Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 27 Issue 2

Editorial: Taking a break in the “new normal”: virtual reality relaxation for a stressed workforce

Simon Riches, Holly Smith

Emotions in our lives: the evaluation of a user-centered training course »living e-Motions« in the context of recovery of people with mental health challenges

Karin Bakračevič, Saša Zorjan, Sara Tement, Louise Christie, Bojan Musil

This paper aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a training course »Living e-Motions« for people living with mental health challenges in the context of their…

The impact of integrating mental health services within a prison setting

Radha Kothari, Danielle White, Laura Craster, Eva Vicianova, Sophie Dennard, Fiona Bailey, John Kemp, Derek K. Tracy, Natasha Sarkissian

In 1999, the national health service (NHS) was made responsible for the commissioning of prison health care. Mental health inreach teams (MHIT) were set up to mirror community…

Treatment resistant depression (TRD) service outpatient’s experience of sleep, activity, and using a Fitbit wearable activity and sleep tracker

Chris Griffiths, Kate Walker, Andy Willis, Lorraine Pollard

Depression, physical health, well-being, sleep and physical activity are interlinked. Healthy levels of physical activity and effective night-time sleep can reduce depressive…

Are informal female workers better? Determinants of job stress on physical symptoms with risk-taking mental health stigma: a convergent-parallel approach

Hanvedes Daovisan, Jinpitcha Mamom

Lao PDR is a developing country with increasing female participation in the informal labour market. However, these informal female workers are often emotionally and physically…

Administrators within personality disorder services: their role and contribution in maintaining the overall structure and treatment approach

Emma Larsson-Thomas, Sukhi Ruprai, Louise Manonga, Tennyson Lee

People with personality disorders often present with interpersonal difficulties which affect their relationship with significant others but also with staff involved in their care…

A scoping review of older empty nesters’ mental health and its contributors

Cherrie Park, Angela Nancy Mendoza

Although the effects of the empty nest syndrome on mental health have long been examined, middle-aged empty nesters were generally at the focus of this examination. However, the…

Caregivers’ experiences of therapeutic support for children exposed to developmental trauma

Megan Middlemiss, Lisa Caygill, Sarah Craven-Staines, Joyce Powell

Exposure to trauma in childhood can have lasting impacts upon development and psychological well-being. Services can be sought to help young people heal from their experiences;…

Transitioning services for eating disorder treatment, the relative importance of factors from patient, carer and clinician perspectives: a Q-methodology study

Jackie Wales, Nicola Brewin, Iain Williamson, Jakub Štický, Rachael Lawrence, Alison Eivors

Effective transitions from child and adolescent to adult services are important for continuity of care for patients with eating disorders. This study aims to examine the relative…