A qualitative study of the label of personality disorder from the perspectives of people with lived experience and occupational experience
This study aims to engage service users and staff in a process of inquiry to better understand the complexities of views on the terminology of Personality Disorder.
This study set out to qualitatively explore the views of a range of people with lived, occupational and dual lived experience/occupational expertise, relating to the diagnostic label of Personality Disorder, via participatory and critical group debate. The World Café approach is an innovative methodology for participatory inquiry into subjective views suited to exploring the contested subject matter.
This study identified contrasting opinions towards...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - September 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gary Lamph
Jake Dorothy
Tamar Jeynes
Alison Coak
Raeesa Jassat
Alison Elliott
Mick McKeown
Tim Thornton Source Type: research
Helping with the pressures of the past: service-user perspectives of the sensory approaches within the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women
Dawn Wilkinson, Rachel Beryl
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This paper aims to explore service-user perspectives of sensory approaches introduced and promoted by the trauma and self-injury service within the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women (NHSHSW) at Rampton Hospital.
This cross-sectional descriptive study used a semi-structured questionnaire, which was devised for this evaluation and included both open and closed questions. The data collected were then analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.
The pape...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - September 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dawn Wilkinson
Rachel Beryl Source Type: research
Preventing unnecessary referrals into specialist mental health services: an interrupted time-series evaluation of a new primary care-linked mental health service
Andrew Healey, Alexandra Melaugh, Len Demetriou, Tracey Power, Nick Sevdalis, Megan Pritchard, Lucy Goulding
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Many patients referred by their GP for an assessment by secondary mental health services are unlikely to ever meet eligibility thresholds for specialist treatment and support. A new service was developed to support people in primary care. “the authors evaluate” whether the phased introduction of the Lambeth Living Well Network (LWN) Hub to a population in south London led to: a reduction in the overall volume...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 31, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrew Healey
Alexandra Melaugh
Len Demetriou
Tracey Power
Nick Sevdalis
Megan Pritchard
Lucy Goulding Source Type: research
A feasibility study of a novel work-focused relational group CBT treatment programme for moderate to severe recurrent depression
Nicola Walker, Madeleine Vernon-Smith, Michael Townend
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
No current psychotherapeutic intervention is designed to enhance job retention in employees with moderate–severe recurrent depression. The aim of this study is to test the feasibility of a new, interdisciplinary work-focused relational group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment programme for moderate–severe depression.
The programme was based on a theoretical integration of occupational stress, psychological, social/interpersonal and bio-medical th...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 31, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nicola Walker
Madeleine Vernon-Smith
Michael Townend Source Type: research
From prevention to peer support: a systematic review exploring the involvement of lived-experience in eating disorder interventions
This study will conduct a systematic review of ED interventions which involve people with lived experience of an ED. A total of seven databases and four subject-specific journals were searched using Boolean search terms.
The search yielded ten eligible studies. Involvement procedures were extracted which highlighted variation with some roles being continuous and active and others being isolated and passive. Qualitative results were extracted and thematically analysed which demonstrated many benefits from involving people with lived experience, such as normalisation of experiences, inspiration to recover and the sharin...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hannah Kate Lewis
Una Foye Source Type: research
An evaluation of the Stratford multiagency, multidisciplinary, assessment clinic
This study aims to assess a novel clinic whereby new patients were discussed in a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary panel and given feedback on the same day. The objectives were to determine the impacts on time to commencing treatment, need for further assessment, discharges and staff and patient experiences.
Outcomes from the new assessment clinic were compared to previous individual assessments. Feedback questionnaires were given to patients, while a focus group was conducted with staff.
There was a significant reduction in the time to agreeing a treatment plan (34 days to <1 day), the need for further asse...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Catherine Cooper
Hannah Liu
Tobias Rowland
Riddhi Prajapati
Tayla Hurlock
Andy Owen Source Type: research
Mental health service users ’ lived experiences of recovery-oriented services: a scoping review
Mental health service users’ lived experiences of recovery-oriented services: a scoping review
Rosalind Lau, Anastasia Hutchinson
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Over the past 15 years, mental health organisations have taken steps to move towards providing services that are more recovery-oriented. This review was undertaken to explore what is known about service users’ experience of services that have introduced a recovery-oriented approach to service provision. There is limited research evaluating consumers’ lived experiences of recovery-orien...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rosalind Lau
Anastasia Hutchinson Source Type: research
Religion and mental health among older adults in Thailand: a national survey study
This study aims to investigate the association between mental health and religion among Thailand’s elderly population. The role of religion and culture remains limited despite the significant number of devout followers of religions in Thailand. Thai cultural and religious contexts have a dominant and persuasive influence on the lives of Thai older adults.
