Rate My Professor Jen Chopra

Chopra's academic interests and research specializations focus on suicide risk and prevention, self-harm, intimate partner abuse, coercive control, stalking, domestic homicides, and the long-term psychological impacts of abuse, including digital and online forms. As co-lead of LJMU's Suicide and Self-Harm Research Group, she oversees multidisciplinary collaborations across the Faculty of Health—involving the Schools of Psychology, Public Health Institute, and Nursing and Allied Health—with partnerships spanning over 70 local, national, and international organisations. The group conducts research on prevention, intervention, postvention, and surveillance intelligence related to suicide and self-harm. Her ongoing projects include a comprehensive review of domestic homicides in the UK, an examination of digital abuse within domestic violence contexts, evaluation of a suicide crisis centre for men in Liverpool, and a Delphi consensus study identifying priorities in suicide and self-harm research. She is also affiliated with the Forensic and Investigative Psychology research topic under LJMU's Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour. Key publications include 'A Case Series Study of Help-Seeking among Younger and Older Adults Experiencing Domestic Abuse' (2021), 'The adaptation of a community-based suicide prevention intervention for men' (2022), 'Evaluating the role and effectiveness of co-produced community-based mental health interventions that aim to reduce suicide among adults: A systematic review' (2023), 'Psychological risk factors predictive of suicidal distress in men receiving a community-based brief psychological intervention' (2024), and 'Oasis Understanding Trauma Programme Evaluation' (2022). Chopra's work has contributed to policy discussions, including submissions to parliamentary committees on suicide prevention.