Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 29 Issue 3

The cycle of acceptance: mental health professionals’ experience of workplace violence in a UK community mental health team

Helen Parr, Gaia Cetrano

Violence and aggression against mental health professionals is a global concern with well-documented consequences. In the UK, mental health care is increasingly delivered in the…

Videoconferencing CBT: a mixed-methods analysis of outcomes amongst young people depending on current self-harm risk status

Katherine Brown, Laura Jenkinson

A notable number of young people self-harm, with only a minority receiving professional support. Evidence suggests that therapy can help recovery from self-harm, but little is…

Occupational therapists views on GAS-light as an outcome measure in community adult mental health

Ashley Lister, Karen Morris

The paper aims to gain understanding of perceived benefits and barriers to GAS-light as an occupational therapy outcome measure in community adult mental health. The study…

Understanding gender-responsive needs of girls in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE): menstrual cycle considerations

Robyn Lee, Annette McKeown, Jessica Graham, Yussra Hajaji, Patrick J. Kennedy

The current study aimed to examine the population of girls in two secure children’s homes (SCHs) in the North East of England to consider the impact of menstruation on girls’…

How enduring and multi-faceted self-disgust threatens psychological recovery from anorexia nervosa: a qualitative enquiry

Katie Bell, Helen Coulthard, Diane Wildbur, Iain Williamson

Self-disgust appears to be a prominent feature in anorexia nervosa (AN), which might help explain why AN is often such a persistent disorder. Little is known about how this…

What is the experience of engaging in mentalization-based treatment? A meta-ethnography of client perspectives of the therapeutic process and outcome

Niamh O’Leary, Christian Ryan, Philip Moore

Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to increase mentalizing capacity. The purpose of this meta-ethnography was to synthesize the…

Damaging dichotomies and confounding contradictions in mental health inpatient nursing: lessons learned from Orwell’s 1984

Michael Haslam, Keir Harding

This discursive paper considers the use of restrictive practices in mental health inpatient settings and how these are often prioritised over relational approaches, especially…