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Assessing women's perinatal psychological health: exploring the experiences of health visitors (2013)
Journal Article
Jomeen, J., Glover, L., Jones, C., Garg, D., & Marshall, C. (2013). Assessing women's perinatal psychological health: exploring the experiences of health visitors. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 31(5), 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2013.835038

Objective: This study aimed to explore health visitors' (HVs) experiences of the assessment of women with psychological distress and mental health problems across the perinatal period in clinical practice. Background: In international contexts, there... Read More about Assessing women's perinatal psychological health: exploring the experiences of health visitors.

Targeted group-based interventions in schools to promote emotional well-being: a systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Cheney, G., Schlösser, A., Nash, P., & Glover, L. (2014). Targeted group-based interventions in schools to promote emotional well-being: a systematic review. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 19(3), 412-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104513489565

The school environment offers significant opportunities to deliver psychological interventions to groups of young people in the UK. However, the nature and effectiveness of programmes are not consistently documented. This systematic review aimed to i... Read More about Targeted group-based interventions in schools to promote emotional well-being: a systematic review.

Exploring the psychological processes underlying touch: lessons from the Alexander Technique (2012)
Journal Article
Jones, T., & Glover, L. (2014). Exploring the psychological processes underlying touch: lessons from the Alexander Technique. Clinical psychology and psychotherapy : an international journal of theory & practice, 21(2), 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.1824

The experience of touch is significant; both in its positive implications and in how it attracts caution and controversy. Accordingly, physical contact within psychological therapy has been shown to improve well-being and the therapeutic relationship... Read More about Exploring the psychological processes underlying touch: lessons from the Alexander Technique.

Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, K., & Glover, L. (2012). Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 25(2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2012.680724

The focus of this article is on a creative writing group developed for women with chronic pelvic pain. The authors address whether their experiences have anything to say about how creative writing sits within the current Western health paradigm and i... Read More about Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain.

What does having a fertility problem mean to couples? (2009)
Journal Article
Glover, L., McLellan, A., & Weaver, S. M. (2009). What does having a fertility problem mean to couples?. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 27(4), 401-418. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646830903190896

The meaning of fertility problems for couples and how partners differed in their appraisals of their fertility problems were the main areas of interest in this research. Ten couples recruited via an infertility clinic took part in semi-structured int... Read More about What does having a fertility problem mean to couples?.

Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: self-perceptions and the concept of bother (2005)
Journal Article
Gannon, K., Glover, L., O'Neill, M., & Emberton, M. (2005). Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: self-perceptions and the concept of bother. BJU international, 96(6), 823-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05720.x

OBJECTIVE To explore the meaning that men attach to their experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to understand 'bother' in the context of those meanings. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixteen men with symptoms suggestive of LUTS and/or... Read More about Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: self-perceptions and the concept of bother.

Men, masculinity and reproduction (2005)
Journal Article
Glover, L. (2005). Men, masculinity and reproduction. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 23(3), (268 - 269). ISSN 0264-6838

Men's expectations & experiences of childbirth (2005)
Journal Article
Bedenko, N., Lindow, S., & Glover, L. (2005). Men's expectations & experiences of childbirth. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 23(3), (252 - 252). ISSN 0264-6838

The illness experiences of women with fibroids: An exploratory qualitative study (2004)
Journal Article
Nicholls, C., Glover, L., & Pistrang, N. (2004). The illness experiences of women with fibroids: An exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25(3-4), 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/01674820400024430

Previous research suggests that women attending gynaecology clinics experience high rates of psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity. Although the reasons for this are poorly understood, certain conditions appear to cause women particularly... Read More about The illness experiences of women with fibroids: An exploratory qualitative study.

Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives (2004)
Journal Article
Young, E., Eddleston, J., Ingleby, S., Streets, J., McJanet, L., Wang, M., & Glover, L. (2005). Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives. Intensive care medicine, 31(1), 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2495-y

Objective: This study gathered data on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and relatives after discharge from intensive care and examined whether the intensive care population differ from an elective cardiac surgery group with regards to t... Read More about Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives.

Men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms: factors relating to bother (2004)
Journal Article
Glover, L., Gannon, K., McLoughlin, J., & Emberton, M. (2004). Men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms: factors relating to bother. BJU international, 94(4), 563-567. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05001.x

OBJECTIVE: To gain an understanding of men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and of bother, a principle determinant of whether a patient has an intervention for LUTS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data were collected on 75 patients... Read More about Men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms: factors relating to bother.

Men and chronic illness: A qualitative study of LUTS (2004)
Journal Article
Emberton, M., O'Neill, M., Gannon, K., & Glover, L. (2004). Men and chronic illness: A qualitative study of LUTS. Journal of health psychology, 9(3), 411-420. doi:10.1177/1359105304042350

In order to determine how men react to and manage chronic conditions 16 men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) were interviewed to examine the relationship between detecting symptoms and seeking medical help, perceptions of symptoms and the imp... Read More about Men and chronic illness: A qualitative study of LUTS.

Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports (2004)
Journal Article
Gannon, K., Glover, L., & Abel, P. (2004). Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports. Social science & medicine, 59(6), 1169-1175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.015

There is growing concern about the health of men in the developed West. Compared with women they have higher rates of morbidity and mortality and are less likely to seek out and employ medical services. Several authors have drawn on social constructi... Read More about Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports.

Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth (2003)
Journal Article
Bedenko, N., Lindow, S., & Glover, L. (2003). Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 21(3), (240 - 240). ISSN 0264-6838

Psychological intervention in women's health: Values, theory and practice (2003)
Journal Article
Erskine, A., Christmas, P., Boyle, M., Glover, L., Rutter, C., & Liao, L. (2003). Psychological intervention in women's health: Values, theory and practice. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 21(3), 173-182. doi:10.1080/0264683031000155015

This paper explores interconnections between values, theory and practice in psychotherapeutic interventions in women's health. A re-worked biopsychosocial approach is discussed. This draws on a material-discursive psychology that also affirms individ... Read More about Psychological intervention in women's health: Values, theory and practice.