×

Dr Alistair Teager


    • Dr Alistair Teager

    BSc. (Hons), MSc., ClinPsyD., PGDip, QiCN, CPsychol.
    Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

    Year Qualified

    2010

    Clinical Interests

    Insight, mental capacity, cognitive rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury, visuo-perceptual difficulties, inter-disciplinary working.

    Professional Profile

    Alistair completed his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Liverpool, before doing a Master’s degree in Performance Psychology at Edinburgh. He then went on to do the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Manchester, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Neuropsychology at Glasgow. Alistair has also completed the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.

    Alistair has worked in inpatient, outpatient, and community neuropsychology settings. Before training, Alistair worked as an Assistant Psychologist at the Russell Cairns Unit in Oxford, and completed a number of neuropsychology-focused placements during his doctorate at Manchester. After qualifying, Alistair worked in the Trafford Community Neurorehabilitation Team before moving into the Video Telemetry team at Salford Royal. He then worked as the Major Trauma Psychologist, before taking on the role of Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist on Ward C2 (Hyperacute Neurorehabilitation), both at Salford Royal.

    More recently, Alistair has worked as a Consultant for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Ukraine, helping to set up and develop a National Rehabilitation Centre in Rivne Oblast.

    Research Interests

    Alistair’s doctoral thesis was on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with Professor Adrian Wells. Since that time, Alistair has presented at conferences, published papers, and written book chapters on challenging to manage behaviours, digitisation of clinical practice, major incident planning, rare neurological conditions, ethnicity in neuropsychology, and using acceptance and commitment therapy with people in prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC). Current projects include evaluating the use of an app utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to help reduce challenging to manage behaviours, and staff and family perceptions of PDOC.

    Publications

    Watts, K., & Teager, A.J. (2022). A retrospective analysis of referrals for neuropsychology input in a hyper-acute neurorehabilitation service. Poster presentation: UKABIF Time for Change Summit.

    Battrick, H., Teager, A.J., & Beal, E. (2022). An Autoethnographic Exploration of Anxiety in a Cognitive Assessment During a Clinical Neuropsychology Placement. Poster presentation: Greater Manchester Neurorehabilitation and Integrated Stroke Development Network (GMNISDN) Neurorehabilitation Annual Conference. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36738.96969

    McElroy, L., Robinson, L., Battle. C., Laidlaw, L., Teager, A.J. et al. (2022). Use of a modified Delphi process to develop research priorities in major trauma. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 48, pp. 1453-1461.

    Teager, A.J., Dawson., B., Johnson, L., Mairs, J., & Murray, C. (2022). A survey-based review of psychology provision in Major Trauma Centres (MTCs) in England. Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14604086211063084 .

    Dunning, G., Pitt, M., & Teager, A.J. (2021). Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of the role of a Psychological Wellbeing Assistant in inpatient neurorehabilitation. PsyPAG Quarterly, pp. 17-24.

    Teager, A.J. & Methley, A. (2021). Using acceptance and commitment therapy to support people with prolonged disorders of consciousness. In W. Curvis & A. Methley, Acceptance and commitment therapy and brain injury. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003024408-9.

    Dunning, G., & Teager, A.J. (2021) The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on self-efficacy in Assistant Psychologists in the UK. Poster presentation: 36th Annual PsyPAG Conference.

    Dunning, G., & Teager, A.J. (2020). An evaluation of ethnicity in a neuropsychology outpatient department. Poster presentation. Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference.

    Pitt, M., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Clinical, peer and academic supervision: a proposed structure for supporting undergraduate psychology placement students. Clinical Psychology Forum, 336, pp34-40.

    Teager, A.J., Methley, A., Wilkinson, K., Delaney, M., Haythornthwaite, L., & Montrose, S. (2020). Implementation of an opt-in waiting list initiative for neuropsychology in two community neurorehabilitation teams: A practice-based example. The Neuropsychologist, 10, pp39-46.

    Mairs, J., Blackwell, D., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Reflections from the ‘front line’: Acute neurorehabilitation during Covid-19 from an assistant psychologist perspective. The Neuropsychologist, 10, pp29-34.

    Methley, A., King, L., Chen, C., Dunning, G., Javed, H., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Implementing undergraduate clinical and research internship schemes within a clinical neuropsychology service. Clinical Psychology Forum, 331, pp.24-30.

    Dunning, G., & Teager, A.J., & Methley, A. (2020). The added value of undergraduate psychology placements: The role of a Psychological Wellbeing Assistant in acute neurorehabilitation. Poster presentation. Division of Neuropsychology Networking Day. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35884.62082

    Morgan, C., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Developing a business case for a therapeutic activity coordinator on a neurorehabilitation ward. Poster presentation. Division of Neuropsychology Networking Day. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11557.65763

    Twigg, J., Teager, A.J., Lavin, T., & Methley, A. (2019). Living with Polyneuropathy Organomegaly Endocrinopathy Monoclonal gammopathy Skin changes (POEMS) syndrome: a case study of healthcare experiences and quality of life. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43, pp.2502-2510. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1700563 .

    Teager, A.J., Methley, A., Dawson, B., & Wilson, H.E. (2019). The use of cognitive screens within major trauma centres in England: A survey of current practice. Trauma, 22 (3), pp.201-207. DOI: 10.1177/1460408619871801 .

    Teager, A.J., Methley, A., & Tehrani, N. (2019). Early psychological interventions following a major incident: The case of the Manchester Arena Attack. Clinical Psychology Forum, 319, pp. 5-12. Methley, A., Perkin, M., Arran, N, & Teager, A.J. (2018). Test User Experience: The Oxford Cognitive Screen. The Neuropsychologist, 6, pp18-20.

    Methley, A., Dawson, B., Teager, A.J. (2018). A psychological interpretation of case-mix: Considerations for practitioner wellbeing and service design. Clinical Psychology Forum, 307, pp.29-33.

    Teager, A.J., Twigg, J., Methley, A. (2018). Implementing a paperlite service within neuropsychology settings: A practice example and clinical considerations. The Neuropsychologist, 5, pp.53-58.

    Methley, A., Dawson, B., & Teager, A.J. (2017). Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: a literature review and clinical considerations. European Journal of Palliative Care, 24(4), pp.161-165.

    Memberships

    BPS, HCPC