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Accoroni, Alex (2000). Professionals' beliefs about schizophrenic disorders. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Allcock, Sarah (1997). Motivations, expectations and decision making of women seeking cosmetic breast surgery : a quantitative and qualitative analysis. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Amos, Miche (1997). An investigation of the relationship between illness perceptions and coping, and pain, disability and psychosocial functioning, in children and adolescents with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Beinart, Helen (2002). An exploration of the factors which predict the quality of the relationship in clinical supervision. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Benjamin, Lynne J (1999). An investigation of the attachment experiences of people suffering from long term mental health problems : a qualitative project comparing the perceived experiences of people diagnosed with schizophrenia and people who considered themselves 'resilient'. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Blumenthal, Stephen B (1997). Cognitive distortion and blame attribution in different groups of sex offenders. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Borsanyi, Sophie (2001). An exploration of the therapeutic alliance : its association with client and therapist attachment organisation. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Boulton, Charlotte (2002). An investigation of the role of illness representations and coping in the adjustment and health-related quality of life of people with Parkinson's disease. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Cariss, Margaret E (2001). A comparison of the changes in premenstrual symptoms and coping strategies following fluoxetine medication or cognitive behavioural therapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Cohen, Andrea (2000). A study of decision-making about risk of violence in mentally disordered offenders. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Cook, Natalie Clare Louise (2001). Stories people tell : an investigation of the narratives of personal stories told by autistic and non-autistic children and adolescents. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Cotter, Imogen (2000). Trying too hard to be sure? : An investigation of the role of safety-seeking strategies in maintaining obsessional problems. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Daniel, H (1997). Illness perceptions and their association with coping responses, perceived health status, beliefs about, and adherence to medicines following a renal transplant. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Davies, Felix (2001). Clarifying the clinical concept of "complex case". DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Detert, Niels Bruce (2000). Assimilation in 2+1 brief therapy. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Francis, Elizabeth A (1999). Appraisal of memory impairment following brain injury. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Frangoulis, Sandy (1997). The influence of maternal employment on women's emotional well-being after having their first child. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Fuchs, Karen J (2000). Adults with learning disabilities who live with their parents : the decision to live at home. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Furst, Maria Louise (1997). A prospective study of the factors affecting caregivers' immediate adjustment to ending home care for a relative with dementia. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Galbraith, Michael (1997). A study of attitudes and belief associated with anorexia nervosa in adolescents and their parents. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Garry, James Robert Creighton (2002). Coring Planetary Ices; Their Thermomechanical Behaviour. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

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Geraghty, Wendy Katherine (1996). An investigation into factors associated with psychological health in young lesbians. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Giles, Amanda (1999). An examination of the expressed emotion of parents of children with learning disabilities and problem behaviour. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Gosling, Sophie (2000). Cognitive and adaptive functioning of children with HIV infection: a longitudinal study. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Gurney-Smith, Ben (1999). Anxiety and panic in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a preliminary investigation of the role of illness specific and non-illness specific catastrophic cognitions. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Harbridge, Jennifer Carol (1998). Adjustment to amputation : identifying the contribution of family environment, coping style, functional ability and satisfaction with life variables to adjustment following unilateral below-knee amputation in adults. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Hart, Liza (1998). Assessment of social information-processing mechanisms in children with Asperger's syndrome. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Hayward, Melanie Patricia (1996). A study of the effects of professional and social support, maternal-fetal attachment and causal attributions on the psychological well-being of women who have experienced a miscarriage in the past year. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Hohnen, Bettina Louise (2000). Maternal attributions for premature labour and their relationship to maternal mental health and maternal bonding. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Holly, Patricia (1996). An investigation of the psychological benefits of immediate breast reconstruction and factors associated with adjustment in women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Howard, Dawn (1999). Supported employment versus day centre attendance : a comparison of the impact on the self-concept of people with learning disabilities. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Jenkins, Helen (1997). Levels of burnout and distress among care staff and the quality of care provided in a group of residential homes for older people. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Jones, Eleanor Katherine (1998). An exploration of aggressive and non-aggressive factors as conceptualised by teenage school girls : a quantitative and qualitative study. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Kevis, Jane Clare Higginson (2002). A comparison of the staff and patient view of the suitable admission ward milieu for those with borderline personality disorder. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

King, David (1998). Understanding delusions : the role of self-esteem and a consideration of metacognition. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Kirkland, Jamie (2000). Help-seeking behaviour of parents with children with behaviour problems : a qualitative study. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Küchemann, Christine (2003). An exploratory study of factors associated with therapists offering 26 or more sessions of therapy. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

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Lewis, Jessica Melanie (1996). The use of emotional language in a diagnosed personality disordered special hospital population, who self harm. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Marsh, Robert Alfred George (1998). The relationship between religious beliefs and practices, and Catholic couples' management of anger and conflict in their marriage. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Miah, Jennifa (1997). The psychological experience of grief in the Bangladeshi community in Britain. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Moore, Marcelle (2000). An exploration of how early life experiences might have shaped the way in which adolescent sex-offenders construed themselves and significant others. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Osman, Selen (2002). An investigation into the nature and meaning of spontaneously occurring images in people with body dysmorphic disorder. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Pennington, Jodi (2002). Feeling Happy and Healthy, Having Fun and Friends: Children's understanding of well-being: a qualitative study. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

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Roche, Sine (2000). An exploration of the personal constructs and accounts of young offenders of violent crime. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Schuller, Stefan (2004). Helping to make sense : an evaluation of team-based cognitive-behavioural formulation workshops for recent onset psychotic symptoms. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Simmons, Jane (2000). Cognitive schemata in depressed female adolescents and their mothers : a pilot study. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Storey, Adam Brett (1999). The anatomy of grieving : a study of the presence and function of "imaginary conversation" with the deceased during episodes of grief. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Strickland-Clark, Lisa (1998). Investigation into child and adolescent perceptions of family therapy : a study of process. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Ward, Sarah (2002). Investigating obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents : a study of intrusive thoughts in a non-clinical population. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Warren, Joanne H (1998). An investigation into the relationship between psychological distress and family factors in offspring and spouse caregivers of people with dementia. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Watkin, Lalage (2000). Racism and psychosis. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Watson, Melissa Anne Margaret (2001). Factors affecting the psychological adjustment of children with cystic fibrosis. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.

Webster, Guinevere (2002). Family focused rehabilitatiion : applying the theory of planned behaviour to investigating staff's decisions to involve the children and families of adults with acquired brain injury in the rehabilitation process. DClinPsychol thesis The Open University.