This co-produced systematic review of 27 studies found that homelessness involves traumatic experiences affecting mental health, substance use, and leading to desensitisation. However, lived experience reviewers question whether the findings are new knowledge and critique the limited scope, inadequate explanation of co-production processes, and failure to address housing policy as the root cause of homelessness.
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This qualitative study interviewed 15 older adults (aged 70+) who had experienced sexual violence during their lifetimes. Participants reported anxiety, guilt, shame, disrupted identity and interpersonal distrust, yet most did not associate mental health difficulties with their trauma.
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The Co-Pact study uses powerful images and narratives from 48 people to reveal how compulsory admission under the Mental Health Act is experienced by racially minoritised communities. Participants described coercive care, institutional racism, and being “voiceless”, but also what could prevent crisis admissions.
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What happens when domestic violence affects not just one person, but two generations at once? This powerful qualitative study explores the stories of mothers and daughters who’ve experienced domestic violence and abuse together; offering insights into trauma, recovery, and relational resilience.
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What makes therapy feel safe and effective for autistic adults? This new qualitative study sheds light on the adjustments that matter most.
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Fragmented systems leave many homeless women with severe mental illness excluded from care, re-traumatised, and at risk. This study developed a gender-sensitive housing model that integrates tertiary care, transitional homes, and community reintegration; centring dignity, safety, and recovery.
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Beta-blockers like propranolol are being prescribed more often for anxiety in UK primary care, even though they don’t appear in national guidelines. This new qualitative study explores why GPs turn to them, and what that says about evidence, safety, and patient choice.
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Many displaced people reach safety only to find new challenges waiting. This new qualitative systematic review synthesises the experiences of 490 refugees, revealing the mental, social, and structural barriers they face in trying to integrate.
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New research from Finland highlights the messiness of collaboration between mental health and occupational services. This blog explores what gets in the way, and what could make return-to-work support work better.
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A group of UCL MSc students reflect on a qualitative review looking at the experience of loneliness among people with psychosis, which makes actionable clinical suggestions to enhance connection and address isolation.
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