...Gill Brown; Amy Leigh Rathbone; Julie Prescott Purpose The SMILE study (social media as informal support for people with mental illness: an exploratory study) aimed to explore how people with mental health issues use and value social media as a support mechanism. Design/methodology/approach...

...Julie Prescott; Amy Leigh Rathbone; Terry Hanley Purpose This study is exploratory research which aims to understand how users gain support from the online mental health community (OMHC) 18 percent and whether engagement with this community may possibly lead to increased self-efficacy. Design...

...Michael Clark; Andy Turner; Alba X. Realpe; Louise M. Wallace; Joanna Kosmala-Anderson Purpose – There is growing interest in self-management support for people living with mental health problems. The purpose of this paper is to describe the evaluation of a co-designed and co-delivered self...

.... This paper outlines the different support mechanisms available to prison officers and their views on these arrangements. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Prison officers Therapeutic communities Supervision Support DELIVERING THERAPY Supporting uniformed officers delivering therapy...

... imaging scanning (MRI), qualitative, support, research participants, experiences Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely used diagnostic tool in the health service. It is also increasingly used for research purposes in the mental health field, for example, to investigate structural brain...