Professor Jon Bisson

Jon is a practising psychiatrist and Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Cardiff University. He is Director of the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and leads its intervention development workstream and Cardiff University’s Traumatic Stress Research Group. 

Jon has conducted many research studies, including ten randomised controlled trials and five Cochrane systematic reviews that have shaped research and practice in the traumatic stress field. He became interested in traumatic stress during his time in the British Army and was co-chair of the UK’s first post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) NICE Guideline Development Group and chaired the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ Treatment Guidelines Committee. He led the development and was the first Director of Health and Care Research Wales, Traumatic Stress Wales and Veterans NHS Wales. 

Jon’s current research includes work into the development, evaluation and implementation of guided digital interventions for PTSD, complex PTSD and prolonged grief disorder.