Dr Gerald Jordan
BA, MA, PhD
Expertise
My research seeks to understand how to make communities more inclusive, so that young people with mental health challenges can live a full, meaningful life of their choosing.
Current positions
Lecturer
School of Psychological Science
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Biography
My research explores wellbeing-related outcomes among young people with mental health challenges like psychosis; and how personal, social, community-level, economic and political determinants of health and resilience impact mental health and shape young people’s wellbeing. I am particularly interested in understanding how young people make sense of, and are impacted by, intergenerational injustice (i.e., the ways in which younger generations feel worse off today compared to previous generations across various social and economic metrics), including how the cost-of-living crisis, housing instability, and employment insecurity affect young people's mental health and sense that they matter and belong within communities.
I use participatory, mixed methods in my work, and enjoy collaborating with people working within the humanties, arts and social sciences, and am particularly interested in working with community organisations.
I use participatory, mixed methods in my work, and enjoy collaborating with people working within the humanties, arts and social sciences, and am particularly interested in working with community organisations.
Publications
Recent publications
03/07/2025A bioecological approach to conceptualising posttraumatic growth in psychosis
Psychosis
How does stigma impact acts of compassion among people with borderline personality disorder
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
Student Suicide in India
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Time to prioritise the use of participatory research methods for people with intellectual disabilities
The British Journal of Psychiatry
Debate
Public Money & Management
Teaching
I aim to advance social justice through my teaching by showing students how lecture content can be applied to create change in their communities. My teaching draws on materials developed by people with lived experience of mental illness, which highlight ways to build more inclusive communities and societies—particularly for young people facing mental health challenges. I believe it is essential that students feel they matter, that they are valued, and that they have the power to make a difference in the world.
