publications
Academic
2025
Riches S, Williams G. 2025. Virtual reality relaxation for hospitals: A novel stress-reduction intervention for patients, families, and staff. Future Healthcare Journal, 12(2).
Sunthararajah S, Valmaggia L, Uddin T, Riches S. 2025. Virtual reality relaxation for student wellbeing: A systematic review. Mental Health and Digital Technologies.
Bin S, Alrashdi DH, Whitehead T, Riches S, Drini E. 2025. Mental health professionals’ attitudes towards virtual reality therapies: A systematic review. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science.
Martland RN, Valmaggia L, Paleri V, Mulligan A, Hildebrand A, Williams G, Raz A, Steer N, Riches S. 2025. Multi-session virtual reality relaxation for mental health staff: A feasibility and acceptability study. Mental Health & Prevention, 37.
Riches S, Kaleva I. 2025. Virtual reality training as enhanced experiential learning. Journal of Technology in Behavioural Science.
Riches S, Nicholson S. 2025. Implications of attentional focus in virtual reality therapies for relaxation, meditation, and wellbeing. International Journal of Spa and Wellness, 8(1).
2024
Ebrahimjee, A, Hodsoll J, Valmaggia L, Hickling L, Riches S. 2024. Video call-based individual cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with common mental health conditions: A systematic review and metaanalysis. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 17.
Williams G, Drini E, Riches S. 2024. Virtual reality relaxation for mental health service users with complex care needs: A pilot study in residential care homes and supported accommodation. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health.
Riches S, Kaleva I, Nicholson SL, Payne-Gill J, Steer N, Azevedo L, Vasile R, Rumball F, Fisher HL, Veling W, Valmaggia L. 2024. Virtual reality relaxation for stress in young adults: A remotely delivered pilot study in participants’ homes. Journal of Technology in Behavioural Science.
Martland R, Valmaggia L, Paleri V, Steer N, Riches S. 2024. Investigating a multi-session virtual reality relaxation intervention for mental health staff: Protocol for a feasibility and acceptability study. Mental Health and Digital Technologies, 1(1).
Martland R, Ma R, Paleri V, Valmaggia L, Riches S, Firth J, Stubbs B. 2024. The efficacy of physical activity to improve the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers: A systematic review. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 26.
Williams G, Riaz M, Drini E, Riches S. 2024. Virtual reality relaxation for mental health staff in complex care services: A pilot study. Mental Health & Prevention, 33.
Riches S, Araci D, Csehi R, Saidel S, Gatherer C, Matcham K, Clarke I. 2024. Creating psychologically informed environments on acute psychiatric wards: A lived experience-led study of staff experience. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 20(1).
Riches S, Hammond N, Bianco M, Fialho C, Nicholson SL, Acland J. 2024. Investigating ‘social time’ in autism to develop a smartphone app: A co-produced consultation with specialist clinicians, Mental Health and Digital Technologies, 1(1).
Riches S, Yusuf-George M, Steer N, Fialho C, Vasile R, Nicholson SL, Waheed S, Fisher HL, Zhang S. 2024. Videoconference-based creativity workshops for mental health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arts & Health, 16(2).
Riches S, Taylor L, Jeyarajaguru P, van Driel C, Veling W, Valmaggia L. 2024. Virtual reality and immersive technologies to promote workplace wellbeing: A systematic review. Journal of Mental Health, 33(2).
Riches S, Csehi R, Nicholson S, Cohen A, Winter H, Saidel S. 2024. Clinical psychologists’ views on facilitating team case formulation in acute and crisis mental health settings. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 20(1).
Riches S, Williams G, Saidel S. 2024. The metaverse as a therapeutic space: opportunities for public health benefits and clinician-industry partnerships. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 40.
O’Neal E, Bird M, Riches S. 2024. Technology-enhanced psychological assessment and treatment of distressing auditory hallucinations: A systematic review. Mental Health and Digital Technologies, 1(2).
Bird M, O’Neal E, Riches S. 2024. Digitally enhanced psychological assessment and treatment of paranoia: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(4).
Hignett R, Curran R, Fisher HL, Riches S. 2024. Psychologists’ experience of working with people who hear voices and their views on the idea of voice simulation training: A qualitative study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, 97(3).
Bell IH, Pot-Kolder R, Rizzo A, Rus-Calafell M, Cardi V, Cella M, Ward T, Riches S, Reinoso M, Thompson A, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Valmaggia L. 2024. Advances in the use of virtual reality to treat mental health conditions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3(8).
