Dr Gerald Jordan
BA, MA, PhD
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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.
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Biography
My research group’s current focus is around three interrelated pillars 1) understanding flourishing, resilience and wellbeing among youth with mental health challenges and the mechanisms underpinning these processes and outcomes, 2) developing complex, community-based interventions that promote positive mental health and recovery among people with serious mental health problems like psychosis, and 3) developing new, and supporting existing ways of implementing participatory, mixed methods and qualitative approaches in mental health research.
I am particularly interested in working with community organisations and lived experience researchers, as well as supervising students with lived experience of mental health challenges.
I am particularly interested in working with community organisations and lived experience researchers, as well as supervising students with lived experience of mental health challenges.
Publications
Recent publications
29/06/2026Exploring Incel Motivations and the Relationship to Gender-Based Violence: A Scoping Review
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
How Intergenerational Injustice Impacts Young People's Mental Health: A Qualitative Study
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Posttraumatic Growth and Resilience Among Youth with Serious Mental Illness
Journal of Recovery in Mental Health
Social inclusion of people with severe mental illness: a review of current practices, evidence and unmet needs, and future directions
World Psychiatry
Compassion, Empathy, and Altruism in the Context of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Conceptual Narrative Review
Journal of Psychological Studies
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.