Our study used video clips of autistic and non-autistic people recounting emotional events to test if participants from the general population could: track the intensity of the narrators’ emotions; name and feel the same emotion; match where the narrator felt the emotion and indicate how intensely they felt the emotion using a body map. Open access article - no login required.
This article describes and reflects on the first six meetings of a newly established Autistic community council, founded to steer a participatory, longitudinal qualitative study investigating the reproductive health of Autistic people with wombs. Open access article - no login required.
The overarching aim of this exploratory study was to learn about autonomy from the perspective of autistic adults with intellectual disability, including what autonomy meant and how participants wanted to be supported to be autonomous. Open access article - no login required.
Autistic children often have comorbid somatic problems. However, in adulthood, this has been much less studied. We investigated the associations between autistic symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome, food allergy, pain, and fatigue in adulthood and examined sex and life-course differences herein. Open access article - no login required.
There is an increasing focus on research exploring autistic communication and community. In this review, we systematically collate and analyse how autistic adults describe their experiences of other autistic people and the relationship this has with their Quality of Life (QoL). Open access article - no login required.
This study explores the experiences and identities of nonbinary autistic people, an under-researched population. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This international study examines the implementation characteristics of the BIs and compares them to standardised measures for assessing the severity of intellectual impairment and adaptive behaviours in disorders of intellectual development and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The clinical utility of the ICD-11 and the fidelity of its application in international clinical settings were also assessed. Open access article - no login required
This study aims to investigate the prevalence of problem behaviours, characterise the behavioural phenotype and use well-validated measures to explore variables that maintain the behaviours. Open access article - no login required.
This is the first study to interview autistic adults about their personal experiences of differentiating between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and repetitive behaviours related to autism. Open access article - no login required.
The present paper reviews key barriers to accessing and engaging in EBPs for PTSD, discusses current applications of AI in PTSD treatment and provides recommendations for future AI integrations aimed at reducing barriers to access and engagement. Open access article - no login required.
The goal of the current research was to clarify the mixed findings regarding the relation between pleasure deficits and internalizing psychopathology. Open access article - no login required.
The current study employed network analytic techniques to examine how subjective views surrounding the cause of depressive symptoms altered actual symptom presentation networks. Additionally, the interaction between depressive symptoms and various etiological beliefs was examined. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The present study included 644 schizophrenia patients from two centers. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected at baseline and 4 weeks after admission to investigate the correlation between metabolites, episodes, usage of AAPDs, and occurrence of dyslipidemia. Open access article - no login required.
We show how acoustic prosodic features, such as pitch and gaps, can be used computationally for detecting symptoms of schizophrenia from a single spoken response. Open access article - no login required.
We are a large and diverse group of national and international clinicians, lived experience and social community advocates, all working together to innovate the current approaches available for women with menopausal mental ill health. Open access article - no login required.
...The conditions co-occur frequently, they share some cognitive features, and they have a marked overlap in underlying genetic and environmental influences (1). Perhaps surprisingly, we know much less about the overlap in brain function, particularly when the brain is actively engaged in psychological processes. This knowledge gap is partly addressed by a meticulously conducted and conceptually elegant meta-analysis of brain function in ADHD and ASD... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The co-occurrence of unhealthy alcohol use and opioid misuse is high and associated with increased rates of overdose, emergency health care utilization, and death. The current study examined whether receipt of an alcohol-related brief intervention is associated with reduced risk of negative downstream opioid-related outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors sought to estimate the genetic and environmental contributions to PTSD, and to formally test for sex differences, in the largest sample to date of both sexes, among twins and siblings. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Illness: Evidence for Treatment Persistence. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors revisit the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia with genomic insights from the most recent schizophrenia clinical genetic association studies, transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses from human postmortem brain studies, and analyses from cellular models that recapitulate neurodevelopment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The objective of this study was to perform a well-powered genetic study of TRD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this study, the most common trajectories of illness course are described for a cohort of individuals followed for 25 years since first admission for psychosis. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Defining Discontinuation for Buprenorphine Treatment: Implications for Quality Measurement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to determine whether the integration of a clozapine clinic within an early intervention for psychosis service resulted in a change in the rate and time to initiation of clozapine, the number of trials of different antipsychotic medications prior to clozapine, community initiation and discontinuation rates. Open access article - no login required.
