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Mental Health Law in a Global Context (2017)
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2017). Mental Health Law in a Global Context. In The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural Perspectives on Global Mental Health (329-349). Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales (2017)
Journal Article
Dougall, N., Stark, C., Agnew, T., Henderson, R., Maxwell, M., & Lambert, P. (2017). An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales. BMC Public Health, 17(1), Article 970. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4956-6

Background
Scotland has disproportionately high rates of suicide compared with England. An analysis of trends may help reveal whether rates appear driven more by birth cohort, period or age. A ‘birth cohort effect’ for England & Wales has been previ... Read More about An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales.

Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity (2017)
Journal Article
Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2018). Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity. International Journal of Human Rights, 22(1), 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2017.1390307

The right to health has been somewhat neglected in discussions about human rights at both national and international levels. States are often reluctant to implement socio-economic rights which they consider to be a resourcing issue, rather than a mat... Read More about Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis (2017)
Journal Article
Larkin, A., & Hutton, P. (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 211(4), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.193458

Background: The evidence on factors that may influence treatment decisional capacity (‘capacity) in psychosis has yet to be comprehensively synthesised, which limits the development of effective strategies to improve or support it.
Aims: To determin... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis.

Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think? (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2017). Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think?. Phoenix (AGCAS journal), 20-21

Dr Pete Robertson, Associate Professor & Programme Leader for Career Guidance in the School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University, outlines proactive approaches that careers services can adopt to respond to the challenges of supporting s... Read More about Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think?.

Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences (2017)
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Georgiadou, L., Bradford, J., & Taylor, L. (2017). Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(10), 808-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800417731088

We live in a digitalized world, where social media have become an integral part of scholarly life. Digital tools like blogs can facilitate various research-related activities, from recruitment, to data collection, to communication of research finding... Read More about Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences.

Validation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire (2017)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Downes, A. J., Jumbe, S., Karatzias, T., Bisson, J. I., & Roberts, N. P. (2017). Validation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 136(3), 313-322. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12771

Objective: The 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has proposed two related trauma diagnoses: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). Using a newly developed, disorder-specific measure of PTSD... Read More about Validation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire.

Practitioner Review: Therapist variability, patient-reported therapeutic alliance, and clinical outcomes in adolescents undergoing mental health treatment - a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Murphy, R., & Hutton, P. (2017). Practitioner Review: Therapist variability, patient-reported therapeutic alliance, and clinical outcomes in adolescents undergoing mental health treatment - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12767

Background: Previous meta-analyses have only found small correlations (r=0.10 to r=0.19) between therapeutic alliance and clinical outcomes in samples of adolescents receiving psychological therapy. Although study-level variables have been found to m... Read More about Practitioner Review: Therapist variability, patient-reported therapeutic alliance, and clinical outcomes in adolescents undergoing mental health treatment - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Recovery from child sexual abuse (CSA) in India: A relational framework for practice (2017)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., & Javita, N. (2017). Recovery from child sexual abuse (CSA) in India: A relational framework for practice. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 527-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.072

CSA is prevalent internationally and its negative impact can continue in adulthood. India has a high prevalence of child maltreatment. The present study recorded the ‘recovering’ experiences of adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) in India and... Read More about Recovery from child sexual abuse (CSA) in India: A relational framework for practice.

Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Botterill, K., Hopkins, P., & Sanghera, G. S. (2017). Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland. Social and Cultural Geography, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1346197

This paper uses a framework of ‘ontological security’ to discuss the psycho-social strategies of self-securitization employed by ethnic and religious minority young people in Scotland. We argue that broad discourses of securitization are present in t... Read More about Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland.

The legal implications of dementia in the workplace (2017)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2017). The legal implications of dementia in the workplace. Ageing and society, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000642

Dementia is a growing issue in the United Kingdom (UK) with over 800,000 people affected. Of these people in excess of 40,000 are aged under 65 years. Thus, a significant number of individuals may be experiencing symptoms of dementia while in employm... Read More about The legal implications of dementia in the workplace.

Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners (2017)
Journal Article
Mirza, K., Conway, L., Karatzias, T., Power, K., Woolston, C., Apurva, P., Begley, A., Quinn, C., Jowett, S., Howard, R., & Purdie, A. (2018). Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 28(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2043

Background Although Q4 it is well established that prisoners commonly have histories of childhood trauma, little is known about mediators between exposure to trauma and criminal behaviour. Hypotheses We hypothesised that the experience of trauma in a... Read More about Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners.

‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses (2017)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. F., Williams, B., MacGillivray, S. A., Dougall, N. J., & Maxwell, M. (2017). ‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses. BMC Family Practice, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0643-z

Background: Antidepressant prescribing continues to increase, with 5-16% of adults receiving antidepressants annually. Total prescribing growth is due in part to increased long-term use, greater selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) use and... Read More about ‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses.

Scotland's Mental Health and Capacity Law: A Case for Reform (2017)
Report
Stavert, J., & McKay, C. (2017). Scotland's Mental Health and Capacity Law: A Case for Reform. Edinburgh: Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Report of joint Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland and Centre for Mental Health and Capacity Law law reform scoping exercise.

Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (2017)
Journal Article
McCorkindale, S., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2017). Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(5), 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12381

Background and Purpose of Study
The prevalence of schizophrenia in people with learning disability is 3-4%. This is the first study to investigate the illness perceptions of learning disability (LD) practitioners towards people with schizophrenia.... Read More about Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Therapeutic Change in Group Therapy For Interpersonal Trauma: A Relational Framework for Research and Clinical Practice (2017)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T., Gullone, A., Ferguson, S., Cosgrove, K., & Burke Draucker, C. (2020). Therapeutic Change in Group Therapy For Interpersonal Trauma: A Relational Framework for Research and Clinical Practice. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(15-16), 2897-2916. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517696860

Our understanding of therapeutic change processes in group therapy for complex interpersonal trauma has been limited. The present study aimed at addressing this gap by developing a framework of therapeutic change in this field from a survivor and the... Read More about Therapeutic Change in Group Therapy For Interpersonal Trauma: A Relational Framework for Research and Clinical Practice.

An international multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation group programme for people with schizophrenia (2017)
Journal Article
Chien, W. T., Bressington, D., Yip, A., & Karatzias, T. (2017). An international multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation group programme for people with schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 47(12), 2081-2096. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291717000526

Background
We aimed to test a mindfulness-based psycho-education group (MBPEG), versus conventional psycho-education group (CPEG) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU), in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders over a 24-month follow-up.
Methods... Read More about An international multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation group programme for people with schizophrenia.

Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review (2017)
Journal Article
Michalska da Rocha, B., Vasilopoulou, E., Rhodes, S., & Hutton, P. (2018). Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(1), 114-125. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx036

Loneliness may be related to psychotic symptoms but a comprehensive synthesis of the literature in this area is lacking. The aim of the current study is to determine the magnitude and reliability of the loneliness-psychosis relationship in people dia... Read More about Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review.