The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 14 Issue 1

Risk and responding to self injury: is harm minimisation a step too far?

Patrick Joseph Sullivan

The purpose of this paper is to consider some of the legal implications of adopting a harm minimisation approach in supporting people who self-injure within inpatient mental…

Distance is not a barrier: the use of videoconferencing to develop a community of practice

Ruairi Page, Fiona Hynes, James Reed

The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of videoconferencing to deliver a post-graduate education programme in forensic mental services by video-conference across three…

Are there preferred coping and communication strategies while undergoing IVF, and do cognitive behavioral interventions help?

Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, Orly Sarid, Julie Cwikel, Eliahu Levitas, Iris Har-Vardi

Coping and communication strategies affect how one perceives potentially stressful life events, such as infertility. Cognitive behavioral interventions (CBI) can reduce the…

Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions to identify maternal distress in Dutch pregnant women

Yvonne Fontein-Kuipers, Julie Jomeen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions for routine screening of maternal distress in Dutch antenatal care.

Student interprofessional mental health simulation (SIMHS): evaluating the impact on medical and nursing students, and clinical psychology trainees

Chris Attoe, Mary Lavelle, Susan Sherwali, Katharine Rimes, Zaina Jabur

Mental health simulation is the educational practice of recreating clinical situations in safe environments using actors, followed by structured debriefing, to foster professional…

Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs)

Celeste Foster

The purpose of this paper is to investigate professional quality of life of mental health nursing staff working within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU…