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Experiences and Perceptions of Self‐Harm in Rural‐Dwelling Adults: A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence (2025)
Journal Article
Saunders, K., Nicholls, W., Corp, N., Kingstone, T., Mughal, F., Chew‐Graham, C. A., Southam, J., & Fisher, T. (2025). Experiences and Perceptions of Self‐Harm in Rural‐Dwelling Adults: A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence. Health Expectations, 28(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70268

Background: Self‐harm is associated with factors that are relevant to and exacerbated by rurality. Living in rural areas may intensify existing socio‐economic disadvantages linked to service access, employment opportunities, transport conditions and... Read More about Experiences and Perceptions of Self‐Harm in Rural‐Dwelling Adults: A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence.

Case-finding with the anxiety sub-scale of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an observational cohort: Sensitivity, specificity, and cost-effectiveness. (2025)
Journal Article
Camacho, E. M., Shields, G. E., Eisner, E., Littlewood, E., Watson, K., Chew-Graham, C. A., McMillan, D., & Gilbody, S. (in press). Case-finding with the anxiety sub-scale of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an observational cohort: Sensitivity, specificity, and cost-effectiveness. Journal of Affective Disorders, 381, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.04.009

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is effective and cost-effective for identifying postnatal depression. Postnatal anxiety is also common and can be identified by three questions on the EPDS (anxiety sub-scale). We aimed to compare EPDS... Read More about Case-finding with the anxiety sub-scale of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an observational cohort: Sensitivity, specificity, and cost-effectiveness..

A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin – the ROSHNI-2 RCT (2025)
Report
Husain, N., Lovell, K., Chew-Graham, C. A., Lunat, F., Bee, P., Pierce, M., Atif, N., Aseem, S., Bhui, K., Bower, P., Brugha, T., Chaudhry, N., Ullah, A., Davies, L., Gire, N., Sharma, D., Miah, J., Ahmed, W., Kai, J., Mirza, I., …Morriss, R. (2025). A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin – the ROSHNI-2 RCT. NIHR / Health Technology Assessment

Background Postnatal depression is more common in British South Asian women than white women in the United Kingdom. Despite empirical evidence suggesting the effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy as a first line of treatment, little evidence... Read More about A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin – the ROSHNI-2 RCT.

Changes in heart failure healthcare in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2025)
Journal Article
Rothenberger, R., Blakeman, T., Chew-Graham, C. A., Forsyth, F., Hossain, M., Sowden, E., & Deaton, C. (2025). Changes in heart failure healthcare in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0138

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote healthcare for long-term condition management, including heart failure (HF). However, little is known about the experiences of this transition, knowledge developed during service transformation... Read More about Changes in heart failure healthcare in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic..

Under‐Served Groups and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Workshop; Multiple Barriers to Effective Healthcare, Research and Public Participation (2025)
Journal Article
Bolton, M. J., Chew‐Graham, C. A., & van Marwijk, H. (in press). Under‐Served Groups and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Workshop; Multiple Barriers to Effective Healthcare, Research and Public Participation. Health Expectations, 28(2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70214

Public involvement in research and other initiatives for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome) has been crucial in raising awareness of the disease and exposing inadequate healthcare and research funding. An online w... Read More about Under‐Served Groups and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Workshop; Multiple Barriers to Effective Healthcare, Research and Public Participation.

Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS) Protocol Paper (2025)
Other
Roden-Lui, G., Chew-Graham, C. A., Hard, J., Harriott, P., King, H., Mastrocola, E., & Walker, T. Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS) Protocol Paper

Background
A gap exists in the provision of care for imprisoned women with Severe Mental Illness (SMI), both in prison and on release to mainstream primary care. Women in such settings tend to have complex mental health problems, often with comorbid... Read More about Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS) Protocol Paper.

2763 Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: addressing low mood among older people (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bosanquet, K., Newbronner, E., Coventry, P., Shearsmith, L., Littlewood, E., Bailey, D., Henry, A., Burke, L., Ryde, E., McMillan, D., Ekers, D., Gilbody, S., & Chew-Graham, C. (2024, November). 2763 Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: addressing low mood among older people. Presented at British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting 2024, Excel, London

Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults were at risk of being socially isolated or experiencing loneliness, increasing the risk of depression. We adapted the delivery of Behavioural Activation (BA), an effective evidence-based interve... Read More about 2763 Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: addressing low mood among older people.

Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: A behavioural activation approach to addressing low mood and depression among older people with long-term conditions (2025)
Journal Article
Newbronner, E., Bosanquet, K., Coventry, P., Shearsmith, L., Littlewood, E., Bailey, D., Henry, A., Burke, L., Ryde, E., McMillan, D., Ekers, D., Gilbody, S., & Chew-Graham, C. (in press). Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: A behavioural activation approach to addressing low mood and depression among older people with long-term conditions. PLOS Mental Health, 2(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000105

Older adults are at risk of low mood and depression, which can be exacerbated by long-term physical health conditions, leading to poorer health outcomes and increased mortality. The restrictions on social mixing during the COVID-19 pandemic heightene... Read More about Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: A behavioural activation approach to addressing low mood and depression among older people with long-term conditions.

Cost-utility of behavioural activation for mitigating psychological impacts of COVID-19 on socially isolated older adults with depression and multiple long-term conditions compared with usual care: results from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, H.-I., Gilbody, S., Littlewood, E., Baird, K., Ekers, D., McMillan, D., Bailey, D., Chew-Graham, C., Coventry, P., Fairhurst, C., Hewitt, C., & Parrott, S. (2025). Cost-utility of behavioural activation for mitigating psychological impacts of COVID-19 on socially isolated older adults with depression and multiple long-term conditions compared with usual care: results from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Mental Health, 28(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301270

Background: Depression alongside multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) in older adults poses a critical public health challenge, worsening physical and mental health and increasing healthcare costs. COVID-19 restrictions further exacerbated these imp... Read More about Cost-utility of behavioural activation for mitigating psychological impacts of COVID-19 on socially isolated older adults with depression and multiple long-term conditions compared with usual care: results from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study (2025)
Journal Article
Smith, H. C., Archer, C., Bailey, J., Chew Graham, C., Evans, J., Fisher, T., Kessler, D., Kingstone, T., Procter, J., Shivji, N., Silverwood, V., Spruce, A., Turner, K., Wu, P., Yu, D., & Petersen, I. (2025). Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study. BMJ Mental Health, 28(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301160

There is some evidence that perinatal anxiety (PNA) is associated with lower rates of infant vaccinations and decreased access to preventative infant healthcare, but results across studies have not been conclusive. To investigate the relationship bet... Read More about Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study.