Projects (16)

Mental health and substance use care pathways and outcomes for people released from prison Jun 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
Lay summary: It is important that people released from prison get help for mental health and substance use. This will protect their health and help them live life away from crime. People released from prison in Scotland are more likely to die from su... Read More about Mental health and substance use care pathways and outcomes for people released from prison.

Co-creating the future: the use of multifunctional robots in occupational therapy and dementia. Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Dementia is a complex condition which can cause a diverse range of symptoms that impact everyday life for the person living with dementia, including their families' caregivers and supporters. Evidence indicates that access to rehabilitation offered... Read More about Co-creating the future: the use of multifunctional robots in occupational therapy and dementia..

Modular Therapy (MT) vs. Treatment as Usual (TAU) for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) in Military Personnel: A Pilot Study Jan 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2026
ICD-11 Complex PTSD is a new condition and there are currently no identified effective treatments. We have recently proposed in the literature a new innovative person centred intervention for CPTSD, which involves targeting the symptoms of CPTSD clus... Read More about Modular Therapy (MT) vs. Treatment as Usual (TAU) for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) in Military Personnel: A Pilot Study.

The Future of Mental Health Law: a comparative analysis of law reform debates in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, England and Wales Aug 31, 2023 - Dec 4, 2023
Mental Health Law and its relationship to human rights has become increasingly contested following the
adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Human rights arguments
coupled with rising rates of compulsory ment... Read More about The Future of Mental Health Law: a comparative analysis of law reform debates in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, England and Wales.

iMAgery focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS-2): A feasibility randomised controlled trial Jan 6, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Our research aims to improve the current treatments for people with psychosis and schizophrenia. Our main aim is to assess
whether it is feasible to conduct a randomised trial to examine the (clinical and cost) effectiveness of an imagery focused
p... Read More about iMAgery focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS-2): A feasibility randomised controlled trial.

A realist evaluation of the implementation of a Continuous Intervention Policy in inpatient mental health services in Scotland. Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2025
A realist evaluation of the implementation of a Continuous Intervention Policy in inpatient mental health services in Scotland.
NHS Boards in Scotland are implementing new observation policies in line with the Healthcare Improvement Scotland guidanc... Read More about A realist evaluation of the implementation of a Continuous Intervention Policy in inpatient mental health services in Scotland..

Evaluation of Glasgow's Improving Cancer Journeys programme Jun 2, 2015 - Dec 31, 2024
The evaluation proposed here is necessarily flexible to support the programme’s evolution. The overall aim is to provide the programme with the most valid and robust practical evidence in a timely and systematic manner. It will focus on specific proc... Read More about Evaluation of Glasgow's Improving Cancer Journeys programme.

Co-produced career guidance intervention for people living with dementia Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2023
Project, led by Dr Louise Ritchie of the University of the West of Scotland and Co-investigators (Prof Debbie Tolson and Emma Bolger of University of the Westof Scotland, Dr Valerie Egdell and Katie Brittain of Northumbria University and myself) to c... Read More about Co-produced career guidance intervention for people living with dementia.

How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing Jan 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) in partnership with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service is providing funding to support a Rapid Research Project which will explore collaboration between Fire, Am... Read More about How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing.

CPTSD and Psychosis: Psychological Interventions for Complex PTSD And Schizophrenia-Spectrum disOrder (PICASSO) Jan 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2023
Psychosis is a highly distressing mental health condition, affecting up to 3% of the population. Conceptually, it has much in common with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Both involve negative self-esteem, impaired emotion regulation a... Read More about CPTSD and Psychosis: Psychological Interventions for Complex PTSD And Schizophrenia-Spectrum disOrder (PICASSO).

HEADS: UP (Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression following Stroke) psychological self-management intervention: non-randomised pilot study followed by a randomised cluster pilot trial. Jun 1, 2019 - Jan 30, 2023
The aim of this mixed methods research is to conduct feasibility pilot testing of a
tailored adaptation of an existing psychological intervention to help people affected by
stroke self-manage symptoms of anxiety and depression prior to Phase III te... Read More about HEADS: UP (Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression following Stroke) psychological self-management intervention: non-randomised pilot study followed by a randomised cluster pilot trial..

An examination of the assessment of vulnerability for suicide for those who have experienced intimate partner violence: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong and Scotland. Oct 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 2022
The aim of this research is to examine policing, health professionals’ and victims’ understandings of the assessment of vulnerability for suicide in IPV victims, incorporating a cross-cultural comparison to establish:
a) How do health professionals... Read More about An examination of the assessment of vulnerability for suicide for those who have experienced intimate partner violence: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong and Scotland..

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD in Military Personnel Sep 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2022
Two ‘sibling disorders’ have been proposed for ICD-11 to be published in 2018; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). Given the potential for ICD formulations to become the primary diagnostic classification system, a thorough... Read More about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD in Military Personnel.

International PROM project Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2021
European work extending from the Scottish PROM work in chaplaincy. Hosted in Leuven as centre for chaplaincy research in europe (ERICH) with proposed study using PROM in Belgium and Holland in first instance.

The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: The views and experiences of patients, Named Persons, Practitioners and Tribunal members Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2022
The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland became operational in 2005. It plays an integral role in guaranteeing the rights of patients with mental disorder as originally identified in the Millan Principles that underpin mental health legislation in Sco... Read More about The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: The views and experiences of patients, Named Persons, Practitioners and Tribunal members.

Holistic Needs Assessment in Cancer Care Jan 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2023
People living with and beyond cancer are vulnerable to a number of physical, functional and psychological issues. Undertaking a holistic needs assessment (HNA) is one way to support a structured discussion of patients’ needs within a clinical consult... Read More about Holistic Needs Assessment in Cancer Care.