All Outputs (111)

The religious and cultural influences in the development of mental health perceptions in young Muslim people in the UK (2023)
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Understanding the impact of religion and culture on mental health perceptions of young Muslims is important because of the lack of support and access for young Muslims in mental health services. Literature: The Muslim Youth Helpline (2020) presented... Read More about The religious and cultural influences in the development of mental health perceptions in young Muslim people in the UK.

Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs (2023)
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Monitoring is an important part of current conservation work but is currently overlooked over other aspects of conservation due to a lack of resources. Drones represent a potential solution to this lack of monitoring and have been shown to be more ac... Read More about Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs.

Body-mapping with therapeutic practitioners: An embodied exploration of therapists’ perceptions of the body, and use of embodiment within therapy (2023)
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Alongside the growth of body-oriented approaches to therapy over the past couple of decades, ‘embodiment’ and the ‘embodied relationship’ have become increasingly cited constructs within the therapeutic and psychological worlds, and yet, the use of e... Read More about Body-mapping with therapeutic practitioners: An embodied exploration of therapists’ perceptions of the body, and use of embodiment within therapy.

‘You’re there to support someone regardless’: A thematic analysis of staff experiences of working in homeless hostels (2023)
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Background: Homeless hostels sit outside of statutory services yet they often support individuals with experience of severe and multiple disadvantages who are not able to access support elsewhere. These experiences can profoundly affect these individ... Read More about ‘You’re there to support someone regardless’: A thematic analysis of staff experiences of working in homeless hostels.

Exploring working class men’s experiences of their social context and its impact on mental health and help seeking behaviour in the South Wales Valleys (2023)
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Past intersectional research has suggested that men living in socially deprived areas are 51% more likely to experience major depressive disorder. Furthermore, men have increased rates of mental distress and psychopathology in comparison to individua... Read More about Exploring working class men’s experiences of their social context and its impact on mental health and help seeking behaviour in the South Wales Valleys.

The effect of infant feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking behaviours on speech sound development at age five years (2022)
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Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) constitute the largest population of referrals to speech and language therapy (SLT) services (Broomfield & Dodd, 2004). This study aims to identify potential early risk factors for SSD at the critical ages o... Read More about The effect of infant feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking behaviours on speech sound development at age five years.

A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games (2022)
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Table-top Role Playing Games (RPGs) have risen in popularity since their conception in the 1970’s. While some literature has explored their emergent psychological processes, very few studies have explicitly reflected on the therapeutic potential of t... Read More about A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games.

Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2022)
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Current international guidelines and the associated “chain of survival” emphasise the recognition of critically unwell patients in the community followed by an efficient response in the hope of preventing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which occurs... Read More about Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

“I identified as a rugby player…now I’m a Dad”: Fathers’ experiences of physical activity in the postnatal period (2022)
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Background: Fatherhood is a significant life event that has the potential to impact fathers’ wellbeing and mental health. However, fathers’ experiences have been largely neglected in research and there remains a lack of awareness of pater... Read More about “I identified as a rugby player…now I’m a Dad”: Fathers’ experiences of physical activity in the postnatal period.

Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management (2022)
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Understanding the interactions between people and the landscape, their resource use, activities and needs is an important component of effective natural resource management, particularly in protected areas (Reserves) that are actively inhabited and u... Read More about Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management.

From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement (2022)
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A reported 5,691 people died by suicide in England and Wales in 2019 (Office for National Statistics, 2021), leaving behind an unclear number of suicide-loss survivors living with grief. The British Psychological Society’s (BPS) (BPS, 2016) position... Read More about From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement.

Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care (2022)
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Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2008; Ryan & Deci, 2017) provides a framework for intervention development by setting out a comprehensive approach to motivation and health behaviour through its theory and measurement of autonomy, perceiv... Read More about Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care.

Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children (2022)
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Sport England’s ‘Active Lives, Children and Young People’ survey for the academic year 2019 to 2020 identified that 66% of children in England aged between 5 and 18 were not meeting the recommended amount of physical activity. In addition to low leve... Read More about Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children.

Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study (2022)
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Objectives: This study’s aim is to explore foreign therapists’ experiences practicing in the UK, focusing on the therapeutic relationship and how foreign therapists interpret cultural differences in the relationships with their clients. To date, litt... Read More about Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study.

An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage (2022)
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The NHS Cord Bank was established in 1996 to build an inventory of altruistically donated cord blood units to provide equity of access to all patients eligible for a stem cell transplant. Fixed cord blood collection sites were selected in areas of hi... Read More about An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage.

Mental health professionals' experiences of provision of health behaviour change interventions to people with schizophrenia: A thematic analysis (2021)
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People living with schizophrenia have disproportionately high rates of comorbidities and significantly reduced life expectancy as compared to the general population. The evidence suggests that the elevated risk of multi-morbidity and premat... Read More about Mental health professionals' experiences of provision of health behaviour change interventions to people with schizophrenia: A thematic analysis.

Withdrawing treatment for children and young people: Decision-making experiences of health professionals (2020)
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Background: The decision to withdraw or withhold treatment from children can be a complex and emotional decision-making process for everyone who is involved. With the complexity of decision-making in paediatric medicine ever increasing due to an incr... Read More about Withdrawing treatment for children and young people: Decision-making experiences of health professionals.

‘It’s like slow juicing…’: A thematic analysis of client-generated metaphors in psychological therapy using interpersonal process recall (2020)
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The skilful use of metaphor, where a resemblance between one thing is transferred to another, is commonly expected of counselling psychologists and other therapists. Therapists’ use of metaphors that originate from their clients (client-generated me... Read More about ‘It’s like slow juicing…’: A thematic analysis of client-generated metaphors in psychological therapy using interpersonal process recall.

Cats, elephants, alligators and the fantasy of the Sopranos: A qualitative study of the experiences of commissioners and managers delivering IAPT services using the Any Qualified Provider policy (2020)
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Background: Primary Care Psychological Therapy services (PCPT) face pressure to deliver effective services due to the increasing prevalence, complexity and societal costs of Common Mental Health Disorders (CMHDs). Furthermore, commissioners and manag... Read More about Cats, elephants, alligators and the fantasy of the Sopranos: A qualitative study of the experiences of commissioners and managers delivering IAPT services using the Any Qualified Provider policy.

Women’s experience of traumatic childbirth: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2020)
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It has long been recognised that women may experience trauma as part of the birth process. Up to half of women worldwide report their birth as traumatic, therefore further investigation is a priority. Previous research has focused on wome... Read More about Women’s experience of traumatic childbirth: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.