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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.

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., …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)
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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., …Chien, W. (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)
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Smith, T., Maidment, I., Hebding, J., Madzima, T., Cheater, F., Cross, 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)
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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.

Why are people with serious mental illness still not getting their physical health checked? (2013)
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Hardy, S., & White, J. (2013). Why are people with serious mental illness still not getting their physical health checked?. Mental health nursing, 33(1), 14 - 18

This paper is a reflection on the present service provision for patients diagnosed with a serious mental illness. A possible way forward is suggested to make services more responsive and thus improve the detection and appropriate interventions for th... Read More about Why are people with serious mental illness still not getting their physical health checked?.

Implementing a Competence Framework for Administering Medication: Reporting the Experiences of Mental Health Nurses and Students in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., White, J., Baxter, H., Smith, G., Turner, J., & McCann, T. (2012). Implementing a Competence Framework for Administering Medication: Reporting the Experiences of Mental Health Nurses and Students in the UK. Issues in mental health nursing, 33(10), 657-664. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2012.688255

Medicine administration is a high risk activity that most nurses undertake frequently. In this paper, the views of registered mental health nurses and final year student nurses are evaluated about the usefulness of the Medicines with Respect Assessme... Read More about Implementing a Competence Framework for Administering Medication: Reporting the Experiences of Mental Health Nurses and Students in the UK.

Role of the mental health nurse towards physical health care in serious mental illness: An integrative review of 10 years of UK Literature (2012)
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Blythe, J., & White, J. (2012). Role of the mental health nurse towards physical health care in serious mental illness: An integrative review of 10 years of UK Literature. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 21(3), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00792.x

People with serious mental illness have significantly poorer physical health compared to the general population. Mental health nurses are in a prime position to help reduce unacceptable death in this population. A literature search was undertaken to... Read More about Role of the mental health nurse towards physical health care in serious mental illness: An integrative review of 10 years of UK Literature.

The Medicine with Respect Project: a stakeholder focus group evaluation (2012)
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Hemingway, S., White, J., Turner, J., Dewhirst, K., & Smith, G. (2012). The Medicine with Respect Project: a stakeholder focus group evaluation. Nurse education in practice, 12(6), 310-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.03.008

The administration of medicines is a role that fundamentally impacts on the wellbeing of the patient and has been described as one of the highest risk activities that a nurse undertakes. This article reports on the Medicine with Respect Project where... Read More about The Medicine with Respect Project: a stakeholder focus group evaluation.

The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
White, J., Gray, R. J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., & Jones, M. (2011). The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12(167), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-167

Background: The serious mental illness Health Improvement Profile [HIP] is a brief pragmatic tool, which enables mental health nurses to work together with patients to screen physical health and take evidence-based action when variables are identifie... Read More about The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence (2011)
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Hardy, S., White, J., Deane, K., & Gray, R. (2011). Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 18(8), 721-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01722.x

Healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care should monitor the physical health of people with serious mental illness, yet in practice this does not appear to be a routine intervention. Our objective is to develop evidence-based training fo... Read More about Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence.

Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses (2010)
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Hemingway, S., Magginis, R., Baxter, H., Smith, G., Turner, J., & White, J. (2010). Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses. Mental health nursing, 30(3), 12-16

This article reports the initial development and evaluation of stages 1 and 2 of the ‘stepped approach’ to ‘medicines management’ (MM) and concentrates on the collaboration between the University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership N... Read More about Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses.

Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation (2010)
Journal Article
Shuel, F., White, J., Jones, M., & Gray, R. (2010). Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation. International journal of nursing studies, 47(2), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.003

Background and objectives: The physical health of people with serious mental illness is a cause of growing concern to clinicians. Life expectancy in this population may be reduced by up to 25 years and patients often live with considerable physical m... Read More about Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation.

Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research (2010)
Journal Article
Gray, R., White, J., Schulz, M., & Abderhalden, C. (2010). Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00649.x

This paper describes the development of an adherence therapy intervention in schizophrenia and synthesizes the results to date of a collaborative international programme of research. Sticking to treatment is essential to control symptoms and prevent... Read More about Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research.