Claire Murphy-Morgan

Research Interests:

Remote healthcare interventions for eating disorders

The impact of hoarding behaviours and social networks on attitudes towards supported housing 

Developing multi-agency, and person-led, self-help, appraoches to dealing with the impact of hoarding behaviours 

Parapsychology and life after death beliefs 

How parapsychology and psychical research is disucssed in cyberspace (for which I cam currently working towards a PhD by publication as Alex Tanous Foundation Scholar)

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• Algorithmic Exposure to Body Image Content on TikTok: A Mixed-Methods International Study with Implications for Mental Health and Platform Accountability, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Moore, L. 20 Mar 2026, 11th International Digital Public Health Conference (DPH) 2026, Frontiers
• A thematic analysis of an online discussion forum for people with problematic hoarding behaviours, Sillence, E., Murphy-Morgan, C. 13 May 2026, In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Food Insecurity and Eating Distress in the North East of England: A Pilot Research Programme - Summary Report, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Nunn, V., Fry, A., Scrase, J., Godfrey-Harrison, T., Zhang, V., Giles, E., Smith, J., Day, P. 11 Jun 2026
• Mind over matter? The cognitive styles of scientific scepticism and paranormal belief, Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Murphy-Morgan, C., Drinkwater, K., Powell, D., Neave, N. 6 Mar 2026, In: frontiers in psychology
• Understanding the barriers and facilitating factors to mental health help-seeking in adults with hoarding behaviours: a preliminary investigation, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 2 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Psychologist
• A Call for Strategy on Eating Disorders: The Need for a Comprehensive Eating Disorder Strategy in England and Specific Guidance for the Remote Delivery of Eating Disorder Services., Brown, R., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs , J., Branley-Bell, D. 27 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Eating Disorders
• A Critical Discourse Analysis of Public Perspectives of Parapsychology on Facebook Utilising Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement, Murphy-Morgan, C., Smith, L. 17 Dec 2025, In: Imagination, Cognition and Personality
• From Paper to Pixel: Demonstrating the Power of Non-Digital Serious Games for Informing Digital Health Solutions, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Malowaniec, P. 26 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, US, ACM
• “Stepping outside the red line": An exploration of two co-design methodologies exploring lived experiences of remote support for eating disorders throughout COVID-19 and beyond (Design4Health Conference, 2024), Murphy-Morgan, C., Branley-Bell, D. 25 Feb 2025
• A Call for Strategy on Eating Disorders: The Need for a Comprehensive Eating Disorder Strategy in England and Specific Guidance for the Remote Delivery of Eating Disorder Services, Brown, R., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs , J., Branley-Bell, D. 20 Nov 2024

• Psychology MSc November 08 2017
• Graduate Member (MBPsS) British Psychological Society (BPS) 2021

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• RHED-C (Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19) is a research project is dedicated to understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of Eating Disorders (EDs). We work with a range of partners and experts by lived experience to; Better understand the influencing factors that have contributed to the worsening of symptoms of EDs during the COVID-19 pandemic ; Look at how appropriate current methods are for the delivery of remote ED treatment ; Explore future design ideas for technology facilitated services for remote ED treatment that are secure and effective.