This study aimed to establish a comprehensive set of recovery-oriented rehabilitation programs for individuals with schizophrenia, comparing the efficacy of video-based rehabilitation to traditional face-to-face interventions. The primary objective was to assess whether video-based rehabilitation could serve as a viable alternative for individuals with schizophrenia residing in remote areas. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
...focussing on the lived experiences of regional Australian youth with recent experience of climate-related disasters alongside clinical insights from those involved in their care. Open access article - no login required.
This study compares the effects of two intranasal vitamin B12 dosage regimens in elderly vitamin B12-deficient patients. Open access article - no login required.
This review aims to identify and discuss current knowledge gaps and considerations regarding the inclusion of transgender and nonbinary participants in phase 1 clinical drug trials. Open access article - no login required.
This review aimed to uncover PIM prevalence in individuals aged 65 years or older using health databases and emphasized the risk of underestimating PIM prevalence due to underutilization of detection tools. Open access article - no login required.
This review provides an overview of glial modulators as a novel treatment approach for comorbid pain and OUD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article summarizes the growing literature on resilience in the face of aversive and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in three basic axioms: (a) resilience is a common outcome, 2) there are no “key” traits to resilience (resilience is not a type), and (c) resilient outcomes occur through flexible self-regulation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) report difficulties engaging with positive autobiographical memories. Extending this line of research, we examined daily-level concurrent and lagged associations between PTSS severity and positive memory characteristics (vividness, coherence, accessibility, time perspective, sensory details, visual perspective, emotional intensity, sharing, distancing, and valence). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The present study examined how PTSS and risky drinking may function through the associations between maladaptive individual and interpersonal coping strategies and relationship distress among trauma-exposed individuals. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The current study reports findings from a randomized controlled feasibility trial (N = 33; Mage = 11.79 years, SD = 3.08; 63.6% White; 66.7% female) that measured youths’ resting RSA, RSA reactivity, and RSA recovery in response to a pretreatment laboratory challenge. Open access article - no login required.
The aims of this study are: (i) to validate the predictive performance of existing IFX PopPK models using a cohort of children with IBD; and (ii) to perform a Bayesian estimation of the most suitable model to predict the next IFX concentrations. Open access article - no login required
We aimed to characterize the cardiovascular AEs of BTKIs reported in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System, and to compare the cardiovascular risks of BTKIs. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this article, we propose a strategy of patient-controlled, home-based, self-TDM of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus after transplantation. Open access article - no login required.
The aims of this study were to measure the prevalence of polypharmacy and describe the prescribing of selected medications known for overuse in older people with polypharmacy in primary care. Open access article - no login required.
This study elucidated the factors contributing to the development and severity of MetS in first-treatment drug-naïve (FTDN) patients with SCZ. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study explored working alliance (WA) in a clinic serving individuals with APS to see how WA changed across the course of treatment and its relation to APS. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We define criteria for methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder (MIPD) to aid in accurate and reliable diagnosis. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to qualitatively explore the experience of childhood adverse events and coping strategies employed by individuals that promote resilience and better mental health outcomes. Open access article - no login required.
This pilot study explores the effectiveness and feasibility of a group treatment program for youth offenders with cognitive deficits and mental health concerns in youth detention. Open access article - no login required
This paper aims to provide insights about why Deaf people are twice as likely as hearing people to experience mental health problems. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the novel electrical therapy on sleep disturbance in autoimmune rheumatism diseases patients and its effect on immunologic factors. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The study aim was to explore experiences of alcohol use and harm within the following four Gypsy/Traveller communities: Irish Travellers, Boaters, Gypsies, and Slovakian Roma. Open access article - no login required
The aim of this review study was to identify, categorize, and synthesize the interventions suggested to improve access and utilization of health services by the ageing population. Open access article - no login required.
This study sought to determine the impact of hydroxychloroquine dose on the risk of hospitalizations for systemic lupus erythematosus. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this systematic review was to identify and qualify the current available evidence of the wound exudate handling capabilities and the cost-effectiveness of hydration response technology. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this international consensus document is to outline the best practices and recommendations for effective debridement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate if occupational therapy and/or physiotherapy interventions improve activity and participation for children and adolescents with functional neurological disorder. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
With the enormous growth in interest and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems seen since the launch of ChatGPT in autumn 2022 have come questions both about the legal status of AI outputs, and of using protected works as training inputs. It is inevitable that UK higher education institution (HEI) library copyright advice services will see an increase in questions around use of works with AI as a result. Staff working in such library services are not lawyers or able to offer legal advice to their academic researchers. Nonetheless, they must look at the issues raised, consider how to advise in analogous situations of using copyright material, and offer opinion to researchers accordingly. While the legal questions remain to be answered definitively, copyright librarians can still offer advice on both open licences and use of copyright material under permitted exceptions. We look here at how library services can address questions on copyright and open licences for generative AI for researchers in UK HEIs.
