A5067315082- Mental Health Research Topics
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Strong Light-Matter Interactions
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Physical Activity and Health
- Infant Health and Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Language Development and Disorders
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
University of Sheffield
2019-2025
University of York
2023
University of Otago
2020-2022
Background People with severe mental ill health (SMI) experience some of the largest inequalities any sector within society. For these to be reduced, an understanding behavioural determinants in this population is needed. Aims Utilising data from Closing Gap Health Study, we aimed assess extent which people SMI report health-risk factors and behaviours, their interest modifying them, associated being motivated modify behaviours. Method Adult (≥18 years old) participants were recruited via...
Abstract Background An unprecedented acceleration in digital mental health services happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, people with severe ill (SMI) might be at risk of exclusion, partly because a lack skills, such as literacy. The study seeks to examine how use Internet has changed pandemic for SMI, and explore symptomatic/health related barriers internet engagement, Methods Over period from July 2020 February 2022, n = 177 an SMI diagnosis (psychosis-spectrum disorder or...
To investigate if Sessions 1-4 Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores are associated with treatment outcome and there is a differential effect between person-centered experiential therapy (PCET) cognitive behavioral (CBT). A secondary data analysis of prospectively registered ethically approved pragmatic, noninferiority randomized controlled trial comparing PCET CBT for the moderate or severe depression. Latent growth curve modeling was applied to from 274 patients who received ≥ five...
Objective: Many patients relapse within one year of completing effective cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression and anxiety. Residual symptoms at treatment completion have been demonstrated to predict relapse, so this study used network analyses improve specificity regarding which residual anxiety relapse. Method: A cohort identified cases following low- high-intensity CBT in a stepped care psychological service. The sample included N = 867 "recovered" completers that attended...
Abstract Background: Some patients return for further psychological treatment in routine services, although it is unclear how common this is, as scarce research available on topic. Aims: To estimate the rate and describe clinical characteristics of who anxiety depression treatment. Method: A large dataset ( N =21,029) routinely collected data (2010–2015) from an English therapy service was analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The at least one additional episode within 1–5 years...
Objective: Low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LiCBT) can help to alleviate acute symptoms of depression and anxiety, but some patients relapse after completing treatment. Little is known regarding risk factors, limiting our ability predict its occurrence. Therefore, this study aimed develop a dynamic prediction tool identify cases at high relapse.Method: Data from longitudinal cohort LiCBT was analysed using machine learning approach (XGBoost). The sample included n = 317 treatment...
Abstract There are two broad views of children's theory mind. The mentalist view is that it emerges in infancy and possibly innate. minimalist more gradually childhood heavily dependent on learning. According to minimalism, children initially understand behaviors rather than mental states, they assisted doing so by recognizing repeating patterns behavior. regularities behavior allow them predict future behaviors, succeed theory‐of‐mind tasks, acquire state words, eventually, the states...
Abstract Severe mental ill health (SMI) is associated with excess mortality, and poor diet one modifiable risk factor. This study investigated factors low consumption of fruit vegetables among people SMI ( N = 9914). A total 8.4% participants ate no portions per day, while only 15% 5 + portions. Individuals who never consumed or < day were more likely to be male, younger than 65, unemployed, experience poorer general health, perceive as unimportant. Poor common tailored dietary...
Abstract Background and aims: There is increasing evidence to suggest companion animal ownership may positively impact mental health wellbeing. However, there limited research related the role of for that focuses on people living with severe illness (SMI). We aimed explore connection among loneliness, health, wellbeing, ownership, perceived strength human-animal bond in this population. Methods: conducted a survey an existing UK cohort SMI. The questionnaire included standardized measures...
Abstract We examined the relation between maternal responsiveness and children's acquisition of mental non-mental state vocabulary in 59 pairs mothers children aged 10 to 26 months as they engaged a free-play episode. Children wore head camera was defined talk that commented on child's actions (e.g., when child reached for or manipulated an object visible camera). As hypothesized, correlated with both younger (approximately 18 younger) but not older children. posit diminishing role language...
We investigate the excited stationary states of Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in harmonic potentials. derive simple analytical approximations first few eigenstates associated time-independent one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation and their energies. Our results are state generalizations Thomas-Fermi approximation ground state.