Dr NEIL NIXON's Outputs (3)

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)
Journal Article
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. (2025). 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, 14, Article e67695. https://doi.org/10.2196/67695

Background:

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.

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.

Navigating the medical journey: Insights into medical students’ psychological wellbeing, coping, and personality (2025)
Journal Article
Hawsawi, A. A., Nixon, N., & Nixon, E. (2025). Navigating the medical journey: Insights into medical students’ psychological wellbeing, coping, and personality. PLoS ONE, 20(2), Article e0318399. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318399

Background and aims In recent years, increased awareness of the psychological wellbeing of healthcare professionals and students has become a pressing public health issue affecting care delivery. Medical students undergo rigorous training programs th... Read More about Navigating the medical journey: Insights into medical students’ psychological wellbeing, coping, and personality.