Neil Kitchiner
Director/Consultant Clinical Lead & Honorary Veterans Mental Health Lead
- neil.kitchiner@wales.nhs.uk
- +44 (0)29 2183 2262
- Veterans’ NHS Wales, Global Link, Dunleavy Dr, Cardiff Bay, CF11 0SN
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Neil has over 30 years experience of working in NHS mental health services within the UK (England & Wales) and Australia. Neil has also worked in the private sector at the Priory Hospital Bristol, and for the past 16 years in the University Hospital of Wales within the Department's of Liaison Psychiatry and the Traumatic Stress Service as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with responsibility for the partnership with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service & the NHS until 2008.
Neil is currently employed as the Director and Consultant Clinical Lead at the Veterans' NHS Wales service (VNHSW). The service offers out-patient mental health treatment for ex-service personnel with service related mental health problems. For more information visit www.veteranswales.co.uk. Neil was a Captain in the army reserve with 203 Welsh Field Hospital. He deployed to Afghanistan in October 2013 – January 2014 on Herrick 19a as part of the MoD Field Mental Health Team. He holds an Honorary Research title: Veterans Mental Health Lead with the National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University.
He regularly lectures and runs workshops on the psychological effects of trauma and psychological therapy for medical and non-medical personnel. He has written over 30 papers, book chapters, and Cochrane Reviews - on trauma focused cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, ex-service personnel, early interventions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, published in peer reviewed medical and psychological press. Neil is the current PI on 3MDR RCT for treatment resistant PTSD in military veterans.
Cyhoeddiadau
2023
- Williams, A., Reed, H., Segrott, J., Rees, A. and Kitchiner, N. 2023. How does a restorative approach work? Supporting military veteran families affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Internet Journal of Restorative Justice
2022
- Bisson, J. I. et al. 2022. Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (RAPID). BMJ 377, article number: e069405. (10.1136/bmj-2021-069405)
- Dighton, G. et al. 2022. Gambling problems among United Kingdom armed forces veterans: Associations with gambling motivation and posttraumatic stress disorder. International Gambling Studies (10.1080/14459795.2022.2063923)
2021
- Simon, N. et al. 2021. Internet-based psychological therapies: a qualitative study of National Health Service commissioners and managers views. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 94(4), pp. 994-1014. (10.1111/papt.12341)
- Harris, S. et al. 2021. Social and economic costs of gambling problems and related harm among UK military veterans. BMJ Military Health (10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001892)
- van Deursen, R., Jones, K., Kitchiner, N., Hannigan, B., Barawi, K. and Bisson, J. I. 2021. The psychophysiological response during post-traumatic stress disorder treatment with modular motion-assisted memory desensitisation and reconsolidation (3MDR). European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12(1), article number: 1929027. (10.1080/20008198.2021.1929027)
- Astill Wright, L. et al. 2021. The REconsolidaTion Using RewiNd Study (RETURN): trial protocol. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12(1), article number: 1844439. (10.1080/20008198.2020.1844439)
- Roberts, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J., Lewis, C. E., Downes, A. J. and Bisson, J. I. 2021. Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 in a sample of trauma exposed mental health service users. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12(1), article number: 1863578. (10.1080/20008198.2020.1863578)
2020
- Bisson, J. I. et al. 2020. Randomised controlled trial of multi-modular motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation (3MDR) for male military veterans with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 142(2), pp. 141-151. (10.1111/acps.13200)
- Lewis, C., Lewis, K., Kitchiner, N., Isaac, S., Jones, I. and Bisson, J. I. 2020. Sleep disturbance in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a systematic review and meta-analysis of actigraphy studies. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 11(1), article number: 1767349. (10.1080/20008198.2020.1767349)
2019
- Roberts, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J., Kenardy, J., Lewis, C. E. and Bisson, J. I. 2019. Early psychological intervention following recent trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology Supplement 10(1), article number: 1695486. (10.1080/20008198.2019.1695486)
- Kitchiner, N. J., Lewis, C., Roberts, N. P. and Bisson, J. I. 2019. Active duty and ex-serving military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder treated with psychological therapies: systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 10(1), article number: 1684226. (10.1080/20008198.2019.1684226)
