Nick Firth

BSc (UoS), BA (UoS), DClinPsy (UoS)

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Integrated Clinical Academic Research Fellow

n.firth@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6387

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Nick Firth
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
3038
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DA
Profile

I have studied and worked at the University of 91Ö±²¥ for around fifteen years, across ScHARR, Psychology and Computer Science. I am currently completing an ICA (integrated clinical academic) doctoral research fellowship. I am a qualified clinical psychologist with a doctorate in clinical psychology. I work clinically with adults with long term conditions, at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. Until commencing the fellowship I held a role as Research Facilitator for the Trust’s Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion division, and I maintain links with the Trust’s Research Team.

Current, recent and planned projects

  • Clinic and neighbourhood effects in IAPT access, dropout, and clinical outcomes (with Alicia O’Cathain, Michael Barkham, Jaime Delgadillo)
  • Understanding deprivation related mechanisms impacting on IAPT outcomes (with Alicia O’Cathain, Michael Barkham, Jaime Delgadillo)
  • The relationship between socioecomic deprivation and psychotherapy outcomes (with Megan Finegan and Jaime Delgadillo)
  • The impact of distance (and deprivation) on psychological intervention utilisation and outcomes
  • Understanding factors contributing to neighbourhood effects
Research interests
  • Effectiveness of psychological interventions/therapies, therapists, and providers/clinics (particular focus on IAPT).
  • Unexplained differences in clinical outcomes between therapists, clinics, and neighbourhoods (a.k.a. therapist effects, clinic effects, and neighbourhood effects).
  • The impact of explanatory variables on psychological intervention outcomes – particularly the role of area-level deprivation.
  • Multilevel modelling methods.
  • Analysis of large N data.
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Firth N, Barkham M, Delgadillo J, Allery K, Woodward J & O’Cathain A (2022) . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 49(3), 490-505. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Saxon D, Stiles WB & Barkham M (2020) . Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 27(5), 770-778. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Delgadillo J, Kellett S & Lucock M (2020) . Psychotherapy Research, 30(3), 362-374. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Finegan M, Firth N & Delgadillo J (2019) . Psychotherapy Research, 30(4), 546-554. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Saxon D, Stiles WB & Barkham M (2019) . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(4), 345-356. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Finegan M, Firth N, Wojnarowski C & Delgadillo J (2018) . Depression and Anxiety, 35(6), 560-573. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Saxon D, Firth N & Barkham M (2016) . Adm Policy Ment Health. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Barkham M, Kellett S & Saxon D (2015) . Behaviour Research and Therapy, 69, 54-62. RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Journal articles

  • Power N, Noble L, Simmonds-Buckley M, Kellett S, Stockton C, Firth N & Delgadillo J (2022) . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(5), 427-445. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Barkham M, Delgadillo J, Allery K, Woodward J & O’Cathain A (2022) . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 49(3), 490-505. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Noble LA, Firth N, Delgadillo J & Kellett S (2021) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 49(6), 732-744. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Bone C & Holt R (2020) . Health Psychology, 39(11), 945-955. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Saxon D, Stiles WB & Barkham M (2020) . Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 27(5), 770-778. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Oates LL & Firth N (2020) . Mental Health Review Journal, 25(2), 139-151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goldstein LH, Robinson EJ, Mellers JDC, Stone J, Carson A, Reuber M, Medford N, McCrone P, Murray J, Richardson MP , Pilecka I et al (2020) . The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 491-505. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Delgadillo J, Kellett S & Lucock M (2020) . Psychotherapy Research, 30(3), 362-374. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goldstein LH, Robinson EJ, Reuber M, Chalder T, Callaghan H, Eastwood C, Landau S, McCrone P, Medford N, Mellers JDC , Moore M et al (2019) . Epilepsia, 60(11), 2182-2193. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Finegan M, Firth N & Delgadillo J (2019) . Psychotherapy Research, 30(4), 546-554. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Saxon D, Stiles WB & Barkham M (2019) . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(4), 345-356. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wojnarowski C, Firth N, Finegan M & Delgadillo J (2019) . Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Finegan M, Firth N, Wojnarowski C & Delgadillo J (2018) . Depression and Anxiety, 35(6), 560-573. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barkham M, Delgadillo J, Firth N & Saxon D (2018) . Revista Argentina de Clinica Psicologica, 27(2), 115-125. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Saxon D, Firth N & Barkham M (2016) . Adm Policy Ment Health. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Barkham M, Kellett S & Saxon D (2015) . Behaviour Research and Therapy, 69, 54-62. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Barkham M & Kellett S (2015) . Journal of Affective Disorders, 170, 119-130. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N (2014) . Journal of Health Psychology, 19(6), 789-801. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fernández-Alvarez J, Molinari G, Kilcullen R, Delgadillo J, Drill R, Errázuriz P, Falkenstrom F, Firth N, O’Shea A, Paz C , Youn SJ et al () . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Firth N, Barkham M, Delgadillo J, Bell A & O'Cathain A () The role of socioeconomic deprivation in explaining neighborhood and clinic effects in the effectiveness of psychological interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. RIS download Bibtex download