When seeking medical information on social media, users tend to rely on subjective judgment rather than objective judgment, although both are influential. Furthermore, in the current era, in which marketing methods involving big data algorithms and artificial intelligence prevail, negative signals, such as information overload, have a more pronounced impact than positive signals.
The aim of this study, which was nested in a larger evaluation project, was to explore the experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals to understand the implementation of a step-down IC service in Buckinghamshire, UK. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This scoping review aims to compile, analyse, and identify gaps in the existing research concerning the attitudes of residents and staff towards sexuality within the context of residential aged care. Open access article - no login required.
The purpose of this review was to identify barriers to exercise prescription in the treatment of people diagnosed with mental illness as perceived by HCPs. Open access article - no login required.
This rapid review synthesizes evidence about the experiences of users and providers of community-based accommodation services for people living with serious mental illness internationally to understand priorities for policy and practice. Open access article - no login required.
Findings from this study support the importance and value of engaging with older people to assist with the development of community-based programs that are authentically designed to align with the expectations of older people, through a process of quality improvement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this narrative review was to identify and describe human rights-based approaches in homecare, in order to promote awareness and understanding of a human rights-based approach. Open access article - no login required.
This study reports a low occurrence of new-onset SAIDs following COVID-19 vaccination, primarily IIMs, PMR, and inflammatory arthritis. Identified risk factors included pre-existing AID multimorbidity, mental health diseases, and mixed race. Open access article - no login required.
This study concludes that febuxostat combined with a low-purine diet can reduce inflammatory factors and alleviate the degree of pain in gout patients, significantly improving their clinical symptoms. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to investigate the effects of neurocognitive training (NT), a personalized and specialized exercise programme on symptoms, attention and dynamic balance in treatment-naïve children diagnosed with ADHD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This item concludes that a higher exposure to glucocorticoids during the initial therapy of lupus nephritis was associated with better renal outcomes, at the cost of increased infections and mortality. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study concludes that psychoeducation can increase patients' knowledge about sAUD, but it does not increase the likelihood of abstinence or controlled low consumption after discharge. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to fill the gap in elder mistreatment literature for the Pakistani community, offering unique perspectives to inform culturally sensitive policy recommendations. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article aims to examine safeguarding practices and ascertain how power, racism and gender oppression are understood and experienced by mothers of ethnic minorities in social work. Open access article - no login required.
This meta-ethnographic review explains how people with early-onset dementia form their sense of identity. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to identify the qualitative outcomes of a robot-mediated social skills training programme for children with autism spectrum disorder, examine the impact of such programmes on children’s social participation and identify the essential elements of robotic interventions that are conducive to children’s social development. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy of guided self-help ICBT (GSH ICBT) and unguided self-help ICBT (SH ICBT) against active and passive control conditions in adults with OCD. Open access article - no login required.
The present systematic review aimed to evaluate support for the unique and complementary roles of self-compassion and self-forgiveness in alcohol outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the possibilities and effects of imagery-based interventions that explicitly target negative images in (sub)clinical social anxiety. Open access article - no login required.
This study aimed to explore Black psychologists' experiences of microaggressions in supervision with a White supervisor and their impact. Open access article - no login required.
New survey by the American Library Association. Despite their online presence, 98% of Purdue undergraduates use libraries for study, socializing, and resources like Wi-Fi. The survey highlights a shift in library design, emphasizing flexible, multi-purpose areas over traditional print collections. Modern libraries now offer amenities like natural light, diverse study environments, and tech-equipped spaces to meet student needs. The study underscores the importance of adapting library spaces to support both academic and social functions, ensuring they remain vital hubs for the next generation of students
This study adds epidemiological weight to the implementation of health maintenance strategies and risk management procedures to reduce the risk of violent outcomes in individuals with mental health disorders (specifically, substance use disorder, psychosis, and ‘personality disorders’). The findings highlight how experiences of victimisation and perpetration are more often comorbid, with experiences of both victimisation and perpetration more common than an experience of only one of the outcomes.
As the authors of this paper state,
offering timely access to evidence-based practices is crucial to address the research-practice gap and provide evidence-based care to children and young people.
