All Outputs (3)

“It’s scary enough to go into a unit, but in addition to that, you are going to be stuck in a room on your own”. Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric wards: a multi-methods investigation (2024)
Journal Article
Holland, J., Da-Silva-Ellimah, M., Roe, J., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (in press). “It’s scary enough to go into a unit, but in addition to that, you are going to be stuck in a room on your own”. Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric wards: a multi-methods investigation. BJPsych Open,

Background
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 “It’s scary enough to go into a unit, but in addition to that, you are going to be stuck in a room on your own”. Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric wards: a multi-methods investigation.

Experiences and impact of psychiatric inpatient admissions far away from home: a qualitative study with young people, parents/carers and healthcare professionals (2024)
Journal Article
Roe, J., Holland, J., Burn, A., Hopkin, E., Wild, L., Fisher, M., …Sayal, K. (2024). Experiences and impact of psychiatric inpatient admissions far away from home: a qualitative study with young people, parents/carers and healthcare professionals. BMJ Mental Health, 27(1), Article e300991. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-300991

Background: There are significant clinical, policy and societal concerns about the impact on young people (YP), from admission to psychiatric wards far from home. However, research evidence is scarce.
Aims: To investigate the impact of at-distance... Read More about Experiences and impact of psychiatric inpatient admissions far away from home: a qualitative study with young people, parents/carers and healthcare professionals.

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.