Alan Maddock
Biographic Data
| ID | 6023563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Maddock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Maddock |
| SIGNATURE | MADDOCK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5089-1778 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mental health outcomes of a peer support programme for prosthesis and orthosis users in Cambodia
People with physical disabilities in low- and middle-income countries experience elevated rates of psychological distress. This study explored the impact of a peer support intervention (‘friendship group’) for people with disabilities attending prosthetic and orthotic clinics in Cambodia. A total of 462 individuals were screened using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), 47 met inclusion criteria (scores 20–29). Of these, 27 enrolled i…
Protective factors against and risk factors for psychological distress and PTSD in persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia
The risk of experiencing psychological distress and Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is high if a person has a physical disability. This study aimed to determine the rates of psychological distress and PTSD among prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) service users, and identify potential protective factors against and risk factors for these outcomes. Data were collected from March 2023 to June 2024 from P&O service users (n = 465) across Cambodia. U…
Testing mindfulness mechanisms of action on depression, anxiety, and mental well-being of social workers
The evidence that mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) improve the mental health and well-being of social workers is growing. Which MBP mechanisms improve these outcomes is unclear. This study attempts to identify what these mechanisms might be, using data from two RCTs investigating the impact of the MBP participation on social worker depression, anxiety, and mental well-being. Structural equation models (SEM) were constructed on the data of the …
Exploring Social Work professionals’ Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme
The evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers’ (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highl…
Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care with Social Work Professionals
Social workers are at high risk of work stress and burnout, with the Covid-19 reported to have amplified this risk. The Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care programme (MBSWSC) has been found to support cognitive and emotion regulation of social workers, leading to improved stress, burnout, mental health, and well-being. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to replicate and expand the findings of an earlier RCT of MBSWSC, with a wid…
Psychological Protective and Risk Factors for Depression, Anxiety and Mental Well-Being in Social Workers
Social workers worldwide experience high rates of depression, anxiety and deficits in well-being. Depression, anxiety or poor mental well-being can have a significant effect on the individual social worker, and the quality of care they can provide. There have been limited attempts to examine and understand the underlying psychological protective and risk factors for depression, anxiety and poor well-being amongst social workers. Using the clinica…
The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers
Stress and burnout can have several negative effects on the individual social worker’s work performance, along with their mental health and well-being. We are still unclear on how these negative effects play out, as no studies have examined what the relationships are between stress, burnout, anxiety, depression and well-being in social workers. This cross-sectional study attempted to identify the rates and correlates of stress, burnout, anxiety, …
A randomised trial of Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care with social workers
The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of a bespoke and innovative six-week online Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme on the stress, feelings of burnout, anxiety, depression, and well-being of a sample of social workers. This secondary objective was to examine the effectiveness of MBSWSC at improving a number of potentially important mindfulness-based programme mechanisms of action, including mi…
How do mindfulness-based programmes improve anxiety, depression and psychological distress? A systematic review
This study aimed to systematically review studies which conducted a controlled mediation analysis in order to examine the potential mechanisms which underlie mindfulness-based programme’s (MBPs) effects on anxiety, depression and psychological distress in any health or mental health population. Searches of six databases (Medline (Ovid), PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, Cinahal Plus and Cochrane Reviews) were under…
Rates and correlates of psychological distress and PTSD among persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia
Integration of mental health services within the disability sector is required to address psychological distress and PTSD symptoms among people with physical disabilities in Cambodia. Health system interventions, such as screening, referral, and the training of health providers, need to be strengthened. Further studies focussing on the psychosocial determinants of mental health of persons with disabilities in Cambodia are required
The Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme
During their social work education, students engage in a number of stressful learning activities, often simultaneously, which can negatively impact their well-being, mental health and social work practice. Mindfulness practices are beginning to be integrated into social work curricula globally to enhance student self-care along with key social work practice skills and values. This mixed methods study examined the effects of a bespoke six-week onl…
Implementing the Learning from the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care Programme to Social Work Student Practice during Covid-19
This is the first study which has explored how social work students have applied the learning from a bespoke Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme to their social work practice. A qualitative research design was chosen, and a realist ontological position taken. The qualitative data were collected from reflective journals from seven social work students on placement who had completed the MBSWSC programme. An inductive them…
