To discuss the practical aspects of developing a PPI group, including one approach to convening a PPI group, and provide examples of where a PPI group has refined and improved the design of research. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Knowledge sharing without borders. Have you ever been in the situation when you’re working in a group, where everything starts fine, but then mail starts to pile up, platforms multiply, and in the end, no one finds anything anymore? With this in mind, we designed Graasp. In Graasp, you create a space, add collaborators, share files and links in one place, and discuss with each other. Graasp is used not only in the educational context but also in humanitarian organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières to help manage their knowledge on the field.
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Mental health lived experience narratives are first-person accounts of people with experience of mental health problems. They have been published in journals, books and online, and used in healthcare interventions and anti-stigma campaigns. There are concerns about their potential misuse. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The authors provide examples of reflections on collecting data from a participatory research project that explored Gypsies, Roma and Travellers’ experiences of cancer in their communities. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Mental healthcare services have undergone significant changes since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust one such change has been the development of a community enhanced rehabilitation team, to support service users who had experienced quicker discharge from inpatient rehabilitation services due to pandemic-related measures with transition into the community.
Inpatient care often involves restrictive interventions such as seclusion and restraint and restrictive practices that limit the person’s freedom, rights, and daily activities. Restrictive practice has not been the explicit focus in previous research however, it often appears as an important theme, with participants identifying it can have a detrimental effect on their wellbeing. More research specifically on this topic in an inpatient setting is therefore needed. Women might be particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of restrictive practices compared to men as women generally occupy less powerful positions in society and more often experience abuse. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
How much of social work knowledge is based on the experiences and views of people who have experience of health and social care as service users and/or carers, rather than practitioners, managers or other professionals and/or experts? To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this study was to describe mental health professionals’ experiences of changes in attitudes towards, and knowledge about, users of mental health-care recovery and decisional participation in clinical practice after an educational intervention.To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of the experiences of staff working with PSWs in a community forensic team and the impact this has on them. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper describes the holistic experiences of a nurse faculty member living with serious mental illness and highlights lessons learned in both healthcare and academic settings.
In addition to insights from the experience, the paper also shares suggestions for moving forward, reducing burnout, and supporting employees in these fields. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The existing psychosocial Support activities in the Northern Territory, Australia, are mostly delivered through individualised outreach and client-centred Support programs and do not currently have a strong Peer focus. To address this gap, a Peer-Led Education Pilot was developed and implemented in Darwin, Australia. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This is an account of my experiences becoming unwell and accessing general and mental health services in Ireland. It traces this experience from initial contact with my general practitioner, to admission to a secure psychiatric ward where recovery slowly began. It is hoped that this lived narrative of my recovery will shed light on accessing mental health services from a dual lens; that of service user and social worker. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Family intervention (FI) is recommended in national guidance to be offered to all service users accessing an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) team, due to the consistent evidence base in reducing relapse and rehospitalisation rates. However, FI implementation is poor nationally. Although barriers have been identified at the level of staff member and the organisation, there is a paucity of research identifying service user perspectives. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The COVID-19 pandemic has induced a considerable amount of mental health difficulties, ranging from anxiety and depression to psychosis. As services struggle to cope with the demand for support, the effect of such psychological challenges on quality of life remains a major concern. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.