Outputs (482)

Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation (2025)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., Booth, V., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., Hassard, J., Ford, H. L., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation. PLoS ONE, 20(2), Article e0319287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319287

Background
There is limited evidence about how vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can be delivered through the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Health Service (NHS) and how it works.

Aim
To understand the mechan... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation.

Central aspects of pain associated with physical activity: results from the IMH&W cohort (2025)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Habib, M., Chaplin, W., Millar, B., McWilliams, D., & Walsh, D. (in press). Central aspects of pain associated with physical activity: results from the IMH&W cohort. PAIN Reports,

Background:
Knee pain reduces activity, while inactivity can increase pain. The central nervous system modulates both pain and activity. The 8-item Central Aspects of Pain (CAP) questionnaire measures self-reported symptoms associated with current a... Read More about Central aspects of pain associated with physical activity: results from the IMH&W cohort.

A Psychometric Analysis of the Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool (2025)
Journal Article
Dulal, T., Hassard, J., Wang, W., Yarker, J., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (in press). A Psychometric Analysis of the Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool. Occupational Medicine,

Background: Work-related stress is a growing concern in the United Kingdom, negatively impacting both employee well-being and organisational effectiveness. Addressing work-related stress through effective managerial practices is essential, however, e... Read More about A Psychometric Analysis of the Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool.

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)
Journal Article
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.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inner Ear and Internal Auditory Canal Structures in the Presence of a Cochlear Implant (2025)
Journal Article
Dewey, R. S., Dineen, R. A., Clemence, M., Menon, N., Bowtell, R., Boyle, P., & Hartley, D. E. H. (in press). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inner Ear and Internal Auditory Canal Structures in the Presence of a Cochlear Implant. Otology and Neurotology, https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000004445

Objective
To determine whether the internal auditory canal (IAC) can be visualized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in users of a cochlear implant (CI) model that can safely undergo MRI at 3 T.

Patients
Four normally hearing controls and... Read More about Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inner Ear and Internal Auditory Canal Structures in the Presence of a Cochlear Implant.

Impact of central adjudication of the score on the modified Rankin Scale in an international, randomized, acute stroke trial (2025)
Journal Article
Sluis, W. M., de Jonge, J. C., Reinink, H., Wilson, A., Woodhouse, L. J., Dawson, J., Lees, K. R., Bath, P. M., & van der Worp, H. B. (2025). Impact of central adjudication of the score on the modified Rankin Scale in an international, randomized, acute stroke trial. European Stroke Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873251320207

Introduction:
The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is the most frequently used primary outcome measure in acute stroke research despite significant interobserver variability in assigning grades. We assessed the use of central blinded adjudication of the... Read More about Impact of central adjudication of the score on the modified Rankin Scale in an international, randomized, acute stroke trial.

HSE Management Standards: Associations with Operational Effectiveness in Policing (2025)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J. (in press). HSE Management Standards: Associations with Operational Effectiveness in Policing. Occupational Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaf018

Background: The United Kingdom (UK) Health and Safety Executive’s Management Standards encompass a set of aspirational quality standards and a risk management methodology pertaining to psychosocial working conditions. Two decades since their introduc... Read More about HSE Management Standards: Associations with Operational Effectiveness in Policing.

An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females (2025)
Journal Article
Williams, T., Horstmann, L., Kayani, L., Lim, A. X. H., Russell, A., Ford, T., John, A., Sayal, K., Thapar, A., Langley, K., & Martin, J. (2025). An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 171, Article 106064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106064

Previous studies examining sex differences in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have primarily examined total or subscale scores. This systematic review aimed to examine which symptoms contribute to the female presentation of ADHD at an... Read More about An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females.

Barriers and Facilitators to using Standardised Diagnostic Assessments in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial (2025)
Journal Article
Thomson, L., Newman, K., Ewart, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., Lang, A., Sprange, K., & Sayal, K. (in press). Barriers and Facilitators to using Standardised Diagnostic Assessments in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

Background: The STADIA trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment tool (Development and Wellbeing Assessment, DAWBA) in aiding clinician-made diagnosis decisions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAM... Read More about Barriers and Facilitators to using Standardised Diagnostic Assessments in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial.

Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Renstrom, J. G., Taylor, C. J. L., Grasmeder Allen, R., Loayza, J., O'Hara, L., von Heimendahl, M., Deiana, S., Moran, P. M., Stevenson, C. W., Maggi, S. G., & Bast, T. (2025). Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats

Schizophrenia has been linked to hypofrontality (reduced prefrontal activation) and neural disinhibition (reduced GABAergic inhibition) within the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), as well as reversal learning deficits. Interestingly, whilst re... Read More about Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats.