Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 25 Issue 2

Am I bipolar or what? Exploring the phenomenological, treatment and prognosis overlap of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder

Pedro Mota, Sofia Lourenço

The term borderline applied to personality dynamics was first introduced by Adolph Stern in 1938. This new term included a particular group of patients who, in an organizational…

Experiences of inpatient staff meeting the religious and cultural needs of BAME informal patients and patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983

Kuldip Kaur Kang, Nicola Moran

This paper aims to explore inpatient staff experiences of seeking to meet the religious and cultural needs of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) inpatients on mental health…

A 360° evaluation of stepped-care psychotherapy: APSI yrs 4-5

Padraig Collins, Zara Walsh, Aimee Walsh, Amy Corbett, Roisin Finnegan, Sinead Murphy, Lisa Clogher, Eimear Cleary, Sinead Kearns

This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a stepped-care primary care psychology service through triangulating clinical outcome data, service user satisfaction ratings and…

Deprivation, access and outcomes in health psychology treatment

Lloyd Louis Oates, Nick Firth

Individuals living in areas of higher deprivation are more likely to have requested mental health treatment but are less likely to have received treatment or benefitted from it…

Mental health interventions in the mining industry: a narrative review

Winifred Asare-Doku, Jane Rich, Brian Kelly, Carole James

Previous research has suggested high levels of unaddressed mental health needs among male-dominated work settings. The mining industry has been a recent focus internationally…

Engagement and observation: a review of local policies in England and Wales

Russell Ashmore

The purpose of this paper is to report on the content of local policies on engagement and observation written by National Health Service (NHS) organisations in England and Wales.

Referring to psychological therapy services in secondary NHS mental health services – how do mental health care professionals decide?

Lucy Fiddick, Emily Neale, Falguni Nathwani, Kristina Bennert, James Gregory

Evidence-based psychological therapies are available for severe and enduring mental health problems, but resources and access to these are limited within England. Practitioners in…