Priscilla Harries

Academic qualifications

PhD, 2004 Human Sciences, Brunel University, England

MSc, 1996 Occupational Therapy, Exeter University, England

Dip.COT,1987 (with distinction), Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford

Committee responsibilities

Member of School Board (commenced November 2012), Divisional Executive Committee (2009–to date), Divisional Research Committee  (Chair) (2011-to date), Divisional academic programme Board of Studies (Chair, 2003-2011), SMG meeting & Divisional Heads meeting, (regularly deputise for Division Director since 2010), Divisional staff meetings (Chair as regularly deputised for Division Director since 2010).

Involved with attendance, contributing to and disseminating information from Division REF representative at Subject Centre meeting, Division REF representative at Brunel REF meeting, Divisional programme meetings eg Mitigating circumstances meetings (Chaired), MPhil/PhD annual reviews/ transfer events (Examined and Chaired), PhD vivas (Examined and Chaired), BSc Reapproval working parties and approval events. PhD examining:External examiner for 1 PhD student (international), internal examiner for 2 PhD students, examined for 2 MPhil/PhD transfer events, conducted 7 PhD annual reviews and facilitated my own PhD students in the annual review processes.

I have taken the lead in developing mentoring structures within my own Division, as and welcomed the opportunity to undertake mentorship training for offered through the Department of Health NIHR CAT mentorship scheme.

 

Admin responsibilities

·         In 2009, I acted as internal reviewer for the academic programme review for the Education subject area within Brunel University.

·         2004-2007, I held the external representative role on the PG committee for the School of Sport and Education.

·         2012, I contributed to the submission of the cross-school collaborative PhD Studentships bid led by Professor Knowles: AHRC Block Grant Partnership Phase 2 (£1,434,8670): New Humanities interdisciplinary approaches to the dynamics of social transformation. EoI Submitted February 2012/ Shortlisted March 2012 (Knowles).

·         2009, I have acted as internal PhD examiner for the School of Sport and Education.

Other responsibilities

Since 2009, I have employed and supervised three postdoctoral research fellows and 3 part time research assistants.

Teaching responsibilities

• BSc and MSc teaching- Occupational Therapy Programmes
• Module Leader- Professional Practice
• General lecturing in research methods, clinical reasoning and mental health occupational therapy.
• PhD supervisor

PhD supervision

My expertise in PhD student supervision is evidenced through lecture invitations for PhD student events at Brunel’s Graduate School as well as nationally organised training days at the College of Occupational Therapists.

 

1.       Dr Miranda Davies (2011) Detecting and preventing financial abuse in older adults. (Top University PhD academic and impact ‘Walduck’ prize 2012, 1^st prize School PhD conference 2009)

 

2.       Dr Alison Blank (2011) The journey in to work: Exploring users’ perspectives of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. (2^nd prize PhD School conference 2008).

 

3.       Dr Austin Claffey (2010) Metamemory function of people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Current (1st Supervisor)

Stephanie Tempest (Part-time) (School 1^st prize PhD conference 2008) Promoting MDT working in stroke rehabilitation: evaluating the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Registration ends April 2013.

PhD examining

I have examined as an external for 1 PhD student, and as an internal examiner for 2 PhD students. I have examined for 2 MPhil/PhD transfer events, conducted 7 PhD annual reviews and facilitated my own 4 PhD students in the annual review processes.

 

MSc Dissertation Students supervised

1.       Saha B (2012) Quality of Life (QOL) of people living with Stroke in Bangladesh.

2.       Parker C (2012) The development of a web-based resource to centralise information and promote awareness and access to information about coloured lens glasses in England.

3.       Perkins L (2012) The development of an on line resource to centralise information about the screening and provision of coloured lens glasses in England.

4.       Fowler L (2012) The development of an on line resource to centralise information about the screening and provision of coloured lens glasses in England.

5.       Wignall S (2012) The development of an on line resource to centralise information about the screening and provision of coloured lens glasses in England.

6.       Elkin K (2011) The Psychosocial Effects of Internet Use of Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

7.       Jamaludin A (2011) A systematic review of the effectiveness of weighting strategies for upper limb postural and intention tremor.

8.       Lowry C (2011) A systematic review of occupational therapy interventions for osteoarthritis of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb.

9.       Smyth G (2008) Service User Experiences of Social Inclusion in Community Occupations.

10.    Bird B (2007) Post-operative splinting for Dupuytren’s contracture: a systematic review. Recipient of the Brunel Goldtel ‘Best Dissertation’ Prize.

11.    Macebo A (2007) HAQ-DAS-WIS Correlational Study.

12.    Dorer G (2006) Community occupations of mental health service users: A quantitative study of engagement and social inclusion. Recipient of the Brunel Goldtel ‘Best Dissertation’ Prize.

