The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Jensen, A., Holt, N., Honda, S., & Bungay, H. (in press). The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1412306

Introduction: The evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has gained increasing recognition as a method for fostering connections among individuals and c... Read More about The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Understanding the impact of gender identity nonaffirmation: The mediating role of psychological needs thwarting (2024)
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Lloyd, J., Frasca, K. J., Thompson, M., Stewart, J., & English, C. (in press). Understanding the impact of gender identity nonaffirmation: The mediating role of psychological needs thwarting. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000740

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people report high levels of violence, discrimination, and stigma, and this has repeatedly been linked to mental health problems (Testa et al., 2015). However, research examining the general psychological p... Read More about Understanding the impact of gender identity nonaffirmation: The mediating role of psychological needs thwarting.

Gaining prescription rights: A qualitative survey mapping the views of UK counselling and clinical psychologists (2024)
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Horton, A., Hadjiosif, M., & Thompson, M. (in press). Gaining prescription rights: A qualitative survey mapping the views of UK counselling and clinical psychologists. Advances in Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2024.2344788

Objective: The British Psychological Society (BPS) has been exploring whether its practitioner members are interested in gaining prescription rights for psychiatric drugs and what such a privilege might look like. This qualitative study aimed to surv... Read More about Gaining prescription rights: A qualitative survey mapping the views of UK counselling and clinical psychologists.

A qualitative exploration of postoperative bariatric patients’ psychosocial support for long-term weight loss and psychological wellbeing (2024)
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Van Zyl, N., Lusher, J., & Meyrick, J. (2024). A qualitative exploration of postoperative bariatric patients’ psychosocial support for long-term weight loss and psychological wellbeing. Behavioral Sciences, 14(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14020122

Background: There is a paucity of research exploring postoperative psychosocial interventions for bariatric surgery patients exceeding 2 years, and therefore, an interdisciplinary postoperative approach is warranted. This qualitative study explored t... Read More about A qualitative exploration of postoperative bariatric patients’ psychosocial support for long-term weight loss and psychological wellbeing.

In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir (2024)
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Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Leeson, L., …Sinha, V. (2024). In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood, 31(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241226521

This paper focuses on art productions by children participating in an art-based wellbeing intervention project in Kashmir. Drawing on feminist security studies, we conducted narrative analysis to explore how children represent in/security. The locati... Read More about In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir.