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Analyzing of Project Delivery Risks in Highway Construction During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Nur Ariyanto Ismail , Amin Mawardi
Published: January 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit all sectors of the business world, and the construction sector is no exception, resulting in delays, loss of efficiency, and cost impacts due to Covid-19 and the response to related government regulations, there is little or no precedent to help contractor companies understand what the potential impacts are. Covid-19 in the future and construction program when the lockdown begins. However it is very likely that work will need to be stopped due to health and safety concerns. Even if the project does not stop altogether, it is likely to be more expensive and take more time. This study attempts to conduct a risk assessment of project delivery with the most popular system, to see risk factors and then analyze risk factor ratings at all stages of project implementation until construction handover. The Covid-19 pandemic can be said to be a new phenomenon that has not much literature, so the identification of risk factors using a literature review was validated by expert discussion method, assessment by probability and impact, while the analytical method used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. The results of dominant and major priority of risks including construction work health and safety, delay in delivery schedule, delays in procuring materials, labor, and equipment and delay in certification of bills.

Keywords: Pandemic Covid-19 · Risk · Project · Highway Construction
Breakthrough Cancer Pain
Authors: Dedi Artha Nugraha I Dewa Gede , Widyadharma I Putu Eka
Published: January 2023

Health Organization defined breakthrough pain as a temporary increase in pain from pre-existing underlying pain with moderate to severe pain intensity. Cancer patients with chronic pain experience breakthrough cancer pain during their illness. Breakthrough cancer pain caused high morbidity in patients that disrupts the quality of life of patients and their families. Until now, the causes of breakthrough cancer pain are multifactorial and subjective, therefore the assessment and management are very complex. This article aimed to provide a comprehensive and focused review from the definition to the management of breakthrough cancer pain.

Keywords: Breakthrough cancer pain, chronic pain, moderate-severe intensity.
Hospital Waste Management During COVID-19
Authors: Astri Nur Kuntari Nabila , Ulfa Maria , Jamal Agus
Published: January 2023

Any solid, liquid, or gas substance used will be immediately discarded. The substance waste dumped is conducted in every place, including hospitals. The hospital management system covers hospital waste management. This management allows the hospital to monitor the amount and variants of waste produced, which minimizes the harmful effects of waste. However, in this topic, systematic analytical mapping studies still have a lot of research limitations. This study aims to analyze Hospital Waste Management during the peak of COVID-19 which is presented as a systematic review. This research applied the qualitative method with a literature study approach. The hospital waste management articles identified from 2011-2021 amounted to 686 publication articles that Scopus indexed, indicating that hospital waste management studies have increased in recent years. The expansion in the study mainly was research on hospital waste management from the inner side of hospital management. Many studies on hospital waste management from processing, environmental impact, and the risk of spreading infections have been studied from the COVID-19 side since 2019. This finding has implications for further research by analyzing the problems related to the rapidly growing field of hospital waste management in detail or using a different perspective.

Keywords: Hospital Waste, Waste Management, Hospital Waste Management, COVID-19, Systematic Review.
A report on parental experiences in TUSLA Child Protection Conferences in Galway and Roscommon
Authors: Gibbons Marie , Quinn Declan
Published: January 2023

This research explores the perspectives and experiences of parents whose children have been in the Child Protection Conference system, and have been the subject of a Child Protection Plan.
Screening of hub-genes, key pathways, and targeted medications in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma using bioinformatics analysis
Authors:   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College, Chengde, Hebei province, 067000, China., Liang Yuan , Zhao Lei ,   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College, Chengde, Hebei province, 067000, China.
Published: January 2023

For Identifying the hub-genes and targeted medications for regulating laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Differently expressed mRNAs (DEMs) in LSCC were acquired from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) by GEO2R.
Guidelines to starting a cosmetic surgery practice
Authors:   Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery, Baby Memorial Hospital, Indira Gandhi Road, Kozhikode 673004, India, Joseph Subin
Published: January 2023

