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Formulating Interpersonal Conflict, Relationship Factors and Abuse (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., Adan, A., & Marlow, N. (2024). Formulating Interpersonal Conflict, Relationship Factors and Abuse. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (97-118). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_5

Relationships and how we navigate through them in our lives can have an overwhelming impact on our wellbeing, behaviours and outlooks. This chapter will examine in particular how detrimental relationships through family members, partners, care givers... Read More about Formulating Interpersonal Conflict, Relationship Factors and Abuse.

Perspectives on Formulation Within Current Mental Health Nursing Practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Perspectives on Formulation Within Current Mental Health Nursing Practice. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (27-50). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_2

This chapter will draw together some of the current considerations around using formulation within mental health nursing practice. It will begin by identifying the literature currently available to us which involves mental health nursing professional... Read More about Perspectives on Formulation Within Current Mental Health Nursing Practice.

Understanding Human Distress and an Invitation to Explore the Myriads of Formulation (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Understanding Human Distress and an Invitation to Explore the Myriads of Formulation. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (1-25). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_1

Welcome to Chap. 1 which focuses on introducing the key sources of underpinning concepts in developing formulation approaches in mental health nursing. These will be further explored and illustrated through the real-life accounts within subsequent ch... Read More about Understanding Human Distress and an Invitation to Explore the Myriads of Formulation.

Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., Peirson, J., Gideon, M., & Martin, M. (2024). Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (161-188). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_8

This chapter will present and examine mental health care professionals’ involvement in formulation and views focused on mental health nurses’ roles in formulation practice. Beginning with student mental health nurses’ excerpts from three students’ re... Read More about Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice.

Postscript (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Postscript. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (189-197). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_9

Each chapter of this book has highlighted different perspectives of what the human experience of distress might look like. It has also gone some way towards exploring equally varied means of understanding individual distress and leaning on formulatio... Read More about Postscript.

HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy (2024)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (2024). HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy

Opening paragraph:
Pregnancy is a transformative period in a woman’s life and an important time to lay strong foundations for infant health and wellbeing that can last a lifetime. The health and wellbeing of the mother, her unborn baby and wider fam... Read More about HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.

Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January (2023)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (in press). Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January

Opening paragraph:
Many people make resolutions to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle after the New Year, and ‘Dry January’ is an opportunity to think about cutting down on alcohol consumption.

Making healthy resolutions are also important... Read More about Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January.

Prevention of alcohol related harm though preconception care: A scoping review of barriers and enablers (2022)
Journal Article
Smith, L., Hilton, A., Walker, J., Alfred, L., Ahankari, A., & Schölin, L. (2022). Prevention of alcohol related harm though preconception care: A scoping review of barriers and enablers. Dialogues in Health, 1, Article 100040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100040

Objective: To understand the perspectives of healthcare practitioners and women of reproductive age regarding addressing prevention of an alcohol exposed pregnancy before conception. Methods: A scoping review of mixed methods, qualitative and quantit... Read More about Prevention of alcohol related harm though preconception care: A scoping review of barriers and enablers.