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Understanding research readiness in psychological services: mixed method findings from a cross-sectional survey pilot (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Saunders, K., Campbell, P., Lamph, G., Rydon-Grange, M., Murphy, G., Rogers, B., Bradley, E., Grange, J., Lambley-Burke, R., & Kingstone, T. (2025). Understanding research readiness in psychological services: mixed method findings from a cross-sectional survey pilot. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.28.25338875

Background Healthcare organisations that have a research culture within their practice (e.g. evidenced based and evidence informed practice) report better outcomes for their service users. There are however reported barriers to embedding research int... Read More about Understanding research readiness in psychological services: mixed method findings from a cross-sectional survey pilot.

Locating Meaning: Health Professionals’ Views on the Psychological and Clinical Significance of Self-Injury Sites (2025)
Journal Article
Gardner, K. J., Smith, R., Rayner, G., Lamph, G., Moores, L., Crossan, R., Bisland, L., Danino, N., & Taylor, P. (2025). Locating Meaning: Health Professionals’ Views on the Psychological and Clinical Significance of Self-Injury Sites. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(7), Article 979. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22070979

Background: This study explored how health professionals construct clinical and psychological meaning based on the location of self-injury on the body, particularly in relation to concealed or visible injuries and how they might inform attributions a... Read More about Locating Meaning: Health Professionals’ Views on the Psychological and Clinical Significance of Self-Injury Sites.

Strengthening the mental health components of preregistration nursing programmes (2025)
Journal Article
Ghoorun, M., Rooney, N., MCNULTY, B., O'Connor, A., & Lamph, G. (2025). Strengthening the mental health components of preregistration nursing programmes. British Journal of Nursing, 34(11), 0251. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.0251

This article illustrates the solutions that one university has devised in terms of incorporating mental health field identity, relative to the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards of proficiency for registered nurses. Novel approaches were used to... Read More about Strengthening the mental health components of preregistration nursing programmes.

Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review. (2025)
Journal Article
Griffiths, J. L., Foye, U., Stuart, R., Jarvis, R., Chipp, B., Griffiths, R., Jeynes, T., Mitchell, L., Parker, J., Rowan Olive, R., Quirke, K., Baker, J., Brennan, G., Lamph, G., McKeown, M., Lloyd-Evans, B., Trevillion, K., & Simpson, A. (2025). Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2025.2488335

There is an over-reliance on structured risk assessments and restrictive practices for managing self-harm and suicidality in inpatient mental health and emergency department (ED) settings, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Alternative "relationa... Read More about Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review..

Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study (2025)
Journal Article
Bonsaksen, T., Price, D., Lamph, G., Kabelenga, I., & Østertun Geirdal, A. (2025). Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study. PloS one, 20(1), Article e0318507. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318507

Sleep problems are commonly related to stress and mental health problems. However, social media use has become widespread in the general population during recent years, and their addictive potential may influence people’s sleep routine. In addition,... Read More about Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study.

Responses to Complex Emotional Needs in UK male prisons: A scoping review protocol v1 (2024)
Other
Lamph, G., Clifford, A., Wyndham, D., Wheatcroft, S., Canvin, K., Hughes, N., Hutton, R., Roberts, J., Rydon-Grange, M., Plant, J., & Lewis, C. (2024). Responses to Complex Emotional Needs in UK male prisons: A scoping review protocol v1

The aim of this review is to examine the scope of the literature and grey literature considering support for complex emotional needs in UK male prisons. The objectives to be completed in order to meet the aim are: i.) answer the review question: What... Read More about Responses to Complex Emotional Needs in UK male prisons: A scoping review protocol v1.

Social Media Use and Associations with Psychological Distress Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Ragnhildsløkken, H., Bonsaksen, T., Aakhus, E., Kabelenga, I., Lamph, G., Price, D., & Østertun Geirdal, A. (2024). Social Media Use and Associations with Psychological Distress Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Sciences, 13(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13120634

Social media may have the double potential to support and undermine mental health, and research is needed to investigate these relationships in age-specified populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between the use of so... Read More about Social Media Use and Associations with Psychological Distress Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Exploring the stigma associated with personality disorders: a narrative review. (2024)
Journal Article
Phillips, C. L., Rylance-Graham, R., & Lamph, G. (2024). Exploring the stigma associated with personality disorders: a narrative review. Mental Health Practice, 27(6), 1-7, e1715.

Individuals with a personality disorder diagnosis experience high levels of stigma within society
generally and healthcare services specifically. This narrative review analyses the recent literature
exploring the stigma associated with personalit... Read More about Exploring the stigma associated with personality disorders: a narrative review..

Quantitative evidence for relational care approaches to assessing and managing self-harm and suicide risk in inpatient mental health and emergency department settings: a scoping review (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Griffiths, J. L., Foye, U., Stuart, R., Jarvis, R., Chipp, B., Griffiths, R., Jeynes, T., Mitchell, L., Parker, J., Rowan Olive, R., Quirke, K., Baker, J., Brennan, G., Lamph, G., McKeown, M., Lloyd-Evans, B., Trevillion, K., & Simpson, A. Quantitative evidence for relational care approaches to assessing and managing self-harm and suicide risk in inpatient mental health and emergency department settings: a scoping review

There is an over-reliance on structured risk assessments and restrictive practices for managing self-harm and suicidality in inpatient mental health and emergency department (ED) settings, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Alternative ‘relationa... Read More about Quantitative evidence for relational care approaches to assessing and managing self-harm and suicide risk in inpatient mental health and emergency department settings: a scoping review.

Clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with probable personality disorder in mental health services in England: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Other
Crawford, M. J., Leeson, V. C., Evans, R., Goulden, N., Weaver, T., Trumm, A., Barrett, B. M., Khun-Thompson, F., Pandya, S. P., Saunders, K. E., Lamph, G., Woods, D., Smith, H., Greenall, T., Nicklin, V., & Barnicot, K. (2024). Clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with probable personality disorder in mental health services in England: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086593

Introduction: Evidence-based psychological treatments for people with personality disorder usually involve attending group-based sessions over many months. Low-intensity psychological interventions of less than 6 months duration have been developed,... Read More about Clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with probable personality disorder in mental health services in England: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

The Psychosocial Health of Black/African Americans Compared with People of Other Races/Ethnic Origins during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Price, D., Bonsaksen, T., Leung, J., Ruffolo, M., Lamph, G., Hawkins, K., & Østertun Geirdal, A. (2024). The Psychosocial Health of Black/African Americans Compared with People of Other Races/Ethnic Origins during the COVID-19 Pandemic. COVID, 4(4), 506-517. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid4040034

This study compared the psychosocial health between Black/African Americans and other ethnic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using self-report questionnaires, data were collected at three time points from April 2020 to January 2022, controlling... Read More about The Psychosocial Health of Black/African Americans Compared with People of Other Races/Ethnic Origins during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Patterns of Social Media Use across Age Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study across Four Countries (2024)
Journal Article
Bonsaksen, T., Thygesen, H., Leung, J., Lamph, G., Kabelenga, I., & Østertun Geirdal, A. (2024). Patterns of Social Media Use across Age Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study across Four Countries. Social Sciences, 13(4), Article 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13040194

The aim of this study was to examine patterns of social media use across age groups in four countries (Norway, USA, UK, and Australia) two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and whether types of use and time spent using social media was rela... Read More about Patterns of Social Media Use across Age Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study across Four Countries.

Care giving and receiving for people with complex emotional needs within a crisis resolution/home treatment setting: A qualitative evidence synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Haslam, M., Lamph, G., Jones, E., & Wright, K. (2024). Care giving and receiving for people with complex emotional needs within a crisis resolution/home treatment setting: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13033

Accessible Summary: What is known on the subject?: The term ‘complex emotional needs’ (CEN) is used here to describe people with difficulties and needs that are often associated with the diagnostic label of ‘personality disorder’. People with CEN mig... Read More about Care giving and receiving for people with complex emotional needs within a crisis resolution/home treatment setting: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Associations Between Demographic Variables, Psychosocial Health, Quality of Life, and Happiness in the Context of COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Østertun Geirdal, A. K., Leung, J., Price, D., Kabelenga, I., Lamph, G., Thygesen, H., Ruffolo, M. R., & Bonsaksen, T. (2023). Associations Between Demographic Variables, Psychosocial Health, Quality of Life, and Happiness in the Context of COVID-19. Applied Research in Quality of Life, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10255-z

Purpose
The purpose was to examine the association between demographic variables, psychosocial health, quality of life, and happiness in the context of COVID. The hypothesis was that psychosocial health variables have mediating roles between demogra... Read More about Associations Between Demographic Variables, Psychosocial Health, Quality of Life, and Happiness in the Context of COVID-19.

Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Lamph, G., Nowland, R., Boland, P., Pearson, J., Connell, C., Jones, V., Wildbore, E., Christian, D. L., Harris, C., Ramsden, J., Gardner, K., Graham-Kevan, N., & McKeown, M. (2023). Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 12, Article 194. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02344-9

Background
Establishing and maintaining relationships and ways of connecting and being with others is an important component of health and wellbeing. Harnessing the relational within caring, supportive, educational, or carceral settings as a systems... Read More about Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review.

Exploring Ethnicity and Personality Disorder in a UK Context: A scoping review of the literature (2023)
Journal Article
Lamph, G., Mulongo, P., Bowland, P., Jeynes, T., King, C., Burrell, R.-R., harris, C., & shorrock, S. (2023). Exploring Ethnicity and Personality Disorder in a UK Context: A scoping review of the literature. Mental Health Review Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-12-2022-0075

Purpose
The UK Mental Health Act (MHA) Reform (2021) on race and ethnicity promotes new governmental strategies to tackle inequalities faced by ethnically racialised communities detained under the MHA. However, there is a scarcity in personality dis... Read More about Exploring Ethnicity and Personality Disorder in a UK Context: A scoping review of the literature.

A pedagogic evaluation comparing face to face and online formats of a multi-professional offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education training programme (2023)
Journal Article
Lamph, G., Elliott, A., Wheatcroft, S., Rayner, G., Gardner, K., Haslam, M. B., Jones, E., McKeown, M., Gibbon, J., Graham-Kevan, N., & Wright, K. (2023). A pedagogic evaluation comparing face to face and online formats of a multi-professional offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education training programme. Journal of Forensic Practice, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-02-2023-0004

Purpose
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a novel offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education programme and the research evaluation results collected over a three-year period. Data from Phase 1 was collected from a face-to-... Read More about A pedagogic evaluation comparing face to face and online formats of a multi-professional offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education training programme.