As an organisation we are committed to knowledge sharing as the key driver to service improvement.
We have set protocols in place to ensure an effective flow of information across all our teams.
We are also regularly asked to present and share our own findings with our clinical colleagues in the mental health arena, as well as being asked to provide articles and advice in publications aimed at the general public. You can read some of our most recent presentations and articles below.
- The Fundamentals of Hydrotherapy, November 2023
- Initial Reports from a Large Scale Evaluation of Outcome Measures across residential care services for people with a Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviours, September 2023
- Adaptations and Creativity in Supporting Autistic Individuals (Psychological Therapy and Behaviour Support), September 2023
- Hospital Readmissions from Complex Mental Health Social Care Settings: Thematic Reasons For Placement Breakdown and Implications for Commissioning
- Bringing creativity and person-centred approaches to the psychological therapy and behavioural support for autistic individuals, June 2023
- Rhetoric and reality – staff training, belief change and restrictive practice, May 2023
- Experiences of implementing a restraint reduction programme, May 2023
- Implementing a Structured Debrief Process, May 2023
- Role Introduction at Heatherwood Court, March 2023
- Confronting the Psychological Challenges of Skin Cancer: A Qualitative Study Investigating Patient’s Experience of a Skin Cancer Diagnosis and Support Received., March 2023
- Where innovation meets evidence: The cutting edge of Neurologic Music Therapy and evidence-based practice in clinical settings, March 2022
- The role of the clinical psychologist in reducing restrictive practices, Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, August 2022
- ‘Hard Yards’ – the experience of delivering a six year restraint reduction programme, Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, August 2022
- Compliance or Quality? Using Restraint Data to Support Practice Improvement. RCPsych CCQI low secure quality network forum, Sept 2021
- Researching the impact of staff culture in forensic community homes, Institute of Mental Health Nottingham, Research Day May 2021
- Positive Behaviour Support: A tool for sexual offending risk management, IMH Research Day, May 2021
- Coronavirus and People with Learning Disabilities Study, March 2021
- Potential Risk Factors Indicating the Likelihood of Aggression and Violence in Individuals with Dementia; Results of a systematic review. Wales International Dementia Conference, Feb 2021
- Reducing restrictive practice in the Mental Health system: The role and contribution of Clinical Psychology, UK DCP, March 2021
- Finding sensory distraction during a pandemic, SEN Magazine, February 2021
- The role of psychologists working in services for individuals with intellectual disability in promoting staff wellbeing, FPID Bulletin Dec 2020
- Mental Health and Covid 19 The Risk to Human RIghts Sept 2020
- Safeguarding mental health whilst juggling home working and childcare during COVID-19, Business News Wales, July 2020
- Covid-19: Top tips on communicating with people with learning disabilities, Learning Disability Wales, June 2020
- Prescribing in borderline personality disorder – the clinical guidelines, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry May 2020
- The role of neurobehavioural rehabilitation in the management of aggression following TBI, NR Times, Q1 2020
- “Being Born a Little Psychologist” Clinical Psychology Forum Feb 2020
- Co-Producing Training: Involving the ‘Real’ Expert, Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services’ newsletter Sept 2019
- “It’s not just numbers”: A data-informed approach to reducing restrictive practices. Restraint Reduction Network Conference 2019
- Human Factors & Human Rights. Together for Mental Health 2019
- Short term and long term planning: Providing the right support to people with complex needs and a diagnosis of dementia. Together for Mental Health 2019
- Refocus on Recovery 2019. Supporting Service Users to See their Progress
- Using Data Analytics to improve patient safety oversight in MH & LD settings. RCP BCS conference 2019
- Autism Show 2019. Connection in Communication
- Service User Involvement in the Evaluation and Development of the Pre-Treatment Stage in Psychological Interventions
- Living with dementia. Western Mail Article, Dementia Week 2019
- Supporting Service Users to see their progress. BILD 2019 PBS International Conference
- Mental Health Today Dec 2018. Managing Mental Health difficulties this Christmas
- Changing the font size on Recovery: a co-produced dialogue between service user and psychologist, December 2018
- British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference 2018. Overcoming Barriers for Service User Involvement in Care Planning: The Use of Safety and Support Plans in a Low Secure Setting
- British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder (BIGSPD) 2018. Service User Involvement in the Evaluation and Development of Pre-treatment Stage in Psychosocial Interventions
- Human Factors which affect the adoption of PBS, Dr Andrew Hider, 2018
- RCN: International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 2017, Overcoming Barriers for Service User Involvement in Care Planning: The Use of Safety and Support Plans in a Low Secure Setting
- Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the UK and Ireland 2017. Service User Involvement in the Evaluation and Development of Pre-treatment Stage in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- The Impact of Psychological Factors in the operation of S17a of the Mental Health Act, Dr Andrew Hider
- Implementing “Positive and Proactive Care” – Experiences and Challenges. Sept 2016
