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The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review (2022)
Journal Article
Silverwood, V. A., Bullock, L., Turner, K., Chew-Graham, C., & Kingstone, T. (2022). The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 1022459. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1022459

Perinatal Anxiety (PNA) is defined as anxiety occurring during pregnancy and up to 12 months post-partum and is estimated to affect up to 20% of women. Risk factors for PNA are multiple and can be classed as psychological, social and biological. PNA... Read More about The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review.

Acceptability of physician associate interns in primary care: results from a service evaluation. (2021)
Journal Article
Lawton, & Silverwood. (2021). Acceptability of physician associate interns in primary care: results from a service evaluation. BMC Family Practice, 250 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01372-5

BACKGROUND: Physician associates (PA) form part of the policy-driven response to increased primary care demand and a general practitioner (GP) recruitment and retention crisis. However, they are novel to the primary care workforce and have limitation... Read More about Acceptability of physician associate interns in primary care: results from a service evaluation..

Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort? (2020)
Journal Article
Silverwood. (2020). Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0143

After the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, there has been a renewed appetite to tackle racism in all aspects of life. Within medicine and especially primary care, many people seem unclear about the racial disparities in hea... Read More about Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?.