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Dr FIONA NG's Outputs (38)

Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis (2022)
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Ibrahim, N., Selim, A., Ng, F., Kasaby, M., Ali, A. M., Eweida, R., Almakki, D., Elaagib, A., & Slade, M. (2022). Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), Article 1012. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08393-5

Background: Peer support work for substance use disorders is widely implemented in high-income countries. More research is still needed to understand its applicability in settings which have proportionately low budgets allocated to mental health. Pee... Read More about Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis.

Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review (2022)
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Charles, A., Hare-Duke, L., Nudds, H., Franklin, D., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Gust, O., Ng, F., Evans, E., Knox, E., Townsend, E., Yeo, C., & Slade, M. (2022). Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review. PLoS ONE, 17(5), Article e0266722. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266722

Content and trigger warnings give information about the content of material prior to receiving it. Different typologies of content warnings have emerged across multiple sectors, including health, social media, education and entertainment. Benefits ar... Read More about Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review.

Posttraumatic growth and recovery among a sample of Egyptian mental health service users: a phenomenological study (2022)
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Ibrahim, N., Ng, F., Selim, A., Ghallab, E., Ali, A., & Slade, M. (2022). Posttraumatic growth and recovery among a sample of Egyptian mental health service users: a phenomenological study. BMC Psychiatry, 22, Article 255. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03919-x

Background: Delivery of recovery-oriented mental health practice is fundamental to personal recovery. Yet, there is lack of service users’ accounts on what constitutes mental health recovery in Egypt. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore... Read More about Posttraumatic growth and recovery among a sample of Egyptian mental health service users: a phenomenological study.

How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness? (2022)
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Ng, F., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Smith, R., Booth, S., Bailey, S., Castelein, S., Callard, F., Arbour, S., & Slade, M. (2022). How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?. Journal of Mental Health, 31(2), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact. Aims: The a... Read More about How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?.

Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (2021)
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Ng, F., Ibrahim, N., Franklin, D., Jordan, G., Lewandowski, F., Fang, F., Roe, D., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Hare-Duke, L., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., & Slade, M. (2021). Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Psychiatry, 21, Article 607. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03614-3

Background and objective: People with psychosis report experiences of highly traumatic events. Positive change or post-traumatic growth (PTG) can occur as a result of traumatic experiences. Yet there is limited attention on PTG in psychosis, possibly... Read More about Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review (2021)
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Yeo, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Armstrong, V., Borg, M., Franklin, D., Klevan, T., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Newby, C., Ng, F., Thorpe, N., Voronka, J., & Slade, M. (2022). Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 48(1), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab097

Mental health lived experience narratives are first-person accounts of people with experience of mental health problems. They have been published in journals, books and online, and used in healthcare interventions and anti-stigma campaigns. There are... Read More about Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review.

The Influence of Curator Goals on Collections of Lived Experience Narratives: A Qualitative Study (2021)
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Yeo, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Armstrong, V., Borg, M., Charles, A., Duke, L. H., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Pollock, K., Pomberth, S., Walcott, R., & Slade, M. (2021). The Influence of Curator Goals on Collections of Lived Experience Narratives: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, 4(2), 16-28

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate how curator goals influence the design of curation processes for collections of mental health lived experience narratives. The objectives were (1) to characterize the goals of a range of curators of... Read More about The Influence of Curator Goals on Collections of Lived Experience Narratives: A Qualitative Study.

Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention (2021)
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Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Bailey, S., Smith, R. A., Booth, S., Harrison, J., Bhogal, A., Penas Morán, P., Hui, A., Quadri, D., Robinson, C., Smuk, M., Farkas, M., Davidson, L., van der Krieke, L., Slade, E., Bond, C., …Ng, F. (2021). Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention. JMIR Formative Research, 5(5), Article e24417. https://doi.org/10.2196/24417

Background: The internet enables sharing of narratives about health concerns on a substantial scale, and some digital health narratives have been integrated into digital health interventions. Narratives describing recovery from health problems are a... Read More about Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention.

Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study (2021)
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Ibrahim, N., Ghallab, E., Ng, F., Oweida, R., & Slade, M. (2022). Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 29(3), 484-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12754

Introduction:
Recovery-oriented mental health practice is an emerging approach that aims to empower individuals to define their goals and take responsibility for their own recovery. However, mental health practice in Egypt is still custodial.

A... Read More about Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study.

Opportunities, Enablers, and Barriers to the Use of Recorded Recovery Narratives in Clinical Settings (2020)
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Roe, J., Brown, S., Yeo, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Repper, J., Ng, F., Llewelyn-Beardsley, J., Hui, A., Cuijpers, P., Thornicroft, G., Manley, D., Pollock, K., & Slade, M. (2020). Opportunities, Enablers, and Barriers to the Use of Recorded Recovery Narratives in Clinical Settings. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article 589731. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.589731

© Copyright © 2020 Roe, Brown, Yeo, Rennick-Egglestone, Repper, Ng, Llewelyn-Beardsley, Hui, Cuijpers, Thornicroft, Manley, Pollock and Slade. Background: Recorded Recovery Narratives (RRNs) describing first-person lived experience accounts of recove... Read More about Opportunities, Enablers, and Barriers to the Use of Recorded Recovery Narratives in Clinical Settings.

Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis, people experiencing other mental health problems and for informal carers: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) study protocol for three randomised controlled trials (2020)
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Rennick-Egglestone, S., Elliott, R., Smuk, M., Robinson, C., Bailey, S., Smith, R., Keppens, J., Hussain, H., Pollock, K., Cuijpers, P., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Hui, A., van der Krieke, L., Walcott, R., & Slade, M. (2020). Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis, people experiencing other mental health problems and for informal carers: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) study protocol for three randomised controlled trials. Trials, 21, Article 661. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04428-6

BACKGROUND: Mental health recovery narratives have been defined as first-person lived experience accounts of recovery from mental health problems which refer to events or actions over a period of time and which include elements of adversity or strugg... Read More about Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis, people experiencing other mental health problems and for informal carers: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) study protocol for three randomised controlled trials.

Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians (2020)
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Ng, F., Townsend, M. L., Jewell, M., Marceau, E. M., & Grenyer, B. F. (2020). Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians. Personality and Mental Health, 14(4), 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1485

Background: Improvements to service provision for personality disorder has been predominately explored through the perspectives of clinicians, with limited understanding of the views of consumers and carers. The aim of the present study was to unders... Read More about Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians.

The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives (2019)
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Ng, F., Charles, A., Pollock, K., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Cuijpers, P., Gillard, S., Van Der Krieke, L., Bongaardt, R., Pomberth, S., Hui, A., Repper, J., Roe, J., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Hui, A., Hare-Duke, L., Manley, D., & Slade, M. (2019). The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives. BMC Psychiatry, 19, Article 413. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2405-z

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are a core component of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support and anti-stigma campaigns. A substantial number of recorded recovery narratives are now publicly available online in different... Read More about The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives.

The lived experience of recovery in borderline personality disorder: a qualitative study (2019)
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Ng, F., Townsend, M. L., Miller, C. E., Jewell, M., & Grenyer, B. F. S. (2019). The lived experience of recovery in borderline personality disorder: a qualitative study. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 6, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-019-0107-2

Background
The concept of recovery in borderline personality disorder (BPD) is not well defined. Whilst clinical approaches emphasise symptom reduction and functioning, consumers advocate for a holistic approach. The consumer perspective on recovery... Read More about The lived experience of recovery in borderline personality disorder: a qualitative study.

Mental Health Recovery Narratives and Their Impact on Recipients: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis (2019)
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Rennick-Egglestone, S., Morgan, K., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ramsay, A., Mcgranahan, R., Gillard, S., Hui, A., Ng, F., Schneider, J., Booth, S., Pinfold, V., Davidson, L., Franklin, D., Bradstreet, S., Arbour, S., & Slade, M. (2019). Mental Health Recovery Narratives and Their Impact on Recipients: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry / Revue Canadienene de Psychiatrie, 64(10), 669-679. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743719846108

Objective. Mental health recovery narratives are often shared in peer support work and anti-stigma campaigns. Internet technology provides access to an almost unlimited number of narratives, and yet little is known about how they impact on recipients... Read More about Mental Health Recovery Narratives and Their Impact on Recipients: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.

Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Perspectives of Consumers, Clinicians, Family and Carers (2016)
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Ng, F., Bourke, M. E., & Grenyer, B. F. S. (2016). Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Perspectives of Consumers, Clinicians, Family and Carers. PLoS ONE, 11(8), Article e0160515. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160515

Purpose

Longitudinal studies support that symptomatic remission from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is common, but recovery from the disorder probably involves a broader set of changes in psychosocial function over and above symptom relief.... Read More about Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Perspectives of Consumers, Clinicians, Family and Carers.

The E12 experience: Students’ perceptions of a widening participation scheme (2015)
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Ng, F., Shirley, D., Willis, K., Lewis, S., & Lincoln, M. (2015). The E12 experience: Students’ perceptions of a widening participation scheme. International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 6(1), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v6i1.260

Engaging students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in higher education is an ongoing issue in the tertiary education sector. Despite schemes to widen participation, low SES entry rates remain below 20% in Australia. Various factors have been posi... Read More about The E12 experience: Students’ perceptions of a widening participation scheme.

The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature (2014)
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Willis, K., Lewis, S., Ng, F., & Wilson, L. (2015). The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature. Health Care for Women International, 36(5), 514-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2014.896364

Women's experiences with metastatic breast cancer have received little research attention. We reviewed published articles (1984–2013) reporting research examining women's experiences of metastatic breast cancer (n = 33). Findings from quantitative st... Read More about The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature.