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The Covid-19 related lockdown of March–June 2020 in the United Kingdom (UK) may have negatively affected mood and behaviour of people with brain injuries. Conversely, there may have been beneficial effects due to reduced demand on cognition and emotional regulation. In this online survey study, care coordinators (n=19) assessed the consequences of...
People with acquired brain injury (TBI) have unique and individual constellations of cognitive, behavioural and psychological difficulties that may affect their resilience to adverse events and Ability to cope with stressors. COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown has affected the lives of everyone but may have had a disproportionate impact on the normal...
Refugees experience higher rates of psychotic symptoms, in particular auditory hallucinations. This study aimed to explore the experience of refugees diagnosed with psychosis from a first-person perceptive. Seven refugees from a routine clinical service who had experienced trauma were interviewed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employ...
We describe a group approach to address familyfocused coping for African parents with HIV living in the UK. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and at completion of the intervention. The results will be used to inform and strengthen the design and content of future interventions.
Objective: To explore and evaluate the evidence that refugee status is a risk factor for psychosis. Within research relating to mental health problems in refugee populations, studies measuring incidence of psychoses appear to be relatively rare. The existing literature has largely focused on the relationship between migration as a whole and psychos...
Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST), originally developed in dementia, was piloted on an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation population to determine feasibility. A modified version was trialled with five participants. Orientation, challenging behaviour and cognition showed significant improvement overall.
The London borough of Newham is ethnically diverse and is one of the poorest regions in the UK. Rates of teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV are high compared to the rest of the country. One strand of the local school-based HIV-prevention programme for young people utilizes performance arts as a tool for HIV education...
Suicide remains a significant risk for young men. Consultation groups with young men run by the Camden Sort Out Stress (SOS) project team suggest we revise our approaches to mental health promotion and service delivery for this vulnerable group.