13.    Glanfield S (2005) Negative symptoms of schizophrenia: An investigation into occupational therapists’ awareness and use of evidence based interventions.

14.    Burstein B (2005) Educators’ perceptions of the usefulness of an Occupational Therapy training package for children with development co-ordination disorder.

15.    Vaughan J (2004) Occupation in Assertive Outreach Teams: An occupational therapist’s perspective.

 

 

Teaching interest

Previous work Experience

             

 

2009-2012     Senior Lecturer, Divisional Research Lead and MSc Course Leader (Occupational Therapy), School of Health Science and Social Care.

 

2003-2009            Lecturer and MSc Course Leader (Occupational Therapy), School of Health Science and Social Care, Brunel University (discretionary award for outstanding work in teaching and research in 2004)

 

1995-2003            Lecturer in Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University.

 

1987-1995            Occupational Therapist, Bethlem & Maudsley Hospitals in the clinical fields of neurology, neurosurgery, adolescent psychiatry, eating disorders, older adults, psychosis, community mental health and post partum psychiatry.

 

1993                       Sabbatical in Autumn term: Volunteer Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India.

 

Research interests

Priscilla Harries is a Senior Lecturer and Research Lead for the occupational therapy division at Brunel University, West London.  Priscilla worked as an occupational therapist in the fields of adolescent psychiatry, neurosurgery, eating disorders, psychosis and post partum psychiatry at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals. During 1993 she worked as a volunteer lecturer/clinician in South India where she was involved in teaching BSc OT students from Madras University.  She obtained an MSc OT from Exeter University in 1996 and her PhD from Brunel University in 2004. Her research interests are in decision making, clinical reasoning, elder abuse, community mental health, dyslexia, driving assessment, models and theoretical frameworks. She has developed a range of on-line training resources to support professional decision making in a number of these fields. She has held multiple nationally competitive research grants and has an extensive publication record. She is currently Chair of the Editorial board of British Journal of Occupational Therapists. She has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the ESRC and as a mentor to the NIHR Research Fellowship Scheme.

 

Current key research partners: academic collaborators

 

  Professor Carolyn Unsworth, Occupational Therapist, La Trobe University Australia.

  Dr Christopher Tomlinson, Software Developer, Imperial College London.

  Dr Linda Roberston, Occupational Therapist, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.

  Professor Ken Gilhooly, Psychologist, University of Hertfordshire.

  Professor John Stein, Neurologist, Oxford University.

 

Recent research partners: communities of practice

  British Association of Social Workers

 College of Occupational Therapists

  Rosemead GP Practice, Maidenhead

  Sterling Crime Prevention Team, Scotland Yard

  Department for Transport, The UK Mobility Centres , National Transport Laboratories, Crowthorne.

  Building Societies Association and CIFFAS (UK Fraud Detection Agency)

  Age UK and Alzheimer's Society

  Action on Elder Abuse  

  North Tyneside Council Social Care Safeguarding Team

Research centres

• Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies (BIAS)
• Centre for Professional Practice (CPPR)
• CCentre for Research in Rehabilitation (CRR)
• Centre for the Study of Expertise (CSE)

Research projects and grants

Principal Investigator. ESRC follow on grant £92,743 (FEC £115,929). Developing decision training tools to enhance the ability of professionals to detect and prevent financial elder abuse. September 2011 –August 2012.

         

Harries P.A Principal Investigator. UK College of Occupational Therapists Reseach Foundation. £79,975 (FEC   Development of a web-based decision aid to assist occupational therapists to make optimal fitness-to-drive decisions for disabled and older drivers.. To commence September 2012 (duration 36 months).

 

Co-investigator Joseph Rountree Foundation £28,000. “Risk, trust and relationships in an ageing society”. February- June 2012.

 

Co-investigator. Cross council grant. New Dynamics of Ageing cross-council programme (2008-2011), “Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: An examination of decision-making by managers and professionals in health, social care, banking.” Grant ref RES-352-25-0026  £268,526.81 (£286,527 FEC £325,878). 2008-2011

 

Principal Investigator.  Higher Education Academy: Subject centre for Health Sciences and Practice  £5000. “Randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a referral prioritization decision training tool for student occupational therapists”. (2009-2011).

 

Principal Investigator. Brunel University Teaching and Learning Development Fund. £9000 “Development of a web based training tool required to equip novice clinical practitioners in the skill of referral prioritisation.” (2004-2005).

 

Principal investigator. Brunel University Concepts grant £6000: “Prioritisation of occupational therapy referrals.” (2003-2004).

