Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

Showing 28 projects in "Mental health"

The Behaviour in Schools Study: How does school discipline affect pupil mental health and wellbeing?

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School behaviour management strategies ineffective and may impact mental health

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Disciplinary behaviour management strategies in schools and their impact on student psychosocial outcomes: A systematic review

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Supporting families to adjust following a dementia diagnosis: Adapting LivDem

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“How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia

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Dovetail Orchestra: Can a community music group improve mental health for asylum seekers and refugees in Bristol?

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PHIAL – understanding which young people repeatedly use emergency services for mental health care

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Factors associated with repeat emergency department visits for mental health care in adolescents: A scoping review

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Digital technology and adolescent mental health

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Developing good practice indicators to assist mental health practitioners to converse with young people about their online activities and impact on mental health: a two-panel mixed-methods Delphi study

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Developing a mental health strategy with an integrated care system

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Changing society’s attitudes to death and grieving: Good Grief Connects

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Understanding how GPs promote physical activity as a treatment for depression

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TellMiSaives – evaluating a peer support app for children and young people

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Developing Suicide Prevention Tools in the Context of Digital Peer Support: Qualitative Analysis of a Workshop With Multidisciplinary Stakeholders

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Faster access to service offering Parkinson’s care

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review version 2
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (version 2)

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Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

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Antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: a review of systematic reviews

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Hope: supporting men at risk of suicide in the Bristol area

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Preventing male suicide through a psychosocial intervention that provides psychological support and tackles financial difficulties: a mixed method evaluation

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Evaluating the impact of supervised opiate agonist treatment

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Evaluation of new investment in psychiatric liaison services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Extending the liaison psychiatry service in a large hospital in the UK: a before and after evaluation of the economic impact and patient care following ED attendances for self-harm

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Evaluating new investment in liaison psychiatry services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety: systematic review

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Interventions to reduce the impact of unemployment and economic hardship on mental health in the general population: a systematic review

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety

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Evaluating the Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service

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Interrupted time series evaluation of the impact of a dementia wellbeing service on avoidable hospital admissions for people with dementia in Bristol, England

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Understanding self-harm using Bristol Self-Harm Surveillance Register data

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Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm

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Assessing a training programme for IAPT therapists designed to better support people with personality difficulties

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Providing smartphones to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking

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Overcoming Digital Exclusion during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of Mobile Technology for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – A Mixed Method Study of Survivors and Support Service Provider Views

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