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A survey of burn professionals regarding the mental health services available to burn survivors in the United States and United Kingdom (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved. This investigation surveyed burn health professionals in the UK and US to investigate the psychosocial issues facing burn survivors and the psychological services available to them through their burn... Read More about A survey of burn professionals regarding the mental health services available to burn survivors in the United States and United Kingdom.

The acceptability of PEGASUS: An intervention to facilitate shared decision-making with women contemplating breast reconstruction (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. Good practice guidelines recommend that women who undergo mastectomy are offered reconstructive surgery. However, many who choose this option report a degree of decisional regret and dissatisfact... Read More about The acceptability of PEGASUS: An intervention to facilitate shared decision-making with women contemplating breast reconstruction.

A systematic review of interventions on body image and disordered eating outcomes among women in midlife (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objective Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating are widely recognized as issues that warrant attention among women in midlife, particularly the development and delivery of effective interventions. This article syst... Read More about A systematic review of interventions on body image and disordered eating outcomes among women in midlife.

Looking age-appropriate while growing old gracefully: A qualitative study of ageing and body image among older adults (2016)
Journal Article

© SAGE Publications. Body dissatisfaction can be significantly detrimental to wellbeing. Little is known about older adults' body image, despite the fact that ageing causes unique bodily changes and that sociocultural pressures to resist these change... Read More about Looking age-appropriate while growing old gracefully: A qualitative study of ageing and body image among older adults.

The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: An exploratory qualitative study (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. Advances in medical treatment mean more older people are living with burn injuries. However, little is known about experiences and support needs of this group. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of semi-structured intervie... Read More about The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: An exploratory qualitative study.

The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups? (2015)
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in females, affecting women of all ethnic groups. Until now, very little research has captured the psychosocial impact of the disease amongst Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women, and that which ha... Read More about The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups?.

Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance (2015)
Journal Article

© Copyright 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: To explore older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P), focusing on aging and appearance. Design: An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study. Pa... Read More about Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance.

Developing young person’s Face IT: Online psychosocial support for adolescents struggling with conditions or injuries affecting their appearance (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. A participatory action approach with potential users and clinical experts was employed to design and evaluate the acceptability of young person’s Face IT (YP Face IT), an online intervention incorporating cognitive behavioural t... Read More about Developing young person’s Face IT: Online psychosocial support for adolescents struggling with conditions or injuries affecting their appearance.

A systematic review of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in child and adolescent burn research (2014)
Journal Article

Crown Copyright © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved. Introduction: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) can identify important information about patient needs and therapeutic progress. The aim of this review was to ide... Read More about A systematic review of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in child and adolescent burn research.

Appearance concerns and psychosocial adjustment following head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study and nine-month follow-up (2014)
Journal Article

Psychosocial difficulties have been reported in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, yet only few studies have assessed the impact of altered appearance following HNC treatment using theoretically selected measures of appearance-related distress. Thi... Read More about Appearance concerns and psychosocial adjustment following head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study and nine-month follow-up.

Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article

Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.

'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1 (2014)
Journal Article

Aims: To explore the day-to-day experience of young people living with neurofibromatosis type 1 in the UK, focusing on the role that appearance plays in this experience. Background: neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic condition, which is highly var... Read More about 'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1.

Happy being me in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children (2013)
Journal Article

This study evaluated an adapted version of 'Happy Being Me', a school-based body image intervention, with girls and boys aged 10-11 years. Forty-three children participated in a three-week intervention, and 45 children formed a control group. Both gr... Read More about Happy being me in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children.