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‘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.

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.

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.

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.

Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision (2016)
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Stenhouse, R., & Ritchie, D. (2016). Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(10), 2423-2434. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12995

Aim The aim of this study was to explore emotion cultures constructed in supervision and consider how supervision functions as an emotionally safe space promoting critical reflection. Background Research published between 1995–2015 suggests superv... Read More about Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision.

Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses (2012)
Report
McQuaid, R., Hollywood, E., Bond, S., Canduela, J., Richard, A., & Blackledge, G. (2012). Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses. Scotland: Employee Ownership Association

This research examines the relationship between working for an employee owned business and the levels of health and wellbeing among employees. It was carried out by the Employment Research Institute (ERI) and commissioned by the Employee Ownership... Read More about Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in DSM-5 and ICD-11: Clinical and Behavioral Correlates: Correlates of PTSD and CPTSD (2018)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Fyvie, C., & Karatzias, T. (2018). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in DSM-5 and ICD-11: Clinical and Behavioral Correlates: Correlates of PTSD and CPTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31(2), 174-180. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22272

The American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization provide distinct trauma-based diagnoses in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), and the forthcoming 11th version of the International Classification... Read More about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in DSM-5 and ICD-11: Clinical and Behavioral Correlates: Correlates of PTSD and CPTSD.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as per ICD-11 proposals: A population study in Israel (2018)
Journal Article
Ben-Ezra, M., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Lueger-Schuster, B., & Shevlin, M. (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as per ICD-11 proposals: A population study in Israel. Depression and Anxiety, 35(3), 264-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22723

Background: The current study sought to advance the existing literature by providing the first assessment of the factorial and discriminant validity of the ICD-11 proposals for PTSD and CPTSD in a nation-wide level. Methods: A nationally representat... Read More about Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as per ICD-11 proposals: A population study in Israel.

The role of negative cognitions, emotion regulation strategies, and attachment style in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Implications for new and existing therapies (2018)
Journal Article
Brewin, C. R., Shevlin, M., Kitchiner, N. J., Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Brewin, C., Cloitre, M., Bradley, A., Kitchiner, N., Jumbe, S., Bisson, J., & Roberts, N. (2018). The role of negative cognitions, emotion regulation strategies, and attachment style in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Implications for new and existing therapies. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12172

Objective We set out to investigate the association between negative trauma-related cognitions, emotional regulation strategies, and attachment style and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). As the evidence regarding the treatment of CPTSD... Read More about The role of negative cognitions, emotion regulation strategies, and attachment style in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Implications for new and existing therapies.

The Patient Centred Assessment Method for improving nurse-led biopsychosocial assessment of patients with long-term conditions: a feasibility RCT (2018)
Journal Article
Maxwell, M., Hibberd, C., Aitchison, P., Calveley, E., Pratt, R., Dougall, N., Hoy, C., Mercer, S., & Cameron, I. (2018). The Patient Centred Assessment Method for improving nurse-led biopsychosocial assessment of patients with long-term conditions: a feasibility RCT. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(4), 1-120. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06040

Background Annual reviews of people living with long-term conditions (LTCs) are mostly conducted by practice nurses (PNs), who focus on the physical needs of patients. The broader mental well-being and social needs of patients are also important if... Read More about The Patient Centred Assessment Method for improving nurse-led biopsychosocial assessment of patients with long-term conditions: a feasibility RCT.

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?.

Dissociation fully mediates the relationship between childhood sexual and emotional abuse and DSM-5 PTSD in a sample of treatment-seeking adults (2018)
Journal Article
Louison Vang, M., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., Fyvie, C., & Hyland, P. (2018). Dissociation fully mediates the relationship between childhood sexual and emotional abuse and DSM-5 PTSD in a sample of treatment-seeking adults. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2(4), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2018.02.004

Introduction: Child-abuse and neglect are associated with increased risk of adult PTSD and dissociation. Recent research suggests that dissociation mediates the relationship between child maltreatment and PTSD, however, there is a lack of clarity reg... Read More about Dissociation fully mediates the relationship between childhood sexual and emotional abuse and DSM-5 PTSD in a sample of treatment-seeking adults.

Systematic Review and Narrative Summary: Treatments for and Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Tract Secretions (Death Rattle) in the Dying Adult (2018)
Journal Article
Kolb, H., Snowden, A., & Stevens, E. (2018). Systematic Review and Narrative Summary: Treatments for and Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Tract Secretions (Death Rattle) in the Dying Adult. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(7), 1446-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13557

Aim To identify effective treatments and risk factors associated with death rattle in adults at the end of life. Background The presence of noisy, pooled respiratory tract secretions is among the most common symptoms in dying patients around the w... Read More about Systematic Review and Narrative Summary: Treatments for and Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Tract Secretions (Death Rattle) in the Dying Adult.

Participation and inclusion: mental health service users' lived experience – an international study. (2017)
Book Chapter
McKay, E. A., Mahon, D., Donellan, G., Haracz, K., Sheldon, S., & Ryan, S. (2017). Participation and inclusion: mental health service users' lived experience – an international study. In A. H. Eide, S. Josephsson, & K. Vik (Eds.), Participation in health and welfare services: professional concepts and lived experience. Routledge

In the UK, progress has been made in terms of awareness of the barriers to participation and social inclusion that is experienced by people with severe and enduring mental health problems (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2004). Yet it is unclear... Read More about Participation and inclusion: mental health service users' lived experience – an international study..

Thinking and reasoning in therapy: narratives from practice. (1999)
Book
S. E. Ryan, & E. McKay (Eds.), (1999). Thinking and reasoning in therapy: narratives from practice

This book provides a clear introduction to clinical reasoning, helping therapists to incorporate the concept in their practice. Case studies and narratives are used to show how clinical reasoning is applied. International contributors offer insights... Read More about Thinking and reasoning in therapy: narratives from practice..

Negotiating boundaries of care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the relational conflicts surrounding home mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury (2018)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Karatzias, T., Gullone, A., Grandison, G., Allan, D., Park, J., & Flowers, P. (2018). Negotiating boundaries of care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the relational conflicts surrounding home mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 6(1), 120-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2018.1462708

Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the phenomena of mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury from three simultaneous perspectives; patients who require full-time mechanical ventilation (n=8), their informal family ca... Read More about Negotiating boundaries of care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the relational conflicts surrounding home mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury.

Emotional intelligence among nursing students: Findings from a cross-sectional study (2018)
Journal Article
Štiglic, G., Cilar, L., Novak, Ž., Vrbnjak, D., Stenhouse, R., Snowden, A., & Pajnkihar, M. (2018). Emotional intelligence among nursing students: Findings from a cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.03.028

Background Emotional intelligence in nursing is of global interest. International studies identify that emotional intelligence influences nurses' work and relationships with patients. It is associated with compassion and care. Nursing students score... Read More about Emotional intelligence among nursing students: Findings from a cross-sectional study.

Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Psychosis: A Case Series (2018)
Journal Article
Taylor, P. J., Taylor, P., Perry, A., Hutton, P., Tan, R., Fisher, N., Focone, C., Griffiths, D., & Seddon, C. (2019). Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Psychosis: A Case Series. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 92(3), 359-378. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12183

Objectives: Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is an effective psychological intervention for several different mental health conditions. However, whether it is acceptable, safe and beneficial for people with psychosis remains unclear, as is the feasib... Read More about Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Psychosis: A Case Series.