Ruth O’Shaughnessy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6741535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth O’Shaughnessy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Shaughnessy |
| SIGNATURE | O’SHAUGHNESSY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Acceptability of Circle of Security-Parenting groups in NHS community perinatal mental health services in England
Perinatal mental health (PMH) difficulties are prevalent and often accompanied by parent-infant relationship difficulties. National Health Service community PMH services (PMHS) support birthing parents (typically mothers) experiencing moderate-to-severe and complex mental health difficulties. While PMHS primarily address maternal mental health, treatment can include interventions targeting parent-infant relationships. The Circle of Security-Paren…
Becoming a mother in the context of sex work
Many females engaged in sex work are mothers, often experiencing poverty, violence, marginalization, and psychological distress, factors also found to affect parental bonds. However, little is known about how this context impacts the bonding process. Given the ubiquity of sex work across geographical territories, understanding the relationship it has with mother-child bonding is an important international consideration in providing healthcare for…
Parental Psychiatric Disorder
Parental Psychiatric Disorder presents an innovative approach to thinking about and working with families where a parent has a mental illness. With 30 new chapters from an internationally renowned author team, this new edition presents the current state of knowledge in this critically important field. Issues around prevalence, stigma and systems theory provide a foundation for the book, which offers new paradigms for understanding mental illness …
A Narrative Study of the Lives of Women Who Experience Anorexia Nervosa
There is a dearth of literature that explores the subjective experiences of women beyond the age of 20 diagnosed with anorexia. This collaborative research inquiry portrays the life experiences of four such women. A narrative research design was employed to capture the subjective experiences of the women and to allow some comparisons between them to both illuminate the individual features and to offer some common themes. Semi-structured interview…
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A Narrative Study of the Lives of Women Who Experience Anorexia Nervosa
There is a dearth of literature that explores the subjective experiences of women beyond the age of 20 diagnosed with anorexia. This collaborative research inquiry portrays the life experiences of four such women. A narrative research design was employed to capture the subjective experiences of the women and to allow some comparisons between them to both illuminate the individual features and to offer some common themes. Semi-structured interview…
Parental Psychiatric Disorder
Parental Psychiatric Disorder presents an innovative approach to thinking about and working with families where a parent has a mental illness. With 30 new chapters from an internationally renowned author team, this new edition presents the current state of knowledge in this critically important field. Issues around prevalence, stigma and systems theory provide a foundation for the book, which offers new paradigms for understanding mental illness …
Becoming a mother in the context of sex work
Many females engaged in sex work are mothers, often experiencing poverty, violence, marginalization, and psychological distress, factors also found to affect parental bonds. However, little is known about how this context impacts the bonding process. Given the ubiquity of sex work across geographical territories, understanding the relationship it has with mother-child bonding is an important international consideration in providing healthcare for…
Acceptability of Circle of Security-Parenting groups in NHS community perinatal mental health services in England
Perinatal mental health (PMH) difficulties are prevalent and often accompanied by parent-infant relationship difficulties. National Health Service community PMH services (PMHS) support birthing parents (typically mothers) experiencing moderate-to-severe and complex mental health difficulties. While PMHS primarily address maternal mental health, treatment can include interventions targeting parent-infant relationships. The Circle of Security-Paren…
Psychological intervention (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Eating disorders (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anorexia (1 works)