This review summarises the key barriers and facilitators to help achieve this. It also highlights some of the conflicting priorities that CYP mental health services currently face between these identified facilitators and barriers (e.g., high service demands and prioritising innovation).
Additionally, this review emphasises the need to learn and use implementation strategies within CYP mental health settings in order to test and trial these methods and understand the effects within local and individual contexts.
This investigation represents the first systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol's effects on affiliative language. The authors test the hypothesis that alcohol increases affiliative verbal approach behaviors and discuss future research directions. Open access article - no login required.
This study tested whether individuals who are most likely to need enhanced care later in the disease course can be identified at the point of diagnosis. Open access article - no login required.
Health sciences library public services underwent profound changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Circulation, reference services, instruction, interlibrary loan, and programming were all significantly affected. Libraries adapted by moving to virtual services, featuring online workshops, video consultations, and digital information sharing. Reference services moved to virtual consultations for a streamlined experience, and instruction transitioned to interactive video tutorials. Interlibrary loan services saw a decrease in print material lending but an increase in electronic subscriptions. Library programming shifted from in-person to virtual, focusing on wellness activities. This post-pandemic transformation underscores the importance of ongoing adaptation to meet changing user needs.
This article describes how the library evidence team became part of a wider board project to develop a governance system for Apps. It also describes how the skills of librarians can be developed to work in this area and raise the profile of the team within the board.
To help address the well-being of the campus and contribute to empathy building amongst students pursuing careers as healthcare providers, an academic health sciences library built a graphic novel collection focused on comics that discuss medical conditions and health-related topics. The collection contains the experiences of patients, providers, and caregivers. The reader-friendly format of graphic novels provides an easy entry point for discussing empathy with health professions faculty and students. The collection has been used in the classroom during library instruction sessions, with the idea of integrating it within the curriculum.
Summary points
The TARCiS (Terminology, Application, and Reporting of Citation Searching) statement provides guidance in which contexts citation searching is likely to be beneficial for systematic reviewers
TARCiS comprises 10 specific recommendations on when and how to conduct citation searching and how to report it in the context of systematic literature searches, and also frames four research priorities
The statement will contribute to a unified terminology, systematic application, and transparent reporting of citation searching and support those who are conducting or assessing citation searching methods
Change of threat expectancy as mechanism of exposure-based psychotherapy for anxiety disorders: Evidence from 8,484 exposure exercises of 605 patients. Clinical Psychological Science, 2023
Commentary on Expert international trauma clinicians’ views on the definition, composition and delivery of reintegration interventions for complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023
Commentary on Barriers to healthcare and a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults: A qualitative study. Autism, 2023.
Commentary on Exploring Black and South Asian women’s experiences of help-seeking and engagement in perinatal mental health services in the UK. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
Commentary on: Improving mental healthcare access and experience for people from minority ethnic groups: An England-wide multisite experience-based codesign (EBCD) study. BMJ Mental Health, 2023
This study looked at admissions over 5 years to explore whether there is a correlation between MEED medical compromise parameters and three outcomes: length of stay, detainment under the Mental Health Act 1983, and discharge destination.
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Remote monitoring technologies show potential to help health professionals deliver preventative interventions which can avoid hospital admissions and allow patients to remain in a home setting.
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Using a case study approach, the authors describe the support available, spanning health and social care and third sector organisations. They discuss how this support can enable people with dementia and their carers to maintain wellbeing and cope with the impact of dementia.
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Online symptom checkers are a way to address patient concerns and potentially offload a burdened healthcare system. However, safety outcomes of self-triage are unknown, so we reviewed triage recommendations and outcomes of our institution's depression symptom checker.
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Implications for practice and research:
Implementing waiting-list interventions, offering regular updates on queue position and estimated wait times, and providing information about support services can alleviate the uncertainty of prolonged waits and mitigate dropouts among individuals with learning disabilities and comorbid mental conditions.
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Implications for practice and research:
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in acute mental healthcare settings is inhibited by mental health nurses’ experiences of being unsafe, their lack of emotion management skills and their involvement in coercive practices.
Further research is needed to better understand the relationship between mental health nurses’ emotional intelligence and their ability to implement TIC.
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Implications for practice and research:
Providers should encourage antidepressant use with statins for depression that is comorbid with physical conditions.
Research can clarify which population subgroups taking both medications demonstrate improved outcomes.
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Implications for practice and research:
Interprofessional education (IPE) can enhance interprofessional attitudes, skills and knowledge, behaviours, organisational and, patient outcomes, as defined by Kirkpatrick’s model of educational outcomes.
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