Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 27 Issue 4

Editorial

Simon Riches, George Hoare, Jo Loughran, Helen L. Fisher, Freya Rumball

The initial design and programme theory for a new work-focused psychotherapeutic intervention to treat moderate-severe recurrent depression and enhance job retention

Nicola Walker, Sally Hall

Here, this study aims to report a case study of the initial design and programme theory of an interdisciplinary work-focused relational group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT…

Mood Lifters: evaluation of a novel peer-led mental wellness program

Cecilia M. Votta, Patricia J. Deldin

The purpose of this paper is to test a mental wellness intervention, Mood Lifters (ML), that addresses significant barriers to mental health care. ML includes adults over 18…

Creating alchemy within an Irish mental health service

Kevin O’ Shanahan, James O’ Flynn, Declan McCarthy, Liam MacGabhann

This paper aims to describe a novel community development and how the synergies arising from the interaction of diverse perspectives (including arts and health, person…

Mental health services in Hong Kong: development of community-based inclusive development practice faced with the cultural barriers

Gigi Lam, Eva Yin-Han Chung

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of mental health service policy in Hong Kong. After the return of Hong Kong’s sovereignty to China, mental health services…

An exploratory study of South Asian women’s experiences of mental health services in England: a thematic analysis of cultural sensitivity

Lorna Phillips, Panoraia Andriopoulou

Despite government and national health service demands for equality within mental health (MH) services, racial inequalities remain. South Asian (SA) women underutilise MH…

An observational study on IAPT waiting times before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using descriptive time-series data

Patrick Larsson, Russell Lloyd, Emily Taberham, Maggie Rosairo

The purpose of this paper is to explore waiting times in improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) services before and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper aims to…

Mental health nursing identity: a critical analysis of the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council’s pre-registration syllabus change and subsequent move towards genericism

Chris Connell, Emma Jones, Michael Haslam, Jayne Firestone, Gill Pope, Christine Thompson

This paper aims to explain how and why the philosophical changes to the pre-registration nursing standards by the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have resulted in a…