Psychological Factors
Topics include bereavement, emotions, health beliefs, personality, resilience, stress, wellbeing.
Recent Submissions
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Empathy and the work of clinical psychiatrists: narrative review
(2023-01)Clinical research suggests that empathy is associated with better clinical outcomes in various areas of medical care, raising the question of whether a similar effect occurs in psychiatry. The aim of this review is to ... -
The Power Threat Meaning Framework and the Climate and Ecological Crises
(2022-09)Climate change poses an existential threat to today’s and future generations. Within this context, important debates are taking place about the risk of individualising and de-contextualising both climate-related distress ... -
Understanding health anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021-11)The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be one of the greatest public health challenges faced by the UK. Reported rates of psychiatric difficulties have increased and the mechanisms by which the pandemic has affected mental ... -
Use of Over-The-Counter Analgesics for Pain and Psychological Distress Among Adolescents: A Mixed Effects Approach in Cross-Sectional Survey Data From Norway
(2020-10)Background: Over-the-counter analgesics (OTCA) such as Paracetamol and Ibuprofen are frequently used by adolescents, and the route of administration and access at home allows unsupervised use. Psychological distress and ... -
Chronic psychosocial stressors are associated with alterations in salience processing and corticostriatal connectivity.
(2018-12-17)Psychosocial stressors including childhood adversity, migration, and living in an urban environment, have been associated with several psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders. The neural and psychological ... -
Psychiatric disorders, substance use, and executive functioning in older probationers
(2018-11)Although the number of older people serving community sentences (probation) after conviction for a criminal offence in England and Wales has increased rapidly since about 2006, this population has received little research ... -
Psycho-spiritual Care in Health Care Practice
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017)Meeting the psychological and spiritual needs of patients is vital to supporting their wellbeing in health care settings. To develop an effective, holistic and inclusive approach to care within predominantly medical health ...