Breastfeeding is a public health priority and lack of breastfeeding support contributing factor to the low initiation continuation rates in UK. Online social groups are being increasingly utilised by mothers research into this phenomenon only now emerging.To document describe posts made within an online group.The group between 1st 7th November 2016 were recorded using unobtrusive non-participant design, subject systematic message content analysis. Themes relating topics discussion deduced...

The aim of this review is to identify and critically examine existing research relating secondary trauma Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within UK police officers. A systematised literature was conducted which identified 20 studies in officers from Scotland, England, Wales Northern Ireland. These comprised terrorist incidents, mass disasters, general policing duties working rape child abuse investigations. Key themes emerged regarding understanding the impact trauma, influence culture...

Children who have experienced trauma require emotionally responsive parenting to support them make sense of their early stories and build healthy relationships. Foster care can be an important resource for these children, but the task challenging. This study uses Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis explore lived experiences foster carers in holding loss brought by children care. Ten local authority were interviewed, all caring aged between eight 13 years placed with on a long-term...

Given the high rates of completed suicide and poor help-seeking among young men, this research explored how who had successfully sought help from a Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), experienced help-seeking. The study focused on factors that facilitated initial access ongoing engagement in services. Eight men between ages 16 to 18, entered CAMHS following self-harm or suicidal ideation, were engaged therapy, recruited. Each man was interviewed elicit his personal experiences...

Research has highlighted the many challenges that foster carers face in caring for children who have experienced adversity and charted a growing mismatch between numbers of needing placements availability carers. This review synthesises evaluates current empirical evidence on causes consequences stress by factors lessen or increase it. PsychINFO, ASSIA, Web Science Google Scholar were searched relevant studies, 15 which met specific inclusion criteria. The identified included both system...

Research into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other common mental disorders (CMDs) in police officers is limited, with the majority of research predominately conducted outside UK, no study quantitatively examining role social support relation to health UK working victims trauma. Therefore, this aimed examine prevalence predictors PTSD CMD who investigate rape, sexual exploitation child abuse, along potential protective support. Participants were ( n = 353) within one area,...

There is a high prevalence of mental health problems within adolescent populations, but they are unlikely to seek help. Adults, including parents, important this help-seeking process. The study, therefore, aimed develop theory the influence parents upon help seeking. Eighteen semistructured interviews were conducted with adolescents, their and clinicians working child services (CAMHS). A grounded analysis allowed for in-depth exploration participants’ experiences. model was developed...

Identity formation may be more complex for those who have been in foster care the face of childhood abuse, difficult relationships, unstable environments, and multiple contexts but this does not imply there is anything pathological about it. Given higher levels mental health difficulties looked after children known role identity has health, whether as a risk or protective factor, it seems clinically significant to investigate what factors help construct hinder care. Interpretative...

Despite older adolescence being a risk period for the development of mental health concerns, service engagement is low among 16- to 18-year-olds. As therapeutic attendance linked clinical outcome, it important understand in this population. There paucity research looking specifically at adolescent phenomenon. Previous qualitative into experiences has provided rich and detailed results. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was chosen as methodological approach. Ten 18-year-olds were...

Abstract Background Milk sharing is not a new concept and occurs today via regulated human milk banks unregulated online groups. Exploring understanding how, why, mothers use these peers to peer groups, vehicle how breastfeeding can be tangibly supported online, adding the literature on sharing, from recipient’s perspective. This research presents single case example of an support group use, through one mother’s experiencing seeking donor milk. Method qualitative, exploratory study observing...

Whilst it has been suggested that fostering involves being both a parent and professional, little is known about how foster carers manage these roles. This study aimed to develop an explanatory theory model of the processes involved in looked after children relationship between roles professional. Ten offering intended long-term placements five social care professionals who provide support were interviewed. Data analysed using grounded theory. A preliminary was developed which two changed...

Policing by its very nature has been widely recognised as being inherently stressful with little that can be done to prevent police officers’ exposure both primary and secondary trauma. Officers involved in the investigation of child abuse sexual offences have further working some most demanding roles policing. However, there research within this high-risk group officers which seeks understand how they cope organisational occupational stressors are exposed to, well strategies help them ‘ get...

Research has highlighted the potential tensions and risk of disruption to care placements when foster carers have birth children living at home. Given limited research attention given these young people importance retaining carers, it seems important for policy practice investigate parent–child relationship in this context. Therefore, study seeks explore how experience their with parents. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used analyse semi-structured interviews eight such (aged...

Abstract Literature pertaining to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) supervision is limited, particularly about CBT during training. This exploratory study outlines the thoughts of supervisors and supervisees in a training context which elements make effective. Four four experienced (all from programme independent one another) were interviewed asked consider what makes Their responses evaluated using thematic analysis (TA) key themes identified. The fit with existing literature was...

This study explored the processes involved when bereaved use Facebook to continue bonds with deceased. Grounded theory was used analyze pages and interviews users. Individual attempts at connection, such as posting about deceased person, were bolstered by others witnessing replying posts. Collective reminiscence occurred through sharing of memories deceased, which sometimes led learning new things them. These individual collective helped maintain transform a connection who for some...

Understanding how change occurs in psychotherapy is imperative informing clinical practice. Increasing attention has been given to the role that qualitative research could play enhancing our understanding of therapeutic change. Although quantitative suggests parent-child effective facilitating change, no date focused on parents make sense their experience. In this study, interpretative phenomenological analysis was used analyze semi-structured interviews eight who had completed about Five...

To explore what bereaved employees consider as helpful support from their managers. An online questionnaire was completed by 40 participants various occupations in the United Kingdom who had been of spouse. The data were analysed using a qualitative thematic approach. Two key superordinate themes found: ‘Acknowledgement’ and ‘Response’. This study supports growing initiative to set informal for grieving thereby enhancing provision impactful timely bereavement workplace. These findings...

Parent–infant relationships are important for healthy child development and health visitors in a prime position to highlight any difficulties. Limited research exists into visitors' experiences of talking about these difficulties; therefore, this study aimed shed further light on the subject. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 qualified working parents infants aged 0–4. Five themes emerged from data: felt experience – connection personal; impact containing carrying burden;...

Looked-after children are exposed to significant developmental trauma which may impact their identity development. Discourses of vulnerability and maladaptation often surround this group, while care-leavers self-identify as survivors. The role culture in formation is also well documented, cultural socialisation linked psychological adjustment wellbeing. Despite this, little research has explored development black minority ethnic (BAME) care-leavers. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis...