Claire Murphy-Morgan

Senior Research Assistant

School: Psychology

I am currently a full-time Senior Research Assitant for Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19 (RHED-C) based in PaCT lab, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

I am a member of the North East Hoarding Research Group, and have recently completed a 12 month project funded by Sir Halley Stewart Trust in partnership with Gateshead Council exploring the impact of Hoarding and Social Networks on attitudes towards older adults in the North East of England. I am also currently part of a research team exploring help seeking-behaviours in individuals who hoard.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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)

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
A thematic analysis of an online discussion forum for people with problematic hoarding behaviours, Sillence, E., Murphy-Morgan, C. 6 Mar 2026, In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
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
“In the Only House in the Whole World but Everyone Doing the Same” Co-designed Animation as a Method of Critical Enquiry to Explore HCI Considerations for Remote Eating Disorder Support, Murphy-Morgan, C., Collingham, H., Shaddock, H., Branley-Bell, D. 11 May 2024, Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24), New York, US, ACM
“Making It Easier to Live, You Know?” A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hoarding Behaviours and Social Networks on Older People’s Supported Housing Decisions, Murphy-Morgan, C., Hodgson, P., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 23 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community