Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Research output

Research output per year 1994 1997 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023

• 51 Article
• 19 Chapter
• 9 Editorial
• 7 Commissioned report
• 25 More
  • 6 Book
  • 5 Conference contribution
  • 5 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 4 Review article
  • 2 Paper
  • 1 Other report
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Evaluation Report ASSIST Trauma Care: Guiding Young Minds: Feasibility and pilot study report

  Adler, J. R., McSweeney, T., Cresswell, C., Wellsted, D., Hall, N., Busby, A. & Littlechild, B., 28 Jul 2023, (Accepted/In press) London: Youth Endowment Fund. 123 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • trauma 100%
  • evaluation 52%
  • mentoring 37%
  • contact 22%
  • personalization 18%
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluation Report Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for Young People: Systemic Integrative Treatment: Feasibility and pilot study report

  Adler, J. R., Littlechild, B., Cresswell, C., Wellsted, D., Hall, N., Busby, A. & McSweeney, T., 28 Jul 2023, Youth Endowment Fund. 110 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • psychotherapy 100%
  • counseling 87%
  • evaluation 49%
  • therapist 25%
  • flexibility 14%

• Evaluation Report Family Support – The Transition and Resilience Project: Feasibility and pilot study report

  Adler, J. R., McSweeney, T., Cresswell, C., Wellsted, D., Hall, N., Busby, A. & Littlechild, B., 28 Jul 2023, London: Youth Endowment Fund. 103 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • Feasibility Studies 100%
  • Evaluation Studies 86%
  • Pandemics 30%
  • Parents 29%
  • Child 29%

• Evaluation Report RISE Mutual CIC: Child to Parent Violence Programme: Feasibility and pilot study report

  Adler, J. R., Littlechild, B., Cresswell, C., Wellsted, D., Hall, N., Busby, A. & McSweeney, T., 28 Jul 2023, London: Youth Endowment Fund. 119 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • violence 100%
  • evaluation 72%
  • staff 34%
  • Well restrictions 29%
  • non-violent resistance 21%
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Gaining an empathetic insight into parenting: Evaluating infant simulation dolls for professional learning

  Whiting, L., Petty, J., Roberts, S., Littlechild, B. & Mills, K., 27 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Health and Social Work.

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

  • infant 100%
  • simulation 93%
  • social work 69%
  • nursing 67%
  • learning 40%

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

  Ramon, S., 11 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14, 2 p.

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

  Open Access

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  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Applying Universal Principles of ‘Best Interest’: Practice Challenges across Transnational Jurisdictions, Cultural Norms, and Values

  Littlechild, B. & Housman, C., 10 Mar 2023, In: Children. 10, 3, p. 1-17 17 p., 537.

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

  Open Access

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  • Practice Guidelines 100%
  • Social Work 52%
  • Child 46%
  • Foster Home Care 37%
  • United Nations 19%
• 2022

  Workplace Stress in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Method Study

  Whiting, L., Alabdullah, A., Littlechild, B. & Lui, B., 1 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 13, 2, 14 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Occupational Stress 100%
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Units 98%
  • Saudi Arabia 92%
  • Nurses 22%
  • Nursing Care 6%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Editorial: Causes, effects and treatment of violence and aggression in mental health and social care settings

  Littlechild, B., 9 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13, 2 p.

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

  Open Access

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  7 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • adulthood 73%
  • qualitative research 67%
  • Systematic Reviews 63%
  • narrative 52%

• 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

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  • Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities 80%
  • Italy 74%
  • violence 49%
  • Psychology 17%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

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

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

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  Open Access

  File

  • Internationality 100%
  • Shared Decision Making 93%
  • Mental Health 58%
  • Mental Health Services 8%
  • Psychological Power 7%
  17 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

  • mental health service 100%
  • Social Policy 88%
  • decision making 64%
  • mental health 28%
  • Mental health care 23%
• 2021

  Undertaking pre-pilot work to gain an empathetic insight into participants' perspectives

  S Whiting, L., Petty, J., Littlechild, B. & Rogers, S., 9 Dec 2021, In: Nurse Researcher. 29, 4, p. 19-26 8 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Research Personnel 100%
  • Cultural Competency 40%
  • Qualitative Research 33%
  • Learning 21%
  • Interviews 19%
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

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  • Internationality 100%
  • Shared Decision Making 93%
  • Decision Making 62%
  • Mental Health 58%
  • Access to Information 15%
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Review Paper: ‘Discourses on the Place of Mothers Rights where They Are Subject to Domestic Violence within Child Protection Work in England’

  Littlechild, B., Vornane, R. (ed.) & Rosen, M. A. (ed.), 26 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainability. 13, 19, 13 p., e10691.

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

  Open Access

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  • domestic violence 100%
  • Violence 75%
  • child protection 56%
  • rights 54%
  • Lenses 52%
  55 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

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  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Congresses 79%
  • Mental Health 63%
  • Group Processes 23%
  • Empirical Research 8%
  11 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

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  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Psychiatry 59%
  • Community Psychiatry 24%
  • Nurses 19%
  • Mental Health 14%
  7 Downloads (Pure)
• 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

  • social work 100%
  • Whistleblowing 61%
  • conflict potential 54%
  • cause 50%
  • development strategy 43%

• Attending to political conflict in social work today and in the near future

  Ramon, S., 19 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Socialno delo. 2021, 1

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

  • political conflict 100%
  • social worker 75%
  • social work 68%
  • political ideology 24%
  • asylum seeker 24%

• 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
  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Participatory social work: research, practice, education

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

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • research practice 100%
  • social work 82%
  • pedagogue 46%
  • sociologist 32%
  • credibility 32%

• Editorial

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• 2019

  Social Work and Social Policy in England (2019)

  Littlechild, B., 22 May 2019, The European Dimension in Social Work Education and Practice. Chytil, O. & Keller, J. (eds.). Prague: Sociologique Nakladadatelstvi (Slon), Prague , p. 55-80 25 p.

