Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Therapist Harley Street London
Research & Publications
Guidance & Resources
Working for RSSB, I authored a range of guidance and resources for the rail industry, including:
Media and Events
I am often called upon to share thoughts on mental health topics. Here’s a selection of media and events I’ve been featured in:
Managing Trauma
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan provides insights into managing trauma and what treatment entails.
Measuring Health and Wellbeing at Work
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan explains how the Health and Wellbeing Index works.
Taking Care of Mental Health during Covid-19
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan provides mental health tips for taking care of yourself, your colleagues, and your community, in this series of articles for InfoQ.
Seriousness of PTSD for Rail Staff
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan explains how PTSD may impact employees and what companies can do about it.
Frontline Pressures Worsened Mental Health During Pandemic
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan shares insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of rail employees.
Long Covid and the Brain
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan provides tips for people experiencing ‘mental fog’, fatigue or low mood weeks after having Covid.
"Michelle spoke for me at the QCon 2020 conference. Her talk on managing mental wellbeing opened the eyes of our technology audience and gave us many practical tips to use day-to-day. The talk was a huge hit and many conference attendees commented to me on how great it had been to have Michelle speaking to us."
Douglas Talbot - CIO / VP Technology Leader
Peer-Reviewed Research
I’ve published peer-reviewed research on measuring health and wellbeing, brain injury, mental health training for line managers, violent behaviour, and sleep.
Carnall, L. A., Mason, O., O'Sullivan, M., & Patton, R. (2022). Psychosocial hazards, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety in the UK rail industry: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Spyropoulos, N., Mousteri, V., Regan, L., O'Sullivan, M., Thompson, K., Juniper, B., & Davies, L. (2021). Developing a novel composite index for monitoring occupational health and wellbeing: A case study in the rail sector in Great Britain. Safety Science, 144, 105446.
O’Sullivan, M., Fitzsimons, S., da Silva Ramos, S., Oddy, M., & Sterr, A. (2020). Characteristics and neuropsychological impact of traumatic brain injury in female prisoners. Brain Injury, 13, 1-10.
O'Sullivan, M., Wilson, S., Martin, A., & Edwards, M. (2020). Mental health training for line managers: an emerging evidence base. Occupational Health [at work], 16(5), 12-16.
O’ Sullivan, M., Fitzsimons, S., da Silva Ramos, S., Oddy, M., Sterr, A., & Glorney, E. (2019). Utility of the brain injury screening index in identifying female prisoners with a traumatic brain injury and associated cognitive impairment. Journal of Correctional Healthcare, 25(4), 313-327.
O’ Sullivan, M., Glorney, E., Sterr, A., Oddy, M. & da Silva Ramos, S. (2015). Traumatic brain injury and violent behaviour in females: A systematic review. Aggression & Violent Behaviour, 25, 54-64.
O’ Sullivan, M., Rahim, M. & Hall, C. (2015). The prevalence and management of poor sleep quality in a secondary care mental health population. The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 11(2), 111-116.
O’ Sullivan, M., Boulter, S. & Black, G. (2013). Lived experiences of recalled mentally disordered offenders with dual diagnosis: a qualitative phenomenological study. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 24(3), 403-420.
O’ Sullivan, M. (2011, October). [Review of the book Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry: Minimizing Harm, by R. Sadoff]. Journal of Mental Health, 20(5), 498-499.