Riches S, Bartlett U, Bird Z, Williams G, Nicholson SL, Winter H, Pollard C, Arday I. 2024. Implementing a virtual reality-based intervention to support the wellbeing of mental health staff in the workplace: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Workplace Behavioural Health.
Riches S, Westhead M, Bendayan R, Kramarz E, Kaleva I, Payne-Gill J. 2024. Team case formulation for challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards, Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care.
O’Brien A, Hutchinson J, Watson Z, James U, bin Fauzi N, Abbott M, Railton J, Bell D, Riches S. 2024. Virtual reality hypnotherapy for healthcare students: A feasibility trial. Mental Health and Digital Technologies.
Paleri V, Valmaggia L, Kaleva I, Martland R, Riches S. 2024. Digital staff support interventions for the psychological wellbeing of healthcare professionals: A systematic review. Journal of Technology in Behavioural Science.
Acland J, Hammond N, Riches S. 2024. Artificial intelligence in psychological therapy: The promise and the perils. Mental Health and Digital Technologies, 1(2).
2023
Riches S, Fallah D, Kaleva I. 2023. Increasing diversity and inclusion in research on virtual reality relaxation: Commentary on ‘Virtual reality relaxation for people with mental health conditions: a systematic review’. Journal of Mental Health & Clinical Psychology, 7(2).
Riches S, Nicholson SL, Fialho C, Little J, Ahmed L, McIntosh H, Kaleva I, Sandford T, Cockburn R, Odoi C, Azevedo L, Vasile R, Payne-Gill J, Fisher HL, van Driel C, Veling W, Valmaggia L, Rumball F. 2023. Integrating a virtual reality relaxation clinic within acute psychiatric services: A pilot study. Psychiatry Research, 329.
Harris J, Clarke I, Riches S. 2023. Developing ‘Comprehend, Cope, and Connect’ training for acute and crisis mental health services: Staff, service user, and carer perspectives. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 19(1).
Williams G, Riches S. 2023. Virtual reality relaxation for staff wellbeing on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward: A feasibility and acceptability study. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 19(1).
Kaleva I, Riches S. 2023. Stepping inside the whispers and tingles: Multisensory virtual reality for enhanced relaxation and wellbeing. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5.
Riches S, Hammond N, Bianco M, Fialho C, Acland J. 2023. Adapting cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with autism: A lived experience-led consultation with specialist psychological therapists, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 16.
Demetri C, Saidel S, Ingall F, Hefferman-Clarke R, Armstrong J, Kramarz E, Jones E, Fialho C, Deniz Caglar F, Gezehagn E, Riches S. 2023. Work-life balance for aspiring clinical psychologists: Topics from reflective practice sessions. Clinical Psychology Forum, 361.
Riches S, Jeyarajaguru P, Taylor L, Fialho C, Little J, Ahmed L, O’Brien A, van Driel C, Veling W, Valmaggia L. 2023. Virtual reality relaxation for people with mental health conditions: A systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58.
Kramarz E, Mok CLM, Westhead M, Riches S. 2023. Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: A mixed-methods study, Journal of Mental Health, 32(2).
2022
Riches S, Hoare G, Loughran J, Fisher HL, Rumball F. 2022. Editorial: Researching the stigma associated with less common mental health conditions: An update from the Time to Change campaign. Mental Health Review Journal, 27(4).
Curran R, Hignett R, Fisher HL, Riches S. 2022. Psychiatric ward staff experience of working with patients who hear voices and their views on voice simulation training: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 18(2).
Williams G, Hann P, Riches S. 2022. Co-produced positive psychotherapy for acute psychiatric ward patients and staff: An evaluation of feasibility and acceptability. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 18(2).
Riches S, Vasile R, Steer N, Murray A, Goneni A, Orehova A, Temple R, Thompson R, Houston F, Fisher HL. 2022. A myth-busting mental health tour of the National Gallery in London: Facilitators and challenges to its development and evaluation. Arts & Health, 15(2).
Riches S, Steer N, Vasile R, Lyles S, O’Reilly L, Guiotto M, Hughes T, McKay M, Westhead M, Latham L, Newbury J, Murray A, Goneni A, Orehova A, Temple R, Thompson R, Houston F, Fisher HL. 2022. Impact on public attitudes of a mental health audio tour of the National Gallery in London. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16(11).
