The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 18 Issue 1

Mental health professionals’ views of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis for children and young people: a Q-methodological study

Gemma Vickers, Helen Combes, Jennie Lonsdale

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a controversial psychiatric diagnosis. Despite an increasing amount of research looking at the BPD diagnosis when applied to young people…

A qualitative exploration of the experience and attitudes of exercise professionals using telehealth for people with mental illness

Grace McKeon, Caroline Fitzgerald, Bonnie Furzer, Simon Rosenbaum, Robert Stanton, Oscar Lederman, Samuel B. Harvey, Kemi Wright

Physical activity is an important component of treatment for people living with mental illness, and exercise practitioners are well placed to deliver these interventions. In…

Attitudes of nursing students towards mental health and the influence of social desirability: a cross-sectional study

Rosa Giralt Palou, Gemma Prat Vigué, Maria Romeu-Labayen, Glòria Tort-Nasarre

Identifying negative attitudes toward mental illness among students on nursing undergraduate degrees can help to design teaching strategies able to reduce the stigma attached to…

Staff perspectives on obesity within a Welsh secure psychiatric inpatient setting

Joseph Lloyd Davies, Ruth Bagshaw, Andrew Watt, Paul Hewlett, Heidi Seage

This study aims to understand the perceived causes and consequences of weight gain within a secure psychiatric inpatient service in South Wales.

Facilitator reflections on online delivery of simulation-based mental health education during COVID-19

Owen P. O'Sullivan, Anita Bignell, Jennifer Powell, Sandra Parish, Lloyd Campbell, Hannah Iannelli, Chris Attoe, Grégoire Billon

During COVID-19, Maudsley Simulation successfully pivoted to fully online delivery of simulation-based education (SBE) in mental health. In migrating digitally, the simulation…

Culturally tailored substance use interventions for Indigenous people of North America: a systematic review

Ariel M.S. Richer, Ariel L. Roddy

The purpose of the current study is to conduct a systematic review of peer-reviewed work on culturally tailored interventions for alcohol and drug use in Indigenous adults in…

Clinical psychologists’ well-being and experiences of home working during COVID-19

Heather Tolland, Emma Drysdale

The purpose of this paper was to explore the well-being and experiences of working from home (WFH) for psychology staff across a range of specialties working within one health…