“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach
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McDermott, E., Eastham, R., Hughes, E., Johnson, K., Davis, S., Pryjmachuk, S., …Jenzen, O. (2024)
“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938241230766
Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about e...
The Association between the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) Model and Involuntary Detentions of People Living with Mental Illness: A Protocol for a Retrospective Observational Study
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Heffernan, J., Pennay, A., Hughes, E., & Gray, R. (2023)
The Association between the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) Model and Involuntary Detentions of People Living with Mental Illness: A Protocol for a Retrospective Observational Study. Nursing Reports, 13(4), 1452-1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040122
Emergency services are frequently called to attend mental health incidents and are looking for innovative ways to improve their responses and reduce the burden on services. In...
Achieving integrated treatment: a realist synthesis of service models and systems for co-existing serious mental health and substance use conditions
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Harris, J., Dalkin, S., Jones, L., Ainscough, T., Maden, M., Bate, A., …Hughes, E. (2023)
Achieving integrated treatment: a realist synthesis of service models and systems for co-existing serious mental health and substance use conditions. Lancet Psychiatry, 10(8), 632-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366%2823%2900104-9
Approximately 30–50% of people with serious mental illness have co-existing drug or alcohol problems (COSMHAD), associated with adverse health and social care outcomes. UK gui...
Barriers to the management of sexual dysfunction among people with psychosis: analysis of qualitative data from the REMEDY trial
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Thana, L. J., O’Connell, L., Carne-Watson, A., Shastri, A., Saravanamuthu, A., Budhwani, N., …Crawford, M. J. (2022)
Barriers to the management of sexual dysfunction among people with psychosis: analysis of qualitative data from the REMEDY trial. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), Article 545. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04193-7
Background: More than half of people who use antipsychotic medication for psychosis report having sexual dysfunction. The REMEDY trial aimed to find out if switching antipsych...
Using photovoice to understand and improve healthy lifestyles of people diagnosed with serious mental illness
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Edmondson, A. J., Borthwick, R., Hughes, E., & Lucock, M. (2022)
Using photovoice to understand and improve healthy lifestyles of people diagnosed with serious mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 29(5), 676-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12863
Introduction: People diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) live 10-20 years less than the general population, due in part to co-existing physical illness linked to lifes...
Premenstrual Exacerbation of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective Studies
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Hughes, L., & Nolan, L. (2022)
Premenstrual Exacerbation of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective Studies. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 25, 831-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01246-4
Purpose: Mental health disorders can be exacerbated during periods of hormonal fluctuation (e.g., pregnancy, menopause) and the risk factors for sensitivity to these fluctuati...
Severe Mental Illness and Pregnancy Outcomes in Australia. A Population-Based Study of 595 792 Singleton Births 2009-2016
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Edvardsson, K., Hughes, E., Copnell, B., Mogren, I., Vicendese, D., & Gray, R. (2022)
Severe Mental Illness and Pregnancy Outcomes in Australia. A Population-Based Study of 595 792 Singleton Births 2009-2016. PLOS ONE, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264512
Background
Women with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) may have more complex pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes that require different care and management, but this has not been ex...
Documentary Analysis within a Realist Evaluation: recommendations from a study of Sexual Assault Referral Centres
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Price, H., Domoney, J., Ariss, S., Hughes, E., & Trevillion, K. (2021)
Documentary Analysis within a Realist Evaluation: recommendations from a study of Sexual Assault Referral Centres. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211047818
Realist approaches are increasingly used in studies of complex health interventions/evaluations to understand how programmes work, for whom, and under what circumstances. Mixe...
Improving the Sexual health of young people (under 25) in high risk populations: a systematic review of behavioural and psychosocial interventions
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Brown, E., Lo Monaco, S., O’Donoghue, B., Nolan, H., Hughes, E., Graham, M., …Gray, R. (2021)
Improving the Sexual health of young people (under 25) in high risk populations: a systematic review of behavioural and psychosocial interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179063
Background: Ensuring young people experience good sexual health is a key public health concern, yet some vulnerable groups of young people remain at higher risk of poor sexual...
The RESPECT study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with serious mental illness in community mental health services in the UK
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Hughes, E., Mitchell, N., Gascoyne, S., Moe-Byrne, T., Edmondson, A., Coleman, E., …Watson, J. (2020)
The RESPECT study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with serious mental illness in community mental health services in the UK. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 1736 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09661-x
Background
People with serious mental illness (SMI) have sexual health needs but there is little evidence to inform effective interventions to address them. In fact, there are...