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Michael Hyland

 

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Professor Michael Hyland

  • Job title: Professor of Health Psychology, School of Psychology (Faculty of Science and Technology)
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  • Postal address: Room 231, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +441752584834
  • Alternative telephone: +44 (0)1752 584800
  • Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 233362
  • Email: M.Hyland@plymouth.ac.uk


Role
Professor of Health Psychology  

Qualifications & background

Michael E. Hyland obtained a BSc at Bristol University in 1971 and a PhD at the University of Wales in 1977.

His early career was as a theoretical psychologist, working on the nature of theoretical entities particularly in relation to mind-body problems.

From the late 1980s he worked as a health psychologist focusing on respiratory disease (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). He has constructed several scales for use in respiratory disease, some for outcome assessment and some for disease management, the latter including the asthma bother profile,  the lung information needs questionnaire and the DOSE index.   His research in respiratory medicine includes studies on adherence to medication and its relation to outcome.

He has contributed to theoretical development in health psychology, using netork theory to account for non-specific or dyregulatory disease (diseases withouth a specific pathophysiology), a summary of which was published in a book The origins of health and disease published in 2011.  This theoretical work has been combined with empirical studies on non-specific aspects of therapy (e.g., placebo effects) and most recently on the effect of dysregulation on asthma exacerbations.

 

Professional membership
Fellow of the British Psychological Society 

Roles on external bodies


 


Editorial board member of Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Chronic Respiratory Disease

 


Teaching interests

Health Psychology

Theory and History of Psychology

 


Research interests

My research interests are expressed in the form of the questions I am currently addressing.

1. The non-specific mechanisms underlying all therapy including conventional therapies and  complementary and alternative medicine.  This research area includes placebo or contextual effects as well as therapist effects.

3. How can we improve the management of people with asthma and chronic obstructive disease?

4. How can we improve the management of people with non-specific illness (e.g., illness with no clear pathophysiology, such as chronic fatigue syndrome).


 

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Research in Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) 
Behaviour 

Grants & contracts

 

Grants awarded

21st March to 31st of May 2012. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) £4,705  M.E. Hyland, R Jones, E. Gabe-Thomas.


2006- 2007. ESRC RES-000-22-1894 . The effect of information, observation and gender on psychogenic symptoms. £ 71,282. G Mazzoni, I Kirsch & M.E. Hyland

2002-2003 R. Jones, M E. Hyland, K Hanney. A qualitative study of concordance in COPD. Boehringer Ingelheim, £62,500.

2001-2002 M Shepherd & M E Hyland Prevention and coping in child and family care. ESRC £40,227 Shepard) Prevention and coping in family care.

1995 – 1999 M E Hyland New quality of life measurement: level of reported life activity in contrast to level of complaint about health status. MRC £59,218.00

 


Publications

Chung MC, Hyland ME (2012) History and Philosophy of Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell

Gaitan-Sierra C, Hyland ME (2011) Nonspecific Mechanisms That Enhance Well-Being In Health-Promoting Behaviors Health Psychol 30 (6), 793–796

Wang X, Chung MC, Hyland ME, Bahkeit M (2011) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Psychiatric Co-Morbidity Following Stroke: The Role Of Alexithymia Psychiat Res 188 (1), 51–57

Hyland ME (2011) Motivation And Placebos: Do Different Mechanisms Occur In Different Contexts? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366 (1572), 1828–1837

Hyland ME (2011) The Origins of Health and Disease. Cambridge Univ Pr

Wakabayashi R, Motegi T, Yamada K, Ishii T, Jones RC, Hyland ME, Gemma A, Kida K (2011) Efficient Integrated Education For Older Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using The Lung Information Needs Questionnaire. Geriatr Gerontol Int 11 (4), 422–430

Jones RC, Harding S, Hyland ME, Donaldson GC, Wedzicha JA, Chavannes NH, Kida K, Price D (2010) Bode Plus Dose Plus Pa-O2 Equals Do Re Mi Box? Reply Am J Resp Crit Care 182 (8), 1089–1089

