The impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean...
Jenny Fisher examines a study seeking to understand the role and the impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean communities. The post The impact of community well-being champions...
View ArticlePower and powerlessness: Mental health practitioner and service user...
Martin Stevens examines a study on mental health service user and practitioner experiences of personal budgets and finds that power and attitudes remain important factors. The post Power and...
View ArticleSelf-harm in young people: how can we support parents and families?
Olivia Kirtley summarises an important new qualitative study that explores the impact of self-harm in young people on their parents and families. The post Self-harm in young people: how can we support...
View ArticleImpact of functional alterations on quality of life in Alzheimer disease
Clarissa Giebel analyses a qualitative study of how functional alterations impact quality of life in Alzheimer disease. The post Impact of functional alterations on quality of life in Alzheimer disease...
View ArticleWhat do advocates think of their professional roles?
Jill Manthorpe reports on a qualitative study that explores advocates views and experiences of their role in social care. The post What do advocates think of their professional roles? appeared first on...
View ArticleRisk, relationships and moral work
Diana Rose publishes her debut Mental Elf blog on a new qualitative study, which explores how contrasting and competing priorities work in mental health risk assessment and care planning. The post...
View ArticleHow do people with psychosis use online health information, and do they tell...
Sarah Knowles reviews a recent qualitative study of online mental health information seeking behaviour by people with psychosis. The post How do people with psychosis use online health information, and...
View ArticleEnd-of-life care with dementia: one size does not fit all
Jill Manthorpe on a mixed methods study of what people with dementia want from end-of-life care. The post End-of-life care with dementia: one size does not fit all appeared first on National Elf Service.
View ArticleSocial workers in the house: embodied practices of visiting families
Jenny Fisher looks at an ethnographic study of the experiences and behaviours of social workers visiting families in their homes. The post Social workers in the house: embodied practices of visiting...
View ArticlePerinatal mental health problems in fathers are common and legitimate, but we...
André Tomlin explores a recent qualitative study of fathers’ views and experiences of their own perinatal mental health, and also shares his own lived experience of postnatal depression and anxiety....
View ArticleEQUIPment testing: evaluating a co-delivered care planning training programme
Sarah Carr treats us to a bumper blog of EQUIP studies. Think: care planning, coproduction, service user involvement and training. She doesn't blog for us very often these days, but when she does it's...
View ArticleMindfulness to support antidepressant withdrawal: patient views and experiences
Hannah Bowers writes her debut blog on a recent qualitative study, which explores how mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can help people stop taking antidepressants and recover from depression. This...
View Article“I mean, what is depression?” How GPs distinguish between emotional distress...
Linda Gask reviews a recent qualitative exploration of UK general practitioners’ perceptions of distinctions between emotional distress and depression. The post “I mean, what is depression?” How GPs...
View ArticlePsychological resilience to suicidal thoughts and behaviours in people with...
Emily Hielscher reviews a recent qualitative study that examines factors that contribute to psychological resilience to suicidal thoughts and behaviours in people with schizophrenia or psychosis. The...
View ArticleThe ‘S’ word: safeguarding and service user experiences in England
Chenel Walker summarises a recent user-led exploratory study about mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse in the context of adult safeguarding in England. The post The...
View ArticleStopping antidepressants: patient perspectives on barriers and facilitators
Timothy Nyugen and Dafni Katsampa summarise a qualitative review of patient perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to stopping antidepressants. The post Stopping antidepressants: patient...
View ArticleExperience of psychotropic medication and decision-making
Jennifer Rose Oulton reviews a qualitative study that explores the experiences of psychotropic medication use and decision-making for adults with learning disabilities and their carers. The post...
View ArticleHarm reduction for young people who self-harm: “a double-edged sword”
Rachel Rowan Olive thinks through a recent qualitative study about young peoples’ perspectives on the role of harm reduction techniques in the management of their self-harm. The post Harm reduction for...
View ArticleHumour as a tool for practice
This study explores the use of humour as a practice tool in social care, drawing on the humour-health hypothesis as the premise of the investigation and identifying both positive and negative impacts...
View ArticleWhat do people with bipolar really pay attention to when they are monitoring...
Charlotte Walker reviews a recent qualitative study on monitoring mood in bipolar disorder, which suggests that people with lived experience should customise monitoring questions to create a more...
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