The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 18 Issue 3

Adult autism spectrum disorder: knowledge, attitude and practice of health system professionals

Javad Alaghband-rad, Maryam Ardeshir, Elham Hakki Kazazi, Mahtab Motamed

The prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rising. As children with ASD become adults, the need for appropriate physical and mental health care becomes more…

Capacity building in mental health: preparing Caribbean psychologists for the future

Donna-Maria Bradshaw Maynard

The English-speaking Caribbean is currently at a crossroads regarding the education and training of home-grown psychologists meeting the ever-increasing demands for mental health…

Interprofessional learning through discussions of troubled sex/gender in mental health care: a case study

Tuija Viking, Maria Skyvell Nilsson, Inga Wernersson

This study aims to investigate how aspects of the sex/gender were scrutinized in a team’s production of clinical guidelines for psychiatric compulsory care and what the…

Tattoos as symbols – an exploration of the relationship between tattoos and mental health

Chloe McCandlish, Mark Pearson

There has been significant growth in the number of people getting tattoos over recent decades. While there might be a myriad of reasons for getting a tattoo, there remains a…

“I am surprised that it works so well”: clinicians’ views on delivering psychological assessments and therapy to young people in a fully-digital mental health service"

Merle Janka Beltane May, Victoria M.E. Allen, Georgie Blackley, Dougal Julian Hare, Frank R. Burbach, Katherine Brown

Many mental health clinicians have delivered services digitally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging research suggests that, despite some initial discomfort, therapists…

The practice of incident reporting and management: current challenges and opportunities for mental health trusts in England

David Wood, Catherine Robinson, Rajan Nathan, Rebecca McPhillips

New patient safety frameworks are being implemented to improve the impact of incident reporting and management across the National Health Service (NHS) in England. This study aims…

Training for psychiatric assessments using virtual simulation

Claire Jane Stewart, Aiesha Ba Mashmous

The changing clinical landscape in psychiatry, both before and after the pandemic, has impacted students’ direct contact with psychiatric patients. It is imperative, therefore…