Helen Brooks
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3603654 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Helen Brooks |
| PRENOMES | Helen |
| SOBRENOME | Brooks |
| ASSINATURA | BROOKS H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2157-0200 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1906 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
A Qualitative Co‐Production Study of a Solutions‐Focused Approach to Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement of Male Suicidal Prisoners in Psychological Therapy for Suicide Preventio…
Delivering low-intensity psychological interventions in low- and middle-income countries
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Beyond Ownership
This study investigated whether pet ownership and the quality or structure of pet relationships were associated with self-harm and suicide risk among young people aged 16–24 years with lived experience of self-harm. In a cross-sectional online survey (n = 169), participants reported on pet ownership, strength of the pet–owner bond, and structural characteristics of ownership (number and diversity of pets). Standardized measures assessed anxiety, …
Addressing burn-injury stigma through health education and communication campaign in Pakistan
Background Burn injuries remain a neglected public health issue in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Up to 90% of burn injuries occur in LMICs, where there is a lack of appropriate burn prevention, acute care and rehabilitation services. When co-created with target populations, health education and communication campaigns could play a pivotal role in promoting risk assessment and improving knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding first…
Optimising knowledge mobilisation for mental health research in low- and middle-income countries
Optimising knowledge mobilisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could prove beneficial for improving mental health care, alleviating the global burden of high prevalence mental health problems and reducing inequalities. This review aimed to systematically review and synthesise the evidence on knowledge mobilisation for mental health improvement in LMICs, identifying barriers and facilitators and recommendations to guide progress. Fo…
Bridging the gap in mental health literacy
https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16116467, identifier ISRCTN16116467
Individual and area-level factors associated with depression in Indonesia
Individual-level factors are associated with depression among adults in Indonesia. Among the district level factors, only happiness index is related to depression. These results strengthen previous studies which stated determinants at the individual level are an important factor in depression. Therefore, effective prevention programs in mental health need to target both individuals and families
Mapping support systems
Perceived availability of support, rather than structural characteristics of support networks, was the primary factor linked to improved mental health and help-seeking preferences. Strengthening students' perceived support may be critical for promoting resilience and encouraging appropriate help-seeking behaviour
Socially Oriented Approaches To Working with Children of Parents with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness
Children Of Parents with severe and enduring Mental Illness (COPMI) face an elevated risk for inherited mental health issues and diminished quality of life across various domains. While social factors such as social networks (the set of active, valued social ties surrounding an individual) are recognised as protective, they are often inadequately conceptualised, preventing effective leverage to promote positive outcomes. This brief report provide…
Modelling social networks for children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness
The Network Episode Model (NEM) is a well utilised model conceptualising how social networks, valuable resources which can positively impact wellbeing and functional outcomes, are responsive to the needs of people with physical and mental health difficulties. Children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness (COPMI) are impacted by these illnesses through the intersecting roles of kin relation, informal carer, and dependent. However, it…
Conceptualisations of positive mental health and wellbeing among children and adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Mental health literacy amongst children with common mental health problems and their parents in Java, Indonesia
Robust efforts are needed to improve MHL in low- and middle-income countries drawing on culturally appropriate approaches to reduce stigma and optimise timely, effective help-seeking for CYP. Enhancing parental and family level literacy may be efficacious, especially when combined with mechanisms to facilitate open communication, as may the development of standalone interventions directly developed to reach younger generations. Future research ma…
De-escalation of conflict in forensic mental health inpatient settings
Background Violence and other harms that result from conflict in forensic inpatient mental health settings are an international problem. De-escalation approaches for reducing conflict are recommended, yet the evidence-base for their use is limited. For the first time, the present study uses implementation science and behaviour change approaches to identify the specific organisational and individual behaviour change targets for enhanced de-escalat…
Pet Ownership and Multiple Sclerosis during Covid-19
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with lower quality of life, reduced social participation, and decreased self-efficacy. The COVID-19 pandemic has had documented effects on the health and wellbeing of people with and without MS. Previous research has demonstrated the positive impact pets can have for people living with long-term conditions. Objectives: To explore the rates of pet ownership and pet attachment in people living with …
Telephone delivery of psychological interventions
Exploring the potential use of patient and public involvement to strengthen Indonesian mental health care for people with psychosis
BACKGROUND: Patient and public involvement (PPI) has the potential to strengthen mental health systems in Indonesia and improve care for people living with psychosis. Current evidence from other parts of the world demonstrates the need to understand the contexts in which PPI is to be enacted to ensure optimal implementation. OBJECTIVE: To understand service users' and carers' views on the current use and potential applicability of PPI within Indo…
