Ross White

Dr Ross White (PhD, DClinPsy) is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr White set up and directed the MSc Global Mental Health programme at the University of Glasgow. He was lead editor of ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-cultural Perspectives on Global Mental Health’ (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-39510-8), which was released in February 2017. Dr White has research collaborations with the World Health Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees investigating the efficacy of psychosocial interventions (including Self-help Plus, Problem Management Plus, and Community-based Sociotherapy) for reducing distress experienced by refugees particularly in the context and/or aftermath of humanitarian crises. He also has an interest in the processes involved in the linguistic/cultural adaptation of psychological therapies. Dr White has a particular interest in acceptance-based psychosocial interventions. He is an Association of Contextual Behavioural Science peer-reviewed trainer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr White leads the ‘Mental Health in Context’ research group at the University of Liverpool.