Becca Dean
beccalouisedean.bsky.social
Becca Dean
@beccalouisedean.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Sussex studying depression in young people (she/her)
🎓 PhD Complete! 🌊☀️

Last week, on a beautiful sunny day by the beach in Brighton, I officially graduated with my PhD in Psychology!

Thank you to my supervisors @faithorchard.bsky.social, @victoriapile.bsky.social and Kathryn Lester for all of your support over the past four years
July 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I'm delighted to share my new paper (the second from my PhD) that was published in BMC Psychiatry! We used photo-elicitation to capture experiences of mental images of the self in young people with lived experience of depression 📸 bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
“When I picture myself, I just see black and white and dull”: a photo-elicitation study exploring mental images of the self in young people with depression - BMC Psychiatry
Background Negative self-perception plays a crucial role in the development and maintenance of depression in young people. Mental images of the self may be a powerful target for treating depression. H...
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by Becca Dean
Happy to have been a small part of this NEW PAPER by @beccalouisedean.bsky.social✨ She synthesised evidence to find out whether young people's self-perceptions change in response to treatment for depression. Check it out here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBub~0r1w3cL
authors.elsevier.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:31 PM