Andy Watt

Biography

Professional Chairman British Psychological Society (BPS), Welsh Branch 2004-2008 BPS Representative Council Member 2004-2008 Chair CSHS HCP ethics panel 2010-present CSHS Research & Enterprise Committee 2008-present CSHS Research Degrees Sub-Committee 2007-present CSHS Professoriate 2010-present Panels & Committees Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice (WCCSJ). Management committee member since 2011. School of Health Sciences School Research Ethics Committee (SREC). Committee member since 2008. School of Health Sciences Professoriate. Member since 2011. School of Health Sciences Research Degrees Committee. Committee member since 2008. School of Health Sciences Research and Enterprise Committee. Committee member since 2008. School of Health Sciences Managing Safety and Planning Working Group. Group member since 2012. Chair of Health Sciences HCP ethics panel since 2006. External Examiner (Current) Birmingham City University, BSc Psychology, Psychology & Criminology, Psychology & Sociology. University of Chester, BSc Psychology. External Examiner (Past) Oxford Brookes University, PhD. Huddersfield University, BSc Psychology and Criminology. Employment Jan 1992 – July 1994 Research Assistant. “Motivational control of incentive processes.” Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge. Jul 1996 – Jul 1998 Post-Doctoral Research Associate. “The role of the hippocampus in complex stimulus processing.” School of Psychology, Cardiff University. Jul 1998 – Jul 2000 Post-Doctoral Research Associate. “Follow-up study of South Wales Forensic psychiatric services.” School of Psychological Medicine,UWCM. Jul 1998 – Jul 2001 Honorary Research Fellow. School of Psychology, Cardiff University. Aug 2000-Aug 2001 Research Fellow (Grant held by A Watt) Department of Psychological Medicine, UWCM. Present – onwards Honorary Reader, South Wales Forensic Mental Health Service, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. Education Graduated University of Ulster, BSc Psychology in 1988 PhD Cardiff University in 1998. Thesis: “Associative processes in acquired stimulus equivalence”

Research Interest

My research interests are in cognitive processes, human mental health and mental health services. I work closely with colleagues within the School of Health Sciences and mental health services in Wales and South West England. My current research is focused on 3 areas, 1) the interaction between emotion, executive cognitive processes and complex learning deficits widely assumed to underpin schizophrenia, 2) models of adult attachment style and how these can inform management of people in secure mental health care, 3) learning processes in the acquisition of visual diagnostic ability.