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Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression (2016)
Book Chapter
Burroughs, H., & Wilkie, R. (2016). Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression. In Mental Health and Older People (57-65). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29492-6_6

Retirement from paid employment and other changes in role can, for some older people, lead to a decline in social participation. A lack of social participation can cause loneliness, but the two states are not synonymous. Loneliness is emotional distr... Read More about Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression.

Physical and Psychological Treatments (2013)
Book Chapter
Konstantinou, K., & Jordan, J. L. (2013). Physical and Psychological Treatments. In Managing Sciatica and Radicular Pain in Primary Care Practice (87-105). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-907673-56-6_6

In this chapter the current evidence on the effectiveness of conservative, non-invasive, non-pharmacological treatment options for the conditions of lumbar and cervical radicular pain are summarised.

Remyelination In Multiple Sclerosis (2007)
Book Chapter
Chari, D. M. (2007). Remyelination In Multiple Sclerosis. In International Review of Neurobiology (589-620). (79). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0074-7742%2807%2979026-8

Remyelination is the phenomenon by which new myelin sheaths are generated around axons in the adult central nervous system (CNS). This follows the pathological loss of myelin in diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS). Remyelination can restore conduct... Read More about Remyelination In Multiple Sclerosis.

Translating health policy into research practice (2005)
Book Chapter
Hodgson, P., & Canvin, K. (2013). Translating health policy into research practice. In Involving Service Users in Health and Social Care Research. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The aim of this chapter is to explore and critically appraise the recent moves towards consumer involvement in health research. The UK government has attempted to initiate cultural shifts in how health research is undertaken through policy documents... Read More about Translating health policy into research practice.