Membership and affiliation

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Health Professions Council
• College of Occupational Therapists 
• Fellow of Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists

Member of Special Interest Groups

• Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health (Member of Editorial committee 2005-2012)
• International Society for Judgement and Decision Making
• European Society for Decision Making
• The Brunswikian Society

Member of Research Centres/Institutes

• Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies
• Brunel University Research Centre for the Study of Expertise
• Brunel University Research Centre for Professional Practice Research
• Research Centre for Occupation and Mental Health

Peer Reviewer for Journal

• British Journal of Occupational Therapy (Member of Editorial Board 2010-2012, Chair of Editorial Board 2012-2013)

• Mental Health Occupational Therapy
• Elsevier Science
• Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Peer Reviewer for Grants

• NHS PhD student fellowships scheme
• UKOTRF awards
• NHS PhD fellowships
• ESRC (member of peer review college for 2 year term 2012-2014)
• BUPA

Peer Reviewer for Conference Submissions

• World Federation of Occupational Therapists (2009)

Professional activities or recognition

National Level:

College of Occupational Therapists-Specialist Section: Mental Health (Member of Editorial Board for national peer reviewed journal publication 2006-2010 and voted Acting Chair of Editorial Board for 2010-11).

British Journal of Occupational Therapy (Member of Editorial Board for this national peer reviewed monthly journal publication 2010-2012 supported the Journal to be submitted for an Impact factor and now ‘listed’ with Thompson Reuters. Voted Chair of the Editorial Board 2012-2013. Voted Chair of Editorial Board for June 2012-13. ‘Occupational Therapy Mental Health’ during 2010: committee member and Acting Editor, completed term of office in Autumn 2011.

 At the request of the College of Occupational Therapists, I applied and was appointed as a research mentor for the DoH NIHR Clinical Academic Training Programme (CAT) for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professions.

 I have been appointed to the ESRC Peer review College (2012-2014).

 I have been invited to advise and consult with three Government departments (Department for Transport, Department of Health and Department for Education).

 I have taken up opportunities to share and collaborate with colleagues, for example I have been an invited speaker and facilitator for events for the College of Occupational Therapists and the Allied Health Professions Research Network.

 

International Level:

Whilst Chair of the Editorial Board for the British Journal of Occupational Therapy reciprocal access agreements have been finalised with 3 other international journals, thereby promoting academic learning opportunities for 80,000 members of the profession worldwide.

Development and use of internationally valued web based educational resources e.g. I have been awarded a UK Occupational Therapists Research Foundation grant £79,975 (FEC £115,929) in order to develop a web-based decision aid to train occupational therapists’ optimal fitness-to-drive decisions for disabled and older drivers. This will be made freely avaiable for use in pre-registration occupational therapy programmes from 2015. I will undertake the project with collegaues in Australia between September 2012 –August 2015.

 Invited lecturer: to educate students and academics in Canada, Finland, Australia and New Zealand. Invited PhD examiner for overseas students.

 In 2013 I was made a Fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists in recognition of my outstanding contribution to the profession. (The College awarded only two fellowships internationally for 2013.) I have applied for promotion in order to have my professional development achievements formally recognised by Brunel University.

 Expert Consultant to Professor Khalid Khan’s study ‘Evaluation of diagnostic tests when there is no gold standard: A review of methods’ (Rutjes et al 2007).

Expert Consultant to Department of Transport The Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England), 2011

Consulted with government Education representatives and the Minster for Children and Families to discuss screening and provision of support for children with visual stress (2010-11)

• Appointed as a Research Mentor for the NIHR Research Fellowship Scheme 2012
• Appointed as a Member of the ESRC Peer Review College 2012
• Appointed as Research Excellence Framework Impact Champion for School of Health Sciences and Social care, Brunel University 2011-2013.
• Impact on Professional practice: First application of an empirical expertise index on occupational therapists’ clinical judgments, used to demonstrate the effectiveness of a training tool which has now become a freely available web-based educational resource (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 19, 441-454, 2006).
• Impact on Professional practice: Research cited in Literature Review (COT 2007): included in Professional Policy Document: College of Occupational therapists (2007) Recovering Ordinary Lives
• Invited member of the Editorial Committee: ‘ British Journal of Occupational Therapy’ & ‘Mental Health Occupational Therapy’ (peer reviewed).
• Voted Chair British Journal of Occupational Therapy’ for 2012-2013
• Invited Editorial for International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.
• Invited reviewer for Elsevier, ESRC, COT award, the NHS Research Fellowships Scheme and World Federation of Occupational Therapy Conference.
• Expert Consultant to Department of Transport The Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England), 2010-2011.
• Consulted with government Education representatives of the Minster for Children and Families to discuss screening and provision of support for children with visual stress (2010-11)

Expert Consultant to Professor Khalid Khan’s study ‘Evaluation of diagnostic tests when there is no gold standard: A review of methods’ (Rutjes et al 2007).