Hyland ME (2010) Network Origins Of Anxiety And Depression. Behav Brain Sci 33 (2-3), 161–162

Mazzoni G, Foan L, Hyland ME, Kirsch I (2010) The Effects Of Observation And Gender On Psychogenic Symptoms Health Psychol 29 (2), 181–185

Hyland ME, Wheeler P, Kamble S, Masters KS (2010) A Sense Of 'Special Connection', Self-Transcendent Values And A Common Factor For Religious And Non-Religious Spirituality Arch Psychol Relig 32 (3), 293–326

Jones RC, Donaldson GC, Chavannes NH, Kida K, Dickson-Spillmann M, Harding S, Wedzicha JA, Price D, Hyland ME (2009) Derivation And Validation Of A Composite Index Of Severity In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Dose Index. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180 (12), 1189–1195

Whalley B, Hyland ME (2009) One Size Does Not Fit All: Motivational Predictors Of Contextual Benefits Of Therapy. Psychol Psychother 82 (Pt 3), 291–303

Hyland ME, Blake S, Greaves CJ, Pinnuck M, Seamark C, Seamark D, Ward D, Halpin DM (2009) Guidelines Versus Practice: Uk Asthma Nurses Often Recommend Intermittent, Symptom-Driven Use Of Inhaled Corticosteroids. Prim Care Respir J 18 (2), 114–117

Lachance LL, Hawthorne V, Brien S, Hyland ME, Lewith GT, Verhoef MJ, Warber S, Zick S (2009) Delphi-Derived Development Of A Common Core For Measuring Complementary And Alternative Medicine Prevalence J Altern Complem Med 15 (5), 489–494

Wheeler P, Hyland ME (2008) Dispositional Predictors Of Complementary Medicine And Vitamin Use In Students. J Health Psychol 13 (4), 516–519

Whalley B, Hyland ME, Kirsch I (2008) Consistency Of The Placebo Effect. J Psychosom Res 64 (5), 537–541

Hyland ME, Lewith GT, Wheeler P (2008) Do Existing Psychologic Scales Measure The Nonspecific Benefit Associated With Cam Treatment? J Altern Complement Med 14 (2), 185–189

Whalley B, Jacobs PA, Hyland ME (2007) Correlation Of Psychological And Physical Symptoms With Chronically Elevated Cytokine Levels Associated With A Common Immune Dysregulation Annals Of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 99 (4), 348–351

Hyland ME, Whalley B, Geraghty AWA (2007) Dispositional Predictors Of Placebo Responding: A Motivational Interpretation Of Flower Essence And Gratitude Therapy Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 62 (3), 331–340

Hyland ME, Jones RCM, Hanney KE (2006) The Lung Information Needs Questionnaire: Development, Preliminary Validation And Findings Resp Med 100 (10), 1807–1816

Haave E, Hyland ME, Skumlien S (2006) The Relation Between Measures Of Health Status And Quality Of Life In Copd Chronic Respiratory Disease 3 , 195–199

Hyland ME, Sodergren SC, Lewith GT (2006) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - The Role Of Positivity To Illness In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Journal Of Health Psychology 11 (5), 731–741

Hyland ME (2006) Reports By Some Massage Therapists Of A Sense Of 'Special Connection' That Is Sometimes Experienced With Clients/Patients Forschende Komplementarmedizin Und Klassische Naturheilkunde 13 (6), 335–341

Hyland ME (2006) Why Do Patients With Rhinitis Report Symptoms? Clinical And Experimental Allergy 36 (12), 1487–1487

Hyland ME, Geraghty AWA, Joy OET, Turner SI (2006) Spirituality Predicts Outcome Independently Of Expectancy Following Flower Essence Self-Treatment Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 60 (1), 53–58

