Mental health and wellbeing interventions for uniformed service personnel: a mixed methods systematic review

Authors: Jessica Eaton, Holly Ellard, Anita Freeman, Anna M. Anderson, Heather Chesters, Owen J. Arthurs, Alan Simpson

Source: BMC Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 1 (2026)

Subject Terms: Mental health and wellbeing interventions, Public sector workers, Occupational challenge, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1741-7015

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/440172914a0f456ebfd7f19e0b0b6dc0

Insights and Recommendations From Moderators and Community Members for Keeping Online Peer Support Safe: Thematic Analysis

Authors: Hannah Grace Jones, Grace Lavelle, Elly Aylwin-Foster, Ciara Regan, Alan Simpson, Ewan Carr, Matthew Hotopf, Vanessa Lawrence

Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 28, p e81943 (2026)

Subject Terms: Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e81943; https://doaj.org/toc/1438-8871

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6ab34ad17e7c45eaa9ea0fe968107728

Coproducing an Online Platform for People With Long-Term Physical Health Conditions: Development and Usability Study

Authors: Hannah Grace Jones, Grace Lavelle, Elly Aylwin-Foster, Ewan Carr, Alan Simpson, Matthew Hotopf, Vanessa Lawrence

Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 28, p e79666 (2026)

Subject Terms: Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e79666; https://doaj.org/toc/1438-8871

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/ce51ae0456cb478a93ec03623849c98a

Understanding the roles and experiences of mental health peer support workers in England: a qualitative interview study

Authors: Ruth E. Cooper, Natasha Lyons, Stephen Jeffreys, Tamar Jeynes, Vicky Nicholls, Una Foye, Prisha Shah, Lizzie Mitchell, Karen Machin, Beverley Chipp, Andrew Grundy, Tamara Pemovska, Nafiso Ahmed, Rebecca Appleton, Julie Repper, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 26, Iss 1 (2026)

Subject Terms: Peer support, Peer workers, Qualitative, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6cd0965828464ed8a3aa23d3fa9742cf

Understanding the barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively in England: a qualitative interview study

Authors: Una Foye, Natasha Lyons, Prisha Shah, Lizzie Mitchell, Karen Machin, Beverley Chipp, Stephen Jeffreys, Tamar Jeynes, Karen Persaud, Vicky Nicholls, Ruth E. Cooper, Andrew Grundy, Tamara Pemovska, Nafiso Ahmed, Rebecca Appleton, Julie Repper, Sonia Johnson, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Alan Simpson

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2025)

Subject Terms: Peer support, Peer workers, Qualitative, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/1a8c32c8f3944af892b40a75d1106ab4

Improving outcomes in adult patients who self-harm—evaluating a brief psychological intervention in emergency departments (ASSURED): protocol of a randomised controlled clinical trial

Authors: Rose McCabe, Mimi Suzuki, Sally O’Keeffe, Neil Walker, Richard Hooper, Stefan Priebe, Borislava Mihaylova, Yan Feng, Chris Dickens, Peter Aitken, Vera Araújo Soares, Richard Byng, Domenico Giacco, Navneet Kapur, Will Lee, Peter Riou, Mary Ryan, Alan Simpson, Helen Smith, Lucy Polyanna Goldsmith, Alexandra Elissavet Bakou

Source: Trials, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2026)

Subject Terms: Self-harm, Non-suicidal self-injury, Suicidal ideation, Emergency department, Narrative interviewing, Safety plan, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/92f5e473313c472ab6ae9fef92cc768c

Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models

Authors: Jessica L. Griffiths, Helen Baldwin, Jerusaa Vasikaran, Ruby Jarvis, Ramya Pillutla, Katherine R. K. Saunders, Ruth E. Cooper, Una Foye, Luke Sheridan Rains, Molly Lusted-Challen, Phoebe Barnett, Geoff Brennan, Steven Pryjmachuk, Karen Newbigging, Jo Lomani, Rachel Rowan Olive, Lizzie Mitchell, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Chris Lynch, Karen Persaud, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson

Source: International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2025)

Subject Terms: Inpatient mental health care alternatives, Typology development, Crisis care, Community care, Inpatient mental health care, Acute care, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1752-4458

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/295d7120447d494ba51092c6eef6833b

Enhanced psychosocial assessment and rapid follow-up care for people presenting to emergency departments with self-harm and/or suicidal ideation: the Assured feasibility study and internal pilot trial

Authors: Sally O’Keeffe, Mimi Suzuki, Mary Ryan, Stefan Priebe, Richard Byng, Alan Simpson, Vera Araújo-Soares, Rikke Albert, Renata Fialho, Neil Walker, Alexandra Elissavet Bakou, Rose McCabe

Source: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2025)

Subject Terms: Emergency department, Feasibility study, Liaison psychiatry, Self-harm, Suicide, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5784

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/f055b24b157d41bd817362d2541d7291

Developing and testing Advance Choice Document implementation resources for Black African and Caribbean people with experience of compulsory psychiatric admission

Authors: Jonathan Simpson, Abigail Babatunde, Alan Simpson, Steven Gilbert, Alex Ruck Keene, Lucy Stephenson, Kia-Chong Chua, Gareth Owen, Fiona Crowe, Pauline Edwards, Selena Galloway, Megan Fisher, Marcela Schilderman, Anita Bignell, Shubulade Smith, Claire Henderson

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2024)

Subject Terms: Advance choice documents, Advance directives, Advance statements, Mental health act, Black mental health, Mental health inequity, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/793fc1c09f9c49bea47fb6cad068e43e

The use and impact of surveillance-based technology initiatives in inpatient and acute mental health settings: a systematic review

Authors: Jessica L. Griffiths, Katherine R. K. Saunders, Una Foye, Anna Greenburgh, Ciara Regan, Ruth E. Cooper, Rose Powell, Ellen Thomas, Geoff Brennan, Antonio Rojas-García, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Sonia Johnson, Alan Simpson

Source: BMC Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-60 (2024)

Subject Terms: Surveillance technology, Inpatient, Mental health, Vision-based patient monitoring and management, Body-worn cameras, CCTV, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1741-7015

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a6ec5d7b99924c4c81ae74373c22c4b5

Implementing peer support into practice in mental health services: a qualitative comparative case study

Authors: Steve Gillard, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah White, Rahul Bhattacharya, Paul Binfield, Rachel Eborall, Sarah L Gibson, Daniella Harnett, Alan Simpson, Mike Lucock, Jacqueline Marks, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi, Anthony Salla, Jessica Worner

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Peer support, Mental health services, Lived experience, Role adoption, Implementation, Comparative case study methods., Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3db2e4e812e7498ba3bc46df87a7c0ce

Online Peer Support for Long-Term Conditions: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Grace Lavelle, Hannah Grace Jones, Ewan Carr, Elly Aylwin-Foster, Vanessa Lawrence, Alan Simpson, Matthew Hotopf

Source: JMIR Research Protocols, Vol 14, p e71513 (2025)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7

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Relation: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e71513; https://doaj.org/toc/1929-0748

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/535a8aed3db84bd8a2a334e05d97b9a8

A qualitative meta-synthesis of service users’ and carers’ experiences of assessment and involuntary hospital admissions under mental health legislations: a five-year update

Authors: Gergely Bartl, Ruth Stuart, Nafiso Ahmed, Katherine Saunders, Sofia Loizou, Grainne Brady, Hannah Gray, Andrew Grundy, Tamar Jeynes, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Karen Persaud, Ari Raad, Una Foye, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-41 (2024)

Subject Terms: Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a57217f07228450ea75c30ba471cb4fe

Exploring the use of body worn cameras in acute mental health wards: a mixed-method evaluation of a pilot intervention

Authors: Una Foye, Keiran Wilson, Jessica Jepps, James Blease, Ellen Thomas, Leroy McAnuff, Sharon McKenzie, Katherine Barrett, Lilli Underwood, Geoff Brennan, Alan Simpson

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2024)

Subject Terms: Implementation, Body worn cameras, Staff, Qualitative, Mental health, Inpatient, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b4fd425602d44bcc86d77fdf4f5e8b65

Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis

Authors: Mike Lucock, Stephen Bremner, Steve Gillard, Sarah White, Michael Ussher, Alan Simpson, Andrew Healey, Lucy Pollyanna Goldsmith, Akshaykumar Patel, Jacqueline Marks, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah L Gibson, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi

Source: General Psychiatry, Vol 38, Iss 1 (2025)

Subject Terms: Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/38/1/e101671.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2517-729X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/df6fde28be294ef397cbc1c1c03333f7

The effectiveness, implementation, and experiences of peer support approaches for mental health: a systematic umbrella review

Authors: Ruth E. Cooper, Katherine R. K. Saunders, Anna Greenburgh, Prisha Shah, Rebecca Appleton, Karen Machin, Tamar Jeynes, Phoebe Barnett, Sophie M. Allan, Jessica Griffiths, Ruth Stuart, Lizzie Mitchell, Beverley Chipp, Stephen Jeffreys, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson

Source: BMC Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-45 (2024)

Subject Terms: Peer support, Mental health, Systematic review, Umbrella review, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1741-7015

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/eb1a5e1de70148bc932d9f9d4a271c5e

Correction: The use and impact of surveillance-based technology initiatives in inpatient and acute mental health settings: a systematic review

Authors: Jessica L. Griffiths, Katherine R. K. Saunders, Una Foye, Anna Greenburgh, Ciara Regan, Ruth E. Cooper, Rose Powell, Ellen Thomas, Geoff Brennan, Antonio Rojas-García, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Sonia Johnson, Alan Simpson

Source: BMC Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-2 (2025)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1741-7015

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/201b39ebfaf14456948304fb0b776d46

‘Beyond places of safety’ – a qualitative study exploring the implementation of mental health crisis care innovations across England

Authors: Una Foye, Rebecca Appleton, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Natasha Lyons, Ceri Dare, Chris Lynch, Karen Persaud, Nafiso Ahmed, Ruth Stuart, Merle Schlief, Xia Huong, Nick Sevdalis, Luke Sheridan-Rains, Antonio Rojas-Garcia, Martin Stefan, Jeremy Clark, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)

Subject Terms: Crisis care, Clinician, Staff, Qualitative, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/f598d22401cf497c809b2d0740f85ffb

A systematic review of measures of the personal recovery orientation of mental health services and staff

Authors: Mary Leamy, Una Foye, Anne Hirrich, Dagfin Bjørgen, Josh Silver, Alan Simpson, Madeline Ellis, Karl Johan-Johanson

Source: International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)

Subject Terms: Systematic review, Recovery, Measure, Reliability, Validity, Mental health services., Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1752-4458

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/f24dfe173f1148378b4eff75f64efbc3

A qualitative exploration of the psychosocial needs of people living with long‐term conditions and their perspectives on online peer support

Authors: Hannah Rowlands, Elly Aylwin‐Foster, Matthew Hotopf, Lauren Rayner, Alan Simpson, Grace Lavelle, Vanessa Lawrence

Source: Health Expectations, Vol 26, Iss 5, Pp 2075-2088 (2023)

Subject Terms: long‐term conditions, mental health, peer support, physical health, psychosocial, Medicine (General), R5-920, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1369-6513; https://doaj.org/toc/1369-7625

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6a7898e638dd475ea974b4dd6023e92d