Exploring the Potential Mechanisms of Action of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care Programme
The mindfulness-based social work and self-care (MBSWSC) programme was created in order to support social work students and practitioners to develop enhanced social work and self-care skills. This programme was found to improve feelings of stress, anxiety, mental well-being and burnout of thirty social work students. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was chosen in order to generate a comprehensive understanding of what the potential …
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a clinical intervention with psoriasis patients through the lens of the clinically modified Buddhist psychological model
Coping with a chronic illness such as psoriasis can be very stressful experience for patients. A psoriasis patient’s cognitive appraisal of their condition, definition of adaptive tasks, and selection of coping skills are influenced by the person, by aspects of the transition or crisis, and by their environment. Mindfulness-based interventions are theorised to have the capacity to enhance these factors and the mental health and wellbeing of patie…
The relationship between highly visual social media and young people’s mental health
Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention with Homeless Adults
Consensus or contention
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are conventionally recommended in mental health care literature as an important way to offer holistic treatment provision to patients. This study aims to explore multidisciplinary teamwork in contemporary mental health settings, particularly what aids and hinders the process of multidisciplinary teamworking, and the social work contribution in such teams. In order to attain an in-depth exploration of these phenomena…
The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers
Stress and burnout can have several negative effects on the individual social worker’s work performance, along with their mental health and well-being. We are still unclear on how these negative effects play out, as no studies have examined what the relationships are between stress, burnout, anxiety, depression and well-being in social workers. This cross-sectional study attempted to identify the rates and correlates of stress, burnout, anxiety, …
The Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme
During their social work education, students engage in a number of stressful learning activities, often simultaneously, which can negatively impact their well-being, mental health and social work practice. Mindfulness practices are beginning to be integrated into social work curricula globally to enhance student self-care along with key social work practice skills and values. This mixed methods study examined the effects of a bespoke six-week onl…
Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care with Social Work Professionals
Social workers are at high risk of work stress and burnout, with the Covid-19 reported to have amplified this risk. The Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care programme (MBSWSC) has been found to support cognitive and emotion regulation of social workers, leading to improved stress, burnout, mental health, and well-being. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to replicate and expand the findings of an earlier RCT of MBSWSC, with a wid…
Consensus or contention
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are conventionally recommended in mental health care literature as an important way to offer holistic treatment provision to patients. This study aims to explore multidisciplinary teamwork in contemporary mental health settings, particularly what aids and hinders the process of multidisciplinary teamworking, and the social work contribution in such teams. In order to attain an in-depth exploration of these phenomena…
Implementing the Learning from the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care Programme to Social Work Student Practice during Covid-19
This is the first study which has explored how social work students have applied the learning from a bespoke Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme to their social work practice. A qualitative research design was chosen, and a realist ontological position taken. The qualitative data were collected from reflective journals from seven social work students on placement who had completed the MBSWSC programme. An inductive them…
Consensus or contention
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are conventionally recommended in mental health care literature as an important way to offer holistic treatment provision to patients. This study aims to explore multidisciplinary teamwork in contemporary mental health settings, particularly what aids and hinders the process of multidisciplinary teamworking, and the social work contribution in such teams. In order to attain an in-depth exploration of these phenomena…
Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention with Homeless Adults
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a clinical intervention with psoriasis patients through the lens of the clinically modified Buddhist psychological model
Coping with a chronic illness such as psoriasis can be very stressful experience for patients. A psoriasis patient’s cognitive appraisal of their condition, definition of adaptive tasks, and selection of coping skills are influenced by the person, by aspects of the transition or crisis, and by their environment. Mindfulness-based interventions are theorised to have the capacity to enhance these factors and the mental health and wellbeing of patie…
The relationship between highly visual social media and young people’s mental health
The Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme
During their social work education, students engage in a number of stressful learning activities, often simultaneously, which can negatively impact their well-being, mental health and social work practice. Mindfulness practices are beginning to be integrated into social work curricula globally to enhance student self-care along with key social work practice skills and values. This mixed methods study examined the effects of a bespoke six-week onl…
Implementing the Learning from the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care Programme to Social Work Student Practice during Covid-19
