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Biography

Before joining UCC in August 2017, I was the head of psychology at Cope Foundation, managing a team of clinical, counselling and educational psychologists in a service that supports children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. I am a chartered clinical psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and a former member of the PSI Council. I was the Academic Director of the Diploma in Autism Studies at University College, Cork. Since 2015 I have been a member of the Programme board on the Doctor of Clinical Psychology in UCC. As a clinician in the field, I have supervised many trainee clinical psychologists and am delighted to be involved in the development of the new programme for clinical psychology training in UCC. 

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Research Interests

My research interests are quite varied, but include: 

• Many themes relating to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger Syndrome
• • Theory of mind
  • Emotion regulation
  • Alexithymia
  • Simulationist theory
  • Sensory difficulties 
  • Teaching social skills
  • ASD in girls and women
  • Food aversions
    
• Emotion recognition from facial expressions, posture, gesture and movement
• Folk psychology
• Intellectual disabilities – particular dementia care, staff training, personality theory

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Publications

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	Data Science with R for Psychologists and Healthcare Professionals. Christian Ryan (2021) Data Science with R for Psychologists and Healthcare Professionals. Boca Raton: CRC Press. [DOI] [Details]

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Reviews

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	A Review of Wearable Solutions for Physiological and Emotional Monitoring for Use by People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers. Taj-Eldin, M;Ryan, C;O'Flynn, B;Galvin, P (2018) A Review of Wearable Solutions for Physiological and Emotional Monitoring for Use by People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers. BASEL: Reviews [DOI] [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Alexithymia is Associated with Emotion Dysregulation in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder' Gormley, E;Ryan, C;McCusker, C (2021) 'Alexithymia is Associated with Emotion Dysregulation in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder'. Journal Of Developmental And Physical Disabilities, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Dental Visits for Autistic Children: A Qualitative Focus Group Study of Parental Perceptions' Parry, JA;Newton, T;Linehan, C;Ryan, C (2021) 'Dental Visits for Autistic Children: A Qualitative Focus Group Study of Parental Perceptions'. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Externalisation in family-based treatment of anorexia nervosa: The therapist's experience' Lonergan, Katie; Whyte, Aileen; Ryan, Christian (2021) 'Externalisation in family-based treatment of anorexia nervosa: The therapist's experience'. Journal Of Family Therapy, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Brief Report: Analysis of Dental Treatment Provided Under General Anaesthesia for Children and Young Adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Identification of Challenges for Dental Services' Parry, Jennifer Ann; Brosnan, Sinead; Newton, J. Tim; Linehan, Conor; Ryan, Christian (2021) 'Brief Report: Analysis of Dental Treatment Provided Under General Anaesthesia for Children and Young Adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Identification of Challenges for Dental Services'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2020)	'Objective and Subjective Measurement of Alexithymia in Adults with Autism' Ryan C.;Cogan S.;Phillips A.;O’Connor L. (2020) 'Objective and Subjective Measurement of Alexithymia in Adults with Autism'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Perceptions of friendship among girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders' Christian Ryan , Maeve Coughlan , Jean Maher , Patricia Vicario and Alison Garvey (2020) 'Perceptions of friendship among girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders'. European Journal Of Special Needs Education, [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Whoever shouts the loudest: Listening to parents of children with disabilities' Christian Ryan;Elizabeth Quinlan; (2018) 'Whoever shouts the loudest: Listening to parents of children with disabilities'. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'A Review of Wearable Solutions for Physiological and Emotional Monitoring for Use by People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers' Mohammed Taj-Eldin;Christian Ryan;Brendan Oâ¿¿Flynn;Paul Galvin; (2018) 'A Review of Wearable Solutions for Physiological and Emotional Monitoring for Use by People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers'. Sensors, [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'"Forgetting familiar faces": Staff perceptions of dementia in people with intellectual disabilities' Ryan, C;MacHale, R;Hickey, E (2018) '"Forgetting familiar faces": Staff perceptions of dementia in people with intellectual disabilities'. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 46 :155-162 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Single Session Psychology Clinic for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study' Ryan, Christian and O'Connor, Shona (2017) 'Single Session Psychology Clinic for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study'. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES, 26 (6):1614-1621 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Judgments of Nonverbal Behaviour by Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Can they Detect Signs of Winning and Losing from Brief Video Clips?' Ryan C;Furley P;Mulhall K; (2016) 'Judgments of Nonverbal Behaviour by Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Can they Detect Signs of Winning and Losing from Brief Video Clips?'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (9) [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Seeing the man in the moon: Do children with autism perceive pareidolic faces? A pilot study' Ryan, C., King, R. J., & Stafford, M. (2016) 'Seeing the man in the moon: Do children with autism perceive pareidolic faces? A pilot study'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Teaching emotion recognition skills to children with autism' Ryan C;Charragáin CN; (2010) 'Teaching emotion recognition skills to children with autism'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40 (12) [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'British outpatient norms for the Brief Symptom Inventory' (2007) 'British outpatient norms for the Brief Symptom Inventory'. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	'Differences in the appraisal of intrusive thoughts and contamination fears in obsessive-compulsive disorder' Ryan, C (2004) 'Differences in the appraisal of intrusive thoughts and contamination fears in obsessive-compulsive disorder'. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32 :235-238 [DOI] [Details]
	(2002)	'A critique of search strategies in the development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines' Ryan, C. (2002) 'A critique of search strategies in the development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines'. Clinical Psychology Forum, 18 :31-34 [Details]