Mental Health Research UK

Supporting participatory PhDs: a call to action

Abstract There has been sustained and growing interest in public policy, professional practice, and research, in what has come to be called patient and public, or service user, involvement. Requirements for such involvement are now embedded within health and care legislation, pro...

Avoiding erroneous decisions: evidence, population impact and acceptability of universal mental health interventions in schools – a commentary on Andrews et al.

Foulkes and colleagues argue many ‘universal’ interventions to prevent mental health problems are harmful (‘inflating prevalence’ because they raise awareness of mental health problems, encouraging those without such problems to misinterpret everyday concerns as symptoms of menta...

Fear of death increases nocebo-prone behavior in people with headaches during covid-19. A longitudinal observational survey

BACKGROUND: The nocebo effect greatly affects pain management. We investigated the nocebo-prone behavior in people with headaches during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, for which there is clear evidence that the nocebo effect increased. METHODS: Individuals with headaches comple...

Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smokefree mental health in‐patient stay: A multi‐centre randomised controlled feasibility study

Abstract Aims This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a new theory‐ and evidence‐based intervention designed to prevent return to pre‐admission smoking behaviours after discharge from a smokefree mental health in‐patient setting in the United Kingdom (UK). Design...