Data was collected in 2018 via face-to-face interaction using a structured questionnaire by the Thailand National Statistical Office. The sample consisted of 67,454 individuals, with 13,800 elderly Thai people aged 60 years or older selected for the study.
T...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 14, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Suriya Klangrit
David D. Perrodin
Yasotara Siripaprapakon
Fahad Riaz Choudhry
Thittayawadee Intaranggkul
Suthat Pratoomkaew
Khunthong Khemsiri
Kan Saengrung
Watchara Vachirayano Source Type: research
Current scenario of diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in urban India: a pilot study
Sandhya Basu, Bidisha Banerjee
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The current literature on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) shows a tangled picture of its etiology and diagnosis. It directs at over-medicalization in ADHD cases due to the pharmaceutical-based models surrounding its treatment. Further, the authors observed the negligible reporting of India’s ADHD scenario in the reviewed literature. Thus, this study aims to explore the status of ADHD in India’s urban setting through a pilot study.
Social constructivist viewpoint gu...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - August 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sandhya Basu
Bidisha Banerjee Source Type: research
Exploring the interface between mental health provision and the benefits system: clinical psychologists ’ experiences of working in the context of the UK benefits system
This study aimed to explore the interaction between the benefits system and the work of clinical psychologists. The perceived impact of the benefits system on the practice of clinical psychologists and their perspectives on the role of Clinical Psychology this context were explored.
Fifteen clinical psychologists who worked in a variety of National Health Service (NHS) settings across England were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns in the data.
Issues relating to the benefits system were seen to increase the demand for psychological support but created barriers to engagement. Participant...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - July 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Erika Cantrell
Stephen Weatherhead
Hayley Higson Source Type: research
“It doesn’t stop when you get to 18”: experiences of self-harm in adults
Melanie Boyce
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Self-harm can affect people of all ages, yet the high prevalence rate in adolescents and the potential risk factor of suicide in adults 60 years and above has meant research has tended to focus within these areas. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the experiences of self-harm in people from early adulthood to late middle age to gain greater insight and understanding in this underexplored area.
An online open-ended survey was used to collect the data from a UK user-led mo...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - July 12, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Melanie Boyce Source Type: research
Social media use for supporting mental health (SMILE)
Gill Brown, Amy Leigh Rathbone, Julie Prescott
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The SMILE study (social media as informal support for people with mental illness: an exploratory study) aimed to explore how people with mental health issues use and value social media as a support mechanism.
A systematic search of Facebook and Twitter identified groups and pages relating to mental health issues. In total, 203 users over the age of 18 were recruited via Facebook and Twitter. Any user who considered themselves to experience mental health problems could ...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - July 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gill Brown
Amy Leigh Rathbone
Julie Prescott Source Type: research
Blogs, identity, stigma and scars: the legacy of self-injury
Nadine Kendall, Caylee MacDonald, James Binnie
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This paper aims to explore the experience of living with scars from self-injury; how people who self-injure (SI) make meaning of their scars and how these scars are a part of the identity construction process.
It is observed that 60 entries, from 25 online narrative blogs detailing the experience of living with self-injury scars, were analyzed using a contextualized thematic analysis informed by an embodied perspective.
The analysis generated two dominant themes: ...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - June 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nadine Kendall
Caylee MacDonald
James Binnie Source Type: research
The psychological impact of COVID-19 on socially isolated individuals – a systematic review
This study aims to assess the various psychological effects of the Coronavirus on those in isolation, the factors that cause these effects during the pandemic, as well as to discuss the recommendations and strategies that can be implemented to help reduce the negative psychological impact.
Databases such as MEDLINE (Ovid), excerpta medica dataBASE (Ovid) and cumulative index of nursing and allied health literature (Elton B. Stephens Company), as well as grey literature, were used as a part of the search design to locate articles published on this subject. The search design was formatted in a way that aided in locating...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - June 15, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adisha Shankar
Brian Edward Yu
Monali Malvankar-Mehta Source Type: research
Factors related to suicide among students: a narrative review of psychological literature
Saba Javed, Khadeeja Munawar
Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to provide an educational overview of suicidal behavior and the factors related to suicidality among students between the ages of 18 and 30 years.
The literature related to suicide among students were identified through various electronic database searches. The databases searched included: PsycINFO, PubMed, MEDLINE, ERIC/ProQuest, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar and PMC using the following search terms and their derivatives: suicide/self-harm, suicide risk an...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - May 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Saba Javed
Khadeeja Munawar Source Type: research
