Research

The Journey of Engaging With Web-Based Self-Harm and Suicide Content: Longitudinal Qualitative Study

This study demonstrated the complexity of web-based interactions for those engaging with self-harm and suicide content, with beneficial and harmful material intertwined. Participants who demonstrated metacognition and digital efficacy skills have better control over their online use.

Teens, Tech, and Mental Health

We gave a seminar discussing findings and resources developed as part of the Digital Dialogues project.

Digital Dialogues

How should we talk about mental health and digital technology with young people?

Evaluating a school-based body image lesson in Indonesia: A randomised controlled trial

We adapted a body image lesson for adolescents in Indonesia and used a cluster RCT to explore the impact

Mental Health and the Online World

We gave a seminar introducing the Digital Dialogues project, aiming to enhance ways practitioners ask young people about their digital use and mental health.

Recruitment to a trial of antipsychotic reduction: impact of an acceptability study

Experiences from running an acceptability trial when recruiting to challenging RCTs with hard-to-reach populations

A systematic review of the effects of psychiatric medications on social cognition

🤩 My FIRST first author paper from my PhD, reviews what we currently know about the sedative effects of psychiatric medication on social cognition

Implementation, Adoption, and Perceptions of Telemental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review

Implementation of telemental health allowed some continuing support to the majority of service users during the COVID-19 pandemic and has value in an emergency situation.

Challenges for the non-clinical researcher working in mental health services

Important considerations for the non-clinical researcher working in NHS Mental Health Services.

Personality traits and night eating syndrome in women with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder

🔊Exciting 🆕 paper shows that harm-avoidance personality traits are higher in individuals with night-eating syndrome (NES), than in the general population