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Online Social Endorsement and Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United Kingdom
(2021-04)
We explore the implications of online social endorsement for the Covid-19 vaccination program in the United Kingdom.
Vaccine hesitancy is a long-standing problem, but it has assumed great urgency due to the pandemic. By ...
COVID-19 vaccines, hesitancy and mental health
(2021-04)
‘None of us will be safe until everyone is
safe. Global access to coronavirus vaccines,
tests and treatments for everyone who
needs them, anywhere, is the only way
out’. This statement by Dr Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in systemic sclerosis
(2021-07)
In conclusion, our survey suggests that
most patients with SSc have positive feelings towards COVID-19 vaccine, but uncertainties are present in a considerable
proportion of cases. These results highlight
the crucial ...
The impact of Patient and Public Involvement in the SlowMo study: Reflections on peer innovation
(2021-09)
Background: The SlowMo study demonstrated the effects of SlowMo, an eight-session digitally supported reasoning intervention, on paranoia in a large-scale randomized-controlled trial with 362 participants with schizophre ...
Does raising heart rate prior to a behavioural test enhance learning in cognitive therapy for anxiety? An experimental test for the treatment of fear of heights using virtual reality
(2021-07)
A key clinical issue is how to maximise the belief change central to cognitive therapy. Physiological arousal is a key internal cue confirming threat beliefs in anxiety disorders. Deeper extinction of anxiety may occur if ...
Virtual reality clinical-experimental tests of compassion treatment techniques to reduce paranoia
(2020-05)
Paranoia may build on negative beliefs held both about the self and others. Compassionate imagery may be one way of reducing such negative beliefs, and hence paranoia. Two studies tested this idea, one targeting compassion ...
Automated virtual reality therapy to treat agoraphobic avoidance and distress in patients with psychosis (gameChange): a multicentre, parallel-group, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial in England with mediation and moderation analyses
(2022-04)
Automated delivery of psychological therapy using immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) might greatly increase the availability of effective help for patients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an automated ...
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co-produced thematic analysis of service users' subjective experience
(2022-04)
Objectives: SlowMo is the first blended digital therapy for paranoia, showing significant small-moderate reductions in paranoia in a recent large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT). This study explored the subjective ...
Body image concerns in patients with persecutory delusions
(2022-04)
Background: Persecutory fears build on feelings of vulnerability that arise from negative views of the self. Body image concerns have the potential to be a powerful driver of feelings of vulnerability. Body image concerns ...
Appraisal of patient-level health economic models of severe mental illness: systematic review
(2021-08)
Healthcare decision makers require accurate long-term economic models to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new mental health interventions.
Aims
To assess the suitability of current patient-level economic models to ...