Jessica Campbell (PhD)

Project Manager - Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry

  • Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
  • Division of Psychiatry

Contact details

Address

Street

Room 2.01
Kennedy Tower
Royal Edinburgh Hospital

City
Edinburgh
Post code

Availability

  • Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
    Location: Monday & Wednesday (Room 2.01, Kennedy Tower) Tuesday, Thursday & Friday (Remote)

Biography

Background

Dr Jessica Campbell is a historian of medicine specialising in histories of madness, psychiatry and mental health. Jessica joined the Division of Psychiatry in 2023 as Network Coordinator for Edinburgh Mental Health, an interdisciplinary research network based at the University. She now works as Project Manager for the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, one of 5 new research hubs constituting the UKRI Mental Health Platform, an initiative seeking to accelerate research into severe mental illness. 

Research summary

Histories of madness, psychiatry and mental health c.1800-present day, with a focus on the arts and patient experiences. 

 

Campbell, J. & Davis, G., (2022) “‘A Crisis of Transition’: Menstruation and the Psychiatrisation of the Female Lifecycle in 19th-Century Edinburgh”, Open Library of Humanities 8(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.6350

 

 

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