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

  • Social Policy 100%
  • social work 90%
  • individualization 64%
  • welfare state 54%
• 2018

  Whistleblowing for Social Workers: A CareKnowledge Special Report to highlight current issues, professional concerns, legal requirements, sources of support and good practice in the field of whistleblowing.

  Littlechild, B., 21 Oct 2018, N/A ed. CareKnowledge. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Social Workers 66%
  • Social Work 62%

• 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

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  • mental health 100%
  • health services 91%
  • Mental health care 85%
  • Mental Health Services 81%
  • Poverty 81%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  62 Downloads (Pure)

• The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients

  Dobríková, P., Stachurová, D., Slaná, M. & Littlechild, B., 1 Mar 2018, In: KONTAKT – Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness. 20, 1, p. e57-e62 KONT-152.

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

  Open Access

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  • Quality of Life 100%
  • quality of life 73%
  • cancer 70%
  • Outpatients 69%
  • Cancer 49%
  34 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

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  • Health Facilities 100%
  • Autistic Disorder 93%
  • Mental Health 73%
  • Anxiety 67%
  • Inpatients 20%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  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

  • Ego 100%
  • Legal Services 73%
  • Nursing 71%
  • Inpatients 69%
  • Mental Health 67%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• 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 63%
  • Research Personnel 14%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  55 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

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  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Mental Health 63%
  • Psychological Power 38%
  • Social Responsibility 23%
  • Psychological Practice 20%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  83 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

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  • Shared Decision Making 100%
  • Drug Development 76%
  • Education 20%
  • Patient-Centered Care 19%
  • Qualitative Research 18%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  24 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

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  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Empowerment 93%
  • domestic violence 72%
  • empowerment 61%
  • Mental Health 59%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  62 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

  • domestic violence 100%
  • newspaper 85%
  • development policy 31%
  • discourse analysis 31%
  • news 25%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  157 Downloads (Pure)

• Delivering Drug Treatment to New Minority Communities: Fresh Perspectives

  Mills, K., 2017

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

  File
  3 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

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  36 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

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  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Disabled Persons 90%
  • Pamphlets 83%
  • Epilepsy 68%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 54%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  162 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

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  • Disabled Persons 100%
  • Intellectual Disability 84%
  • Caregivers 76%
  • Epilepsy 75%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  120 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

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  • Disabled Persons 100%
  • Self-Management 96%
  • Intellectual Disability 84%
  • Epilepsy 75%
  • Population 17%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  179 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

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  24 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

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  • domestic violence 100%
  • mental health 72%
  • stimulus 21%
  • EU 18%
  21 Downloads (Pure)

• The effects of violence and aggression from parents on child protection workers' personal, family and professional lives

  Littlechild, B., 25 Jan 2016, In: SAGE Open. 6, 1, p. 1-12 121 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Child Protection 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • Personal Life 70%
  • child protection 68%
  • Family Life 68%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  198 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘If I feel like this, how does the child feel?’ Child protection workers, supervision, management and organisational responses to parental violence

  Hunt, S., Goddard, C., Cooper, J., Littlechild, B. & Wild, J., 2 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Social Work Practice. 30, 1, p. 5-24 20 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • child protection 100%
  • Violence 97%
  • supervision 77%
  • Occupational Groups 66%
  • violence 58%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  161 Downloads (Pure)

• Self-management in people with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities: Unmet needs and the feasibility of a picture booklet intervention

  Mengoni, S., Durand, M-A., Parkes, G., Barton, G., Friedli, K., Ring, H., Wellsted, D., Zia, A. & Gates, R., 2016, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 7-8 ed. Wiley, Vol. 60. p. 628-767

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

  Open Access

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  33 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Violence and aggression against staff in mental health work: Consequences and effective management

  Littlechild, B., 21 Dec 2015, Proceedings of 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. Callaghan, P. (ed.). The Netherlands: Kavanah, Dwingeloo, p. 96-99 4 p.

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

  Open Access

  • aggression 100%
  • mental health 81%
  • violence 75%
  • staff 72%
  • management 57%

• 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

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  • intersectionality 100%
  • domestic violence 85%
  • mental health 61%
  • social attitude 11%
  • social position 11%
  251 Downloads (Pure)

• Violence and aggression: short-term management in mental health, health and community settings

  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guideline Guideline Development Group , 28 May 2015, London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NIHCE) Guideline . 253 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  Open Access

  • Violence 100%
  • Aggression 98%
  • Mental Health 74%
  • Guidelines 61%
  • Health 46%

• 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

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  • action research 100%
  • young adult 94%
  • Ireland 69%
  • training program 59%
  • methodology 57%
  25 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

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  • domestic violence 100%
  • mental health 72%
  • health 19%
  • statistics 15%
  23 Downloads (Pure)