Expert Consultant to Department of Transport The Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England), 2011

Consulted with government Education representatives and the Minster for Children and Families to discuss screening and provision of support for children with visual stress (2010-11)

           

Publications

Journal Papers

(Forthcoming) Blank A., Harries PA. and Reynolds F., ‘I’m at the blocks really, waiting to bat on’. Occupation, work & recovery: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of one man’s experiences, Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation.

(Forthcoming) Hall R., Ray N., Harries P. and Stein J., A comparison of two filter systems for treating visual reading difficulties, Disability and Rehabilitation

(Forthcoming) Davies ML., Harries PA., Gilhooly KJ., Gilhooly MLM. and Cairns D., Detection and prevention of financial abuse against elders, Journal of Financial Crime

(Forthcoming) Harries PA., Gutman S. and Polatajko HJ., Reciprocal Access Agreements between BJOT, AJOT, and CJOT, British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

(Forthcoming) Harries, PA., Gutman S. and Polatajko HJ., (Accepted) Reciprocal Access Agreements between BJOT, AJOT, and CJOT, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

(Forthcoming) Harries, PA., Gutman S. and Polatajko HJ., (Accepted) Reciprocal Access Agreements between BJOT, AJOT, and CJOT., American Journal of Occupational Therapy

(2013) Tempest S., Harries, P., Kilbride, C. and DeSouza, L., Enhanced clarity and holism: the outcome of implementing the ICF with an acute stroke multidisciplinary team in England., Disabilty and Rehabilitation Download publication

(2013) Harries, P. and Craik, C., Onwards and upwards: Publication directions of the british journal of occupational therapy, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 76 (1) : 1- 1

(2013) Harries, PA., Gutman, SA. and Polatajko, HJ., Reciprocal access agreements between BJOT, AJOT, and CJOT: new resources for occupational therapists around the world., Am J Occup Ther 67 (2) : 138- 139 Download publication

(2013) Gilhooly MLM., Cairns D., Davies M., Harries PA., Notley E. and Gilhooly KJ., Framing the detection of financial elder abuse as bystander intervention: Decision cues, pathways to detection and barriers to action, Journal of Adult Protection 15 (2) : 54- 58

(2012) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., The meaning and experience of work in the context of severe and enduring mental health problems: An interpretative phenomenological analysis., Work Download publication

(2012) Tempest, S., Harries, P., Kilbride, C. and DeSouza, L., To adopt is to adapt: The process of implementing the ICF with an acute stroke multidisciplinary team in England, Disability and Rehabilitation 34 (20) : 1686- 1694 Download publication

(2012) Harries, PA. and Tomlinson, C., Teaching young dogs new tricks: improving novice occupational therapists’ referral prioritisation capacity with web-based decision-training., Scandinavian Journal of Occupational therapy (2012)

(2012) Harries, P., Weale, C. and Kilbride, C., Changes to the Blue Badge scheme: equity for service users - employment opportunities for therapists., British Journal of Occupational Therapy 75 (9) : 395-

(2012) Harries, P., Tomlinson, C., Notley, E., Davies, M. and Gilhooly, K., Effectiveness of a decision-training aid on referral prioritisation capacity: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Decision Making 32 (6) : 779- 791

(2011) Newell, SE., Harries, P. and Ayers, S., Boredom proneness in a psychiatric inpatient population, International Journal of Social Psychiatry 58 (5) : 488- 495

(2011) Davies, M., Harries, P., Cairns, D., Stanley, D., Gilhooly, M., Gilhooly, K., Notley, E., Gilbert, A., Penhale, B. and Hennessy, C., Factors used in the detection of elder financial abuse: A judgement and decision-making study of social workers and their managers, International Social Work 54 (3) : 404- 420

(2011) Harries, P. and Gilhooly, K., Training novices to make expert, occupationally focused, community mental health referral decisions, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (2) : 58- 65

(2011) Smyth, G., Harries, P. and Dorer, G., Exploring mental health service users' experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (7) : 323- 331

(2011) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., Mental health service users' perspectives of work: a review of the literature, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (4) : 191- 199

(2010) Harries, PA. and Gilhooly, KJ., Occupational therapists’ self-insight into their referral prioritisation policies for clients with mental health needs, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 57 (6) : 417- 424

(2010) Dorer, G., Harries, P. and Marston, L., Count me in; A survey of mental health service users’ social inclusion in community occupations., British Journal of Occupational Therapy 72 (12) : 520- 530

