Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Research output

Research output per year 1994 1997 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2020 2022 2025

• 45 Article
• 18 Chapter
• 8 Editorial
• 4 Book
• 11 More
  • 3 Review article
  • 2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 2 Paper
  • 1 Other report
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  How “helping” can sustain the stigmatization of homeless people

  Kostrzyńska, M. & Littlechild, B., 30 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Social Work. 25, 1, p. 21-41 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stigmatization 100%
  • Qualitative Methodology 100%
  • Consciousness 100%
  • Halfway House 100%
  • Authors 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2024

  Editorial: New perspectives on gender based violence: from research to intervention, volume II

  Rollè, L. & Ramon, S., 16 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, p. 1-3 3 p., 1460625.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  8 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  Editorial: Insights into the caregiver perspective: involvement, well-being, and interventions

  Ramon, S., 11 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14, p. 1-2 2 p., 1203350.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  17 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Sense-making narratives of autistic women diagnosed in adulthood: a systematic review of the qualitative research

  Kelly, C., Sharma, S., Theresa-Jieman, A. & Ramon, S., 20 May 2022, In: Disability and Society. 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Adulthood 100%
  • Autistic Women 100%
  • Sensemaking 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  94 Downloads (Pure)

• Romantic Attachment, Internalized Homonegativity, and Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Lesbian Women in Italy

  Tognasso, G., Trombetta, T., Gorla, L., Ramon, S., Santona, A. & Rollè, L., 7 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 10 p., 870921.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Internalized Homonegativity 100%
  • Same-sex Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • Italy 100%
  • Romantic Attachment 100%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Corrigendum: Barriers and Enablers to Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management: A Qualitative Investigation of Clinician and Service Users' Views

  Kaminskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Morant, N. & Ramon, S., 14 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 2 p., 789916.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Service User Perspectives 100%
  • Medication Management 100%
  • Psychiatric Medication 100%
  • 4 Iodo 2,5 Dimethoxyamphetamine 100%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Shared Decision Making in Mental Health: International Perspectives on Implementation

  Ramon, S. (Editor), Zusman-Ilani, Y. (Editor) & David Quirk, A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2022, Frontiers Media S.A. 134 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • International Perspective 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • International Mental Health 100%
  • Shared Decision-Making 100%
  36 Downloads (Pure)

• The place of Shared Decision Making (SDM) in UK mental health services: social policy analysis

  Ramon, S. & Yeung , E., 2022, Research handbook on mental health policy. Hudson, C. (ed.). Salem State University , US: Edward Elgar Publishing

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Mental Health Services 100%
  • Social Policy Analysis 100%
  • Shared Decision 100%
  • Decision-Making 100%
• 2021

  Editorial: Shared Decision Making in Mental Health: International Perspectives on Implementation

  Ramon, S., Quirk, A. D. & Zisman-Ilani, Y., 7 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 2 p., 793284.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • International Health 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • International Perspective 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Family Group Conferences as a Shared Decision-Making Strategy in Adults Mental Health Work

  Ramon, S., 13 Jul 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 10 p., 663288.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Family Group Conference 100%
  • Decision-making Strategy 100%
  • Adult Mental Health 100%
  • Healthcare Workers 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Barriers and Enablers to Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management: A Qualitative Investigation of Clinician and Service Users' Views

  Kaminskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y. & Ramon, S., 17 Jun 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 9 p., 678005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Service User Perspectives 100%
  • Medication Management 100%
  • Psychiatric Medication 100%
  • Medication Therapy Management 100%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Attending to political conflict in social work today and in the near future: Focus on European social work

  Ramon, S., 30 Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Socialno delo. 60, 2, p. 153-166 14 p., Apr-jun2021.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Political Conflict 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Social Workers 100%
  • Second World War 25%
  • State Government 25%
• 2020

  Working with Conflict in Social Work Practice

  Littlechild, B., Mills, K. & Parkes, R., 12 Sept 2020, London: McGraw-Hill.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Effective Response 100%
  • Engagement Behavior 100%
  • Workplace 100%
  • Work Settings 100%
  • Physical Violence 100%

• Living with young onset dementia: Reflections on recent developments, current discourse, and implications for policy and practice

  Mayrhofer, A., Shora , S., Tibbs, M.-A., Russell, S., Littlechild, B. & Goodman, C., 5 May 2020, In: Ageing & Society. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Young Onset Dementia 100%
  • Living with 100%
  • Dementia 100%
  • Third Sector 100%
  • Diagnosis 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  97 Downloads (Pure)

• Social Care Research Readiness Project: Mapping The Social Care Landscape Across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire: Mapping The Social Care Landscape Across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire

  Wills, W., Almack, K., Littlechild, B. & Chester, K., 31 Mar 2020, University of Hertfordshire. 35 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File
  68 Downloads (Pure)

• Participatory social work: research, practice, education

  Granosic, M. (Editor), Gulczynsca, A. (Editor), Kostrzynska, M. (Editor) & Littlechild, B. (Editor), Jan 2020, Lodz-Krakow: Jagellonian University. 376 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Practice Education 100%
  • Social Work Research 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Research Practice 100%
  • Work Research 100%

• Editorial

  Mills, K. & Littlechild, B., 2020, In: Socialni Prace. 20, 4, p. 2-4 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• 2019

  Service users’ involvement in social work education: focus on social change projects

  Ramon, S., Moshe Grodofsky, M., Allegri, E. & Rafaelic, A., 7 Jan 2019, In: Social Work Education. 38, 1, p. 89-102 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work Education 100%
  • Social Change 100%
  • Change Project 100%
  • Service User Involvement 100%
  • Conceptual Framework 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  The Place of Social Recovery in Mental Health and Related Services

  Ramon, S., 23 May 2018, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 15, 6, 1052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision 100%
  • Everyday Practice 100%
  • Future Development 100%
  • Mental Ill Health 100%
  • Active Citizenship 100%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

  80 Downloads (Pure)

• Don’t ask me what’s the matter, ask me what matters: acute mental health facility experiences of people living with Autism Spectrum Conditions

  Maloret, P. & Scott, P., 1 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 25, 1, p. 49-59 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Acute Mental Health 100%
  • Living with 100%
  • Autistic Spectrum Conditions 100%
  • What Matters 100%
  • Mental Hospital 100%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Shared decision-making for psychiatric medication: A mixed-methods evaluation of a UK training programme for service users and clinicians

  Ramon, S., Morant, N., Stead, U. & Perry, B., 1 Dec 2017, In: International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 63, 8, p. 763-772 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Service Users 100%
  • Mixed Methods Evaluation 100%
  • Psychiatric Medication 100%
  • Training Program 100%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  66 Downloads (Pure)

• Nurses experiences of delivering care in acute inpatient mental health settings: A narrative synthesis of the literature

  Wyder, M., Ehrlich, C., Crompton, D., McArthur, L., Delaforce, C., Dziopa, F., Ramon, S. & Powell, E., Dec 2017, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 26, 6, p. 527-540 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Recovery-oriented Care 100%
  • Mental Health Settings 100%
  • Inpatient Mental Health 100%
  • Narrative Synthesis 100%
  • Acute Inpatient 100%
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Key issues in the process of implementing shared decision making (DM) in mental health practice

  Ramon, S., Brooks, H., Rae, S. & O'Sullivan, M. J., 11 Sept 2017, In: Mental Health Review Journal. 22, 3, p. 257-274 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Mental Health Practice 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Shared Decision 100%
  • Decision-Making 100%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  121 Downloads (Pure)

• Shared decision making in mental health: Editorial - Special Issue of the Mental Health Review Journal

  Ramon, S., Zisman-Ilani, Y. & Kaminskiy, E., 11 Sept 2017, In: Mental Health Review Journal. 22, 3, p. 149-151 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Health Review 100%
  • Shared Decision-Making 100%
  • Mental Health Care 40%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)

• “Work with me”: service users’ perspectives on shared decision making in mental health

  Castillo, H. & Ramon, S., 11 Sept 2017, In: Mental Health Review Journal. 22, 3, p. 166-178 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Service User Perspectives 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Shared Decision 100%
  • User Perspective 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  115 Downloads (Pure)

• Shared decision-making in medication management: Development of a training intervention

  Stead, U., Morant, N. & Ramon, S., 1 Aug 2017, In: Psychiatrist. 41, 4, p. 221-227 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Training Intervention 100%
  • Medication Management 100%
  • Management Development 100%
  • Medication Therapy Management 100%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  76 Downloads (Pure)

• Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence and Mental Health: Findings from a European Empowerment Project

  Lloyd, M., Ramon, S., Vakalopoulou, A., Videmšek, P., Meffan, C., Roszczynska-Michta, J. & Rollè, L., 31 Jul 2017, In: Psychology of Violence. 7, 3, p. 478-487 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Women's Experiences 100%
  • Strengths-based 50%
  • Professional Learning 33%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  86 Downloads (Pure)

• Smoke and Mirrors: U.K. Newspaper Representations of Intimate Partner Domestic Violence

  Lloyd, M. & Ramon, S., 1 Jan 2017, In: Violence Against Women. 23, 1, p. 114-139 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Intimate Partner 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • UK Newspapers 100%
  • Newspaper Representations 100%
  • Discourse Analysis 25%
  52 Citations (Scopus)

  202 Downloads (Pure)

• Delivering Drug Treatment to New Minority Communities: Fresh Perspectives

  Mills, K., 2017

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

  File
  102 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Blame the victim? Domestic violence as covered in The Sun and The Guardian

  Lloyd, M. & Ramon, S., 23 Nov 2016, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  File
  75 Downloads (Pure)

• Wordless intervention for people with epilepsy and learning disabilities (WIELD): A randomised controlled feasibility trial

  Mengoni, S., Gates, R., Parkes, G., Wellsted, D., Barton, G., Ring, H., Khoo, M. E., Monji-Patel, D., Friedli, K., Zia, A. & Durand, M.-A., 10 Nov 2016, In: BMJ Open. 6, e012993.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • People with Epilepsy 100%
  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial 100%
  • Learning Disorder 100%
  • Quality of Life 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)

• "Sometimes, it just stops me from doing anything”: A qualitative exploration of epilepsy management in people with intellectual disabilities and their carers

  Mengoni, S., Gates, R., Parkes, G., Wellsted, D., Barton, G., Ring, H., Khoo, M. E., Monji-Patel, D., Friedli, K., Zia, A. & Durand, M.-A., 11 Oct 2016, In: Epilepsy & Behavior. 64, Part A, p. 133-139 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Epilepsy Management 100%
  • Epilepsy 100%
  • People with Intellectual Disabilities 100%
  • Carers 100%
  • Intellectual Disability 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  149 Downloads (Pure)

• Self-management interventions for epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities: A Scoping Review

  Dannenberg, M., Mengoni, S., Gates, R. & Durand, M.-A., 1 Oct 2016, In: Seizure. 41, p. 16-25

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Scoping Review 100%
  • Epilepsy 100%
  • People with Intellectual Disabilities 100%
  • Self-management Interventions 100%
  • Self-Management 100%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  213 Downloads (Pure)

• Shared decision making for psychiatric medication management: beyond the micro-social

  Morant, N., Kaminskiy, E. & Ramon, S., 1 Oct 2016, In: Health Expectations. 19, 5, p. 1002-1014 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Medication Management 100%
  • Psychiatric Medication 100%
  • Medication Therapy Management 100%
  • Shared Decision-Making 100%
  103 Citations (Scopus)

  52 Downloads (Pure)

• A wordless intervention for people with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities (WIELD): A randomized controlled feasibility trial

  Mengoni, S., Durand, M.-A., Parkes, G., Barton, G., Friedli, K., Ring, H., Wellsted, D., Zia, A. & Gates, R., 22 Jul 2016, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. Wiley, Vol. 60. p. 768-822

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  File
  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Researching Domestic Violence: Findings from a European project on domestic violence and mental health and project on media representations of domestic violence

  Ramon, S. & Lloyd, M., 3 Mar 2016. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Media Representation 100%
  • European Project 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Hertfordshire 20%
  47 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Empowering young LGBTQI adults; across disciplines and national boundaries

  Warrener, J. & Ramon, S., 17 Jul 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Intersectionalities: Intimate Partner Domestic Violence and Mental Health Within the European Context

  Ramon, S., 23 Jun 2015, In: Intersectionalities. 4, 2, p. 76-100

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Intimate Partner 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • European Context 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Intersectionality 100%
  312 Downloads (Pure)

• EVALUATING THE PROJECT EMPOWERING YOUNG LGBT ADULTS: METHODOLOGY AND KEY FINDINGS OF A EUROPEAN ACTION RESEARCH

  Ramon, S. & Warrener, J., 1 May 2015, In: Romanian Journal of Experimental Applied Psychology (RJEAP). 6, 2, p. 36 55 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Lgbt 100%
  • Ireland 100%
  • Action Research 100%
  • Training Program 100%
  • UK 100%
  65 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding the connections between intimate partner domestic violence and mental health within the European context: implications for innovative practice

  Ramon, S., Vakalopoulou, A., Lloyd, M., Rollè, L., Roszcynskya-Michta, J. & Videmšek, P., May 2015, In: Dialogue in Praxis. 4 (17), 1-2 (28-29), 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Intimate Partner 100%
  • Innovative Practices 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • European Context 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  53 Downloads (Pure)

• An investigation into the public health roles of community learning disability nurses.

  Mafuba, K. & Gates, R., Mar 2015, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 43, 1, p. 1-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Learning Communities 100%
  • Public Health Role 100%
  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • People with Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Nutrition Policy 100%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Epilepsy in people with learning disabilities: Evaluating a novel intervention

  Gates, R., Mengoni, S. & Durand, M.-A., 2015, In: New Vistas. 1, 2, p. 16-20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • People with Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Epilepsy 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Learning Disorder 100%
  • Health Care Cost 50%
  355 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Experiences of the implementation of a learning disability nursing liaison service within an acute hospital setting: a service evaluation

  Castles, A., Bailey, C., Gates, R. & Sooben, R., Dec 2014, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 42, 4, p. 272-281 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Service Evaluation 100%
  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Learning Disability nursing 100%
  • Liaison Service 100%
  • Acute Hospital Setting 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Wordless intervention for epilepsy in learning disabilities (WIELD): study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial

  Durand, M.-A., Gates, R., Parkes, G., Zia, A., Friedli, K., Barton, G., Ring, H., Oostendorp, L. & Wellsted, D., 20 Nov 2014, In: Trials. 15, 17 p., 455.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Disability Studies 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial 100%
  • Epilepsy 100%
  • Controlled Trial 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  443 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Developing a social work curriculum on political conflict: Findings from an IASSW-funded project

  Duffy, J., Ramon, S., Guru, S., Lindsay, J., Cemlyn, S. & Nuttman-Shwartz, O., Nov 2013, In: European Journal of Social Work. 16, 5, p. 689-707 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work Curriculum 100%
  • International Association of Schools of Social Work 100%
  • Political Conflict 100%
  • Social Work Education 50%
  • Social Work Educators 25%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Lecturers and students as stakeholders for education commissioning for learning disability nursing: Focus group findings from a multiple method study

  Gates, R. & Statham, M., Oct 2013, In: Nurse Education Today. 33, 10, p. 1119-1123 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nursing 100%
  • Method Study 100%
  • Multiple Methods 100%
  • Workforce Planning 100%
  • Future Education 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Challenges in the implementation of recovery-oriented mental health policies and services

  Shera, W. & Ramon, S., Jul 2013, In: International Journal of Mental Health. 42, 2-3, p. 17-42 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Recovery-oriented 100%
  • Mental Health Services 100%
  • Mental Health Policy 100%
  • Mental Health Service 100%
  • Health Policy 100%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• A Recovery Journey for People with Personality Disorder

  Castillo, H., Ramon, S. & Morant, N., 2013, In: International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 59, 3, p. 264-1177

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Personality Disorders 100%
  • Recovery Journey 100%
  • Social Exclusion 100%
  • Personality Disorder 100%
  • Service Design 50%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  319 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring Shared Decision-Making for Psychiatric Medication

  Kaminiskiy, E., Ramon, S. & Morant, N., 2013, Modern Mental Health: Critical Perspectives on Psychiatric Practice. Walker, S. (ed.). Critical Publishing Ltd, p. 33-48

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

• 2012

  Sequential multiple methods as a contemporary method in learning disability nursing practice research.

  Mafuba, K. & Gates, R., Dec 2012, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities : JOID. 16, 4, p. 287-296

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Practice Research 100%
  • Multiple Methods 100%
  • Contemporary Methods 100%
  • Learning Disability nursing 100%
  • Nursing Practice 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)