Prioritising infant mental health: a qualitative study examining the role of education and training to infant mental health service development in Scotland
This study aims to use qualitative methods to consider the views of relevant professional stakeholders on education and training within infant mental health.The authors completed semi-structured interviews with 14 professional stakeholders working in a health board in Scotland. This study used purposive sampling to include a broad range of professionals across health and social care services and analysed the resulting data using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) methodology. This study adopted a reflexive stance throughout, including the research team interviewing each other as part of the process.Within the theme of education a...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fionnghuala Murphy Fifi Phang Alicia Weaver Helen Minnis Anne McFadyen Andrew Dawson Source Type: research

Impact of student attributes on empathy during a dementia simulation: a mixed methods study
This study is unique in that it measured both and sought a relationship between the two. Determining one's personal attributes such as trait empathy, can help students capitalize on their strengths and ultimately enhance patient care. (Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice)
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - January 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jodi Brooke Patterson Michelle Kimzey Source Type: research

Attitudes of medical students to electroconvulsive therapy
This study aims to explore medical students’ attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The authors sought to determine correlates of baseline attitudes to ECT and whether specific forms of ECT teaching improved attitudes to ECT during students’ psychiatry placement.At the beginning of their placement, fourth-year medical students completed a questionnaire capturing background information and baseline attitudes. A second questionnaire, in the second half of the placement, recorded educational and clinical experience gained on ECT during placement, in addition to attitudes at this timepoint. The authors measured atti...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - January 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patrick Clements Aidan Turkington Source Type: research

Does a brief contact-based video intervention reduce public mental health stigma associated with psychosis in a collectivistic society? A randomised control study
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a brief empirically informed indirect contact-based intervention (CBI) on reducing stigma associated with psychosis in the context of a Southeast Asian society.In total, 168 young adults were randomised into three groups, two intervention conditions and one active control. Stigmatisation levels were measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention and at a 30-day follow-up. Group differences in attitudes were analysed using a 3 × 3 two-way mixed-subjects ANOVA.Results revealed that there were no significant differences in declared stigma between the three conditions. However, a s...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - December 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Audrina S.Y. Tan Pawel D. Mankiewicz Source Type: research

The association between mental health literacy and resilience among individuals who received therapy and those who did not
This study aims to explore the link between mental health literacy (MHL) and resilience in two groups: individuals who underwent psychotherapy and a similar group who did not.The research involved 256 participants from Israeli–Arab and Israeli–Jewish communities. Half of the participants had previously received psychological treatment, whereas the other half had not. MHL was evaluated through the Mental Health Literacy Scale (O’Connor and Casey, 2015), whereas resilience was gauged using the concise Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Connor and Davidson, 2003).The results indicated that participants who had therapy ha...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - December 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Avital Laufer Anwar Khatib Michal Finkelstein Source Type: research

Borderline personality disorder, substance abuse and disordered eating: perceptions of treatment and recovery within community mental health
This study qualitatively documents aspects of the lived experience and recovery journeys of people diagnosed with BPD and co-occurring SUD and/or disordered eating. This study aims to identify similarities with respect to themes reported at different stages of the recovery process, as well as highlight important factors that may hinder and/or foster recovery.In-person, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 specialist service consumers within a clinical setting. Ten women and two men (22–58 years; mean: 35.5 years) were recruited. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis princi...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - November 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anna Mooney Naomi Crafti Jillian Broadbear Source Type: research

Educators ’ roles and challenges in supporting tertiary education students’ mental health: a qualitative study in Malaysia
Educators’ roles and challenges in supporting tertiary education students’ mental health: a qualitative study in Malaysia Yue Yin Soo, Yuet Yen Wong, Siew Chin Ong, Guat See Ooi The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Educators play a vital role in supporting tertiary education students’ mental health, as they have frequent interactions with their students. However, information on the strategies and difficulties educators face in this area is scarce, particularly within the multi-ethnic Asian population. Therefore, this study aims to explore Malaysi...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - October 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yue Yin Soo Yuet Yen Wong Siew Chin Ong Guat See Ooi Source Type: research

Evaluation of a virtual placement for mental health nursing students: a pilot study
This study added new knowledge to understanding about the utility of virtual placements in mental health nursing education. (Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice)
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - October 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judy Brook Charlotte Kemp Stephen Abbott Source Type: research