(2009) Harries, PA., Recovering from anxiety: a service user story, Mental Health Occupational Therapy 14 (1) : 14- 17

(2008) Blank, A. and Harries, P., The journey into work: returning to work with a mental health problem (Abstract), The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 71 (Supplement 1) : Session no 118.3-

(2007) Harries, PA., Use of the Web Tool for training the prioritisation skills for Community Mental Health Team Referrals, Mental Health Occupational Therapy 12 (2) : 69- 70

(2006) Weiss, DJ., Shanteau, J. and Harries, P., People who judge people, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 19 (5) : 441- 454

(2006) Harries, P., Measuring expertise (Letter to the Editor), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 69 (6) : 295- 295

(2006) Harries, P., The development of a web-based tool for training referral prioritization skills, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 13 (6) : 224-

(2004) Craik, C. and Harries, P., Occupation in the curriculum(Letter to the Editor), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 67 (11) : 517- 517

(2004) Harries, P., Occupational needs (Letter to the Editor), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 67 (7) : 327- 327

(2003) Harries, P. and Gilhooly, K., Generic and specialist occupational therapy casework in community mental health teams, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 66 (3) : 101- 109 Download publication

(2003) Harries. and Gilhooly, K., Identifying occupational therapists' referral priorities in community health, Occupational Therapy International 10 (2) : 150- 164

(2002) Harries, PA., CMHTs: Specialist versus generalist roles(Letter to the Editor), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 65 (1) : 40- 41

(2001) Harries, P. and Harries, C., Studying clinical reasoning, Part 2: Applying social judgement theory, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 64 (6) : 285- 292 Download publication

(2001) Harries, PA. and Harries, C., Studying clinical reasoning, part 1: Have we been taking the wrong 'track'?, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 64 (4) : 164- 168 Download publication

(2001) Harries, P. and Harries, C., Studying clinical reasoning: Response(Letter to the Editor), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 64 (9) : [d]466- 467

(1998) Harries, PA., Community Mental Health Teams: Occupational Therapists' Changing Role., British Journal of Occupational Therapy 5 219- 220

(1994) Harries, P. and Caan, A., What do Psychiatric Inpatients and Ward Staff think about Occupational Therapy., British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 57 (6) : 219- 223

(1992) Harries, P., Facilitating Change in Anorexia Nervosa: The Role of the Occupational Therapist., British Journal of Occupational Therapy 55 (9) : 335- 339

Conference Papers

(2012) Harries, PA., Davies, M., Gilhooly, K. and Gilhooly, M., An application of professional decision making research in the social care and health sectors: Identifying expert judgement consensus for a web based training aid, International Conference on Thinking

(2012) Gilhooly, M., Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K. and Cairns, D., Detection and prevention of elder financial abuse: Applying the bystander intervention framework to understand the role of social care and health professionals, British Society of Gerontology Conference

(2012) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, R., It’s not just about money – the role of work in recovery, College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference

(2012) Harries, PA., Davies, M., Gilhooly, K. and Gilhooly, M., Decision aid training for finance professionals: detecting and preventing elder financial abuse, Building Societies Association Financial Crime Seminar

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M., Gilhooly, K. and Cairns, D., Detection of elder financial abuse by social care and health professionals: identifying an expert decision making approach for a web based training aid, British Psychological Society Annual Conference

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Developing decision training tools to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Financial Abuse Seminar Series

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, PA., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Resources to enhance the ability of professionals to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Annual Conference

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, PA., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Developing decision training tools to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Financial Abuse Seminar Series

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Decision training tools and educational resources to enhance the ability of professionals to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Safeguarding Adults Netwrok Meeting

(2012) Davies, M., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Cairns, D. and Gilhooly, K., Detecting and preventing elder financial abuse, 2nd Annual Brunel Institute for Ageing Studeis Conference

(2012) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K. and Gilhooly, M., Using test-retest data to identify expert consensus in a study of health and social care professionals' judgements, London Judgement and Decision Making group Seminar Series

(2011) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Developing decision training tools to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Financial Abuse Seminar Series

(2011) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Developing decision training tools to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Financial Abuse Seminar Series

(2011) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M. and Gilhooly, K., Developing decision training tools to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, Action on Elder Abuse Financial Abuse Seminar Series

(2011) Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D., Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K., Gilbert, A. and Stanley, D., Detecting elder financial abuse: cues used by health, social care and banking professionals in classifying cases as true instances of financial abuse. Poster, Gerontological Society of America 64th Annual Scientific Meeting

(2011) Gilhooly, M., Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K. and Cairns, D., Key factors influencing decision making in relation to elder financial abuse: a case scenario study of certainty, likelihood of taking action, and action taken. Poster, Gerontological Society of America 64th Annual Scientific Meeting

(2011) Gilhooly, M., Davies, M., Harries, P., Cairns, D. and Gilhooly, K., Decision making in detecting elder financial abuse: a study of health, social care and banking professionals using case scenarios, 40th British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference

(2011) Harries, P., Tomlinson, C. and Notley, E., Randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a referral prioritization decision training tool for student occupational therapists, Higher Education Academy Conference

(2011) Harries, PA., Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Davies, M. and Notley, E., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: an examination of decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care and banking, Care Home Association

(2011) Harries, PA., Davies, M., Gilhooly, K., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D. and Notley, E., Detecting and preventing financial elder abuse - project findings, NDA Programme Meeting Conference

(2011) Stanley, D., Gilbert, A., Penhale, B., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Davies, M. and Cairns, D., Detecting elder financial abuse: cues used by health, social care and banking professionals in classifying cases as true instances of financial abuse, British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference

(2011) Harries, PA., Potential training for health, social care and banking professionals, FEA Project Dissemination Conference

(2010) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D., Notley, E. and Gilhooly, K., Decision making in cases of financial elder abuse: exploring experiences of social care professionals. Poster, ESRC Seminar Series 2010

(2010) Harries, PA., Davies, M. and Gilhooly, K., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: an exmaination of decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care, banking and asset managment., London Judgement and Decision Making Group Seminar

(2010) Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Notley, E. and Davies, M., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults, The Elder Abuse Conference

(2010) Stanley, D., Gilbert, A., Penhale, B., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Davies, M. and Notley, E., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: an analysis of policy documents, Gerontological Society of America 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting

(2010) Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D., Davies, M., Notley, E., Harries, P. and Gilhooly, K., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care and banking, Gerontological Society of America 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting

(2010) Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Notley, E. and Davies, M., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: examining decision making by health, social care and banking professionals. Phase I and Phase II findings, The 39th British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference

(2010) Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Notley, E. and Davies, M., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: research findings, Age UK

(2010) Notley, E., Sullivan, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D., Davies, M. and Gilhooly, K., Financial abuse of older people: understanding professional and interproffesional responses, British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference

(2010) Smyth, G., Harries, P. and Dorer, G., Mental health clients experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations, 15th World Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists

(2010) Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Davies, M. and Notley, E., Safeguarding vulnerable adults - detecting abuse: Findings from phase I of the Detecting and preventing elder financial abuse project, Financial Crime Annual Prevention Seminar

(2010) Davies, M., Cairns, D., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P. and Notley, E., Safeguarding vulnerable adults - Detecting abuse: Findings from phase I of the Detecting and preventing elder financial abuse project, Action on Elder Abuse

(2010) Cairns, D., Davies, M., Gilhooly, M., Harries, P. and Notley, E., Safeguarding vulnerable adults - detecting abuse: Findings from phase I of the Detecting and preventing financial elder abuse project, Action on Elder Abuse

(2010) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D. and Notley, E., Investigating social care professionals' decision making in cases of financial elder abuse: qualitative findings from the critical incident interviews, British Psychological Society Annual Conference

(2010) Smyth, G., Harries, P. and Dorer, G., Mental health clients' experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations, 15th World Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists

(2009) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., 'Ready to bat on'. One man's experience of returning to work with a mental health problem, Annual Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Conference

(2009) Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Davies, M., Notley, E. and Cairns, D., Decision making in detecting financial elder abuse: a comparison of professionals in banking and social work, Gerontological Society of America 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting

(2009) Davies, M., Harries, P. and Reidpath, D., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults - phase I findings for the social professionals participant group, School of Health Sciences and Social Care PhD Research Conference Day

(2009) Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Davies, M., Notley, E. and Cairns, D., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: an examination of decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care and banking, Gerontological Society of America 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting

(2009) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D. and Notley, E., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: examining decision making by health, social care and banking professionals. Phase I Findings, British Psychological Society Annual Conference

(2009) Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, M., Cairns, D. and Notley, E., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: examining decision making by health, social care and banking professionals. Phase I findings, Brunel Graduate School Research Poster Conference

(2009) Smyth, GK., Harries, P. and Dorer, G., Mental health service users experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations, 33rd Annual Meeting of the College of Occupational Therapists

(2009) Smyth, GK., Harries, P. and Dorer, G., Mental health service users' experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations, 33rd Annual Meeting of the College of Occupational Therapists

(2008) Gilhooly, M., Gilhooly, K., Harries, P., Hennessy, C., Gilbert, T., Stanley, D. and Penhale, B., Detecting and preventing financial elder abuse: an examination of decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care and banking. Poster, Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology

(2008) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., Meaning and identity:returning to work with a mental health problem, Bi Annual Qualitative Research Conference

(2008) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., Returning to work with a mental health problem. Individual Meaning and Experience, Annual Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Conference

(2008) Blank, A., Harries, P. and Reynolds, F., Research in therapy related settings: the utility of interprative phenomenological analysis, 32nd Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy National Conference

(2007) Tempest, S., Harries, P. and deSouza, L., Identifying with practitoners ways to use the international classification of functioning disability and health within an adult stroke service. Poster, United Kingdon Stroke Forum

(2007) Burstein, B. and Harries, P., The consultation model: meeting the needs of children with developmental co-ordination disorder, 31st Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy National Conference

(2006) Dorer, G. and Harries, P., Community occupations of mental health service users; examining engagement and social inclusiveness, 30th Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy National Conference

(2006) Harries, P., Gilhooly, K., Tomlinson, C. and Harries, C., Training decision making in novices; a website to develop skills in referral prioritisation, European Medical Decision Making Conference

(2006) Craik, C., Harries, P. and Gilhooly, K., Using evidence based practice to promote novices' skills in referral prioritisation: using a web based tool in occupational therapy education, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference

(2005) Harries, P., Tomlinson, C. and Harries, C., Focussing on occupation; a tool to guide novices in community mental health teams, 29th Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy National Conference

(2004) Harries, PA. and Gilhooly, K., Educating novices using captured policies, Brunswikian Society Conference

(2003) Potterton, H. and Harries, P., Appreciating the complexity of mothering; can the occupational therapy perspective empower women in their transition to the mother role and enable maternal role balance, 7th Annual Conference of AOTMH; Enable, Equip and Empower

(2003) Harries, PA. and Weiss, D., Development of expertise in a clinical judgement task, Biannual Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making

(2003) Harries, PA. and Gilhooly, K., Generic and specialist occupational therapy casework in community mental health, Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health

(2003) Mulley, S. and Harries, P., How can we meet the needs of women with Anorexia Nervosa, 7th Annual Conference of AOTMH; Enable, Equip and Empower

(2003) Harries, PA. and Gilhooly, K., Prioritisation of referrals by occupational therapists, 7th Annual Conference of Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health

(2002) Harries, PA., Gilhooly, K. and Harries, C., Educating novices to make good clinical judgements, 13th World Congress of Occupational Therapists

(2002) Harries, PA., Gilhooly, K. and Harries, C., Judgement analysis: Capturing the prioritisation of policies of community occupational therapists, 13th World Congress of Occupational Therapists

(2002) Harries, PA., Which referral to take? Capturing the prioritisation policies of community occupational therapists, An International Decision Making Symposium

(1998) Harries, PA. and Harries, C., Listening to reason, Accounting for clinical decisions, 12th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists

(1996) Harries, PA., Decision making at the referral stage. A study of the Clinical Reasoning Strategies Used, Vth European Congress of Occupational Therapy

(1996) Harries, PA., Naming and framing occupational therapy. Occupational therapy practice in community mental health work, Vth European Conference of Occupational Therapy

(1992) Harries, PA., Working with carers: implications for the mother with mental illness, 17th Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy

(1990) Harries, PA., Faciltiating change in Anorexia Nervosa: The role of the occupational therapist, Internal Eating Disorders Conference

(1989) Harries, PA., Development of a memory test for patients following surgery for epilepsy, 12th Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapy

(2012) Harries, PA., Tomlinson, C. and Notley, E., Effectiveness of a decision-training aid on referral prioritisation capacity: a randomized controlled trial., College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference

(2010) Gilhooly, ML., Cairns, D., Davis, M., Notley, E., Harries, P. and Gilhooly, K., Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: decision making by managers and professionals in health, social care and banking (Abstract), , Gerontologist (50) : 303- 304

(2009) Gilhooly, ML., Harries, P., Davies, M., Notley, L. and Cairns, D., Decision making in detecting financial elder abuse: a comparison of professionals in banking and social work(Abstract), , The Gerontologist (49) : 72- 72

(2008) Claffey, A., Harries, P. and De Souza, L., Knowing your memory: Implications for rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis, 32nd Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapists

(2008) Blank, A. and Harries, P., The journey into work: returning to work with a mental health problem, 32nd Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapists

Book Chapters

(2008) Harries, P. and Duncan, E., Judgment and decision making skills for practice.. In: Duncan, EAS. ed. Skills for Practice in Occupational Therapy. 25- 40

(2007) Harries, P., Knowing more than we can say. In: Creek, J. ed. Contemporary issues in occupational therapy. Chichester : Wiley

(2005) Harries, P., Health promotion in eating disorders: the role of occupational therapists. In: Scriven, A. ed. Health Promoting Practice. Basingstoke : Palgrave 127- 137

Other publications

Journal publications (not peer reviewed)

Harries, P. A. (2009). Recovering from anxiety: a service user story. Mental Health Occupational Therapy, 14(1), 14-17.

