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Can mindfulness training reduce disordered eating or increase intuitive eating? (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Daniels, E., Williamson, H., Atkinson, M., & Halliwell, E. (2024, June). Can mindfulness training reduce disordered eating or increase intuitive eating?. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 10, Bristol, UK

Background and Aims Disordered eating is widespread, and further evidence-based interventions are needed to address this. Mindful Eating – Conscious Living™ (ME-CL) is an American 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) built upon the framewo... Read More about Can mindfulness training reduce disordered eating or increase intuitive eating?.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2021, July). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 9, Online, hosted by the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol

Disordered eating, or dis-ease around food and eating, is widespread. Many materials assisting individuals to apply mindfulness skills to their eating choices and behaviour are available online, from apps, to guided meditations, to asynchronous and... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK.

Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2021, July). Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes. Presented at International Conference of Mindfulness 2021, Online, hosted by the University of Aarhus, Denmark

Title Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes Abstract Objective ‘Mindful eating’ apps, guided meditations, books and online programmes are prol... Read More about Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes.

Understanding attitudes and friendship behaviours towards socially stigmatised appearances in children aged 4-10 years (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Parnell, J., Williamson, H., Lewis, F., & Slater, A. (2019, July). Understanding attitudes and friendship behaviours towards socially stigmatised appearances in children aged 4-10 years. Presented at UWE Postgraduate Conference, Bristol

Background: Appearance-based stereotyping and prejudice emerges in early childhood, and can exist by the age of 4 years. Children from negatively stereotyped or stigmatised groups (e.g., higher weight, visible difference) are at increased risk of exp... Read More about Understanding attitudes and friendship behaviours towards socially stigmatised appearances in children aged 4-10 years.

Researching the Therapeutic Impact of Words (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2019, July). Researching the Therapeutic Impact of Words. Paper presented at Creative Bridges International: Work and Research with Words for Wellbeing, Bristol

This presentation outlines different projects researching therapeutic writing for disordered eating. It aims to disseminate these research findings as well as to describe some of the many obstacles to conducting and publishing research in this area.

Where is the service user voice in our research? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. E. (2019, June). Where is the service user voice in our research?. Presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 17, Dublin, Ireland

Health intervention research has been criticised for a lack of focus on investigating acceptability, before examining efficacy and effectiveness. There are clear moral and ethical arguments for giving voice to service users’ experiences of helpful a... Read More about Where is the service user voice in our research?.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2019, June). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study. Poster presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 17, Dublin, Ireland

Mindful Eating – Conscious Living™ (ME-CL) is a mindfulness-based programme originating in the US which aims to reduce anxiety around food and eating. While the programme is being delivered widely, it has never been tested under research conditions.... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study.

Initial validation of the CAR Romantic Relationships and Intimacy Scale (CARRIS) (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sharratt, N., Moss, T., Jenkinson, E., Clarke, A., & Rumsey, N. (2018, September). Initial validation of the CAR Romantic Relationships and Intimacy Scale (CARRIS). Paper presented at The British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, Newscastle, England

Objectives: Whilst participants with an appearance altering condition have expressed distress and anxiety in relation to their capacity to engage in romantic relationships, there exists no measure of the effect of visible difference upon this domain.... Read More about Initial validation of the CAR Romantic Relationships and Intimacy Scale (CARRIS).

Development and initial validation of the CAR romantic relationships and intimacy scale (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sharratt, N., Moss, T., Jenkinson, E., Clarke, A., & Rumsey, N. (2018, June). Development and initial validation of the CAR romantic relationships and intimacy scale. Paper presented at Appearance Matters 8, Bath, UK

Whilst participants with a disfiguring or appearance altering condition have expressed distress, fear, and anxiety in relation to their capacity to engage in physical intimacy and romantic relationships, there exists no measure of the perceived impac... Read More about Development and initial validation of the CAR romantic relationships and intimacy scale.

Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Williamson, H., & Meyrick, J. (2018, June). Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 8, Bath

There is a need for new and creative psychological therapies for anorexia in particular, as it has the highest bed cost and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition, and few NICE recommended clinical treatments. Interventions which ca... Read More about Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review.

Discussing appearance concerns and support needs in burn care (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, C., Guest, E., & Harcourt, D. (2017, September). Discussing appearance concerns and support needs in burn care. Presented at Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa, Cardiff, Wales

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Being looked at and exposing yourself: Appearance altering conditions and stigma (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sharratt, N., Jenkinson, E., Moss, T., & Rumsey, N. (2017, September). Being looked at and exposing yourself: Appearance altering conditions and stigma. Paper presented at BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, 2017, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Accepted conference proceedings from the BPS DHP Annual Conference, 2017: Cardiff.

Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Williamson, H., & Meyrick, J. (2017, June). Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review. Poster presented at Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference 2017, Bristol

This poster will present the results of a recently completed systematic review examining whether therapeutic writing could improve outcomes for clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. There is a great need for new and creative psychological therapi... Read More about Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review.

Collaborating with burn patients and their families to develop the CARe Burn Scales: A portfolio of burn specific quality of life PROMs for use in paediatric and adult burn care (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, C., Guest, E., & Harcourt, D. (2017, June). Collaborating with burn patients and their families to develop the CARe Burn Scales: A portfolio of burn specific quality of life PROMs for use in paediatric and adult burn care. Presented at Advances in Patient Reported Outcomes Research Conference, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

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The Development of the CARe Burn Scales (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, C., Guest, E., Grzeda, M., Rumsey, N., & Harcourt, D. (2017, May). The Development of the CARe Burn Scales. Presented at British Burns Association Annual Conference, Royal College of Surgeons, London

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Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Moss, T. (2017, February). Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention. Paper presented at 3rd CBC Digital Health Conference: Harnessing digital technology for behaviour change, London, United Kingdom

Rationale Over-prescription of antibiotics in primary care is a contributor to burgeoning problem of antimicrobial resistance. Children with respiratory tract infections (RTI) represent a substantial proportion of primary care consultations and anti... Read More about Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention.

Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2016, June). Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 7 Conference, Royal College of Surgeons, London

Poetry therapy, also known as bibliotherapy or therapeutic creative writing, is an arts-based therapy which uses creative writing or published literature for therapeutic means. Like other art therapies, it may be a useful addition to the range of in... Read More about Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience.