Dr FIONA NG's Outputs (46)

Personal explanations for psychosis: A systematic review and thematic synthesis (2025)
Journal Article
Ingall, B.-R., McPhilbin, M., Lewandowski, F., Kotera, Y., Jordan, G., Slade, M., & Ng, F. (2025). Personal explanations for psychosis: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaf006

Background and Hypothesis
Psychosis refers to the state whereby one’s experience of reality differs from those around them. The ineffability of psychosis does not render the experience void of meaning, and the ways individuals integrate their experi... Read More about Personal explanations for psychosis: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with psychosis experience (NEON Trial): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Robinson, C., Newby, C., Elliott, R. A., Ali, Y., Yeo, C., Glover, T., Gavan, S. P., Paterson, L., Pollock, K., Priebe, S., Thornicroft, G., Keppens, J., Smuk, M., Franklin, D., Walcott, R., Harrison, J., Robotham, D., Bradstreet, S., …Ng, F. (2024). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with psychosis experience (NEON Trial): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 47(47), Article 101101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101101

Background
The Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention provides self-managed web-based access to mental health recovery narratives (n = 659). We evaluated effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in improving quality of life for adults resident... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with psychosis experience (NEON Trial): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Characteristics of positive feedback provided by UK health service users: content analysis of examples from two databases (2024)
Journal Article
Lloyd, R., Slade, M., Byng, R., Russell, A., Ng, F., Stirzaker, A., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (2024). Characteristics of positive feedback provided by UK health service users: content analysis of examples from two databases. BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 31(1), Article e101113. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101113

Background: Most feedback received by health services is positive. Our systematic scoping review mapped all available empirical evidence for how positive patient feedback creates healthcare change. Most included papers did not provide specific detail... Read More about Characteristics of positive feedback provided by UK health service users: content analysis of examples from two databases.

Is personal recovery a transdiagnostic concept? Testing the fit of the CHIME framework using narrative experiences (2024)
Journal Article
Lases, M. N., Bruins, J., Scheepers, F. E., van Sambeek, N., Ng, F., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., van Balkom, I. D., & Castelein, S. (2024). Is personal recovery a transdiagnostic concept? Testing the fit of the CHIME framework using narrative experiences. Journal of Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361225

Background
Personal recovery is operationalized in the CHIME framework (connectedness, hope, identity, meaning in life, and empowerment) of recovery processes. CHIME was initially developed through analysis of experiences of people mainly with psych... Read More about Is personal recovery a transdiagnostic concept? Testing the fit of the CHIME framework using narrative experiences.

A bioecological approach to conceptualising posttraumatic growth in psychosis (2024)
Journal Article
Ng, F., Jordan, G., Lewandowski, F., Ingall, B.-R., & Slade, M. (2024). A bioecological approach to conceptualising posttraumatic growth in psychosis. Psychosis, https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2024.2360964

Background: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) refers to positive psychological changes arising from adversity. PTG in psychosis is an emerging area of focus, however the individualistic conceptualisation of PTG has been questioned. We extend these debates t... Read More about A bioecological approach to conceptualising posttraumatic growth in psychosis.

The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, E., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Kotera, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Newby, C., Glover, T., Keppens, J., & Slade, M. (in press). The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance. JMIR Mental Health, 11, Article e45754. https://doi.org/10.2196/45754

Background:
Recommender systems help narrow down a large range of items to a smaller, personalized set. NarraGive is a first-in-field hybrid recommender system for mental health recovery narratives, recommending narratives based on their content and... Read More about The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance.

The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, E., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Kotera, Y., Llewellyn Beardsley, J., Newby, C., Glover, T., Keppens, J., & Slade, M. (2024). The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance. JMIR Mental Health, 11, Article e45754. https://doi.org/10.2196/45754

Background:
Recommender systems help narrow down a large range of items to a smaller, personalized set of items. NarraGive is a first-in-field hybrid recommender system for mental health recovery narratives, recommending narratives based on their n... Read More about The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance.

Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Yeo, C., Franklin, D., Perez Vallejos, E., Ben-Zeev, D., Kotera, Y., & Slade, M. (2024). Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Digital Health, 6, Article 1297935. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1297935

Introduction

Mental health recovery narratives are widely available to the public, and can benefit people affected by mental health problems. The NEON Intervention is a novel web-based digital health intervention providing access to the NEON Colle... Read More about Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study.

Feasibility, validity and reliability of the Dutch translation of INCRESE (INCRESE-NL) inventory to characterize mental health recovery narratives (2024)
Journal Article
Lases, M. N., Bruins, J., Ng, F., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Slade, M., Van Sambeek, N., Scheepers, F. E., Van Balkom, I. D. C., & Castelein, S. (2024). Feasibility, validity and reliability of the Dutch translation of INCRESE (INCRESE-NL) inventory to characterize mental health recovery narratives. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, 7(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.33137/jrmh.v7i1.39398

Objective: Methods for characterizing mental health recovery narratives are needed to enable the selection of helpful narratives which can support the recovery processes of other people. The Inventory of Characteristics of Recovery Stories (INCRESE)... Read More about Feasibility, validity and reliability of the Dutch translation of INCRESE (INCRESE-NL) inventory to characterize mental health recovery narratives.

Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C) (2024)
Journal Article
Ng, F., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Onwumere, J., Newby, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Ali, Y., Pollock, K., Kotera, Y., Pomberth, S., Gavan, S. P., van der Krieke, L., Robotham, D., Gillard, S., Thornicroft, G., & Slade, M. (2024). Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1272396. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1272396

Introduction: Informal carers of people with mental health problems often have unmet support needs. Mental health recovery narratives are increasingly accessible, but their relevance to and effect on informal carers have been minimally investigated.... Read More about Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C).

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Rennick‐Egglestone, S., Elliott, R. A., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Gavan, S. P., Paterson, L., Ali, Y., Yeo, C., Glover, T., Pollock, K., Callard, F., Priebe, S., Thornicroft, G., Repper, J., Keppens, J., Smuk, M., Franklin, D., Walcott, R., Harrison, J., …Llewellyn-Beardsley, J. (2024). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. World Psychiatry, 23(1), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21176

Narratives describing first-hand experiences of recovery from mental health problems are widely available. Emerging evidence suggests that engaging with mental health recovery narratives can benefit people experiencing mental health problems, but no... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation (2023)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Newby, C., Charles, A., Ng, F., Watson, E., Davidson, L., Nixdorf, R., Bradstreet, S., Brophy, L., Brasier, C., Simpson, A., Gillard, S., Puschner, B., Kidd, S. A., Mahlke, C., Sutton, A. J., Gray, L. J., Smith, E. A., Ashmore, A., Pomberth, S., & Slade, M. (2023). Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23, 543–559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01126-7

The employment of mental health peer support (PS) is recommended in national and international mental health policy, and widely implemented across many countries. The key components of PS remain to be identified. This study aimed to develop a typolog... Read More about Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation.

Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention. (2023)
Journal Article
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Yeo, C., Ng, F., Elliott, R., Ali, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Pomberth, S., Harrison, J., Gavan, S. P., Cuijpers, P., Priebe, S., Hall, C. L., & Slade, M. (2023). Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e44687. https://doi.org/10.2196/44687

Background: Digital health interventions (DHIs) are an established element of mental health service provision internationally. Regulators have positioned the best practice standard of evidence as an interventional study with a comparator reflective o... Read More about Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention..

Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review (2023)
Journal Article
Rushforth, A., Durk, M., Rothwell-Blake, G. A., Kirkman, A., Ng, F., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(12), Article 6109. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126109

Healthcare professionals’ wellbeing can be adversely affected by the intense demands of, and the secondary traumatic stress associated with, their job. Self-compassion is associated with positive wellbeing outcomes across a variety of workforce popul... Read More about Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.

Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O) (2023)
Journal Article
Robinson, C., Newby, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Elliott, R. A., & Slade, M. (2023). Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O). Trials, 24, Article 343. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07246-8

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are a first-hand account of an individual’s recovery from mental health distress, access to narratives can aid recovery. The NEON Intervention is a web-application providing access to a managed collection... Read More about Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O).

Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O) (2023)
Journal Article
Robinson, C., Newby, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Elliott, R. A., & Slade, M. (2023). Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O). Trials, 24, Article 343. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07246-8

Background
Mental health recovery narratives are a first-hand account of an individual’s recovery from mental health distress, access to narratives can aid recovery. The NEON Intervention is a web-application providing access to a managed collection... Read More about Statistical analysis plans for two randomised controlled trials of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention: impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis (NEON) and people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O).

Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice (2023)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ali, Y., Newby, C., Fox, C., Yeo, C., Slade, E., Bradstreet, S., Harrison, J., Franklin, D., Todowede, O., & Slade, M. (2023). Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice. JMIR Mental Health, 10, Article e44601. https://doi.org/10.2196/44601

Demand for digital health interventions is increasing in many countries. The use of recorded mental health recovery narratives in digital health interventions is becoming more widespread in clinical practice. Mental health recovery narratives are fir... Read More about Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice.

Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Yeo, C., Ng, F., Elliott, R. A., Ali, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Pomberth, S., Harrison, J., Gavan, S. P., Cuijpers, P., Priebe, S., Hall, C. L., & Slade, M. Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention

Background:
Digital health interventions have become an established part of mental health service provision internationally. Regulators have positioned the best-practice standard of evidence as an interventional study with a comparator reflective of... Read More about Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention.

Assessing diversity and inclusivity is the next frontier in mental health recovery narrative research and practice (Preprint) (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kotera, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ali, Y., Newby, C., Yeo, C., Slade, E., Bradstreet, S., Harrison, J., Franklin, D., Todowede, O., & Slade, M. Assessing diversity and inclusivity is the next frontier in mental health recovery narrative research and practice (Preprint)

Demand for digital health interventions is increasing in many countries. The use of recorded mental health recovery narratives in digital health interventions is becoming more widespread in clinical practice. Mental health recovery narratives are fir... Read More about Assessing diversity and inclusivity is the next frontier in mental health recovery narrative research and practice (Preprint).

Development and delivery cost of digital health technologies for mental health: Application to the Narrative Experiences Online Intervention (2022)
Journal Article
Paterson, L., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Gavan, S. P., Slade, M., Ng, F., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Bond, C., Grundy, A., Nicholson, J., Quadri, D., Bailey, S., & Elliott, R. A. (2022). Development and delivery cost of digital health technologies for mental health: Application to the Narrative Experiences Online Intervention. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 1028156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1028156

Background: The increasing development and use of digital health interventions requires good quality costing information to inform development and commissioning choices about resource allocation decisions. The Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Inte... Read More about Development and delivery cost of digital health technologies for mental health: Application to the Narrative Experiences Online Intervention.