“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...
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...
Policy context for dual diagnosis service delivery
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Hughes, L., & Kipping, C. (2008)
Policy context for dual diagnosis service delivery. Advances in dual diagnosis, 1(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/17570972200800002
This paper aims to provide an overview of the policy guidance and will begin with an introduction and overview of policy development during this period; then focus on the more...
A pilot study of dual diagnosis training in prisons
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Hughes, E. (2006)
A pilot study of dual diagnosis training in prisons. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 1(4), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/17556228200600025
People with dual diagnosis have complex needs and vulnerabilities that may lead to incarceration in prisons. Mental health and substance use services in prisons should have th...
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...
Understanding the current sexual health service provision for mental health consumers by nurses in mental health settings: Findings from a Survey in Australia and England
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Quinn, C., Platania-Phung, C., Bale, C., Happell, B., & Hughes, E. (2018)
Understanding the current sexual health service provision for mental health consumers by nurses in mental health settings: Findings from a Survey in Australia and England. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(5), 1522-1534. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12452
Nurses in mental health settings avoid talking to consumers about sexual health concerns. It is unclear whether this avoidance prevents the provision of sexual healthcare. The...
Preventing blood-borne virus infection in people who inject drugs in the UK: systematic review, stakeholder interviews, psychosocial intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial
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Gilchrist, G., Swan, D., Shaw, A., Keding, A., Towers, S., Craine, N., …Watson, J. (2017)
Preventing blood-borne virus infection in people who inject drugs in the UK: systematic review, stakeholder interviews, psychosocial intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 21(72), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21720
Background
Opioid substitution therapy and needle exchanges have reduced blood-borne viruses (BBVs) among people who inject drugs (PWID). Some PWID continue to share injecting...
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...
The importance of local and regional networks in supporting dual diagnosis in clinical practice
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Holland, M., Bell, R., & Hughes, L. (2012)
The importance of local and regional networks in supporting dual diagnosis in clinical practice. Advances in dual diagnosis, 5(4), 185-188. https://doi.org/10.1108/17570971211281684
Purpose
The aim of this paper is to describe the development and functions of local and regional networks for professionals working with dual diagnosis in the north of England...