Building resilience in early career mental health professionals
Rosalyn Nelson, Felicity Baker, Joanna Burrell, Gillian Hardy The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Resilience can protect against workplace stress, benefit psychological wellbeing and promote effective clinical practice in mental health professionals. The purpose of this study was to consider the feasibility and acceptability of resilience training for trainee mental health professionals based on the skills-based model of personal resilience (Baker et al., 2021). The study also aimed to explore the impact of the training on resilience, wellbeing and b...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - September 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rosalyn Nelson Felicity Baker Joanna Burrell Gillian Hardy Source Type: research

In the patient ’s own words: a qualitative study of what patients find helpful in psychodynamic psychotherapy
This study aims to examine what patients say is helpful in psychodynamic psychotherapy by analyzing responses to an open-ended question at two time points: three months into treatment and termination.Participants in this naturalistic study were a diverse group of patients seeking treatment at a psychodynamic psychotherapy training clinic (within a public hospital system). The authors used thematic analysis to categorize patient responses to an open-ended question about what is helpful in their treatment.The authors found that a majority of patients found their psychotherapy helpful, and patient responses broke down into 16...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - June 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hannah Richardson Julian Ernst Rebecca Drill Annabel Gill Patrick Hunnicutt Zoe Silver Mikaela Coger Jack Beinashowitz Source Type: research

Mindful self-compassion training program in the family caregivers of patients with cancer: a quasi-experimental study
Fatemeh Ranjbar Noei, Vajihe Atashi, Elaheh Ashouri The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- High levels of depression and anxiety in the family caregivers of a patient with cancer affect their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a mindful self-compassion (MSC) training program on self-compassion in the family caregivers of patients with cancer.In 2020, this quasi-experimental study used convenience sampling to select 92 family caregivers of patients with cancer presenting to the oncology ward of Seyed-Al-Shohada H...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - June 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fatemeh Ranjbar Noei Vajihe Atashi Elaheh Ashouri Source Type: research

Pedagogical considerations for enhancing peer support training in an online university environment
Tricia H. Witte, Mercy Ngosa Mumba, Jessica Jaiswal, Teairra Evans, George C.T. Mugoya The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Peer Support Specialists (PSS) play an integral role in substance use disorder treatment and aftercare services. PSS training programs vary in format and need to be evaluated for continued improvement. The purpose of this study was to gather feedback about course delivery and instruction from PSS trainees in a PSS training program in Alabama.Focus groups were conducted with 15 PSS trainees after they completed two training course...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - May 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tricia H. Witte Mercy Ngosa Mumba Jessica Jaiswal Teairra Evans George C.T. Mugoya Source Type: research

Comparing the attitudes of junior doctors towards mental and physical ill-health: a survey of trainees in North London
This study aims to identify whether junior doctors in North London are comfortable discussing mental health problems with their peers and supervisors and to compare how comfortable they are discussing mental and physical health problems.An anonymous online questionnaire was designed with demographic data, multiple-choice questions and free-text boxes. This was distributed via email to core psychiatry trainees and foundation doctors in North London. Drug- and alcohol-related disorders were excluded from our definition of mental illness in this survey, as these are reportable to the General Medical Council.A total of 51 juni...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tamara Levene Lisanne Stock Source Type: research

“Improved access, delayed accreditation, low recognition”: perspectives of mental health educators, preceptors and students on the Kintampo Project in Ghana
This study points to the fact that the sustainability of mental health training in Ghana can be obstructed, because of this career path being less attractive. Further research is needed to explore how best to achieve sustainability of similar mental health innovations.This paper shares the views of participants in the Kintampo Project. (Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice)
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary Pomaa Agyekum Selase Adjoa Odopey Sabina Asiamah Lucy Wallis John E.O. Williams Rachel Locke Source Type: research

Analysis and mapping of scientific literature on virtual and augmented reality technologies used in the context of mental health disorders (1980 – 2021)
Waleed Sweileh The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to provide a bibliometric analysis of global research publications on virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.The SciVerse Scopus database was used to retrieve relevant documents using a validated search strategy for the study period from 1980 to 2021.In total, 1,233 research articles were found. Research in this field has experienced steep growth since 2017; was disseminated by journals in the f...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - May 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Waleed Sweileh Source Type: research