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Correction: Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. (2025)
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Gudka, R., McGlynn, E., Lister, K., Shaw, N., Pitchforth, E., Mughal, F., French, B., Ward, J. H., Newlove-Delgado, T., & Price, A. (2025). Correction: Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02727-4

Co‐Producing Resources to Help Improve Access to Primary Care for Young People With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2025)
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Gudka, R., Salimi, A., Gaywood, R., Hendrick, D., Becker, K., Medzinskii, O., Mughal, F., Melendez‐Torres, G. J., Smith, J., Newlove‐Delgado, T., & Price, A. (2025). Co‐Producing Resources to Help Improve Access to Primary Care for Young People With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Health Expectations, 28(3), Article e70200. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70200

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder resulting in negative long‐term outcomes if untreated. Pathways to healthcare in the United Kingdom are complex, especially for those aged 16–25 trans... Read More about Co‐Producing Resources to Help Improve Access to Primary Care for Young People With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Experiences and Perceptions of Self‐Harm in Rural‐Dwelling Adults: A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence (2025)
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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.

Improving healthcare information for young people with ADHD: perspectives from general practice. (2025)
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Price, A., Becker, K., Gudka, R., Smith, J., Mughal, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Pitchforth, E., & Newlove-Delgado, T. (2025). Improving healthcare information for young people with ADHD: perspectives from general practice. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0755

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder which can have poor long-term outcomes when unmanaged. Young people aged 16-25 with ADHD are often unable to access specialist healthcare as recommended by UK gui... Read More about Improving healthcare information for young people with ADHD: perspectives from general practice..

Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. (2025)
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Gudka, R., McGlynn, E., Lister, K., Shaw, N., Pitchforth, E., Mughal, F., French, B., Ward, J. H., Newlove-Delgado, T., & Price, A. (2025). Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02676-y

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition. Young people face challenges accessing ADHD healthcare in the UK, especially when transitioning between child and adult services. Digital health interventions (... Read More about Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis..

Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis: Reducing Self-Harm in Adolescents: Pooled Treatment Effects, Study, Treatment and Participant Moderators (2025)
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Wright-Hughes, A., Farrin, A. J., Fonagy, P., Ougrin, D., Stahl, D., Wright, J., Irving, D., Mughal, F., Truscott, A., Diggins, E., Chanen, A., Cooney, E., Carter, G., Clover, K., Dadds, M., Diamond, G., Esposito-Smythers, C., Green, J., Griffiths, H., Hassanian-Moghaddam, H., …Cottrell, D. (2025). Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis: Reducing Self-Harm in Adolescents: Pooled Treatment Effects, Study, Treatment and Participant Moderators. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.017

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Self-harm is common in adolescents and a major public health concern. Evidence for effective interventions that stop repetition is lacking. This individual-participant-data (IPD) meta-analysis of randomi... Read More about Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis: Reducing Self-Harm in Adolescents: Pooled Treatment Effects, Study, Treatment and Participant Moderators.

Mortality in adolescents after therapeutic intervention for self‐harm: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2025)
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Mughal, F., Young, P., Stahl, D., Asarnow, J. R., & Ougrin, D. (in press). Mortality in adolescents after therapeutic intervention for self‐harm: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. JCPP Advances, Article e12302. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12302

Background: Self‐harm in adolescents is an international concern. Evidence highlights that therapeutic intervention (TI), such as cognitive behaviour therapy informed treatments, after self‐harm leads to reduced self‐harm repetition. However, there i... Read More about Mortality in adolescents after therapeutic intervention for self‐harm: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.

Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine (2025)
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Ahmad, A., Mughal, Z., Jangan, A., Diakos, E., Minhas, S., & Mughal, F. (in press). Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 14(1), 4-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_947_24

Thyroid hormones are among the most prescribed medications to patients worldwide and are commonly used to treat hypothyroidism. Thyroxine is also indicated after total thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease or a multinodular goitre. In this commentary, we... Read More about Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine.

Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (2024)
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Comfort, H., McHugh, T. A., Schumacher, A. E., Harris, A., May, E. A., Paulson, K. R., Gardner, W. M., Fuller, J. E., Frisch, M. E., Taylor, H. J., Leever, A. T., Teply, C., Verghese, N. A., Alam, T., Abate, Y. H., Abbastabar, H., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abdelmasseh, M., Abd-Elsalam, S., Abdissa, D., …Kassebaum, N. J. (2024). Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 404(10466), 1955-1988. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2824%2901925-1

Cost-effectiveness of psychological and psychosocial interventions for adults, children and young people who have self-harmed (2024)
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Mavranezouli, I., Pelone, F., Connolly, R., Mughal, F., Witt, K. G., Hawton, K., Lascelles, K., Wildgoose, A., Childs, A., Pilling, S., & Kapur, N. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of psychological and psychosocial interventions for adults, children and young people who have self-harmed. BMJ Mental Health, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301220

Background: Self-harm is a major health issue resulting in high societal costs. Few psychological and psychosocial interventions have shown effectiveness in reducing repeat self-harm. Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of psychological and p... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of psychological and psychosocial interventions for adults, children and young people who have self-harmed.

Care gaps among people presenting to the hospital following self-harm: observational study of three emergency departments in England (2024)
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Steeg, S., Bickley, H., Clements, C., Quinlivan, L. M., Barlow, S., Monaghan, E., Naylor, F., Smith, J., Mughal, F., Robinson, C., Gnani, S., & Kapur, N. (2024). Care gaps among people presenting to the hospital following self-harm: observational study of three emergency departments in England. BMJ Open, 14(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085672

Objectives: This study aims to examine the proportions of patients referred to mental health, social and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) services and general practice and to assess care gaps among people presenting to the hospital f... Read More about Care gaps among people presenting to the hospital following self-harm: observational study of three emergency departments in England.

Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia (2024)
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Rengasamy, E. R., Hiscock, H., Newlove-Delgado, T., & Mughal, F. (2024). Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 74(747), 440-442. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp24x739461

Young people’s health has recently received growing attention, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and rightly so. Globally, it is estimated that around 4500 10–24-year-olds die each day, with leading causes being injuries, interpersonal violence,... Read More about Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia.

Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self‐Harm in Young People: A Qualitative Study (2024)
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Mughal, F., Saunders, B., Lewis, M., J. Armitage, C., Dikomitis, L., Lancaster, G., Townsend, E., & A. Chew‐Graham, C. (2024). Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self‐Harm in Young People: A Qualitative Study. Health Expectations, 27(5), Article e70026. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70026

Background: General practitioners (GPs) are key to the frontline assessment and treatment of young people after self‐harm. Young people value GP‐led self‐harm care, but little is known about how GPs manage young people after self‐harm. Aim: This stud... Read More about Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self‐Harm in Young People: A Qualitative Study.

How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study (2024)
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Mughal, F., Chew-Graham, C. A., Townsend, E., Armitage, C., Lewis, M., & Saunders, B. (2024). How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 74(749), e832-e838. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0209

Background Self-harm is a growing problem in young people. General practitioners (GPs) are usually the first point of healthcare contact for young people aged 16-25 years after self-harm. GPs can experience barriers to supporting young people and beh... Read More about How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study.

Assessment and management of allergic rhinitis: A review and evidence‐informed approach for family medicine (2024)
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Jangan, A., Mughal, Z., Ahmad, A., Simmons, M., Sheikh, A., & Mughal, F. (in press). Assessment and management of allergic rhinitis: A review and evidence‐informed approach for family medicine. Journal of General and Family Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.720

Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory disorder affecting nasal mucosa in response to allergen exposure and is commonly assessed and managed in family medicine. In this article, we review new international guidelines on the diagnosis and management of... Read More about Assessment and management of allergic rhinitis: A review and evidence‐informed approach for family medicine.