Schlief M, Saunders KRK, Appleton R, Barnett P, San Juan NV, Foyes U, Olive RR, Machin K, Shah P, Chipp B, Lyons N, Tamworth C, Persaud K, Badhan M, Black C-A, Sin J, Riches S, Graham T, Greening J, Pirani F, Griffiths R, Jeynes T, McCabe R, Lloyd-Evans B, Simpson A, Needle J, Trevillion K, Johnson S. 2022. Synthesis of the evidence on what works for whom in telemental health: Rapid realist review. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 11(2).
Mok CLM, Riches S. 2022. Reflections on Internet-based methods of increasing access and inclusion in clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Forum, 355.
Kouvaras S, Guiotto M, Schrank B, Slade M, Riches S. 2022. Character strength-focused positive psychotherapy on acute psychiatric wards: A feasibility and acceptability study. Psychiatric Services, 73(9).
Riches S, Iannelli H, Reynolds L, Fisher HL, Cross S, Attoe C. 2022. Virtual reality-based training for mental health staff: A novel approach to increase empathy, compassion, and subjective understanding of service user experience. Advances in Simulation, 7(19).
Riches S, Azevedo L, Vora A, Kaleva I, Taylor L, Guan P, Jeyarajaguru P, McIntosh H, Petrou C, Pisani S, Hammond N. 2022. Therapeutic engagement in robot-assisted psychological interventions: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(3).
Riches S, Smith H. 2022. Taking a break in the ‘new normal’: Virtual reality relaxation for a stressed workforce. Mental Health Review Journal, 27(2).
2021
MacDonald C, Seaman-Thorton F, Mok CLM, Jakobsen H, Riches S. 2021. Impact on staff attitudes of brief personality disorder training for acute psychiatric wards. Mental Health Review Journal, 27(1).
Gedara CK, Harpur R-A, Jakobsen H, Riches S. 2021. Staff attitudes towards service users with a diagnosis of a personality disorder on acute psychiatric wards. Clinical Psychology Forum, 344.
Riches S, Azevedo L, Bird L, Pisani S, Valmaggia L. 2021. Virtual reality relaxation for the general population: A systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56.
Riches S, Pisani S, Bird L, Rus-Calafell M, Garety P, Valmaggia L. 2021. Virtual reality-based assessment and treatment of social functioning impairments in psychosis: A systematic review, International Review of Psychiatry, 33(3).
Riches S, Azevedo L, Steer N, Nicholson SL, Vasile R, Lyles S, Csehi R, Fialho C, Waheed S, Lokhande M. 2021. Brief videoconference-based Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills training for COVID-19-related stress in acute and crisis psychiatric staff, Clinical Psychology Forum, 337.
Kramarz E, Lyles S, Fisher HL, Riches S. 2021. Staff experience of delivering clinical care on acute psychiatric wards for service users who hear voices: A qualitative study, Psychosis, 13(1).
Bullock J, Whiteley C, Moakes K, Clarke I, Riches S. 2021. Single-session Comprehend, Cope, and Connect intervention in acute and crisis psychology: A feasibility and acceptability study, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(1).
2020
Riches S, Brownell T, Schrank B, Lawrence V, Rashid T, Slade M. 2020. Understanding ‘forgiveness’ in the context of psychosis: A qualitative study of service user experience, Clinical Psychology Forum, 336.
Riches S, Csehi R, Steer N, Azevedo L, Vasile R, Lokhande M. 2020. Video call-based psychological therapy for inpatients during the COVID-19 lockdown. Cyberpsychology Bulletin, 3.
Riches S, Schrank B, Brownell T, Slade M, Lawrence V. 2020. Therapist self-disclosure in positive psychotherapy for psychosis, Clinical Psychology Forum, 327.
Riches S, Bird L, Chan N, Garety P, Rus-Calafell M, Valmaggia L. 2020. Subjective experience of paranoid ideation in a virtual reality social environment: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 27(3).
2019
Riches S, Elghany S, Garety P, Rus-Calafell M, Valmaggia L. 2019. Factors affecting sense of presence in a virtual reality social environment: A qualitative study, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(4).
Riches S, Khan F, Kwieder S, Fisher HL. 2019. Impact of an auditory hallucinations simulation on trainee and newly qualified clinical psychologists: A mixed methods cross-sectional study, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 26(3).
Thakur B, Riches S, Costello A, Bodi I, Ashkan K. 2019. Calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the neuraxis, cerebellum and cognition: A rare opportunity to learn more. Cureus, 11(1).
