Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 29 Issue 2

Editorial: The British and Irish group for the study of personality disorder: reflections on the 23rd annual conference

Oliver Dale, Julia Blazdell

Assessing the use of the transtheoretical model to manage referrals in mental health services

Jackson Lord, Rachel Sabin-Farrell

The transtheoretical model (TTM) has been applied to varying areas of physical health, e.g. diabetes. However, research into its applicability to psychotherapy is mixed. The TTM…

Evaluating the effectiveness of trauma-informed care training delivered to staff in community Older Adult Mental Health Services

Katie Russell, Nima Moghaddam, Anna Tickle, Gina Campion, Christine Cobley, Stephanie Page, Paul Langthorne

By older adulthood, the majority of individuals will have experienced at least one traumatic event. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is proposed to improve effectivity of health-care…

Developing the AMPHORA policy guidelines for heritage projects as mental health interventions: a Delphi consultation

Karen J. Burnell, Paul Everill, Eva Makri, Louise Baxter, Kathryn Watson

Engaging with heritage to support mental health and wellbeing has become a focus of research and policy, more recently moving towards social prescription of heritage…

Serious games for mental health promotion in adolescents with chronic diseases: a scoping review

Yi Wu, Tianxue Long, Jing Huang, Yiyun Zhang, Qi Zhang, Jiaxin Zhang, Mingzi Li

This study aims to synthesize the existing serious games designed to promote mental health in adolescents with chronic illnesses.

Comparing service user perspectives of an early intervention in psychosis service before and during COVID-19 lockdowns: a service evaluation

Nikita Sakaria, Christopher Sanderson, Simon Watkins, Victoria Boynton

This service evaluation aims to understand the experiences of service users (SUs) who accessed an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service during the Coronavirus pandemic…

Systematicity of receiving mental health care predicts better subjective well-being of Ukrainians during the second year of the Russian invasion

Mariana Velykodna, Oksana Tkachenko, Oksana Shylo, Kateryna Mitchenko, Zoia Miroshnyk, Natalia Kvitka, Olha Charyieva

This study aims to develop and test a multivariable psychosocial prediction model of subjective well-being in Ukrainian adults (n = 1,248) 1.5 years after the 2022 Russian…

The “Team Tree” Professional Tree of Life intervention: development and evaluation within the acute inpatient psychiatric setting

Claire McDonald, Jessica Townsend, Caitlin Gillespie

Mental health staff often experience significant levels of stress working in the acute psychiatric inpatient setting. Team-building interventions can mitigate stress in…