Hyland ME, Jones RCM, Hanney KE (2006) The Lung Information Needs Questionnaire: Development, Preliminary Validation And Findings Respiratory Medicine 100 (10), 1807–1816

Hyland ME, Whalley B (2006) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Lancet 367 (9522), 1573–1574

Osman LM, Hyland ME (2005) Adherence and self management in Evidence based respiratory medicine London, BMJ Books

Hyland ME, Sodergren SC (2005) Quality of life – models and measures of quality of life in Supportive care in respiratory disease Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hyland ME, Jones RCM, Hanney K (2005) Information Needs In Copd Patients - Why We Developed The Linq. The Airways Journal 3 , 142–144

Osman LM, Hyland ME (2005) Information Needs In Copd Patients - Why We Developed The Linq European Respiratory Review 14 , 89–92

Greaves CJ, Hyland ME, Halpin DMG, Blake S, Seamark D (2005) Patterns Of Corticosteroid Medication Use: Non-Adherence Can Be Effective In Milder Asthma. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14 , 99–105

Boden JM, Hyland ME, Dale KL (2005) Defensiveness And Symptom Reporting Current Psychology 24 (3), 153–170

Hyland ME (2005) Entanglement And Some Heretical Thoughts About Homeopathy Homeopathy 94 , 105–106 

Hyland ME, Biederman H (2004) Complexity theory and its implications for manual therapy in Manual Therapy in Children Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

Hyland ME (2004) Emergent Entanglement Theory, Love And Being Journal Of Holistic Healthcare 1 , 24–29

Sodergren SC, Hyland ME, Crawford A, Partridge MR (2004) Positivity In Illness: Self-Delusion Or Existential Growth? British Journal Of Health Psychology 9 , 163–174

Hyland ME (2004) Does A Form Of 'Entanglement' Between People Explain Heating? An Examination Of Hypotheses And Methodology Complementary Therapies In Medicine 12 (4), 198–208

Hyland ME, Jacobs P, Chung M (2004) Complementary And Alternatuve Medicine (Cam) Research Is Relevant To All Health Psychology Health Psychology Update 13 (3), 20–22

Jones RCM, Hyland ME, Hanney K, Erwin J (2004) A Qualitative Study Of Compliance With Medication And Lifestyle Modification In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd) Primary Care Respiratory Journal 13 , 149–154

Hyland ME, Stahl E (2004) Asthma Treatment Needs: A Comparison Of Patients' And Health Care Professionals' Perceptions Clinical Therapeutics 26 (12), 2141–2152

Wang X, Chung MC, Hyland M (2004) Describing The Subjective Experience Of Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Primary Caregivers Of Patients With Stroke International Journal Of Psychology 39 (5-6), 438–438

Wang X, Chung MC, Hyland M (2004) Exploring The Subjective Experience Of Posttraumatic Stress Following Stroke Among Chinese Patients International Journal Of Psychology 39 (5-6), 438–438

Hyland ME (2004) The Use Of The Placebo Response In Clinical Practice International Journal Of Psychology 39 (5-6), 478–478

Hyland ME (2003) Using The Placebo Response In Clinical Practice Clinical Medicine 3 (4), 347–350

Hyland ME (2003) Extended Network Generalized Entanglement Theory: Therapeutic Mechanisms, Empirical Predictions, And Investigations Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 9 (6), 919–936

Hyland ME (2003) A Brief Guide To Extended Network Entanglement Theory As A Theory Of Healing And Its Empirical Predictions Forschende Komplementarmedizin Und Klassische Naturheilkunde 10 (4), 201–206

Hyland ME, Liewith GT, Westoby C (2003) Developing A Measure Of Attitudes: The Holistic Complementary And Alternative Medicine Questionnaire Complementary Therapies In Medicine 11 (1), 33–38

Hyland ME (2003) Methodology For The Scientific Evaluation Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine Complementary Therapies In Medicine 11 (3), 146–153

 



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