Professor Michaela Swales
Professor in Clinical Psychology

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Contact info
Professor Swales can be contacted as follows:
email: m.swales@bangor.ac.uk
phone: 01248 382552
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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The development and theoretical application of an implementation framework for dialectical behaviour therapy: a critical literature review
Toms, G., Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Swales, M. & Feigenbaum, J., 12 Feb 2019, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 6, 2, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The efficacy of offence-specific interventions in reducing risk and recidivism in women: a systematic review.
Galway, R., Swales, M. & Wane, J., Mar 2022, In: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 33, 3, p. 291-322Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The rationale for the reclassification of personality disorder in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)
Swales, M. A., Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Mulder, R., Blashfield, R., Farnam, A., Fossati, A., Kim, Y. R., Koldobsky, N., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Ndetei, D., Swales, M., Clark, L. A. & Reed, G. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Personality and Mental Health. 5, 4, p. 246-259Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The use of mindfulness-based approaches for suicidal patients
Swales, M. A., Williams, J. M. & Swales, M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Archives of Suicide Research. 8, 4, p. 315-329Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards an informed research agenda for the field of personality disorders by experts with lived and living experience and researchers
30 experts with lived experience – clients, relatives, significant others - from 10 European countries, 8 Jul 2024, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 11, 1, 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Universal delivery of a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills programme (DBT STEPS-A) for adolescents in a mainstream school: Feasibility study
Hastings, S., Swales, M., Hughes, C. & Hastings, R. P., 14 Mar 2022, In: Discover Psychology. 2, 1, 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Borderline Personality Disorder
Swales, M. A. & National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence., [. V., 1 Jan 2009, Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment and management. National Clinical Practice Guideline Number 78. 2009 ed. British Psychological Society and The Royal College of Psychiatrists, p. 15-37Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Personality Disorders
Hill, J., Swales, M. A., Byatt, M., Gillberg, C. (Editor), Harrington, R. (Editor) & Steinhausen, H. C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, A Clinician's Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 339-363Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The therapy relationship in dialectical behaviour therapy
Swales, M. A., Heard, H. L., Gilbert, P. (Editor) & Leahy, R. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies. 2007 ed. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Autobiographical memory in adolescence: The relationship with psychopathology.
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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DBT in the UK: Developments and the future
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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DBT in the treatment of personality disorder: Issues in the successful implementation of a complex treatment
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents with emerging borderline personality disorder
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Disseminating DBT: Comparative rates in the US, IK & Germany.
Hibbs, R. A., Swales, M. A. & Taylor, B. H., 1 Jan 2010.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Dissemmination and Implementation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the UK
Swales, M. A., Taylor, B. H. & Hibbs, R. A., 1 Jan 2010.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Parasuicidal behaviour in a non-clinical sample: The role of autobiographical memory, early childhood events and current attachment style
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Theoretical aspects of autobiographical memory research: Implications in the development of psychopathology and treatment research
Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Changing Behavior in DBT: Problem-Solving in Action
Heard, H. & Swales, M., 2015, Guilford. 254 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features.
Swales, M. A. & Heard, H. L., 1 Jan 2008, Taylor & Francis.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Swales, M. (Editor), 2019, Oxford: OUP. 1057 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
- Web publication/site › Research
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Description, Research and Future Directions.
Swales, M. A., 1 Jun 2009Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
- Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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The ICD-11 classification of personality disorders: a European perspective on challenges and opportunities
Bach, B., Kramer, U., Doering, S., di Giacomo, E., Hutsebaut, J., Kaera, A., De Panfilis, C., Schmahl, C., Swales, M., Taubner, S. & Renneberg, B., 1 Apr 2022, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 9, 1, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review