosis or bipolar disorder. JMIR Mental Health, 12, e65246. (doi: 10.2196/65246) (PMID:39832352) (PMCID:PMC11791459)

Marwick, Katie F.M., Reilly, Thomas J., Allan, Stephanie and Golightly, Ellen (2025) The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry? BMJ Mental Health, 28(1), pp. 1-4. (doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301463) (PMID:40032554) (PMCID:PMC11877197)

2024

Allan, S. et al. (2024) Co-designing a low-intensity psychological therapy for fear of recurrence in psychosis using translational learning from fear of recurrence in oncology: protocol for intervention development for future testing in a feasibility study. BMJ Open, 14(12), e090566. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090566) (PMID:39732497) (PMCID:PMC11683982)

Owrid, O. et al. (2024) “There’s no us vs. them, it’s just us”: a creative approach to centring lived experience within the AVATAR2 trial. BMC Psychiatry, 24, 807. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06268-z) (PMID:39543539) (PMCID:PMC11567013)

Allan, S. et al. (2024) Adverse events reporting in digital interventions evaluations for psychosis: a systematic literature search and individual level content analysis of adverse event reports. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50(6), pp. 1436-1455. (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae031) (PMID:38581410) (PMCID:PMC11548921)

Roberts, Helen, Stuart, Simon Robertson, Allan, Stephanie and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2024) ‘It’s like the Sword of Damocles’ – A trauma-informed framework analysis of individuals’ experiences of assessment for the Personal Independence Payment benefit in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 53(4), pp. 997-1015. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279422000800)

Pyle, M. et al. (2024) Study protocol for an adaptive, multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) randomised controlled trial of brief remotely delivered psychosocial interventions for people with serious mental health problems who have experienced a recent suicidal crisis: Remote Approaches to Psychosocial Intervention Delivery (RAPID). Trials, 25(1), 460. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08293-5) (PMID:38971788) (PMCID:PMC11227697)

Taher, R. et al. (2024) Bridging the gap from medical to psychological safety assessment: a consensus study in a UK digital mental health context. BJPsych Open, 10(4), e126. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.713) (PMID:38828683)

McGuire, N. et al. (2024) Investigating the relationship between specific negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: a systematic review. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97(2), pp. 191-214. (doi: 10.1111/papt.12505) (PMID:37864383)

Eisner, E. et al. (2024) Measurement of adverse events in studies of digital health interventions for psychosis: guidance and recommendations based on a literature search and framework analysis of standard operating procedures. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae048) (PMID:38683836)

MacLennan, Keren, Byrne, Phoenix, Allan, Stephanie, Gambier-Ross, Katie, Jain, Pooja and Chan, Stella W.Y. (2024) Soothing dementia carers: a pilot evaluation of an imagery-based wellbeing app feature to support family carers of people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wellcome Open Research, 9, 225. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20933.1)

Allan, Stephanie, O’Driscoll, Ciarán, McLeod, Hamish ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-1815, Gleeson, John, Farhall, John, Morton, Emma, Bell, Imogen, Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882, Machin, Mathew and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2024) Fear of psychotic relapse: exploring dynamic relationships with common early warning signs of relapse using electronic once-a-day self-reports. Psychosis, 16(2), pp. 167-181. (doi: 10.1080/17522439.2022.2162955)

MacLennan, Keren, Schwannauer, Matthias, McLaughlin, Angela L., Allan, Stephanie, Blackwell, Simon E., Ashworth, Fiona and Chan, Stella W.Y. (2024) Project Soothe: A pilot study evaluating the mood effects of soothing images collected using a citizen science approach. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 218. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18950.2) (PMID:39411210) (PMCID:PMC11474226)

Bell, Imogen H., Eisner, Emily, Allan, Stephanie, Cartner, Sharla, Torous, John, Bucci, Sandra and Thomas, Neil (2024) Methodological characteristics and feasibility of ecological momentary assessment studies in psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50(2), pp. 238-265. (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbad127) (PMID:37606276) (PMCID:PMC10919779)

2023

McGuire, N. et al. (2023) Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(4), pp. 918-933. (doi: 10.1111/papt.12484) (PMID:37530433)

Allan, Stephanie (2023) Struggling in the heat: what I need to know about my medication. British Medical Journal, 382, p. 2199. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.p2199) (PMID:37775138)

Allan, S. et al. (2023) Using EMPOWER in daily life: a qualitative investigation of implementation experiences. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1), 597. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05096-x) (PMID:37592231) (PMCID:PMC10433590)

Gupta, Veenu, Eames, Catrin, Golding, Laura, Greenhill, Beth, Qi, Robert, Allan, Stephanie, Bryant, Alison and Fisher, Peter (2023) Understanding the identity of lived experience researchers and providers: a conceptual framework and systematic narrative review. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9, 26. (doi: 10.1186/s40900-023-00439-0) (PMID:37095587) (PMCID:PMC10127294)

2022

Ferrari, Madeleine, Allan, Stephanie, Arnold, Chelsea, Eleftheriadis, Dina, Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario, Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X and Gleeson, John (2022) Digital interventions for psychological well-being in university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(9), e39686. (doi: 10.2196/39686) (PMID:36169988) (PMCID:PMC955776)

Zukowska, Zofia, Allan, Stephanie, Eisner, Emily, Ling, Li and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2022) Fear of relapse in schizophrenia: a mixed-methods systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(7), pp. 1305-1318. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02220-2) (PMID:35152309) (PMCID:PMC9246982)

Gumley, A. I. et al. (2022) The EMPOWER blended digital intervention for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in Scotland and Australia. Lancet Psychiatry, 9(6), pp. 477-486. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00103-1)

Allan, S. et al. (2022) What researching the benefits system has taught us about being trauma informed when people encounter traumatising systems. Clinical Psychology Forum, 353, pp. 36-42.

Gumley, A. I. et al. (2022) Digital smartphone intervention to recognise and manage early warning signs in schizophrenia to prevent relapse: the EMPOWER feasibility cluster RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(27), (doi: 10.3310/hlze0479) (PMID:35639493) (PMCID:PMC9376801)

Gardani, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971, Bradford, Daniel R.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-8764, Russell, Kirsten, Allan, Stephanie, Beattie, Louise, Ellis, Jason G. and Akram, Umair (2022) A systematic review and meta-analysis of poor sleep, insomnia symptoms and stress in undergraduate students. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 61, 101565. (doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101565) (PMID:34922108)

2021

Beattie, Louise, Kidd, Hamish, Johnstone, Gordon and Allan, Stephanie (2021) Scotland’s road to early intervention in psychosis [blog entry]. [Website]

Allan, S. et al. (2021) Perspectives of trial staff on the barriers to recruitment in a digital intervention for psychosis and how to work around them: qualitative study within a trial. JMIR Human Factors, 8(1), e2405. (doi: 10.2196/24055) (PMID:33666555) (PMCID:PMC7980120)

Jamieson, Michelle K., Alderson-Day, Benjamin, Allan, Stephanie, Brand, Rachel, Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X, Hart, Akiko, Matrunola, Claire and Thomas, Neil (2021) Reply to Clifford, G., Dalgleish, T. and Hitchcock, C., 2018. Prevalence of auditory pseudohallucinations in adult survivors of physical and sexual trauma with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Behaviour research and therapy, 111, pp.113–118. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 137, 103789. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103789) (PMID:33387872)

2020

Ploetner, C., Telford, M., Braekkan, K., Mullen, K., Turnbull, S., Gumley, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X and Allan, S. (2020) Understanding and improving the experience of claiming social security for mental health problems in the west of Scotland: a participatory social welfare study. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(3), pp. 675-692. (doi: 10.1002/jcop.22278) (PMID:31730711)

Allan, Stephanie, Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882, McLeod, Hamish J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-1815, Gleeson, John, Farhall, John, Lambrou, Maria, Clark, Andrea and Gumley, Andrew I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2020) Perspectives of patients, carers and mental health staff on early warning signs of relapse in psychosis: a qualitative investigation. BJPsych Open, 6(1), e3. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.88) (PMID:31826793) (PMCID:PMC7001464)

Gumley, A. et al. (2020) Early signs monitoring to prevent relapse in psychosis and promote well-being, engagement, and recovery: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial harnessing mobile phone technology blended with peer support. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(1), e15058. (doi: 10.2196/15058) (PMID:31917372)

2019

Fortuna, Karen L., Walker, Robert, Fisher, Daniel B., Mois, George, Allan, Stephanie and Deegan, Patricia E. (2019) Enhancing standards and principles in digital mental health with recovery-focused guidelines for mobile, online, and remote monitoring technologies. Psychiatric Services, 70(12), pp. 1080-1081. (doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900166) (PMID:31615369) (PMCID:PMC6889023)

Allan, Stephanie, McLeod, Hamish ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-1815, Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882, Beedie, Sara, Moir, Bethany, Gleeson, John, Farhall, John, Morton, Emma and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2019) Understanding implementation of a digital self-monitoring intervention for relapse prevention in psychosis: protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(12), e15634. (doi: 10.2196/15634) (PMID:31821154) (PMCID:PMC6930509)

Allan, Stephanie, Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882, McLeod, Hamish ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-1815, Farhall, John, Lambrou, Maria, Gleeson, John, Clark, Andrea and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2019) Developing a hypothetical implementation framework of expectations for monitoring early signs of psychosis relapse using a mobile app: qualitative study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(10), e14366. (doi: 10.2196/14366) (PMID:31651400) (PMCID:PMC6838692)

Firth, J. et al. (2019) The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness. Lancet Psychiatry, 6(8), pp. 675-712. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30132-4) (PMID:31324560)

Russell, Kirsten, Allan, Stephanie, Beattie, Louise, Bohan, Jason, MacMahon, Kenneth and Rasmussen, Susan (2019) Sleep problem, suicide and self-harm in university students: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 44, pp. 58-69. (doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2018.12.008)

Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882, Allan, Stephanie and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2019) Adverse event monitoring in mHealth for psychosis interventions provides an important opportunity for learning. Journal of Mental Health, 28(5), pp. 461-466. (PMID:31240970)

2018

Heriot-Maitland, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4770-6532, Allan, Stephanie, Bradstreet, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-1882 and Gumley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X (2018) Antipsychotic treatments: who is really failing here? Lancet Psychiatry, 5(10), p. 785. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30336-5) (PMID:30196055)

2017

Allan, Stephanie (2017) Early intervention in first episode psychosis: a service user’s experience. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(2), pp. 234-235. (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbv227)

2014

Mullen, Ashli ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-023X and Allan, Stephanie (2014) On the frontline: mind the poverty gap. [Website]

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