PUBLISHED RESEARCH:

DR JONATHAN WARD

Tarrier, N., Barrowclough, C., Ward, J., Donaldson, C., Burns, A., & Gregg, L. (2002). Expressed emotion and attributions in the carers of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: The effect on carer burden. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(2), 340-349.

Barrowclough, C., Tarrier, N., Humphreys, L., Ward, J., Gregg, L., & Andrews, B. (2003). Self-esteem in schizophrenia: Relationships between self-evaluation, family attitudes, and symptomatology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112(1), 92-99.

Barrowclough, C., Ward, J., Wearden, A., & Gregg, L. (2005). Expressed emotion and attributions in relatives with and without substance misuse. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40(11), 884-891.

Wearden, A., Ward, J., Barrowclough, C., Tarrier, N., & Davies, R. (2006). Attributions for negative events in the partners of adults with Type I diabetes: Associations with partners’ expressed emotion and marital adjustment. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11(1), 1-21.

Elison, S., Humphreys, L., Ward, J., & Davies, G. (2013). A pilot outcomes evaluation for computer-assisted therapy for substance misuse: An evaluation of Breaking Free Online. Journal of Substance Use, 19(4), 1-6.

Elison, S., Ward, J., Davies, G., Lidbetter, N., Dagley, M., & Hulme, D. (2014). An outcomes study of eTherapy for dual diagnosis using Breaking Free Online. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 7(2), 52-62.

Elison, S., Ward, J., Davies, G., & Moody, M. (2014). Implementation of computer-assisted therapy for substance misuse: A qualitative study of Breaking Free Online using Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14(4), 207-218.

Ward, J., Elison-Davies, S., & Davies, G. (2014). Using technology to widen access to evidence-based treatment within the substance misuse sector: Development and implementation of Breaking Free Online. International Journal of Integrated Care, 14(8).

Davies, G., Elison, S., Ward, J., & Laudet, A. (2015). The role of lifestyle in perpetuating substance dependence: A new explanatory model, the Lifestyle Balance Model. Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy, 10(2), 1-18.

Dugdale, S., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., & Dalton, M. (2015). A comprehensive, multi-level investigation of the implementation of a novel digital substance misuse intervention, Breaking Free Online: Conceptualising implementation processes within services using the Medical Research Council framework and health psychology theory. Frontiers in Public Health, 4.

Elison, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2015). An outcomes evaluation of computerised treatment for problem drinking using Breaking Free Online. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 33(2), 185-196.

Elison, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2015). Effectiveness of computer-assisted therapy for substance dependence using Breaking Free Online: Subgroup analyses of a heterogeneous sample of service users. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2(2), e13.

Elison, S., Weston, S., Davies, G., Dugdale, S., & Ward, J. (2015). Findings from mixed-methods feasibility and effectiveness evaluations of the ‘Breaking Free Online’ treatment and recovery programme for substance misuse in prisons. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 23(2), 1-10.

Dugdale, S., Elison, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., & Jones, M. (2016). The use of digital technology in substance misuse recovery. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(4), Article 5.

Dugdale, S., Elison, S., Ward, J., Davies, G., & Dalton, M. (2016). Using the Transtheoretical Model to explore the impact of peer mentoring on peer mentors’ own recovery from substance misuse. Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery, 11(3), 166-181.

Dugdale, S., Ward, J., Hernen, J., Elison, S., Davies, G., & Donkor, D. (2016). Using the Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy v1 to conceptualize the clinical content of Breaking Free Online: A computer-assisted therapy program for substance use disorders. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 11(1), 26.

Elison, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2016). Initial development and psychometric properties of a new measure of substance misuse ‘recovery progression’: The Recovery Progression Measure (RPM). Substance Use and Misuse, 51(9), 1195-1206.

Elison, S., Weston, S., Dugdale, S., Ward, J., & Davies, G. (2016). A qualitative exploration of UK prisoners’ experiences of substance misuse and mental health difficulties, and the Breaking Free Health and Justice interventions. Journal of Drug Issues, 46(3), 198-215.

Ward, J. (2016). Making Transforming Rehabilitation a reality: The role of technology innovation. Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 180(3), 4-5.

Davies, G., Ward, J., Elison, S., Weston, S., Dugdale, S., & Weekes, J. (2017). Implementation and evaluation of the Breaking Free Online and Pillars of Recovery treatment and recovery programmes for substance-involved offenders: Reflections from the North-West Prisons ‘Gateways’ pathfinder. Advancing Corrections, 3, 95-113.

Dugdale, S., Elison, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2017). Applying behaviour change theories and qualitative methods in substance misuse implementation research: Conceptualising the adoption of Breaking Free Online in real world clinical practice. Qualitative Health Research, 27(7), 1049-1059.

