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Disability rights and robotics: Being there without being there (2023)
Book Chapter
Savage, S., & Curran, T. (2023). Disability rights and robotics: Being there without being there. In S. Robinson, & K. R. Fisher (Eds.), Research Handbook on Disability Policy (631). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

We are Sophie and Tillie, and we worked together on the Disability Rights and Robotics project, at the University of the West of England, as co-researchers in a diverse group including disabled people, carers, students, and academics from social scie... Read More about Disability rights and robotics: Being there without being there.

The role of the paramedic in mental health crisis care (2022)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2022). The role of the paramedic in mental health crisis care. In K. Deering, & J. Williams (Eds.), Interprofessional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis

Throughout, the book: • Promotes understanding of the various roles each of the key services play within the crucial first 24-hours of a mental health crisis and the challenges they face • Fosters interprofessional collaboration to create a whole-s... Read More about The role of the paramedic in mental health crisis care.

Interprofessional perspectives of mental health crisis: For nursing, health, and the helping professions (2022)
Book Chapter
Williams, R., Hodge, J., & Deering, K. (2022). Interprofessional perspectives of mental health crisis: For nursing, health, and the helping professions. In K. Deering, & J. Williams (Eds.), Interprofessional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis: For Nursing, Health, and the Helping Professions (102 - 139). www.mheducation.co.uk: McGraw Hill (Imprint: Open University Press)

The chapter consists of the role of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), seen sometimes as the last bastion of crisis management before psychiatric hospital admission. When warranted, an important caveat, in that exploration will touc... Read More about Interprofessional perspectives of mental health crisis: For nursing, health, and the helping professions.

The Role of Mental Health Social Workers in Crisis Work (2022)
Book Chapter
Lomax, R., & Stone, K. (2022). The Role of Mental Health Social Workers in Crisis Work. In K. Deering, & J. Williams (Eds.), Interprofessional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis (119-143). London: Open University Press

Working psychoanalytically with clients with learning disability: The real giants we face: A long-term music therapy with an adopted girl with significant multiple disabilities (2021)
Book Chapter
Gravestock, J. (2021). Working psychoanalytically with clients with learning disability: The real giants we face: A long-term music therapy with an adopted girl with significant multiple disabilities. In M. Cao, R. Hougham, & S. Scoble (Eds.), Imagining Windmills: Trust, Truth, And The Unknown In The Arts Therapies. UK: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

A chapter describing a case of long term music therapy with a female child with significant disability who was adopted. the author argues for long term therapy with such children who have a complex interface of difficulties due to the intrinsically c... Read More about Working psychoanalytically with clients with learning disability: The real giants we face: A long-term music therapy with an adopted girl with significant multiple disabilities.

Rheumatic Conditions (2021)
Book Chapter
Dures, E., & Jones, B. (2021). Rheumatic Conditions. In Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier

Rheumatic conditions are a range of long-term, physical health conditions that affect the joints, bones, and connective tissues. These conditions can have substantial psychological impact and wide-reaching effects on patients' lives. These conditions... Read More about Rheumatic Conditions.

The beneficial effects of Qigong on elderly depression (2019)
Book Chapter
Chan, S. H., & Tsang, H. W. (2019). The beneficial effects of Qigong on elderly depression. . Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2019.06.004

Health Qigong, especially the Eight-Section Brocades (or Baduanjin), has been well established as an effective adjunct intervention to alleviate depressive symptoms of older adults. The easy to learn and safe format of health Qigong allows the promot... Read More about The beneficial effects of Qigong on elderly depression.

“Music Therapy And Autism Across The Lifespan: A Spectrum Of Approaches” on creative responses to autistic spectrum disorders within a psychoanalytic frame (2019)
Book Chapter
Gravestock, J. (2019). “Music Therapy And Autism Across The Lifespan: A Spectrum Of Approaches” on creative responses to autistic spectrum disorders within a psychoanalytic frame. In H. Dunn, E. Coombes, E. Maclean, & J. Nugent (Eds.), Music Therapy And Autism Across The Lifespan: A Spectrum Of Approaches (57-75). UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Evolving a contemporary psychoanalyticically informed relational music therapy with children with high-functioning autism in specialist school placements

Healthcare Ethics Education in the UK (2018)
Book Chapter
Woodley, J. (2018). Healthcare Ethics Education in the UK. In V. Teck Chuan, R. Huxtable, & N. Peart (Eds.), Healthcare Ethics Law and Professionalism (294). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Healthcare Ethics, Law and Professionalism: Essays on the Works of Alastair V. Campbell features 15 original essays on bioethics, and healthcare ethics specifically. The volume is in honour of Professor Alastair V. Campbell, who was the founding edit... Read More about Healthcare Ethics Education in the UK.

