Karen Newbigging

Karen works part-time as a Principal Lecturer and Senior Researcher with a particular focus on mental wellbeing, mental health and equalities and has a broad range of research interests.

Karen has over twenty five years experience of mental health and NHS service provision, commissioning, consultancy and research. She originally trained and practiced as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for 16 years. From 1996-1999 Karen was the lead commissioner for mental health services for East Lancashire Health Authority. She subsequently joined the Centre for Mental Health Services Development at King’s College, London to establish the North West Mental Health Development Centre. Since 1999 Karen has been involved in supporting organisations to develop and improve the outcomes for people experiencing mental health problems and has led on service redesign and organisational development, consultancy and research commissioned by a broad range of health, social care and voluntary organisations. From 2006-2008, Karen co-led the national programme for gender equality and women’s mental health for the Care Services Improvement Partnership. Karen is currently completing her PhD at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences on evaluating the implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health. Her recent publications include:

Newbigging, K. & Paul, J. (forthcoming), "Building on or building in? The contribution of policy and the law to women's mental health," in Oxford Textbook of Women's Mental Health, D. Kohen, ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Newbigging, K., Bola, M. & Shah, A. (2008). Scoping exercise with Black and minority ethnic groups on perceptions of mental wellbeing in Scotland. Health Scotland. http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/2803.aspx.

Newbigging, K. with Habte-Mariam Z., McKeown, M. Mullings, D. and Holt, K.  (2008). Commissioning and Providing Mental Health Advocacy for African and Caribbean Men: A Resource Guide. SCIE. . http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/resourceguides/rg10/index.asp

Newbigging, K. & McKeown, M. 2007, "Mental health advocacy with black and minority ethnic communities: conceptual and ethical implications", Current Opinion in Psychiatry, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 588-593.

Newbigging, K. McKeown, M. Hunkins-Hutchinson, E.  French, B. (2007).  Mtetezi:  Mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean Men.  London: Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/knowledgereviews/kr15.pdf.

Hunkins-Hutchins, E.A. & Newbigging, K. (2006). A Mosaic of Meaning: Attitudes towards mental health and ill health in Pakistani, Indian, Chinese, African and Caribbean communities. Report for NHS Greater Glasgow.

Newbigging, K. & Abel, K. (2006). Supporting Women Into the Mainstream. Department of Health. London.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4131070

Newbigging, K. & Lowe, J. (2005). Direct Payments and Mental Health: New Directions. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. York.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/1841961388.pdf

Newbigging, K. (2005). Making a Real Difference: strengthening service user and carer involvement in the National Institute for Mental Health England: Report for NIMHE.