Dugdale, S., Elison, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., & Dalton, M. (2017). A qualitative study investigating the continued adoption of Breaking Free Online across a national substance misuse organisation: Theoretical conceptualisation of staff perceptions. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 44(1), 89-101.

Elison, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., Weston, S., Dugdale, S., & Weekes, J. (2017). Using the “recovery” and “rehabilitation” paradigms to support desistance of substance-involved offenders: Exploration of dual and multi-focus interventions. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 2(4), 274-290.

Elison, S., Dugdale, S., Ward, J., & Davies, G. (2017). The ‘Rapid Recovery Progression Measure’ (Rapid-RPM): A brief assessment of psychosocial functioning change during problematic substance use recovery progression. Substance Use and Misuse, 52(9), 1160-1169.

Elison, S., Jones, A., Ward, J., Dugdale, S., & Davies, G. (2017). Examining effectiveness of tailorable computer-assisted therapy programmes for substance misuse: Programme usage and clinical outcomes data from Breaking Free Online. Addictive Behaviors, 74, 140-147.

Elison, S., Ward, J., Williams, C., Espie, C., Davies, G., Dugdale, S., Ragan, K., Chisnall, L., Lidbetter, N., & Smith, K. (2017). Feasibility of a UK community-based, eTherapy mental health service in Greater Manchester: Repeated-measures and between-groups study of ‘Living Life to the Full Interactive’, ‘Sleepio’ and ‘Breaking Free Online’ at ‘Self Help Services’. British Medical Journal Open, 7(7), 1-10.

Ward, J., Davies, G., Dugdale, S., Elison, S., & Bijral, P. (2017). Achieving digital health sustainability: Breaking Free and Change Grow Live. International Journal of Health Governance, 22(2), 72-82.

Dugdale, S., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., & Jones, M. (2018). An exploration of lived experience in a digital world: How technology is revolutionising substance misuse recovery. In Costa, C., & Condie, J. (Eds.), Doing Research in Digital: Research Methods Across Fields of Enquiry (London: Routledge).

Dugdale, S., Ward, J., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G. & Brown, E. (2018). Breaking Free from Smoking: A novel digital smoking cessation intervention for offenders in UK prisons. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 13(4), 189-200.

Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., Dugdale, S., & Weekes, J. (2018). The role of technology in offender rehabilitation. Advancing Corrections, 5, 104-116.

Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., Dugdale, S., Weston, S., Jones, A., Brides, M. & Weekes, J. (2018). Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Breaking Free Health and Justice programme for substance misuse in prison settings. Health and Justice, 6(20). 

Dugdale, S., Elison-Davies, S., Semper, H., Ward, J., & Davies, G. (2019). Are computer-based treatment programs effective at reducing symptoms of substance misuse and mental health difficulties within adults? A systematic review. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 15(4), 291-311.

Dugdale, S., Semper, H., Povey, R., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2019). Offenders’ perceptions of the UK prison smoking ban. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 15(2), 114-125.

Ward, J., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Dugdale, S., & Jones, A. (2019). Clinical and demographic patient characteristics, alcohol treatment goal preference and goal attainment during computer-assisted therapy with Breaking Free Online. Journal of Substance Use, 24(6), 681-687.

Elison-Davies, S., Hayhurst, K., Jones, A., Welch, Z., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2021). Associations between participant characteristics, digital intervention engagement and recovery outcomes for participants accessing ‘Breaking Free Online’ at ‘Change Grow Live’. Journal of Substance Use, 26(5), 497-504.

Elison-Davies, S., Märtens, K., Yau, C., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2021). Associations between baseline participant demographic, clinical and complexity characteristics on treatment outcomes for individuals accessing ‘Breaking Free Online’, a computer-assisted therapy program for opioid use disorders. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 47(3), 360-372.

Elison-Davies, S., Wardell, J., Quilty, L., Ward, J., & Davies, G. (2021). Examining correlates of cannabis users’ engagement with a digital intervention for substance use disorder: An observational study of clients in UK services delivering ‘Breaking Free Online’. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 123(4).

Elison-Davies, S., Newsome, J., Jones, A., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2022). Associations between psychosocial risk factors, and changes in substance dependence and psychosocial functioning, during engagement with digital cognitive behavioral therapy for methamphetamine use: Use of ‘Breaking Free from Substance Abuse’ by incarcerated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Justice, 10(1), 28.

Pittard, L., Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., & Ward, J. (2023). A qualitative evaluation of the implementation of the Breaking Free substance use recovery program on secure laptops in English prisons. Advancing Corrections, 16, 88-103.

Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., Pittard, L., & Judge, C. (2024). Evaluation of a digital cognitive behavioural therapy program for prison residents with substance use disorders: Comparative analysis of data from the delivery of ‘Breaking Free’ in the United Kingdom and United States. Journal of Criminology, Online First, 1-26.