Dr Andrew Surtees BSc., PhD, ClinPsyD.

Dr Andrew Surtees

School of Psychology
Associate Professor in Psychology

Contact details

Address
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Andrew Surtees is an expert in social cognition, autism and mental health.  He combines cutting-edge research on social understanding in typical and atypical populations with practice as a Clinical Psychologist.

Qualifications

BSc. (Hons.), PhD., ClinPsyD

Biography

Dr Andrew Surtees completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham on the cognitive processes implicated in social and spatial perspective-taking.  He was awarded a Research Fellowship by Marie Curie Actions for the European Commission and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, which he undertook at Université catholique de Louvain.  During this time, he extended his work on the cognitive and neural processes involved in perspective-taking, employing EEG and fMRI.  Further to this, he completed training as a Clinical Psychologist.  He combines being a lecturer at Birmingham, with working as a Clinical Psychologist for Birmingham Children’s Hospital; in this role, he specializes in assessing autism in children and young adults with comorbid mental health problems.

Teaching

Dr. Surtees mainly teaches on the department’s Clinical Psychology programmes, specialising in Developmental Disorders and Children and Young People’s Mental Health.

Postgraduate supervision

Dr. Surtees regularly supervises postgraduate students. If you are interested in undertaking a PhD with him, please contact him via email.

Research

Research Interests: 

Social Cognition, Theory of Mind, Autism, Children and Young People’s Mental Health.

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Current website: 

www.AndrewSurtees.com

Other activities

Dr Surtees is registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professional Council.  He is a member of the Experimental Psychology Society and the International Pediatric Sleep Association.

Publications

Highlight publications

Parsons, L, Howes, AE, Jones, C & Surtees, A 2023, 'Changes in parental sleep from pregnancy to postpartum: a meta-analytic review of actigraphy studies', Sleep Medicine Reviews, vol. 68, 101719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101719

Surtees, A & Andrew, T 2021, 'Are knowledge- and belief-reasoning automatic, and is this the right question?', Behavioural and Brain Sciences, vol. 44, e172. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20001880

Mingins, JE, Tarver, J, Waite, J, Surtees, AD & Jones, CA 2020, 'Anxiety and intellectual functioning in autistic children: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Autism: the international journal of research and practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320953253

Howes, AE, Burns, ME & Surtees, ADR 2021, 'Barriers, facilitators, and experiences of the autism assessment process: a systematic review of qualitative research with health professionals', Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 449-460. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000413

Deliens, G, Bukowski, H, Slama, H, Surtees, A, Cleeremans, A, Samson, D & Peigneux, P 2018, 'The impact of sleep deprivation on visual perspective taking', Journal of Sleep Research, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12595

Recent publications

Article

Surtees, A, Briscoe, H & Todd, A 2024, 'Anxiety and Mentalizing: Uncertainty as a Driver of Egocentrism', Current Directions in Psychological Science, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231217314

Bastan, E, Beck, SR & Surtees, ADR 2024, 'Autistic people differ from non-autistic people subjectively, but not objectively in their reasoning', Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241277055

Bastan, E, Beck, S & Surtees, A 2024, 'Causal reasoning in social versus non-social domains and its relation to autistic traits', Neurodiversity.

O’Sullivan, R, Bissell, S, Agar, G, Spiller, J, Surtees, A, Heald, M, Clarkson, E, Khan, A, Oliver, C, Bagshaw, AP & Richards, C 2024, 'Exploring an objective measure of overactivity in children with rare genetic syndromes', Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, vol. 16, no. 1, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09535-y

Bastan, E, McGuinness, R, Beck, S & Surtees, A 2024, 'EXPRESS: Reasoning in Social versus Non-social Domains and its Relation to Autistic Traits', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241296090

Laverty, C, Surtees, A, Sutherland, D & Richards, C 2024, 'Qualitative interview with mothers of moderately or late preterm infants in the UK: where are the care gaps?', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 7, e076057. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076057

Altaweel, N, Upthegrove, R, Surtees, A, Durdurak, B & Marwaha, S 2023, 'Personality traits as risk factors for relapse or recurrence in major depression: a systematic review', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 14, 1176355. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1176355

Allen, S, Goodall, T, Jones, C, James, R & Surtees, A 2023, 'What is the prevalence of visual hallucinations in a first-episode psychosis population? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature', Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, vol. 4, no. 1, sgad002. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad002

Comment/debate

Samuel, S, Erle, TM, Kirsch, LP, Surtees, A, Apperly, I, Bukowski, H, Auvray, M, Catmur, C, Kessler, K & Quesque, F 2024, 'Three key questions to move towards a theoretical framework of visuospatial perspective taking', Cognition, vol. 247, 105787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105787

Laverty, C, Surtees, A, O’Sullivan, R, Sutherland, D, Jones, C & Richards, C 2021, 'Correction to: The prevalence and profile of autism in individuals born preterm: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, (2021), 13, 1, (41), 10.1186/s11689-021-09382-1)', Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, vol. 13, no. 1, 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09402-0

Editorial

Pearson, A, Surtees, A, Crompton, CJ, Goodall, C, Pillai, D, Sedgewick, F & Au-Yeung, SK 2022, 'Editorial: Addressing community priorities in autism research', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 1040446. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1040446

Review article

Khudiakova, V, Russell, E, Sowden-Carvalho, S & Surtees, ADR 2024, 'A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Camouflaging in Autistic People', Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, vol. 118, 102492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102492

Briscoe, H, Vickers-Graver, B, medha, C, Jones, C & Surtees, A 2024, 'The link between anxiety and theory of mind in children: A meta-analysis', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 367, pp. 530-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.171

Bird, S, Moid, L, Jones, C & Surtees, A 2024, 'The Relationships Between Restrictive/Repetitive Behaviours, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Anxiety in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, vol. 117, 102428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102428

Browne, E, King, J & Surtees, A 2023, 'Sleep in people with and without Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.13093

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