- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Ethics in medical practice
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
2019-2022
Maudsley Hospital
1976-2022
St George's Hospital
2021
King's College London
2017-2021
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
2021
University College London
2019
Trinity College Dublin
2019
Sexual minority adolescents (i.e. youth not exclusively heterosexual) report more anxiety than heterosexual on symptom questionnaires but no research has used standardised diagnostic tools to investigate disorder risk. This study uses a UK birth cohort the risk of disorders in sexual and using computerised structured clinical interview explores influence gender nonconformity, bullying self-esteem.Participants were 4,564 (2,567 girls 1,996 boys) from Avon Longitudinal Study Parents Children...
Abstract Background Sexual minority youth have elevated suicidal ideation and self-harm compared with heterosexual young people; however, evidence for mediating mechanisms is predominantly cross-sectional. Using a longitudinal design, we investigated self-esteem depressive symptoms as mediators of increased rates or (SISH) among sexual youth, the roles childhood gender nonconformity (CGN) sex moderators these relationships. Method In total, 4274 from Avon Longitudinal Study Parents Children...
Purpose The health and well-being of healthcare staff came into focus during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as already strained workforces responded to new additional challenges. Organisational support services made efforts adapt provision. However, most literature recommendations are centred on surveys medical clinical staff. present study included across non-clinical within a mental trust over course COVID-19 date, aimed understand workforces' access experiences...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the impact work can have on healthcare workers and importance of staff support services. Rapid guidance was published to encourage preventive responsive for workers.
A proportion of patients admitted to acute-stroke settings have not had a stroke, but conditions mimicking stroke. Approximately 25% suspected stroke cases are "stroke mimics" and 2% with functional symptoms - "functional mimics". This study aimed explore experiences illness perceptions hyperacute wards.This used mixed methods. Patients participated in semistructured qualitative interviews immediately after admission one two units London again 2 months hospital discharge. Qualitative data...
Background Psychiatric illnesses are prevalent in general hospitals and associated with length of stay (LOS). Liaison psychiatry teams provide psychiatric care acute can improve mental health-related outcomes but, to achieve ambitious policy targets, services must understand local need. Aims Using electronic patient records, we investigate associations between diagnoses LOS South East London hospitals. Method Patient records were extracted using the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical...
Abstract. Background: High rates of psychological distress are reported in functional conditions and vascular stroke, but there is limited understanding how patients with neurological symptoms stroke settings respond to symptoms. Aims: This study compared those chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods: A prospective cohort 56 were age-gender matched CFS. Analysis variance groups on cognitive behavioral responses symptoms, distress, functioning. Sensitivity analyses controlled for known...