André Tomlin explores a recent qualitative study of fathers’ views and experiences of their own perinatal mental health, and also shares his own lived experience of postnatal depression and anxiety.
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Alison Faulkner (and her cats) delight in a recent qualitative study looking at the impact pets can have on the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition.
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Sarah Knowles explores a qualitative study of young adults’ perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health.
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Mike Clark looks at a study of 12 different nursing homes on how quality of care is affected by financial cutbacks.
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Daisy Bogg summarises a qualitative study of professional and client experiences of indirect payments under the Mental Capacity Act.
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Simon Bradsheet publishes his debut elf blog on a recent review of mental health recovery, which provides a useful wake-up call to recovery enthusiasts and researchers to more fully take account of a broader set of experiences when justifying the application of recovery values.
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Mark Smith presents the findings from a qualitative systematic review of iCBT for depression, which tries to unearth the mechanisms of change of internet-based or computerised cognitive behavioural therapy.
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Jenny Fisher looks at an ethnographic study of the experiences and behaviours of social workers visiting families in their homes.
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Jill Manthorpe on a mixed methods study of what people with dementia want from end-of-life care.
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Sarah Knowles reviews a recent qualitative study of online mental health information seeking behaviour by people with psychosis.
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