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Childhood Adversity, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of Chinese Young Adults (2019)
Journal Article
Ho, G., Chan, A., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., Chan, P., & Leung, D. (2021). Childhood Adversity, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of Chinese Young Adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(19-20), NP10345-NP10370. https:

Resilience is a key health protective factor for those with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), but little research has explored how it manifests in early adulthood or across cultures. The purpose of this study was to generate a fuller understandin... Read More about Childhood Adversity, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of Chinese Young Adults.

Health needs and challenges of women and children in Uganda’s refugee settlements: Conceptualising a role for social work (2019)
Journal Article
Mwenyango, H., & Palattiyil, G. (2019). Health needs and challenges of women and children in Uganda’s refugee settlements: Conceptualising a role for social work. International Social Work, 62(6), 1535-1547. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819865010

With 1.36 million refugees, Uganda has witnessed Africa’s highest refugee crisis and is confronted with subsequent protection and assistance demands. The Government of Uganda and its partners are trying to support refugees to overcome the associated... Read More about Health needs and challenges of women and children in Uganda’s refugee settlements: Conceptualising a role for social work.

Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases (2019)
Journal Article
Bousquet, J. J., the ARIA Study Group, Schünemann, H. J., Togias, A., Erhola, M., Hellings, P. W., …the MASK Study Group. (2019). Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases. Clinical and Transla

Background In all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to deliver modern health care effectively. There is a need to support the transformation of the healt... Read More about Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases.

Patterns of Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Associations with Mental Health: A Survey of 1,346 University Students in East Asia (2019)
Journal Article
Ho, G. W. K., Bressington, D., Karatzias, T., Chien, W. T., Inoue, S., Yang, P. J., Chan, A. C. Y., & Hyland, P. (2020). Patterns of Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Associations with Mental Health: A Survey of 1,346 University Students

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) constitute a significant global mental health burden. Prior studies typically investigated the impact of ACEs on mental health using a cumulative risk approach; most ACEs studies were also conducted in Western set... Read More about Patterns of Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Associations with Mental Health: A Survey of 1,346 University Students in East Asia.

The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between childhood traumatic events and complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in older adults (>64 years) (2019)
Journal Article
Vasilopoulou, E., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Wallace, H., & Guzman, A. (2020). The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between childhood traumatic events and complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in older adults (>64 y

The current study investigated the mediating role of Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) in the association between childhood trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptom severity in a clinical sample of 42 older adults (>64 years). It was found that EMS tota... Read More about The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between childhood traumatic events and complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in older adults (>64 years).

Occupation Matters to Me (2019)
Other
Maclean, F., & Hunter, E. (2019). Occupation Matters to Me. [E-book]

Working together in partnership, our focus has been to capture the meaning and importance of occupation in the lives of people living with dementia. Occupation can be broadly defined as the rich tapestry of everyday activities that we do as individua... Read More about Occupation Matters to Me.

Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harper-McDonald, B., Bastow, F., & Smart, A. (2019, September). Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning. Presented at 30th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference

Paper 1 explores the impact of a theatrical production, based on a real story, aimed at enhancing student nurse understanding of the challenges individuals face in accessing services. The play is based on the author’s experience as carer for their so... Read More about Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning..

The relationship between interpersonal trauma and substance misuse in pregnancy – a narrative review of the literature (2019)
Journal Article
Waddell, N., & Karatzias, T. (2019). The relationship between interpersonal trauma and substance misuse in pregnancy – a narrative review of the literature. British Journal of Midwifery, 27(9), 578-588. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.9.578

Background There is a strong body of evidence supporting associations between interpersonal trauma (IPT) and substance use; however, this tends to focus on associations between childhood trauma and substance use in non-pregnant populations. Neonatal... Read More about The relationship between interpersonal trauma and substance misuse in pregnancy – a narrative review of the literature.

A nurse-led, preventive, psychological intervention to reduce PTSD symptom severity in critically ill patients: the POPPI feasibility study and cluster RCT (2019)
Journal Article
Mouncey, P. R., Wade, D., Richards-Belle, A., Sadique, Z., Wulff, J., Grieve, R., …Rowan, K. M. (2019). A nurse-led, preventive, psychological intervention to reduce PTSD symptom severity in critically ill patients: the POPPI feasibility study and clust

Background High numbers of patients experience severe acute stress in critical care units. Acute stress has been linked to post-critical care psychological morbidity, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previously, a preventive, complex... Read More about A nurse-led, preventive, psychological intervention to reduce PTSD symptom severity in critically ill patients: the POPPI feasibility study and cluster RCT.

Antiretroviral therapy program accessibility across Lesotho districts' primary health care centers (2019)
Journal Article
Nyangu, I., & Nkosi, Z. Z. (2019). Antiretroviral therapy program accessibility across Lesotho districts' primary health care centers. Journal of Public Health and Diseases, 2(2), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.31248/JPHD2019.035

Most of patients in Lesotho receive health care in primary health care (PHC) facilities which are mostly managed by nurses. PHC facilities, which comprise health center facilities, are settings at which basic health care services (including antiretro... Read More about Antiretroviral therapy program accessibility across Lesotho districts' primary health care centers.

The 4 ‘A’s test for detecting delirium in acute medical patients: a diagnostic accuracy study (2019)
Journal Article
MacLullich, A. M., Shenkin, S. D., Goodacre, S., Godfrey, M., Hanley, J., Stíobhairt, A., Lavender, E., Boyd, J., Stephen, J., Weir, C., MacRaild, A., Steven, J., Black, P., Diernberger, K., Hall, P., Tieges, Z., Fox, C., Anand, A., Young, J., Siddiqi, N

Background: Delirium is a common and serious neuropsychiatric syndrome, usually triggered by illness or drugs. It remains underdetected. One reason for this is a lack of brief, pragmatic assessment tools. The 4 ‘A’s test (Arousal, Attention, Abbrevia... Read More about The 4 ‘A’s test for detecting delirium in acute medical patients: a diagnostic accuracy study.

The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Wilson, M., & Dreischulte, T. (2019). The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing. Prescriber, 30(8), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.1779

Since 2012, NHS Scotland has published a series of polypharmacy guidelines to help clinicians address the many medication‐related problems arising from multimorbidity. Here, Alpana Mair, Chair of the guideline group, Martin Wilson and Tobias Dreischu... Read More about The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing.

Mental health pathways from a sexual assault centre: A review of the literature (2019)
Journal Article
Brooker, C., Hughes, E., Lloyd-Evans, B., & Stefanidou, T. (2019). Mental health pathways from a sexual assault centre: A review of the literature. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 68, Article 101862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2019.101862

The recent long-term NHS plan calls for improvements to the mental health of those attending a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARCs). The assessment of mental health is currently the subject of a systematic review being undertaken as part of the MiM... Read More about Mental health pathways from a sexual assault centre: A review of the literature.

Exploring female surgeon identity constructions: A qualitative study with female surgeons, their colleagues and patients (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Offiah, G., Cable, S., Rees, C., & Schofield, S. (2019, August). Exploring female surgeon identity constructions: A qualitative study with female surgeons, their colleagues and patients. Paper presented at Association for Medical Education Annual Conferen

Background The numbers of women represented in surgery at consultant level remain low compared to other specialities. While research has shown challenges and barriers for women in surgery, this current research explores the perceptions of female sur... Read More about Exploring female surgeon identity constructions: A qualitative study with female surgeons, their colleagues and patients.

Multiple and interpersonal trauma are risk factors for both post‐traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: A systematic review on the traumatic backgrounds and clinical characteristics of comorbid post‐traumatic stress disorder/borderline personality disorder groups versus single‐disorder groups (2019)
Journal Article
Jowett, S., Karatzias, T., & Albert, I. (2020). Multiple and interpersonal trauma are risk factors for both post‐traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: A systematic review on the traumatic backgrounds and clinical characteristics

Background: Both BPD and PTSD are associated with exposure to traumatic events and are highly comorbid. No review to date has addressed the clinical presentations and traumatic backgrounds associated with these disorders although this work is essenti... Read More about Multiple and interpersonal trauma are risk factors for both post‐traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: A systematic review on the traumatic backgrounds and clinical characteristics of comorbid post‐traumatic stress disorder/borderline personality disorder groups versus single‐disorder groups.

A Competency Framework for Nurses Providing Care to People with Breast Cancer (2019)
Report
Afseth, J., Dooher, P., & Hoyles, P. (2019). A Competency Framework for Nurses Providing Care to People with Breast Cancer. London: Royal College of Nursing

This competency framework has been written by members of the RCN Cancer and Breast Care Nursing Forum and is based on the Career and Education Framework for Cancer Nursing (RCN, 2017). It incorporates breast cancer specific nursing competencies for r... Read More about A Competency Framework for Nurses Providing Care to People with Breast Cancer.

Quickening Steps: An ethnography of pre-birth child protection (2019)
Thesis
Critchley, A. Quickening Steps: An ethnography of pre-birth child protection. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2328160

This thesis is a study of pre-birth child protection practice in the Scottish context. The ‘quickening’ in the title refers not just to the movement in utero of the unborn babies at the centre of this research, but also to the intensification of UK p... Read More about Quickening Steps: An ethnography of pre-birth child protection.