Drug administration, handling and storage (2018)
Book Chapter
Nash, K. (2018). Drug administration, handling and storage. In P. Lindsay, C. Bagness, & I. Peate (Eds.), Midwifery Skills at a Glance (150). Abingdon: Wiley

An overview of the professional issues that support safe practice (2016)
Book Chapter
Nash, K. (2016). An overview of the professional issues that support safe practice. In M. Boyle (Ed.), Emergencies Around Childbirth (1-18). (3rd). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315380216-7

The terms professional and professionalism are used widely within the midwifery literature and help shape the roles and responsibilities of midwives within both their work and personal lives. The National Health Service (NHS) Constitution was develop... Read More about An overview of the professional issues that support safe practice.

Application of Sociology to Midwifery (2015)
Book Chapter
Nash, K. (2015). Application of Sociology to Midwifery. In P. Lindsay, & I. Peate (Eds.), Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice: Birthing in A Contemporary Society (20-41). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315794280-2

This chapter provides an overview of the broader political, cultural and social factors that impact upon the role of the midwife, the professional responsibilities and the women and families that people care for. It considers the history and regulati... Read More about Application of Sociology to Midwifery.

Introduction to Sociology (2015)
Book Chapter
Nash, K. (2015). Introduction to Sociology. In P. Lindsay, & I. Peate (Eds.), Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice: Birthing in A Contemporary Society (20-41). Paperback, hardback and in electronic format: Routledge

Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice makes clear the links between social, anthropological and psychological concepts, midwifery practice and women’s experience of birth. Demonstrating how empathising with women and understanding th... Read More about Introduction to Sociology.

Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity (TRIP) in an acute psychiatric ward: A user’s perspective (2015)
Book Chapter
Chan, S., & Lee, S. W. K. (2015). Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity (TRIP) in an acute psychiatric ward: A user’s perspective. In I. Söderback (Ed.), International handbook of occupational therapy interventions (519-527). (2nd). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08141-0_35

Participation in transforming relapse and instilling prosperity (TRIP), using the strategies learned from illness management including knowledge enhancement, behavioral tailoring, relapse prevention development, cognitive behavioral technique, and re... Read More about Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity (TRIP) in an acute psychiatric ward: A user’s perspective.

Nursing in criminal justice services (2014)
Book Chapter
Evans, R. (2014). Nursing in criminal justice services. In A. Norman, & L. Walsh (Eds.), Nursing in criminal justice services. M&K Publishing

At some point in their careers, most nurses encounter patients who are directly or indirectly involved with the criminal justice system whether on hospital wards where prisoners are receiving treatment whilst guarded by prison officers, in schools wh... Read More about Nursing in criminal justice services.

Caring in court (2014)
Book Chapter
Evans, R. (2014). Caring in court. In A. Norman, & L. Walsh (Eds.), Nursing in Criminal Justice Services (35-43). Keswick: M&K Publishing

At some point in their careers, most nurses encounter patients who are directly or indirectly involved with the criminal justice system whether on hospital wards where prisoners are receiving treatment whilst guarded by prison officers, in schools wh... Read More about Caring in court.

Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity in an acute psychiatric ward (2009)
Book Chapter
Chan, S. H. (2009). Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity in an acute psychiatric ward. In I. Söderback (Ed.), International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions (261-267). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75424-6_25

Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity (TRIP) is a ward-based intervention program that aims to decrease treatment noncompliance and relapse rate by improving insight and health during the visits to the acute psychiatric care of clients with... Read More about Illness management training: Transforming relapse and instilling prosperity in an acute psychiatric ward.