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Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration (2024)
Thesis
Robson, K. (2024). Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920495

Today's university students are pivotal to the future of our societies, professions, and families, making their psychological wellbeing a significant public health concern attracting interest from researchers and policy makers alike. The sociodemogra... Read More about Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration.

A qualitative study using a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate factors in Jordan that impact psychiatric medication-taking behaviour in schizophrenia and Bipolar I disorder (2024)
Thesis
Obiedate, K. M. A qualitative study using a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate factors in Jordan that impact psychiatric medication-taking behaviour in schizophrenia and Bipolar I disorder. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4625339

Introduction:
Medication-taking behaviour remains a challenging issue in mental health settings. It is widely understood that most people with mental disorders do not take their medications as prescribed. This behaviour is moderated by many factors... Read More about A qualitative study using a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate factors in Jordan that impact psychiatric medication-taking behaviour in schizophrenia and Bipolar I disorder.

Poster 23: What do Mental Health Nurses think and feel when the service user becomes their student nurse: Is it really ok not to be ok? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maile, C., & White, J. (2022, September). Poster 23: What do Mental Health Nurses think and feel when the service user becomes their student nurse: Is it really ok not to be ok?. Poster presented at 28th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (MNHR), Oxford

Background: Increasing numbers of higher education students declare pre-existing mental health conditions that require support and reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 (Hubble and Bolton, 2021)). Research with mental health student nurs... Read More about Poster 23: What do Mental Health Nurses think and feel when the service user becomes their student nurse: Is it really ok not to be ok?.

What do Mental Health Nurses think and feel when the service user becomes their student nurse: Is it really ok not to be ok? Podcast to accompany poster (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maile, C. (2022, September). What do Mental Health Nurses think and feel when the service user becomes their student nurse: Is it really ok not to be ok? Podcast to accompany poster. Presented at 28th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, Oxford

This podcast will talk the listener through the poster. The second half comprises short interviews with people who share their experiences of this emerging practice phenomenon.

Guidance On The Use Of Esketamine Nasal Spray For Treatment Resistant Depression (2021)
Other
White, J., & Feetam, C. (2021). Guidance On The Use Of Esketamine Nasal Spray For Treatment Resistant Depression. Janssen Medical Cloud for UK Healthcare Professionals

This guidance was commissioned by Janssen-Cilag Ltd as part of an extensive programme of work to support practitioners across the UK to apply best practice to the supervised self-administration of esketamine nasal spray. The document was generated wi... Read More about Guidance On The Use Of Esketamine Nasal Spray For Treatment Resistant Depression.

The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons (2021)
Journal Article
Bos, D., Gray, R., Meepring, S., White, J., Foland, K., & Bressington, D. (in press). The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12748

Abstract: Introduction To date, no studies have contrasted physical health profiles of people with severe mental illness (SMI) in different countries. Aim To evaluate feasibility of using the Health Improvement Profile (HIP) to compare and contrast p... Read More about The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons.

Current Thinking. Understanding the management of major depressive disorder in the UK: a consensus view of current therapeutic methods and guidance for service improvement (2020)
Journal Article
White, J., Cleare, A., Curry, A., Derage, S., Dow, B., Hannan, A., Nilforooshan, R., & Taylor, D. (2020). Current Thinking. Understanding the management of major depressive disorder in the UK: a consensus view of current therapeutic methods and guidance for service improvement. Prescriber, 31(5 (Suppl.)), 1-12

Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
White, J., Lucas, J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., Johnson, H., Irvine, L., Abotsie, G., Jones, M., & Gray, R. J. (2018). Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association, 69(5), 601-604. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700258

Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of a nurse delivered
health check with the Health Improvement Profile (HIP), which takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete and code, for persons with severe mental illness.
Methods: A single-blind, clu... Read More about Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Bressington, D., Chien, W. T., Mui, J., Lam, K. K. C., Mahfoud, Z., White, J., & Gray, R. (2018). Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 841-855. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12373

© 2017 Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. The aim of the present study was to establish the feasibility of conducting a full-scale trial and to estimate the preliminary effect of a Chinese Health Improvement Profile (CHIP) intervention o... Read More about Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial.

Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Gray, R., Bressington, D., Ivanecka, A., Hardy, S., Jones, M., Schulz, M., von Bormann, S., White, J., Anderson, K. H., & Chien, W.-T. (2016). Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0801-1

Background Poor adherence to medication in schizophrenia spectrum disorders leads to inadequate symptom control. Adherence therapy (AT) is an intervention that seeks to reduce patients’ psychiatric symptoms by enhancing treatment adherence. We aimed... Read More about Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness (2016)
Journal Article
Bressington, D., Mui, J., Wells, H., Chien, W. T., Lam, C., White, J., & Gray, R. (2016). Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25(3), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12195

In the present qualitative, descriptive study, we explored Hong Kong community psychiatric nurses’ (CPN) perceptions of using comprehensive physical health checks for service users diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI). Research interviews were... Read More about Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness.

Recovery from psychosis : physical health, antipsychotic medication and the daily dilemmas for mental health nurses (2015)
Journal Article
Bressington, D., & White, J. (2015). Recovery from psychosis : physical health, antipsychotic medication and the daily dilemmas for mental health nurses. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 22(7), 549-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12249

This paper considers some of the dilemmas experienced by Mental Health Nurses everyday when faced with the seemingly conflicting relationships that exist between recovery, antipsychotics and the physical health of people experiencing psychosis. We ex... Read More about Recovery from psychosis : physical health, antipsychotic medication and the daily dilemmas for mental health nurses.

Systematic review investigating the reporting of comorbidities and medication in randomized controlled trials of people with dementia (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, T., Maidment, I., Hebding, J., Madzima, T., Cheater, F., Cross, J., Poland, F., White, J., Young, J., & Fox, C. (2014). Systematic review investigating the reporting of comorbidities and medication in randomized controlled trials of people with dementia. Age and ageing, 43(6), 868-872. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu100

Objectives: dementia is a debilitating condition characterised by global loss of cognitive and intellectual functioning, which reduces social and occupational performance. This population frequently presents with medical co-morbidities such as hypert... Read More about Systematic review investigating the reporting of comorbidities and medication in randomized controlled trials of people with dementia.

Training Mental Health Nurses to Assess the Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users: A Pre- and Post-test Analysis (2013)
Journal Article
White, J., Hemingway, S., & Stephenson, J. (2014). Training Mental Health Nurses to Assess the Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users: A Pre- and Post-test Analysis. Perspectives in psychiatric care, 50(4), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12048

© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Purpose: The aim of this project was to develop, deliver, and evaluate a brief evidenced-based education package to enhance physical health literacy in mental health nurses. Design and Methods: Pre- and post-test survey... Read More about Training Mental Health Nurses to Assess the Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users: A Pre- and Post-test Analysis.