Safeguarding communications between multiagency professionals when working with children and young people: A qualitative study

Problem: Open and responsive safeguarding communications between multiagency professionals who work with children and young people can be critical. Few studies have examined the experience of interprofessional safeguarding communications, and most reports are of social workers. This study explored safeguarding communications from the perspectives of four disciplines. Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted in (London) England with 11 professionals who were purposively sampled for their involvement in safeguarding and child protection work: school nurses (n = 4); teachers (n = 3); general practitioner (n = 1); and social workers (n = 3). Interviews were audio‐recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analyzed. Findings: Five themes emerged from participant data to describe their experiences of safeguarding communications: communication technology; care coordination; professional relationships; information sharing; and, resources. Conclusions: Although participants reported positive experiences they also encountered significant communication challenges in their safeguarding roles. Complex technology could alienate as well as connect professionals, for which some IT system and process improvements were recommended. However, participants also wanted more opportunities for face‐to‐face contact. Their experiences indicate that effective safeguarding communications are best assured by both. </p

Women's experiences of prison-based mental healthcare: a systematic review of qualitative literature.

PURPOSE The rate of female committals to prison has grown rapidly in recent years. Women in prison are likely to have trauma histories and difficulties with their mental health. This paper aims to synthesise the findings of qualitative literature to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of women in the context of prison-based mental health care. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A systematic search of five academic databases, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Psychological Information Database (PsycINFO), Excerpta Medica DataBASE (EMBASE) and Medline, was completed in December 2020. This study's search strategy identified 4,615 citations, and seven studies were included for review. Thomas and Harden's (2008) framework for thematic synthesis was used to analyse data. Quality appraisal was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist for Qualitative Research (Lockwood , 2015). FINDINGS Four analytic themes were identified that detail women's experiences of prison-based mental health care: the type of services accessed and challenges encountered; a reduction in capacity to self-manage mental well-being; the erosion of privacy and dignity; and strained relationships with prison staff. There is a paucity of research conducted with women in the context of prison-based mental health care. The findings suggest there is a need for greater mental health support, including the need to enhance relationships between women and prison staff to promote positive mental health. ORIGINALITY/VALUE To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic review conducted on the experiences of women in the context of prison-based mental health care

A qualitative synthesis of patients' experiences of re-traumatization in acute mental health inpatient settings

Rates of re-traumatization among mentally ill-health patients have risen  significantly over the past decade and clinical guidelines place mental health nurses  at the heart of their care. Aim: To gather, analyse, and synthesize the evidence on people's experiences on retraumatization in acute mental health inpatient settings. Method: A systematic search for qualitative studies (CINAHL, MEDLINE, ASSIA,  PsycINFO, and EMBASE) was conducted. Two authors independently assessed  eligibility and appraised methodological quality using Joanna Briggs's quality appraisal  tool and extracted data. The analysis followed the principles of interpretative  synthesis.Results: Fourteen papers were included for thematic synthesis. Three themes  emerged: (1) Quality of staff interaction; (2) Specific interventions, (Sub-theme nature  of symptoms); and (3) Nature of the environment. Discussion: Our findings demonstrate that patients are experiencing re-traumatization in acute mental health inpatient settings and that there is little being done to prevent it from occurring. Implications for Practice: This study is the first to analyse the factors that contribute to re-traumatization and make recommendations to mental healthcare professionals  to reduce the harmful practices in place in inpatient settings. It is suggested that  training staff in trauma-informed care and allowing patients to be experts in their  own care can reduce the rates of re-traumatization </p

A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents

While becoming inextricable to our daily lives, online social media are blamed for increasing mental health problems in younger people. This systematic review synthesized evidence on the influence of social media use on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents. A search of PsycINFO, Medline, Embase, CINAHL and SSCI databases reaped 13 eligible studies, of which 12 were cross-sectional. Findings were classified into four domains of social media: time spent, activity, investment and addiction. All domains correlated with depression, anxiety and psychological distress. However, there are considerable caveats due to methodological limitations of cross-sectional design, sampling and measures. Mechanisms of the putative effects of social media on mental health should be explored further through qualitative enquiry and longitudinal cohort studies

The beauty and the beast of social media: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the impact of adolescents' social media experiences on their mental health during the Covid‑19 pandemic

Despite extensive research, the mental health implication of social media in adolescents is not yet understood due to mixed  and inconsistent fndings and more in-depth qualitative studies are needed to expand our understanding of the impact of  social media on adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore why and  how adolescents use social media, adolescents’ lived experiences on social media, how they make sense of these experiences  having impact on their mental health, and the infuence of the Covid-19 pandemic on their use of social media and mental  health. In-depth interviews were conducted with eleven adolescents aged 14–16 (fve female, six male) across England. The  interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two  key themes were identifed: the beauty of social media that captured positive experiences and emotions of adolescents and  the beast of social media that captured negative experiences and emotions. From the adolescents’ accounts, social media has  both positive and negative impacts on their mental health, but mostly positive impacts during the Covid-19 pandemic. The  results were discussed in relation to the study aims and previous study fndings. Strengths and methodological limitations  of the study, implications for future research that emerged from the study were discussed </p