The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 17 Issue 3

The effect of cognitive–behavioral intervention on hope and death anxiety level in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Mandana Saki, Sabah Khoshnood, Fatemeh Mohammadipour, Farzad Ebrahimzadeh, Fatemeh Rezaei

Hope and death anxiety as the important sources of adjustment can affect the attitude, health status and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Hopelessness and…

Service user and carer representatives’ experiences of the personal effects of involvement in clinical psychology training

Adam Hill, Anna Tickle, Danielle De Boos

Extant literature exploring service user (SU) involvement in clinical psychology training has been limited by its sampling from singular training programmes and its restricted…

The feasibility and impact of online peer support on the well-being of higher education students

Maureen T.B. Drysdale, Margaret L. McBeath, Sarah A. Callaghan

Peer support has been identified as an important protective factor for mental health and overall well-being. The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of…

Translation and adaption of short version of IQCODE into Hausa and its psychometric evaluation among outpatients older adults

Tolulope Adeniji, Adetoyeje Y. Oyeyemi

This study aims at translating and adapting a common and widely used proxy rated cognitive screening tool – Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE…

Preparing a workforce across sectors: staff experiences of developing an Australian first, mental health and intellectual disability initiative for youth (MHIDI-Y)

Richard Whitehead, Liza Hopkins, Michelle Kehoe, Glenda Pedwell

The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of staff during the development and implementation of an Australian-first, family-focussed service addressing the…

Longitudinal effects of emotion regulation on social anxiety and affect among young adults

Koninika Mukherjee, Dilwar Hussain

Due to ongoing significant life changes during the transition into higher education, social anxiety can be problematic, especially for college students. It has adverse effects on…

Teaching undergraduate psychology students about mental health through student-led case studies: a case example of the celebrity Spike Milligan

Melissa Husbands, Jerome Carson

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that student-led case studies are an important way to learn about mental health problems and to highlight this by presenting a case study…

Connections, rituals and identities: healthcare students’ descriptions of objects that represent resilience

Angela Maddock, Jennifer Oates

Health-care student resilience is a well-researched topic, although the concept continues to evolve, not least as “resilience-building” has become an expected feature of…

Lived experience and clinical co-facilitation of a mental health literacy programme: qualitative exploration of satisfaction and factors supporting effective delivery

Talya Postelnik, Rhonda Robertson, Angela Jury, Heather Kongs-Taylor, Sarah Hetrick, Charito Tuason

Mental health literacy programmes can help reduce stigma towards people who experience mental health challenges. Co-facilitated mental health literacy programmes, delivered by a…