Harries, P. A. (2007). Use of the Web Tool for training the prioritisation skills for Community Mental Health Team Referrals. Mental Health Occupational Therapy, 12(2), 69-70.

Final report published on line by grant funder (peer reviewed)

Harries P, Tomlinson C, Notley E (2011) Randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a referral prioritization decision training tool for student occupational therapists. http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/doc/mp/summaries/pharriesexecsum

Dalley, G., Gilhooly, K., Gilhooly, M., Barnett, J., Gobet, F., Harries, P., Niblock, S., Victor, C. (2012). Risk, Trust and Relationships in an Ageing Society. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/risk-trust-and-relationships-ageing-society

Economic and Social Research Council outputs including all working papers can be found at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-352-25-0026/read/reports

Other reports published/ Media related/Working papers

Harries, P. A. (2012). Detecting and preventing financial abuse of vulnerable older customers: free training resources. CIFAS, UK Fraud Detection Agency. Retrieved from http://www.cifas.org.uk/

Harries, P. A. (2012). Free resources for professionals to improve the detection and prevention of elder financial abuse. College of Occupational Therapists. Retrieved from http://www.cot.co.uk/

Harries, P. A. (2012). New OT Referral Prioritisation Decision Aid for BAOT members working in community mental health teams. College of Occupational therapists. Retrieved from http://www.cot.co.uk/

Gilhooly, M., & Harries, P. A. (2012). New discovery could tackle financial exploitation of older adults, Barchester Care Homes Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.barchester.com/

Gilhooly, M., Harries, P., Gilbert, A., Penhale, B., Hennessy, C., Gilhooly, K., . . . Stanley, D. (2012). Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: An examination of decision-making by managers and professionals. Retrieved from http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-352-25-0026/outputs/Read/df69ee34-476d-4a6e-a861-463b817af18f

Harries, P. A. (2012). Elder financial abuse: free resources for professionals to improve the detection and prevention of elder financial abuse. Age UK. Retrieved from http://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru

Gilhooly, M., Harries, P. A., & Gilhooly, K. (2012). Tackling financial exploitation of elderly people. New Dynamics of Ageing. Retrieved from http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/19205/Tackling_financial_exploitation_of_elderly_people_.aspx

Harries, P. A. (Submitted). Free online resources for professionals to improve the detection and prevention of elder financial abuse. Occupational Therapy News.

Evidence-based decision-training Web domains/data collection websites:

Harries, P. A., Fowler, L., Parker, C., Perkins, L., Wignall, S., & Manalpara, E. (2012). A resource for parents and professionals to support them through the process of helping children visual stress [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://www.colouredlensesandvisualstress.com/

Harries, P. A., Davies, M. D., Gilhooly, M. L. M., & Gilhooly, K. J. (2012). Resources to help professionals to detect and prevent elder financial abuse, funded by the ESRC [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://www.elderfinancialabuse.co.uk/

This training resource which has been advocated for member use by such organisations as the College of Occupational Therapists, the Building Societies Association and Age UK. Impacts have included raised international awareness of elder financial abuse, an increase in international collaborative work between stakeholders and improved professional decision-making capacity. Economic and Social Research Council outputs including all working papers can be found at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-352-25-0026/read/reports

Harries, P. A., Tomlinson, C., & Newell, S. (2011). Expert clinicians’ data collection to update referral prioritisation decision aid, funded by Brunel University Knowledge Transfer Scheme [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://cisbic.bioinformatics.ic.ac.uk/html_harries_expert_collection/ Having completed the UK expert data collection phase this is now being used to collect data in New Zealand during 2013)

Harries, P. A., & Tomlinson, C. (2005). Referral prioritisation decision aid, funded by Brunel University Teaching and Learning Development Fund [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://www.priscillaharries.com/

Harries, P.A., (2013), Referral training resource research website funded by Brunel University knowledge transfer funding [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://referralprioritisation.wordpress.com/

A freely available, open access, decision-training web technology, for occupational therapists in community mental health services, has been funded, developed, tested and adopted in clinical training and practice. This decision-training aid, approved and advocated by UK professional organisations, has been shown to have increased workforce capacity has been demonstrated through the improved referral prioritisation skills of novice occupational therapists from NHS Trusts and 29 UK Universities. NHS policies have been enhanced using the research, facilitating services being targeted at the most needy, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of this profession’s service.