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Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Ivanecka, A. (2017). Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4529

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: Psychotherapy provides a means of helping participants to resolve emotional threats and play an active role in their lives. Consequently, psychotherapy is increasingly used within dementia care.... Read More about Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature.

A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Hancock, J., & White, P. (2016). A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(10), 1717-1724. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000843

© Copyright International Psychogeriatric Association 2016. Background: To date, surveys of attitudes toward dementia have largely been conducted using unvalidated materials or have focused on healthcare professionals supporting people affected by de... Read More about A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire.

Mental Health and Identity: The Evaluation of a Drop-in Centre (2002)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Cheston, R. (2002). Mental Health and Identity: The Evaluation of a Drop-in Centre. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 12(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.639

This paper is based on interviews with users of a drop-in centre run by a voluntary group. Using a grounded theory approach the paper argues that individuals' use of the drop-in is linked to the discursive strategies that they have developed to cope... Read More about Mental Health and Identity: The Evaluation of a Drop-in Centre.

Involving people who have dementia in the evaluation of services: A review (2000)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Bender, M., & Byatt, S. (2000). Involving people who have dementia in the evaluation of services: A review. Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), 471-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230020005200

Government policy and good practice dictate that health and other care services should routinely involve service users in the evaluation of the services that they receive. While the carers of people with dementia have been involved in this process re... Read More about Involving people who have dementia in the evaluation of services: A review.

Brains, minds and selves: Changing conceptions of the losses involved in dementia (1999)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Bender, M. (1999). Brains, minds and selves: Changing conceptions of the losses involved in dementia. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 72(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1348/000711299159952

Until the last 10 years or so, dementia research had been dominated by the psychiatric or medical approach to dementia. However, increasing numbers of new psychological and social psychological approaches to dementia have begun to emerge. Consequentl... Read More about Brains, minds and selves: Changing conceptions of the losses involved in dementia.

Psychotherapeutic work with people with dementia: A review of the literature (1998)
Journal Article
Cheston, R. (1998). Psychotherapeutic work with people with dementia: A review of the literature. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 71(3), 211-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb00987.x

Until recently psychotherapy and counselling techniques have rarely been used with people with dementia. However, the change in emphasis within dementia care towards a person-centred approach has meant that there is a growing clinical interest in the... Read More about Psychotherapeutic work with people with dementia: A review of the literature.