‘So just to go through the options…’
This article considers patient choice in mental healthcare services, specifically the ways that choice is enabled or constrained in patient–practitioner spoken interaction. Using the method of conversation analysis (CA), we examine the language used by practitioners when presenting treatment delivery options to patients entering the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. Analysis of 66 recordings of telephone‐delivered IA…
He’s my mate you see’
There is increasing recognition of the role pets play in the management of mental health conditions. Evidence suggests that pets promote social interaction and provide secure and intimate relationships which support the management of symptoms. This paper aimed to extend this evidence by exploring the phenomenological understanding of relationships and relationality with companion animals as therapeutic agents in the context of people's wider soci…
The power of support from companion animals for people living with mental health problems
Is it time to abandon care planning in mental health services? A qualitative study exploring the views of professionals, service users and carers
BACKGROUND: It has been established that mental health-care planning does not adequately respond to the needs of those accessing services. Understanding the reasons for this and identifying whose needs care plans serve requires an exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers and professionals within the wider organizational context. OBJECTIVE: To explore the current operationalization of care planning and perceptions of its function w…
Linking people with long‐term health conditions to healthy community activities
OBJECTIVE: To combine insights from service users with long-term conditions (LTCs) to assist the development of a community referral intervention designed to promote engagement and improve access to health-relevant resources. BACKGROUND: Social deprivation and reduced access to resources have been causally linked with social isolation and the ability to manage LTCs. Participation in meaningful activity has been associated with positive health ben…
Permission to participate?' A qualitative study of participation in patients from differing socio-economic backgrounds
Participation in health care is an important element of self-management in chronic illness, and policy emphasises patient's choice. Evidence suggests that this may be inequitable and inadequate, since active participation is strongly associated with socio-demographic variables. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of participation in people with differing socio-economic status with themes related to health literacy and relationship wit…
Alaska
Permission to participate?' A qualitative study of participation in patients from differing socio-economic backgrounds
Participation in health care is an important element of self-management in chronic illness, and policy emphasises patient's choice. Evidence suggests that this may be inequitable and inadequate, since active participation is strongly associated with socio-demographic variables. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of participation in people with differing socio-economic status with themes related to health literacy and relationship wit…
He’s my mate you see’
There is increasing recognition of the role pets play in the management of mental health conditions. Evidence suggests that pets promote social interaction and provide secure and intimate relationships which support the management of symptoms. This paper aimed to extend this evidence by exploring the phenomenological understanding of relationships and relationality with companion animals as therapeutic agents in the context of people's wider soci…
Alaska
Linking people with long‐term health conditions to healthy community activities
OBJECTIVE: To combine insights from service users with long-term conditions (LTCs) to assist the development of a community referral intervention designed to promote engagement and improve access to health-relevant resources. BACKGROUND: Social deprivation and reduced access to resources have been causally linked with social isolation and the ability to manage LTCs. Participation in meaningful activity has been associated with positive health ben…
Permission to participate?' A qualitative study of participation in patients from differing socio-economic backgrounds
Participation in health care is an important element of self-management in chronic illness, and policy emphasises patient's choice. Evidence suggests that this may be inequitable and inadequate, since active participation is strongly associated with socio-demographic variables. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of participation in people with differing socio-economic status with themes related to health literacy and relationship wit…
The power of support from companion animals for people living with mental health problems
Is it time to abandon care planning in mental health services? A qualitative study exploring the views of professionals, service users and carers
BACKGROUND: It has been established that mental health-care planning does not adequately respond to the needs of those accessing services. Understanding the reasons for this and identifying whose needs care plans serve requires an exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers and professionals within the wider organizational context. OBJECTIVE: To explore the current operationalization of care planning and perceptions of its function w…
He’s my mate you see’
There is increasing recognition of the role pets play in the management of mental health conditions. Evidence suggests that pets promote social interaction and provide secure and intimate relationships which support the management of symptoms. This paper aimed to extend this evidence by exploring the phenomenological understanding of relationships and relationality with companion animals as therapeutic agents in the context of people's wider soci…
Exploring the potential use of patient and public involvement to strengthen Indonesian mental health care for people with psychosis
BACKGROUND: Patient and public involvement (PPI) has the potential to strengthen mental health systems in Indonesia and improve care for people living with psychosis. Current evidence from other parts of the world demonstrates the need to understand the contexts in which PPI is to be enacted to ensure optimal implementation. OBJECTIVE: To understand service users' and carers' views on the current use and potential applicability of PPI within Indo…
