Jen Yates

Contact

• workRoom C22 Institute of Mental Health
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Jen.Yates@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Jen currently works in the Academic Unit of Mental Health and Clinical Neuroscience as an Associate Professor in Mental Health, with teaching responsibilities on the Applied Psychology postgraduate programmes. Jen has worked at the University of Nottingham since 2014 as a postdoctoral researcher prior to becoming an Associate Professor.

Roles held:

• Deputy Director Academic Unit of Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences
• Director of the Centre for Dementia

Teaching Summary

- Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences Homebase lead for UG Medicine Year 3 (Research Project Module) - Module convenor: PSTY4057 Qualitative Research Methods (PGT Applied Psychology) - Module… read more

Research Summary

Research interests include how health services are provided and used with a specific focus on services and conditions that affect older people, dementia, and mental health and wellbeing in later… read more

Recent Publications

• WALKER, K, YATES, J, DENING, T, VOLLM, B, TOMLIN, J and GRIFFITHS, C, 2023. Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 18(1),
• TOMLIN, JACK, WALKER, KATE, YATES, JEN, DENING, TOM, GOETHALS, KRIS, VOLLM, BIRGIT and GRIFFITHS, CHRIS, 2023. Care for older forensic mental health patients: A consensus guidance document. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. 1-31
• MCGRATTAN, ANDREA M, PAKPAHAN, EDUWIN, SIERVO, MARIO, MOHAN, DEVI, REIDPATH, DANIEL D, PRINA, MATTHEW, ALLOTEY, PASCALE, ZHU, YUEPING, SHULIN, CHEN, YATES, JENNIFER, PADDICK, STELLA-MARIA, ROBINSON, LOUISE and STEPHAN, BLOSSOM C M, 2022. Risk of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.). 8(1), e12267
• DENING, TOM, BABER, WAQAAR, CHANG, MARYBETH and YATES, JEN, 2022. The struggle of apathy in dementia Aging and Mental Health. 26(10), 1909-1911

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- Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences Homebase lead for UG Medicine Year 3 (Research Project Module) - Module convenor: PSTY4057 Qualitative Research Methods (PGT Applied Psychology) - Module convenor: PSTY4049 Dementia (Mental Health: Research Practice MSc programme)

Current Research

Research interests include how health services are provided and used with a specific focus on services and conditions that affect older people, dementia, and mental health and wellbeing in later life. The lived experience of mental health from a phenomenological approach, how people negotiate retirement, and wellbeing/mental health from implementation science and behavioural science perspectives are also topics of interest.

Current grants:

• Co-Investigator: RECOGNeyes for Schools (NIHR I4I; £1,699,015.91)

• Co-Investigator: Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in UK prisons: a survey of provision and implementation (ESRC Equadem Flexible Fund; £15,950.00)

• Co-Investigator: Career guidance to reduce economic inactivity and enhance well-being for older workers (NIHR Work and Health Development Awards; £113,743.00)

• Co-Investigator: Investigating the efficacy and potential therapeutic benefits of rhythmic peripheral nerve stimulation for mental health conditions that are highly co-occurring with Tourette syndrome (Medical Research Council Impact Accelerator Account; £173,873.9)

Past Research

Previous grants:

• Co-Investigator: 'Older adult forensic mental health patients: defining barriers, facilitators and 'what works' to enable better quality of life, health and wellbeing, reduced risk, and lower levels of security' (ENHANCE; RfPB Programme Grant Reference Number PB-PG-1217-20028)
• Principal Investigator: Exploring best practice in the delivery of a diagnosis of dementia by healthcare professionals (ARUK; £4,866.78)

Past research includes involvement in:

• The Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (CFAS Wales), a multicentre investigation into cognitive functioning, health and well-being on a large scale, with a particular focus on the role of subjective memory complaints and their influence on mood and cognitive functioning.
• The EMAHSN funded stroke rehabilitation project explored the implementation of stroke services in a variety of service delivery models and geographic/demographic contexts.
• The AQUEDUCT NIHR PGfAR study explored best practice in crisis care for people with dementia

Future Research

Invitations to collaborate in the areas outlined above are welcomed and postgraduate students wishing to pursue projects in these areas are encouraged to get in touch.

• WALKER, K, YATES, J, DENING, T, VOLLM, B, TOMLIN, J and GRIFFITHS, C, 2023. Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 18(1),
• TOMLIN, JACK, WALKER, KATE, YATES, JEN, DENING, TOM, GOETHALS, KRIS, VOLLM, BIRGIT and GRIFFITHS, CHRIS, 2023. Care for older forensic mental health patients: A consensus guidance document. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. 1-31
• MCGRATTAN, ANDREA M, PAKPAHAN, EDUWIN, SIERVO, MARIO, MOHAN, DEVI, REIDPATH, DANIEL D, PRINA, MATTHEW, ALLOTEY, PASCALE, ZHU, YUEPING, SHULIN, CHEN, YATES, JENNIFER, PADDICK, STELLA-MARIA, ROBINSON, LOUISE and STEPHAN, BLOSSOM C M, 2022. Risk of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.). 8(1), e12267
• DENING, TOM, BABER, WAQAAR, CHANG, MARYBETH and YATES, JEN, 2022. The struggle of apathy in dementia Aging and Mental Health. 26(10), 1909-1911
• WALKER, KATE, YATES, JEN, DENING, TOM, VOLLM, BIRGIT, TOMLIN, JACK and GRIFFITHS, CHRIS, 2022. Staff perspectives on barriers to and facilitators of quality of life, health, wellbeing, recovery and reduced risk for older forensic mental-health patients: A qualitative interview study. Journal of health services research & policy. 13558196221094512
• WALKER, K., YATES, J., DENING, T., VÖLLM, B., TOMLIN, J. and GRIFFITHS, C., 2022. Older adult forensic mental health patients’ views on barriers, facilitators and ‘what works’ to enable better quality of life, health and wellbeing and to reduce risk of reoffending and harm to self and others East Midlands Research into Ageing Network (EMRAN) Discussion Paper Series.
• WALKER, K., FURTADO, V., YATES, J., DENING, T., VÖLLM, B. and GRIFFITHS, C., 2022. Systems and Processes that Enable Progress for Older Forensic Mental Health Patients International Journal of Forensic Mental Health.
• TOMLIN, J., WALKER, K., YATES, J., DENING, T., VÖLLM, B. and GRIFFITHS, C., 2022. Older forensic mental healthcare patients in England: demographics, physical health, mental wellbeing, cognitive ability and quality of life [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. 2:9 NIHR Open Research. 2(9),
• REDLEY, M., POLAND, F, COLESTON-SHIELDS, DM, STANYON, M., YATES, J., STREATER, A. and ORRELL, M., 2022. Practitioners’ Views on Enabling People With Dementia to Remain in Their Homes During and After Crisis Journal of Applied Gerontology.
• CHADWICK, C., HUSSAIN, A., CARONE, L., YATES, J. and DENING, T., 2022. Going for gold: Sports and exercise groups for people with dementia and carers contribute to their well-being Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences.
• JEN YATES, MIRIAM STANYON, RAJVINDER SAMRA and LINDA CLARE, 2021. Challenges in disclosing and receiving a diagnosis of dementia: a systematic review of practice from the perspectives of people with dementia, carers, and healthcare professionals International Psychogeriatrics.
• BABER, WAQAAR, CHANG, CHERN YI MARYBETH, YATES, JENNIFER and DENING, TOM, 2021. The Experience of Apathy in Dementia: A Qualitative Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6), 3325
• WION, RACHEL K, HILL, NIKKI L, REED BELL, TYLER, MOGLE, JACQUELINE, YATES, JENNIFER and BHANG, IRIS, 2021. The Role of Cognitive Self-Report Measure Type in Predicting Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. 8919887211023591
• CHANG, CHERN YI MARYBETH, BABER, WAQAAR, DENING, TOM and YATES, JENNIFER, 2021. “He Just Doesn’t Want to Get Out of the Chair and Do It”: The Impact of Apathy in People with Dementia on Their Carers International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(12), 6317
• YATES, JENNIFER A, STANYON, MIRIAM R, REDLEY, MARCUS and COLESTON-SHIELDS, DONNA MARIA, 2020. Conceptualizing Dementia Crisis and Preferences for Resolution: A Public Perspective. Journal of primary care & community health. 11, 2150132720925946
• KATE WALKER, CHRIS GRIFFITHS, JEN YATES and BIRGIT VÖLLM, 2020. Service provision for older forensic mental health patients: a scoping review of the literature The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 0(0), 1-22
• YATES, JEN, 2020. Depressive symptoms precede self-reports of perceived 10-year decline in memory in community-dwelling older adults INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS. 32(6), 677-680
• YATES, JENNIFER, STANYON, MIRIAM, CHALLIS, DAVID, COLESTON-SHIELDS, DONNA MARIA, DENING, TOM, HOE, JUANITA, JAWAHAR, KAANTHAN, LLOYD-EVANS, BRYNMOR, MONIZ-COOK, ESME, POLAND, FIONA, STREATER, AMY, TRIGG, EMMA and ORRELL, MARTIN, 2020. Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: a consensus approach. BMC psychiatry. 20(1), 505
• STANYON, M. R.,, STREATER, A., COLESTON-SHIELDS, D., YATES, J., CHALLIS, D., DENING, T., HOE, J., LLOYD-EVANS, B., MITCHELL, S., MONIZ-COOK, E., POLAND, F., PROTHERO, D. and ORRELL, M., 2019. Protocol for the development of an evidence-based ‘Best Practice Model’for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia JMIR Research Protocols. (In Press.)
• OPDEBEECK, CAROL, YATES, JENNIFER ANN, KUDLICKA, ALEKSANDRA and MARTYR, ANTHONY, 2018. What are subjective cognitive difficulties and do they matter? Age and Ageing. afy148
• JEN YATES, 2018. An Insider’s Guide to Conducting Epidemiological Investigations With Older People SAGE Research Methods Cases..
• YATES, J. A., CLARE, L. and WOODS, R. T., 2017. What is the Relationship between Health, Mood, and Mild Cognitive Impairment? Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 55, 1183–1193
• YATES, J. A., CLARE, L. and WOODS, R. T., 2017. “You’ve got a friend in me”: can social networks mediate the relationship between mood and MCI? BMC Geriatrics. 17(44),
• YATES, L. A., YATES, J. A., ORRELL, M., SPECTOR, A. and WOODS, B., eds., 2017. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia: History, Evolution and Internationalism 1. Routledge.
• STREATER, A., COLESTON-SHIELDS, DM., YATES, J., STANYON, M. and ORRELL, M., 2017. A scoping review of crisis teams managing dementia in older people Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2017(12), 1589—1603
• YATES, J. A., CLARE, L. and WOODS, B., 2015. Subjective memory complaints, mood and MCI: A follow-up study Aging & Mental Health.
• YATES, J. A., CLARE, L., WOODS, B. and MATTHEWS, F. E., 2015. Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment Journal of Alzheimer's disease. 48(1),
• YATES, J. A., 2014. Book Review: Promoting independence and activity in older people Signpost: Journal of Dementia and Mental Health C are of Older People. 20(1), 27-28
• YATES, J. A., CLARE, L. and WOODS, B., 2013. Mild cognitive impairment and mood: A systematic review Reviews in Clinical Gerontology. 23(4),