Riches S, Garety P, Rus-Calafell M, Stahl D, Evans C, Sarras N, Yeboah K, Valmaggia L. 2019. Using virtual reality to assess associations between paranoid ideation and components of social performance: A pilot validation study, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(1).
2018
Riches S, Arseneault L, Bagher-Niakan R, Alsultan M, Crush E, Fisher HL. 2018. Protective factors for early psychotic phenomena among children of mothers with psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9(750).
Riches S, Maskey R, Dishman P, Benjamin J, Waddingham R, Tebrook C, Mundy E, Roberts P, Fisher HL. 2018. Development, implementation, and evaluation of Altered States of Consciousness: An immersive art exhibition designed to raise awareness of psychotic experiences, Arts & Health, 11(2).
Riches S, Maskey R, Waddingham R, Benjamin J, Dishman P, Tebrook C, Mundy E, Roberts P, Fisher HL. 2018. Altered states of consciousness: Evaluation of a voice hearing simulation during an immersive art exhibition, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 12(5).
2017
Schrank B, Riches S, Slade M. 2017. Positive psychotherapy adapted for psychosis, Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health, eds M Slade, L Oades, A Jarden, Cambridge University Press.
2016
Schrank B, Brownell T, Jakaite Z, Larkin C, Pesola F, Riches S, Tylee A, Slade M. 2016. Evaluation of a positive psychotherapy group intervention for people with psychosis: Pilot randomised controlled trial, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25(3).
Riches S, Schrank B, Rashid T, Slade M. 2016. WELLFOCUS PPT: Modifying positive psychotherapy for psychosis, Psychotherapy, 53(1).
2015
Schrank B, Brownell T, Riches S, Chevalier A, Jakaite Z, Larkin C, Lawrence V, Slade M. 2015. Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users, Journal of Mental Health, 24(1).
Robotham D, Riches S, Perdue I, Callard F, Craig T, Rose D, Wykes T. 2015. Consenting for contact? Linking electronic health records to a research register within psychosis services, BMC Health Services Research, 15(199).
2014
Schrank B, Riches S, Coggins T, Rashid T, Tylee A, Slade M. 2014. WELLFOCUS PPT – modified positive psychotherapy to improve well-being in psychosis: Study protocol for feasibility randomised controlled trial, Trials, 15(205).
Schrank B, Riches S, Bird V, Murray J, Tylee A, Slade M. 2014. A conceptual framework for improving well-being in psychosis, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Science, 23(4).
2013
Schrank B, Riches S, Coggins T, Tylee A, Slade M. 2013. From objectivity to subjectivity: Conceptualisation and measurement of well-being in mental health, Neuropsychiatry, 3(5).
Popular Culture
Watson A, Riches S. 2019. Neil Young’s search for the simple life, Neil Young and Philosopher, ed. D. Berger, Lexington Books.
Riches S, Watson A. 2016. Aladdin Sane or Cracked Actor?, David Bowie and Philosophy, ed. T. Ammon, Open Court.
Riches S. 2014. Leonard Cohen on romantic love, Leonard Cohen and Philosophy, ed. J. Holt, Open Court.
Riches S. 2012. Deception and disorder: Unraveling Cronenberg’s divided minds, The Philosophy of David Cronenberg, ed. S. Riches, University Press of Kentucky.
Riches S. 2012. Introduction, The Philosophy of David Cronenberg, ed. S. Riches, University Press of Kentucky.
Riches S. ed. 2012. The Philosophy of David Cronenberg, University Press of Kentucky.
Riches S. 2011. Intuition and investigation into another place: The epistemological role of dreaming in Twin Peaks and beyond, The Philosophy of David Lynch, eds. W. J. Devlin, S. Biderman, University Press of Kentucky.
Riches S. 2011. Good and evil in David Lynch’s Dune, Dune and Philosophy, ed. J. Nicholas, Open Court.
Riches S, French C. 2010. The ethics of a serial killer: Dexter’s moral character and the justification of murder, Dexter: Investigating Cutting Edge Television, ed. D. Howard, I. B. Tauris.
Riches S. 2009. From Here to Eternity, Platoon [2 articles], 101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die, ed. S. J. Schneider, Quintessence.
Riches S. 2009. Bugsy, Gangs of New York [2 articles], 101 Gangster Movies You Must See Before You Die, ed. S. J. Schneider, Quintessence.