Adrian Wells
{{short description|British clinical psychologist}}
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| workplaces = University of Manchester
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Adrian Wells, CPsychol, {{Post-nominals|country=UK|FBPsS}} is a British clinical psychologist who is the creator of metacognitive therapy. He is Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Manchester, U.K. and is also Professor II of Clinical Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Research
Wells has contributed to the understanding of mechanisms underlying vulnerability to psychological disorders, the maintenance of mental health problems and their treatment. His work has informed the areas of social anxiety disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, trauma reactions (such as post-traumatic stress disorder), obsessive–compulsive disorder and depression. His research has particularly focused on developing models and treatment for these disorders using cognitive behavioural therapy and metacognitive therapy. He has authored over 200 publications in books and peer-reviewed journals.{{cite web|title=Publications for Professor Adrian Wells|url=http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/staff/publications/index.aspx?ID=88006|publisher=University of Manchester. 2015}}
Key publications
Wells' first book Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective (co-authored with Gerald Matthews) presented a critique and framework for applying cognitive psychology to the understanding of psychopathology.{{cite book|last1=Wells|first1=Adrian|last2=Matthews|first2=Gerald|title=Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective|date=1994|publisher=Erlbaum|location=Hove, UK|isbn=978-0863773402}} It was awarded the 1998 British Psychological Society Book Award for significant contributions to psychology and remains a definitive text in this field, recently being reprinted for a 20th anniversary edition.{{cite book|last1=Wells|first1=Adrian|last2=Matthews|first2=Gerald|title=Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective (Classic Ed)|date=2015|publisher=Erlbaum|location=Hove, UK|isbn=978-1-138-81484-4}}
Wells has authored a comprehensive treatment manual for anxiety disorders using cognitive behavioural therapy,{{cite book|last1=Wells|first1=Adrian|title= Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: A Practice Manual and Conceptual Guide.|date=1997|publisher=Wiley|location=Chichester, UK|isbn= 978-0471964766}} which is widely used in U.K. mental health settings and includes a model and treatment for social anxiety disorder (developed with D. M. Clark) which was recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as the most effective treatment.{{cite web|title=Social anxiety disorder: recognition, assessment and treatment. NICE guidelines [CG159]|url=https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg159|publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. May 2013|accessdate=26 October 2015}}
Wells is the originator of metacognitive therapy, a new psychological treatment which is undergoing extensive evaluation in controlled trials.{{cite journal
| last1 = Normann
| first1 = Nicoline
| last2 = van Emmerik
| first2 = Arnold A. P.
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| first3 = Nexhmedin
| title = The efficacy of metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression: a meta-analytic review
| journal = Depression and Anxiety
| date = May 2014
| volume = 31
| issue = 5
| pages = 402–411
| doi = 10.1002/da.22273
| pmid = 24756930
| s2cid = 205736364
}}{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/journal/10608/39/1/page/1 |title=Special Issue on Metacognitive Theory, Therapy and Techniques |publisher=Springer |date=2015}} He has written a treatment manual for the application of this model and treatment to anxiety and mood disorders.{{cite book|last1=Wells|first1=Adrian|title=Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression|date=2011|publisher=Guilford Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1609184964|edition=Pbk.}}
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Category:British psychologists
Category:Clinical psychologists
Category:Academics of the University of Manchester