Re-thinking the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Towards the Next Generation of Law (2022)
Journal Article

It is now more than a quarter of a century since the Law Commission completed its ground-breaking report on mental capacity, a report that became the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Since that time, there have been fundamental changes in the legal, social,... Read More about Re-thinking the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Towards the Next Generation of Law.

Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (2022)
Book Chapter

Matthew Horrocks is Assistant Professor of Mental Health and Psychological Therapies at the University of Nottingham. He introduces Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training. You might not know this, but Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is actual... Read More about Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Entraining Movement-Related Brain Oscillations to Suppress Tics in Tourette Syndrome (2020)
Journal Article

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by the occurrence of vocal and motor tics. Tics are involuntary, repetitive, movements and vocalisations that occur in bouts, typically many times in a single day, and are often prec... Read More about Entraining Movement-Related Brain Oscillations to Suppress Tics in Tourette Syndrome.

Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Antidepressants may be used to manage a number of conditions in children and young people including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. UK guidelines for the treatment of depression in children an... Read More about Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database.

European Society for Sexual Medicine Position Statement “Assessment and Hormonal Management in Adolescent and Adult Trans People, With Attention for Sexual Function and Satisfaction” (2020)
Journal Article

Background There is a general lack of recommendations for and basic information tailored at sexologists and other health-care professionals for when they encounter trans people in their practice. Aim We present to clinicians an up-to-date over... Read More about European Society for Sexual Medicine Position Statement “Assessment and Hormonal Management in Adolescent and Adult Trans People, With Attention for Sexual Function and Satisfaction”.

Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives To investigate the effects of adding high-grade quantitative evidence of outcomes of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages on further information-seeking behaviour by the use of routinely collected data. Setting Wikipedia, Co... Read More about Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial.

Behavioural activation treatment for depression in individuals with neurological conditions: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of behavioural activation interventions for people with neurological conditions with comorbid depression, and explore content and adaptations. Data sources: PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, AME... Read More about Behavioural activation treatment for depression in individuals with neurological conditions: a systematic review.

Technology Matters: Mental health apps – separating the wheat from the chaff (2019)
Journal Article

What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis (2019)
Journal Article

Despite being a profession dedicated to the empowerment of service users, empirical study of mental health social work appears dominated by the perspectives of social workers themselves. What service users value is less often reported. This study, au... Read More about What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis.

Is autonomic nervous system function atypical in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? A systematic review of the evidence (2019)
Journal Article

Although arousal mechanisms have frequently been found to be atypical in ADHD, these findings usually emerged from indirect behavioural measures which give only a limited understanding of arousal dysregulation in this condition. To assess the hypothe... Read More about Is autonomic nervous system function atypical in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? A systematic review of the evidence.

Not the story you want? Assessing the fit of a conceptual framework characterising mental health recovery narratives (2019)
Journal Article

Narratives of recovery have been central to the development of the recovery approach in mental health. However, there has been a lack of clarity around definitions. A recent conceptual framework characterised recovery narratives based on a systematic... Read More about Not the story you want? Assessing the fit of a conceptual framework characterising mental health recovery narratives.

Commissioning social care for people with dementia living at home: findings from a national survey (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: To explore the complexities, circumstances, and range of services commissioned for people with dementia living at home. Methods: A national survey was used to collect data from English local authorities in 2015. Commissioners of servic... Read More about Commissioning social care for people with dementia living at home: findings from a national survey.

Support Workers in Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: Exploring Sources of Satisfaction and Stress (2019)
Journal Article

Context: Support workers play an essential role in multidisciplinary community mental health teams for older people (CMHTsOP) in England. However, little is known about how they perceive their role or the impact this has on their levels of stress, we... Read More about Support Workers in Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: Exploring Sources of Satisfaction and Stress.

Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia (2019)
Journal Article

Background Qualitative methods are increasingly included in larger studies to provide a richer understanding of people’s experience. This paper explores the potential of using a novel approach to embedded qualitative design as part of an observation... Read More about Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia.

Can we trust what we see online? (2019)
Digital Artefact

Websites use algorithms to recommend music, tv and films that you’ll enjoy. But they could also be manipulating us and hiding the truth. Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos from the University of Nottingham is examining how technology can be made more trustwort... Read More about Can we trust what we see online?.

Innovations in Practice: Avatar‐based virtual reality in CAMHS talking therapy: two exploratory case studies (2019)
Journal Article

Background Avatar‐based virtual reality therapy is an emerging digital technology that can be used to assist the treatment of common mental health problems. This may be particularly appealing to young people who are highly familiar with digital tech... Read More about Innovations in Practice: Avatar‐based virtual reality in CAMHS talking therapy: two exploratory case studies.

The social value of the arts for care home residents in England: A Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis of the Imagine Arts programme (2019)
Journal Article

Delivering an intervention to a young person minimising his harmful sexual behaviour: a practice case study (2018)
Journal Article

Young perpetrators of harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) often minimise the severity of their offending. Whilst there have been mixed findings, the most recent literature suggests offence-specific minimisation increases the risk of sexual recidivism in h... Read More about Delivering an intervention to a young person minimising his harmful sexual behaviour: a practice case study.

Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia (2018)
Journal Article

Background The use of antidepressants in dementia accompanied by depressive symptoms is widespread, but their clinical efficacy is uncertain. This review updates an earlier version, first published in 2002. Objectives To determine the effica... Read More about Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia.

A bibliometric trend analysis of regenerative medicine research output in Iran: Comparison with the global research output (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This report is a bibliometric analysis of the growth rates of publications in the field regenerative medicine in Iran and compares these rates with the rates in other regions of the world. PubMed database was used for extraction... Read More about A bibliometric trend analysis of regenerative medicine research output in Iran: Comparison with the global research output.