- Roberts, E., Dighton, G., Fossey, M., Hogan, L., Kitchiner, N., Rogers, R. D. and Dymond, S. 2019. Gambling problems and military- and health-related behaviour in UK armed forces veterans. Military Behavioral Health 8(2), pp. 212-221. (10.1080/21635781.2019.1644263)
2018
- Karatzias, T. et al. 2018. The role of negative cognitions, emotion regulation strategies, and attachment style in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: implications for new and existing therapies. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 57(2), pp. 177-185. (10.1111/bjc.12172)
- Nollett, C. et al. 2018. Pragmatic RAndomised controlled trial of a trauma-focused guided self-help Programme versus InDividual trauma-focused cognitive Behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (RAPID): trial protocol. BMC Psychiatry 18(1), article number: 77. (10.1186/s12888-018-1665-3)
2017
- Lewis, C., Farewell, D., Groves, V., Kitchiner, N. J., Roberts, N., Vick, T. and Bisson, J. 2017. Internet-based guided self-help for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): randomised controlled trial. Depression and Anxiety 34(6), pp. 555-565. (10.1002/da.22645)
2015
- Kitchiner, N. J. and Bisson, J. I. 2015. Phase I development of an optimal integrated care pathway for veterans discharged from the armed forces. Military Medicine 180(7), pp. 766-773. (10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00494)
2012
- Kitchiner, N. J., Roberts, N. P., Wilcox, D. and Bisson, J. I. 2012. Systematic review and meta-analyses of psychosocial interventions for veterans of the military. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 3, article number: 19267. (10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.19267)
2011
- Meewisse, M., Olff, M., Kleber, R., Kitchiner, N. J. and Gersons, B. P. R. 2011. The course of mental health disorders after a disaster: Predictors and comorbidity. Journal of Traumatic Stress 24(4), pp. 405-413. (10.1002/jts.20663)
2010
- Roberts, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J., Kenardy, J. and Bisson, J. I. 2010. Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 3, article number: CD006869. (10.1002/14651858.CD006869.pub2)
- Roberts, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J., Kenardy, J. and Bisson, J. I. 2010. Early psychological interventions to treat acute traumatic stress symptoms. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 3, article number: CD007944. (10.1002/14651858.CD007944.pub2)
2009
- Roberts, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J., Kenardy, J. and Bisson, J. I. 2009. Systematic review and meta-analysis of multiple-session early interventions following traumatic events. American Journal of Psychiatry 166(3), pp. 293-301. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040590)
- Kitchiner, N. J., Edwards, D. J., Wood, S. D., Sainsbury, S., Hewin, P., Burnard, P. and Bisson, J. I. 2009. A randomized controlled trial comparing an adult education class using cognitive behavioural therapy ('stress control') anxiety management group treatment and a waiting list for anxiety disorders. Journal of Mental Health 18(4), pp. 307-315. (10.1080/09638230802052153)
2006
- Kitchiner, N. J., Phillips, B. R., Roberts, N. P. and Bisson, J. I. 2006. Increasing access to trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy for post traumatic stress disorder through a pilot feasibility study of a group clinical supervision model. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 35(2), pp. 251-254. (10.1017/S1352465806003201)
- Kitchiner, N. J., Roberts, N. P. and Bisson, J. I. 2006. Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR). Mental Health Practice 9, pp. 40-44.
2005
- Wood, S. D., Kitchiner, N. and Bisson, J. I. 2005. Experience of implementing an adult educational approach to treating anxiety disorders. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 12(1), pp. 95-99. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00799.x)
- Kitchiner, N. J., Bisson, J. I. and Roberts, N. P. 2005. The use of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD. Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry
2004
- Short, N. P., Kitchiner, N. J. and Curran, J. 2004. Unreliable evidence. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 11(1), pp. 106-111. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00695.x)
2003
- Bisson, J. I. and Kitchiner, N. 2003. Early psychosocial and pharmacological interventions after traumatic events. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 41(10), pp. 42-53.
2000
- Rogers, P., Gray, N. S., Williams, T. and Kitchiner, N. J. 2000. Behavioral treatment of PTSD in a perpetrator of manslaughter: a single case study. Journal of Traumatic Stress 13(3), pp. 511-519. (10.1023/A:1007793510239)
- Kitchiner, N. J. 2000. Using EMDR to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in a prison setting. British Journal of Community Nursing 5(1), pp. 26-31. (10.12968/bjcn.2000.5.1.7431)