Charlotte Huggett reflects on a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of people with psychosis receiving Acceptance and Commitment Therapy following a first episode of psychosis.
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For: qualitativeThe impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with eating disorders
Lucy Hyam discusses a qualitative study that explored the impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with current or past experience of eating disorders.
[read the full story...]How creativity unlocks understanding: exploring qualitative research methods with neurodivergent children
In her debut blog, Tamara Pemovska summarises Lewis et al.’s 2023 paper on the pros and cons of creative qualitative research methods with autistic pupils.
[read the full story...]Unjust: how inequality and mental health intertwine
Andy Bell reflects on a recent peer research study and shares the steps that any mental health service can take to help people reclaim their rights, their personhood, and their equal citizenship.
[read the full story...]The Care Act Information Duty in a digital age: What do we need to consider for improving both the information and our practice?
Background Since the implementation of the Care Act 2014, information has been a statutory duty of Local Authorities. Under the Care Act section 4 of the Care Act, Local Authorities (LAs) have particular responsibilities around providing information to carers and care and support recipients, however how that information is, or should be, provided, as well [read the full story…]
Antidepressant withdrawal: recommendations for support from people with lived experience
Hannah Bowers summarises a study exploring the need for antidepressant withdrawal support, from 708 survey respondents with lived experience.
[read the full story...]The experience of treatment-resistant depression: we need to rethink treatment for people who do not respond to antidepressants
Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative meta-synthesis exploring people’s experiences of living with ‘treatment-resistant’ depression.
[read the full story...]We need to give staff a say, to make sure they will want to stay: what a realist review tells us is missing from the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Justine Karpusheff explores a new realist synthesis of factors affecting retention of staff in UK adult mental health services.
[read the full story...]Capturing the lived experience of depression
Charlotte Walker blogs about a recent World Psychiatry ‘bottom-up review’ on the lived experience of depression; co-written by experts by experience and academic researchers.
[read the full story...]Introducing the Hope service: we need to provide practical support to men at risk of suicide
In his debut blog, Michael J. Wilson appraises a qualitative study, which examined service users, staff and stakeholder perspectives on a service helping to prevent suicide in men who are going through a crisis.
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