This is the first study which has explored how social work students have applied the learning from a bespoke Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme to their social work practice. A qualitative research design was chosen, and a realist ontological position taken. The qualitative data were collected from reflective journals from seven social work students on placement who had completed the MBSWSC programme. An inductive them…
Exploring the Potential Mechanisms of Action of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care Programme
The mindfulness-based social work and self-care (MBSWSC) programme was created in order to support social work students and practitioners to develop enhanced social work and self-care skills. This programme was found to improve feelings of stress, anxiety, mental well-being and burnout of thirty social work students. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was chosen in order to generate a comprehensive understanding of what the potential …
A randomised trial of Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care with social workers
The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of a bespoke and innovative six-week online Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme on the stress, feelings of burnout, anxiety, depression, and well-being of a sample of social workers. This secondary objective was to examine the effectiveness of MBSWSC at improving a number of potentially important mindfulness-based programme mechanisms of action, including mi…
How do mindfulness-based programmes improve anxiety, depression and psychological distress? A systematic review
This study aimed to systematically review studies which conducted a controlled mediation analysis in order to examine the potential mechanisms which underlie mindfulness-based programme’s (MBPs) effects on anxiety, depression and psychological distress in any health or mental health population. Searches of six databases (Medline (Ovid), PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, Cinahal Plus and Cochrane Reviews) were under…
Rates and correlates of psychological distress and PTSD among persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia
Integration of mental health services within the disability sector is required to address psychological distress and PTSD symptoms among people with physical disabilities in Cambodia. Health system interventions, such as screening, referral, and the training of health providers, need to be strengthened. Further studies focussing on the psychosocial determinants of mental health of persons with disabilities in Cambodia are required
Exploring Social Work professionals’ Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme
The evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers’ (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highl…
Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care with Social Work Professionals
Social workers are at high risk of work stress and burnout, with the Covid-19 reported to have amplified this risk. The Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care programme (MBSWSC) has been found to support cognitive and emotion regulation of social workers, leading to improved stress, burnout, mental health, and well-being. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to replicate and expand the findings of an earlier RCT of MBSWSC, with a wid…
Psychological Protective and Risk Factors for Depression, Anxiety and Mental Well-Being in Social Workers
Social workers worldwide experience high rates of depression, anxiety and deficits in well-being. Depression, anxiety or poor mental well-being can have a significant effect on the individual social worker, and the quality of care they can provide. There have been limited attempts to examine and understand the underlying psychological protective and risk factors for depression, anxiety and poor well-being amongst social workers. Using the clinica…
The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers
Stress and burnout can have several negative effects on the individual social worker’s work performance, along with their mental health and well-being. We are still unclear on how these negative effects play out, as no studies have examined what the relationships are between stress, burnout, anxiety, depression and well-being in social workers. This cross-sectional study attempted to identify the rates and correlates of stress, burnout, anxiety, …
Testing mindfulness mechanisms of action on depression, anxiety, and mental well-being of social workers
The evidence that mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) improve the mental health and well-being of social workers is growing. Which MBP mechanisms improve these outcomes is unclear. This study attempts to identify what these mechanisms might be, using data from two RCTs investigating the impact of the MBP participation on social worker depression, anxiety, and mental well-being. Structural equation models (SEM) were constructed on the data of the …
Mental health outcomes of a peer support programme for prosthesis and orthosis users in Cambodia
People with physical disabilities in low- and middle-income countries experience elevated rates of psychological distress. This study explored the impact of a peer support intervention (‘friendship group’) for people with disabilities attending prosthetic and orthotic clinics in Cambodia. A total of 462 individuals were screened using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), 47 met inclusion criteria (scores 20–29). Of these, 27 enrolled i…
Protective factors against and risk factors for psychological distress and PTSD in persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia
The risk of experiencing psychological distress and Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is high if a person has a physical disability. This study aimed to determine the rates of psychological distress and PTSD among prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) service users, and identify potential protective factors against and risk factors for these outcomes. Data were collected from March 2023 to June 2024 from P&O service users (n = 465) across Cambodia. U…
Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Mindfulness (11 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (10 works) · Psychotherapist (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Anxiety (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works)