‘So just to go through the options…’
This article considers patient choice in mental healthcare services, specifically the ways that choice is enabled or constrained in patient–practitioner spoken interaction. Using the method of conversation analysis (CA), we examine the language used by practitioners when presenting treatment delivery options to patients entering the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. Analysis of 66 recordings of telephone‐delivered IA…
Pet Ownership and Multiple Sclerosis during Covid-19
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with lower quality of life, reduced social participation, and decreased self-efficacy. The COVID-19 pandemic has had documented effects on the health and wellbeing of people with and without MS. Previous research has demonstrated the positive impact pets can have for people living with long-term conditions. Objectives: To explore the rates of pet ownership and pet attachment in people living with …
Telephone delivery of psychological interventions
Conceptualisations of positive mental health and wellbeing among children and adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Mental health literacy amongst children with common mental health problems and their parents in Java, Indonesia
Robust efforts are needed to improve MHL in low- and middle-income countries drawing on culturally appropriate approaches to reduce stigma and optimise timely, effective help-seeking for CYP. Enhancing parental and family level literacy may be efficacious, especially when combined with mechanisms to facilitate open communication, as may the development of standalone interventions directly developed to reach younger generations. Future research ma…
De-escalation of conflict in forensic mental health inpatient settings
Background Violence and other harms that result from conflict in forensic inpatient mental health settings are an international problem. De-escalation approaches for reducing conflict are recommended, yet the evidence-base for their use is limited. For the first time, the present study uses implementation science and behaviour change approaches to identify the specific organisational and individual behaviour change targets for enhanced de-escalat…
Modelling social networks for children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness
The Network Episode Model (NEM) is a well utilised model conceptualising how social networks, valuable resources which can positively impact wellbeing and functional outcomes, are responsive to the needs of people with physical and mental health difficulties. Children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness (COPMI) are impacted by these illnesses through the intersecting roles of kin relation, informal carer, and dependent. However, it…
Addressing burn-injury stigma through health education and communication campaign in Pakistan
Background Burn injuries remain a neglected public health issue in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Up to 90% of burn injuries occur in LMICs, where there is a lack of appropriate burn prevention, acute care and rehabilitation services. When co-created with target populations, health education and communication campaigns could play a pivotal role in promoting risk assessment and improving knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding first…
Optimising knowledge mobilisation for mental health research in low- and middle-income countries
Optimising knowledge mobilisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could prove beneficial for improving mental health care, alleviating the global burden of high prevalence mental health problems and reducing inequalities. This review aimed to systematically review and synthesise the evidence on knowledge mobilisation for mental health improvement in LMICs, identifying barriers and facilitators and recommendations to guide progress. Fo…
Bridging the gap in mental health literacy
https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16116467, identifier ISRCTN16116467
Individual and area-level factors associated with depression in Indonesia
Individual-level factors are associated with depression among adults in Indonesia. Among the district level factors, only happiness index is related to depression. These results strengthen previous studies which stated determinants at the individual level are an important factor in depression. Therefore, effective prevention programs in mental health need to target both individuals and families
Mapping support systems
Perceived availability of support, rather than structural characteristics of support networks, was the primary factor linked to improved mental health and help-seeking preferences. Strengthening students' perceived support may be critical for promoting resilience and encouraging appropriate help-seeking behaviour
Socially Oriented Approaches To Working with Children of Parents with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness
Children Of Parents with severe and enduring Mental Illness (COPMI) face an elevated risk for inherited mental health issues and diminished quality of life across various domains. While social factors such as social networks (the set of active, valued social ties surrounding an individual) are recognised as protective, they are often inadequately conceptualised, preventing effective leverage to promote positive outcomes. This brief report provide…
A Qualitative Co‐Production Study of a Solutions‐Focused Approach to Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement of Male Suicidal Prisoners in Psychological Therapy for Suicide Preventio…
Delivering low-intensity psychological interventions in low- and middle-income countries
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Beyond Ownership
This study investigated whether pet ownership and the quality or structure of pet relationships were associated with self-harm and suicide risk among young people aged 16–24 years with lived experience of self-harm. In a cross-sectional online survey (n = 169), participants reported on pet ownership, strength of the pet–owner bond, and structural characteristics of ownership (number and diversity of pets). Standardized measures assessed anxiety, …
Mental health (12 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Psychiatry (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Qualitative research (7 obras) · Health care (6 obras) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (6 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 obras)