Outputs (23)

A qualitative exploration into the experience of mindfulness in moderate-severe persistent depression (2025)
Journal Article
Sweeney, T., Nixon, E., Morriss, R., & Callaghan, P. (in press). A qualitative exploration into the experience of mindfulness in moderate-severe persistent depression. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323294

Depression is a common and growing mental health problem, with around 5% of the world’s population experiencing an episode of depression during their lifetime. Relapse rates are high, with around half experiencing more than one depressive episode and... Read More about A qualitative exploration into the experience of mindfulness in moderate-severe persistent depression.

Facilitators and barriers to participation of patients with treatment resistant depression in a randomised controlled trial of two forms of personalised magnetic resonance imaging targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (the BRIGhTMIND trial) (2025)
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Boutry, C., Webster, L., Thomson, L., Harding, D., Reid, I., Bates, P., Gledhill, J., Mcnaughton, R., Eastham, J., Ooi, J., Willis, A., Marner, S., & Morriss, R. (in press). Facilitators and barriers to participation of patients with treatment resistant depression in a randomised controlled trial of two forms of personalised magnetic resonance imaging targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (the BRIGhTMIND trial). BMC Psychiatry,

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Nixon, E., Patel, S., Patel, P., Roe, J., Nixon, N., Sweeney, T., Bernard, P., Strauss, C., Craven, M., Malins, S., Goodwin, R., Astill Wright, L., Guo, B., & Morriss, R. (in press). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, https://doi.org/10.2196/67695

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Recently published guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have recommended both mindfulness-based and stress-reduction approaches as effective preventative mental wellbeing interventions for healthca... Read More about Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial.

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study (2025)
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Burn, A.-M., Holland, J., Roe, J., Hopkin, E., Wild, L., Fisher, M., Ford, T., Nazir, S., Dubicka, B., James, A., Tuomainen, H., Fung, N., Wagner, A., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (2025). Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 11(2), Article e53. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.850

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Decision-making capacity (DMC) is key to capacity-based mental health laws. In 2017, Norway introduced a lack of DMC as an additional criterion for involuntary care and treatment to strengthen patient autonomy and reduce involuntary care.... Read More about Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study.

Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Patel, S., Patel, P., Boutry, C., Guo, B., Butler, D., Higton, F., McNaughton, R., Briley, P. M., Griffiths, C., Nixon, N., Prasad, V., Sayal, K., Smart, D., Zafar, A., Kai, J., & Morriss, R. (2025). Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial. Trials, 26(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-08772-3

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are widely regarded as the most powerful research design for evidence-based practice. However, recruiting to RCTs can be challenging resulting in heightened costs and delays in research completion and i... Read More about Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial.

Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric wards: multi-methods investigation (2024)
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Holland, J., Da-Silva-Ellimah, M., Roe, J., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (2024). Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric wards: multi-methods investigation. BJPsych Open, 10(6), Article e197. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.783

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient beds are unevenly spread throughout England. Where demand outstrips bed availability, young people may be admitted at-distance or to adult psychiatric wards. The COVID-19 pande... Read More about Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric wards: multi-methods investigation.

Acceptability, tolerability and safety of the BRIGhTMIND trial: Connectivity-guided intermittent theta-burst stimulation versus F3- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. (2024)
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Webster, L., Boutry, C., Thomson, L., Abdelghani, M., Barber, S., Briley, P. M., Kurkar, M., Lankappa, S., McAllister-Williams, R. H., Suazo Di Paola, A., & Morriss, R. (2025). Acceptability, tolerability and safety of the BRIGhTMIND trial: Connectivity-guided intermittent theta-burst stimulation versus F3- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 136, Article 152544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152544

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The BRIGhTMIND study was a double-blind RCT comparing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation at a standard simulation site (the “F3” location given by the International 10–20 system, F3-rTMS) versus connectivity-guided intermitten... Read More about Acceptability, tolerability and safety of the BRIGhTMIND trial: Connectivity-guided intermittent theta-burst stimulation versus F3- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression..

Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach (2024)
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Radford, K., Kettlewell, J., das Nair, R., Morriss, R., Holmes, J., Kellezi, B., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Tressider, H., Andrews, I., Bridger, K., Patel, P., Lindley, R., De Dios Perez, B., Statham, A., Jones, T., Hoffman, K., James, M., Kendrick, D., & ROWTATE study team. (2024). Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e085724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085724

Objectives: Major trauma centres save lives but rehabilitation to support return-to-work (RTW) is lacking. This paper describes development of a vocational rehabilitation intervention (the ROWTATE intervention) to support RTW following traumatic inju... Read More about Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach.

When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial) (2024)
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Brown, S., Ploeger, C., Petersen, J. J., Guo, B., Beckenstrom, A. C., Petersen, J. J., Beckenstrom, A. C., Dawson, G. R., Browning, M., Dawson, G. R., Deckert, J., Dourish, C. T., Dias, R., Dourish, C. T., Gorwood, P., Kingslake, J., Menke, A., Sola, V. P., Reif, A., Ruhe, H., …Morriss, R. (2024). When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 132, Article 152467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152467

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A RCT of a novel intervention to detect antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Test) took place in five European countries, accompanied by a nested study of its acceptability and implementation presented here. The RCT results i... Read More about When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial).

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study (2024)
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Thomas, S., Littleboy, K., Foubert, J., Nafilyan, V., Bannister, N., Routen, A., Morriss, R., Khunti, K., Armstrong, N., Gray, L. J., & Gordon, A. L. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study. Age and Ageing, 53(4), Article afae071. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae071

Background: Older people with frailty are at risk of harm from immobility or isolation, yet data about how COVID-19 lockdowns affected them are limited. Falls and fractures are easily measurable adverse outcomes correlated with frailty. We investigat... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study.