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A qualitative exploration of psychosocial specialists’ experiences of providing support in U.K. burn care services (2018)
Journal Article
Guest, E., Griffiths, C., & Harcourt, D. (2018). A qualitative exploration of psychosocial specialists’ experiences of providing support in U.K. burn care services. Scars, Burns & Healing, 4, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059513118764881

Introduction: A burn can have a significant and long-lasting psychosocial impact on a patient and their family. The National Burn Care Standards (2013) recommend psychosocial support should be available in all U.K. burn services, however little is kn... Read More about A qualitative exploration of psychosocial specialists’ experiences of providing support in U.K. burn care services.

Optimising how information is received by patients using e-health technology (2018)
Journal Article
Heath, J. (2018). Optimising how information is received by patients using e-health technology. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 7(1), 30-33. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2018.7.1.30

Talking to patients about their condition, their treatment options, and the procedures they are about to undergo, is a vital part of the care they receive. However, appointments are often time-limited, restricting the amount of information that can b... Read More about Optimising how information is received by patients using e-health technology.

Parent-perceived isolation and barriers to psychosocial support: A qualitative study to investigate how peer support might help parents of burn-injured children (2018)
Journal Article
Heath, J., Williamson, H., Williams, L., & Harcourt, D. (2018). Parent-perceived isolation and barriers to psychosocial support: A qualitative study to investigate how peer support might help parents of burn-injured children. Scars, Burns & Healing, 4, https://doi.org/10.1177/2059513118763801

Introduction: Burn injuries can be traumatic and distressing for the affected child and family, with a prolonged period of recovery. This research explores parents’ experiences of support following their child’s injury and their thoughts on peer supp... Read More about Parent-perceived isolation and barriers to psychosocial support: A qualitative study to investigate how peer support might help parents of burn-injured children.

Oběť jako politický problém: Jan Patočka a sociologie posvátna (2018)
Journal Article
Tava, F. (2018). Oběť jako politický problém: Jan Patočka a sociologie posvátna

The question arising from this article regards the meaning of sacrifice within the frame of Jan Patočka's philosophy. Is human sacrifice aimed at reinforcing an institution or state of things as in the case of the Unknown Soldier narrative, or is it... Read More about Oběť jako politický problém: Jan Patočka a sociologie posvátna.

Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures (2018)
Journal Article
Monestès, J. L., Monestes, J., Karekla, M., Jacobs, N., Michaelides, M. P., Hooper, N., …Hayes, S. C. (2018). Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 34(4), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000327

© 2016 Hogrefe Publishing. Experiential avoidance, the tendency to rigidly escape or avoid private psychological experiences, represents one of the most prominent transdiagnostic psychological processes with a known role in a wide variety of psycholo... Read More about Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures.

Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals (2018)
Journal Article
Williamson, H., Antonelli, P., Bringsen, A., Davies, G., Detorre, D., Harcourt, D., …Persson, M. (2018). Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals. NursingPlus Open, 4, 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npls.2018.05.001

© 2018 The Authors Appearance-related concerns resulting from disfigurement or pressure to conform to beauty ideals, indiscriminately affect patients’ mental and physical health. Healthcare professionals face the challenge of addressing patients’ sup... Read More about Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals.

Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory (2018)
Journal Article
Morgan, P., Williams, C., Ings, F., & Hughes, N. (2018). Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(6), 1440-1456. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1329324

Two experiments examined if exposure to emotionally valent image-based secondary tasks introduced at different points of a free recall working memory (WM) task impair memory performance. Images from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) v... Read More about Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory.

A programme for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder in midwifery (POPPY): indications of effectiveness from a feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Slade, P., Sheen, K., Collinge, S., Butters, J., & Spiby, H. (2018). A programme for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder in midwifery (POPPY): indications of effectiveness from a feasibility study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9(1), Article 1518069. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1518069

Background: Midwives can experience events they perceive as traumatic when providingcare. As a result, some will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with adverse implications for their mental health, the quality of care provided for women... Read More about A programme for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder in midwifery (POPPY): indications of effectiveness from a feasibility study.

Pitcairn (2018)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2018). Pitcairn. Contemporary Pacific, 30(1), 191-195. https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2018.0013

The islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno (commonly known as Pitcairn) make-up a single territory; the last remaining United Kingdom Overseas Territory (UKOT) in the Pacific Ocean. Pitcairn, the only inhabited island of the group, had a tota... Read More about Pitcairn.