Cosmetic surgery includes operations and all other invasive medical procedures where the primary aim is the change, the restoration, normalisation or improvement of the appearance, the function and wellbeing at the request of an individual.
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors
Authors: Gao Wei
Published: January 2023

The rising research interest in personalized medicine promises to revolutionize traditional medical practices. This presents a tremendous opportunity for developing wearable devices toward predictive analytics and treatment. In this talk, I will introduce our efforts in developing wearable biosensors for non-invasive molecular analysis. Such wearables can autonomously access sweat across activities and continuously measure a broad spectrum of analytes including metabolites, nutrients, hormones, and drugs. Laser-engraving and inkjet printing are used to manufacture these nanomaterials-based biosensors at large scale and low cost. The clinical value of our wearable systems is evaluated through human studies toward metabolic nutritional monitoring, disease diagnosis, mental health assessment, and drug personalization. I will also discuss our research progress on energy harvesting from the body fluids and human motion to realize battery-free wireless wearable sensing. These wearable technologies could open the door to a wide range of personalized monitoring, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications.
Literature Is Us and We Are Literature: Global and Universal Perspective
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: January 2023

This paper takes into view literature on a global scale and from throughout time to investigate what we can say about its general and specific relevance for human society. The issue raised here pertains not only to the relevance of literature per se, but specifically to the question of how it relates to us as human beings, defining us in endless ways. In order to illustrate the central points addressed in this paper, numerous examples from the Middle Ages to the modern world are drawn from, such as Hartmann von Aue’s Der arme Heinrich (ca. 1190), Don Juan Manuel’s El Conde Lucanor (1335), Bertolt Brecht’s ballads, and Robert Frost’s modern poetry. The conclusion emphasizes that the critical function of literature in all human societies cannot be overestimated. At the risk of preaching to the converted, here we are confronted with the ultimate challenge in the Humanities once again. Insofar as literature has always mirrored, or engaged with, the fundamental issues in human life, we can establish its function as life-determining in philosophical, religious, political, ethical, or moral terms.
The effectiveness of different asset types as a hedge against inflation
Authors: Fuertes Mendoza Alberto
Published: January 2023

Rationale

The current period of high inflation makes it difficult for investors to maintain their profitability targets in real terms. Against this background, it is important to analyse the returns on different types of assets recorded in this and past inflationary episodes.

Takeaways

•In the past, both commodities and inflation-linked bonds have generated positive real returns during inflationary periods, while conventional sovereign bonds and general stock market indices have yielded negative real returns.

•In the current inflationary episode energy-related assets have generated the highest returns, while in the United States residential real estate has also performed well.

•In the recent period, both in the euro area and the United States investors have increased their holdings in investment funds specialising in inflation-linked bonds, and have reduced their holdings in conventional bond and equity funds.
A EFICÁCIA DA CINESIOTERAPIA NA REABILITAÇÃO MOTORA PÓS CRANIOTOMIA EM REGIÃO FRONTO - PARIETAL: RELATO DE CASO
Authors: Almeida Geizikelle Carvalho , Batista Letícia Machado , Soares Willen Vilela , Franco Fabiana Santos , Pires Henry Marlon Coelho , Fleury Rafael Barra Caiado
Published: January 2023

O tipo mais comum de cirurgia para remover um meningioma é chamada de craniotomia. Os meningiomas são tumores benignos, sendo classificados como um dos principais grupos de neoplasias primária do sistema nervoso central, com predominância em adultos do sexo feminino entre 50 a 70 anos. Os sintomas apresentados podem ser dores de cabeça, convulsões, turvação visual, fraqueza nos braços ou pernas, dormência, perda de equilíbrio, perda de audição, perda de memória. Objetivo: Expor os resultados referentes ao atendimento fisioterapêutico de uma paciente pós craniectomia de Meningioma na região fronto-parietal esquerda, abordando prática de exercícios cinesioterapêuticos. Métodos:  A paciente foi submetida a avaliação inicial por meio da ficha de avaliação neurológica desenvolvida pela equipe de pesquisa deste estudo na qual foi avaliada a força muscular, escala visual analógica de dor (EVA), reflexos, sensibilidade, teste de Rombeg, marcha, escala de independência funcional, força de preensão palmar por meio de um dinamômetro. O protocolo de atendimento para a reabilitação motora se deu através de exercícios terapêuticos ativos, realizados nas posições, sentada e em pé, de forma gradual. Resultados: Contudo foi possível observar resultados significativos na força de preensão palmar, no início da avaliação a paciente obteve 9.0 kg para a mão dominante e pós o termino do tratamento 17.9 kg. Conclusão: A reabilitação fisioterapêutica proposta apresentou aumento da força de pressão palmar, bem como, restabelecimento da força muscular, favorecendo o aumento da motricidade fina da mão direita.
Design of a FPGA-based digital reactivity meter for Dalat Nuclear Research Reactor
Authors: Vo Van Tai , Nguyen Van Kien , Nguyen Nhi Dien , Le Van Hiep
Published: January 2023

This paper describes a digital reactivity meter module based on solving the inverse kinetics equations and the time behavior of the output pulse frequency from the amplifier, which is proportional to the power of the Dalat Nuclear Research Reactor (DNRR). The designed reactivity meter, which operates online with real-time calculation, was tested using the PGT-17R simulator signals in comparison with the existing imported module PNO-121R5 of the DNRR’s control and protection system. The experimental results show that the technical characteristics and functions of the two modules are equivalent.
Adaptation of Sumudu Transform Iterative Method for Solving Fractional Integro-Differential Equations
Authors: Abuteen Eman
Published: January 2023

In this paper, we discussed  a new Sumudu transform iterative method and successfully applied on linear and nonlinear fractional integro-differential equations. The obtained results are compatible with those that have been obtained by other methods. The fractional derivative here is described in the Caputo sense. The proposed method is found to be powerful and efficient.
Stock Price Prediction: An Incremental Learning Approach Model of Multiple Regression
Authors: Mahtab Md. Tanvir , A. G. M. Zaman  , Montasir Rahman Mahin  , Mohammad Nazim Mia  , Md. Tanjirul Islam
Published: January 2023

The endeavour of predicting stock prices using different mathematical and technological methods and tools is not new. But the recent advancements and curiosity regarding big data and machine learning have added a new dimension to it. In this research study, we investigated the feasibility and performance of the multiple regression method in the prediction of stock prices. Here, multiple regression was used on the basis of the incremental machine learning setting. The study conducted an experiment to predict the closing price of stocks of six different organizations enlisted in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Three years of historical stock market data (2017-2019) of these organizations have been used. Here, the Multiple Regression, Squared Loss Function, and Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) algorithms are used as a predictor, loss function, and optimizer respectively. The model incrementally learned from the data of several stock-related attributes and predicted the closing price of the next day. The performance of prediction was then analysed and assessed on the basis of the rolling Mean Absolute Error (MAE) metric. The rolling MAE scores found in the experiment are quite promising.
Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting via Scotch Yoke-based Rotational Generation
Authors: Hossain Md Zahir , Illias Hazlee Azil
Published: January 2023

Harvesting energy from ocean wave is a promising renewable energy source due to its high efficiency, carbon-free, it is not affected by depletion of fossil fuels, and it is replenished constantly. The existing generators used in wave energy harvesting such as linear generator and slider crank mechanism have some limitations, which include lower efficiency and technologically challenging. Thus, in this work, wave energy harvesting technique using rotational generator based on scotch yoke mechanism is proposed. A typical slider crank to convert linear motion into rotational motion is replaced by scotch yoke mechanism to yield higher efficiency. A comparison of the performance of wave energy system between employing slider crank and scotch yoke is made to evaluate the superiority of the proposed mechanism. From the results obtained in this work, it is found that the output voltage of rotational generator employing scotch yoke mechanism is higher compared to that of rotational generator employing slider crank for the same input power. Thus, rotational generator by employing scotch yoke mechanism can be one of the alternative methods for ocean wave energy harvesting.
Comparative Study of Single and Double Barrier GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As Based Resonant Tunneling Diodes Considering NEGF
Authors: Hasan Mr. Mehedi , Ali M. Tanseer , Hasan Md. Kamrul , Torsa Shaira Tashnub , Rahman Mahfujur
Published: January 2023

The growth of pepped-up determining demand of final consumers always forces devices and circuits to increase power and speed. Only resonant tunneling diode can solve this problem and can be able to take a vital role in many nanoscale applications. This research paper demonstrates the simulations of the Resonant Tunneling Diode (RTD) by using Hartree Model for the single barrier (1B) and the double barrier (2B) Resonant Tunneling Diodes by the using of NEMO5 considering NEGF. In addition, switching applications also require a Large Peak to Valley Voltage Ratio (PVVR) to reduce energy loss. In this article, it has been clearly explained that compared to the Thomas Fermi Model, Hartree Model improves the Peak to Voltage Valley Ratio (PVVR) by 21.21%. The results of the Double Barrier RTD showed much better performance than the Single Barrier RTD. Furthermore, the I-V characteristic verified the notable improvement for the Hartree model.
Do managers need to be stable?
Authors: McCredie Hugh
Published: January 2023

In an earlier article (McCredie, 2010a), the author explored whether managers need to be extravert. This article enquires, in a similar manner, whether it is necessary that managers are emotionally stable.
Improving the validity of selection decisions: The granularity of competencies
Authors: Meachin James , Lucks Stephan
Published: January 2023

This article presents the results of a study based on data from a high stakes recruitment process in the UK. The purpose of the study was to explore how improved selection decisions can be made within competency‐based assessments.
Do conscientious individuals strive to achieve?
Authors: Brutsche Melanie
Published: January 2023

This paper considers whether achievement striving forms part of the Conscientiousness factor. It uses Confirmatory Factor Analysis to compare a model of Conscientiousness that includes a measure of achievement, with a model of Conscientiousness without. The results reveal good fit for both models. Some aspects of achievement striving, however, appear to be more closely related to Conscientiousness than others.
Introducing Dynamic Assessment
Authors: Yeomans Jane
Published: January 2023

Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an interactive assessment which allows the assessor to intervene in order to find out what the learner can do with assistance, thus identifying the next steps of any intervention. It is most commonly used in the educational domain.
The good, the bad and the ugly: A review of job candidate experiences of psychological testing
Authors: Jones Stephanie
Published: January 2023

Why do some job candidates find psychological tests useful and value‐adding, some have a negative experience, and others find them bordering on the sinister? Stephanie Jones takes a look at a number of candidate postings on the job forumwww.jobsite.co.ukand reflects on what they may reveal.
Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale
Authors: Russell Samantha J. , Cain Kate
Published: January 2023

Previous research suggests that character realism influences children’s responses to stories. This study explored 3- to 7-year-old children’s ratings of thought, feeling, self-knowledge and intention for humans, real animals and anthropomorphised animal characters. Ratings were similar for real and anthropomorphised animals and significantly lower than those for humans. These findings may relate to the observed poorer outcomes following stories depicting anthropomorphic animals, relative to human characters. Individual differences in internal state attribution and corresponding responses to anthropomorphised narratives might be usefully explored with this scale.
Mindfulness from a cognitive therapy perspective: Theoretical and clinical implications
Authors: Evans Julie
Published: January 2023

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is increasingly considered in the treatment of mental health problems. This paper describes MBCT, its core components, the complementary relationship between mindfulness and cognitive therapy, and how it might be integrated into therapy.
Applying national minimum standards for supervised practice with older adults during training: Results of an audit in the Northern region
Authors: McDonnell Jon , Collerton Daniel
Published: January 2023

Trainees’ learning experiences on placement were audited against standards of competency through a questionnaire; useful results indicated that the majority of standards were met; areas for improvement and trainees’ comments could be fed into enhancing the quality of placements
Is offering choice the preferred option?
Authors: Clarke Hilary , Charlesworth Georgina
Published: January 2023

We report on the expressed preferences of clients aged 65 and older referred for psychological therapy. The majority of referees did wish to see a psychologist, and expressed a preference for clinic rather than home visits. We highlight ways in which offering choice led to unexpected challenges.
Generalists and specialists in services for older people
Authors: Baty Frances
Published: January 2023

Clinical psychology services for older people have developed as specialist services located within secondary care. The needs of older people and the interests of the profession may be better served by an alternative model of service. This paper presents such a model.
Clinical Psychology Forumexamined
Authors: Davies Emma , Goodwin Isabel , Owens Marilyn , Ray Rachel
Published: January 2023

Emma Davies, Isabel Goodwin, Marilyn OwensandRachel Rayask how effective the Division’s newsletter is as a forum for discussion
Notes from the Chair
Authors: Cate Tim
Published: January 2023

Tim Catewrites his first column for Clinical Psychology Forum as DCP Chair
Developing mental health services for Gypsy Travellers: An exploratory study
Authors: Treise Cate , Shepherd Geoff
Published: January 2023

A small-scale study is described in which qualitative interviews were carried out with women from Gypsy Traveller communities exploring their perceptions of mental health problems, causes and possible ways of helping. The results suggest that a combination of improved access to conventional services and attempts to build the existing capacity of the community to deal with its own problems would be most effective.
Are hearing voices groups effective?
Authors: Lee Vicki , Bleese Ellen
Published: January 2023

This paper evaluates a 10-week hearing voices group run in a community mental health team. Pre and post measures looked at effects on distress, control of voices and areas of social functioning.
Coping with the positive and negative experiences of psychosis: Hints from patients
Authors: Chadwick Peter
Published: January 2023

This paper outlines insights people have found helpful in understanding or reducing psychotic experiences. Damaging misconceptions that staff may have of such service users, and of the methods best used to help them, also are outlined.
What have we learned from working with children? Or: Why we need a revolution in mental health
Authors: Southall Angela
Published: January 2023

This article is best described as a big question mark. The question is, why don’t psychologists and psychological therapists speak more often and with more authority about what we know about children?
Putting a theory into practice
Authors: Farrer Amy
Published: January 2023

In this article I reflect upon my experience of applying a particular psychological approach to manage a child’s challenging behaviour.
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: An update
Authors: Turpin Graham
Published: January 2023

DCP Vice-ChairGraham Turpindescribes the latest developments
Reflection and power
Authors: Newnes Craig
Published: January 2023

This article examines claims about clinical psychology’s status as reflective practitioners and the rhetoric of power. It highlights the lived experience of clinical psychologists in terms of reflection and the supposed power we wield.
User involvement in placement activity: The full monty
Authors: Hayward Mark , Hughes Rosalie , Southwood Debbie , Pearce Kathryn , Holmes Nan
Published: January 2023

This article utilises multiple perspectives to explore a trainee’s experience of working within a service user organisation. In order to emphasise the relational nature of this experience, where possible, contributors are referred to by their first names rather than their role.
The resource centre: An innovative stepped-care approach to common mental health problems in primary care
Authors: Moore Philip
Published: January 2023

This paper describes the creation of a self-help resource centre for addressing common mental health problems.
News from the Membership Services Unit
Authors: Bilsen Henck van
Published: January 2023

Henck van Bilsen, Director of the Membership Services Unit, invites your ideas for DCP CPD workshops
Selection for clinical psychology training: Is there evidence of any bias against applicants from ethnic minorities?
Authors: Scior Katrina , Gray James , Halsey Robert , Roth Anthony
Published: January 2023

This study looked at two cohorts of applicants to the UCL training course to look for any evidence of inadvertent discrimination against ethnic minority applicants.
Delivering psychological care in an early supported discharge team for stroke survivors
Authors: Ablitt Astri
Published: January 2023

A description of a service model and consideration of the mechanisms which allow effective implementation of psychological care.
Reflections on facilitating a new mindfulness/ACT- based group for parents of children with intellectual disabilities
Authors: Peckett Helen , Arnold Tamsin , Urbanek Monika , Miles Helene
Published: January 2023

Reflections on facilitating an ACT/mindfulness based group for parents of children who have developmental disabilities are presented. These focus on a shared process, a deepened personal practice for facilitators, enhanced mindful reflection and changes to clinical practice.
Journeying through therapy: Thematic analysis of people’s experience of psychological therapy for psychosis
Authors: Landau Samuel , Ruddle Anna
Published: January 2023

This article describes a qualitative project in which service users were interviewed about their experience of psychological therapy for psychosis. In the context of local and national pressures and policies, it was hoped this feedback would help improve the service.
Feedback from parents and carers attending the ‘Adjusting to the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder’ workshop
Authors: Jones Jennifer , Milne Jenny , Coatham Sandra , Wilkinson Anna
Published: January 2023

This article is an evaluation of a workshop offered to parents of children who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Using an in-house developed questionnaire, parents were invited to provide feedback and offer suggestions for improvement.
The impact of problem-based learning on training and practice in clinical psychology
Authors: Nel Pieter W. , Novelli David , Nolte Lizette
Published: January 2023

This study investigated the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on the training and professional practice of clinical psychologists, using a mixed method design. The findings suggest that PBL is experienced by trainees as an effective method of learning in clinical psychology.
‘It’s not your fault’: Consciousness-raising as a reversal of magical voluntarism
Authors: Fisher Mark
Published: January 2023

Neoliberalism has privatised stress. While working conditions, pay and social security have declined, the therapeutic culture which has aided and abetted neoliberalism has encouraged us not to see these as political problems which can be addressed by collective action, but as forms of individualised stress which must be managed by drugs, positive thinking or mindfulness. In order to overcome this, we need to reverse neoliberalism’s project of responsibilisation. Instead of ‘taking ownership’ of distress that has been imposed upon us, we need to find ways of linking individual suffering to the distal causes which have produced it. The best strategy for doing this is a practice developed by socialist-feminism: consciousness raising. Consciousness raising worked by encouraging people to talk together about their feelings – which had precisely the effect of depersonalising suffering, and directing attention to the power structures which actually produced it. How can we revive consciousness raising in the 21st century?
What then must we do?
Authors: Newnes Craig
Published: January 2023

The world is dominated by doing – from doing therapy to doing up shoe laces. This paper briefly examines some of what continues to be done by psychology experts. Doing less seems never an option and a systems theorist might suggest that doing anything will be met by opposing forces to maintain the homeostasis. A few tentative suggestions are made for a more cautious praxis within the psychology industry.
Exploring reflective function in support workers at a homeless centre
Authors: Tozer Laura
Published: January 2023

This study explores whether reflective function changes over time in staff following attendance to a reflective practice group at a homeless centre. An outcome measure revealed a small change in reflective function. Group process and barriers to change are discussed.
Psychologically led multidisciplinary treatment streams within adult mental health teams
Authors: Messing Liza , Brindley Helen
Published: January 2023

A model of integrated psychologically informed care within Multi Disciplinary Teams has been developed in Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust using psychologists in leadership positions within these teams.
Clinical psychology training in neoliberal times
Authors: Dudley James
Published: January 2023

Neoliberal ideology has insidiously colonised almost every facet of Western society. How is doctoral training in clinical psychology affected and how can it resist collusion?
How can clinical psychology work collaboratively with LGBT+ communities and their service stakeholders/commissioners?
Authors: Budge Gemma , Wheeler Nicola L. , Mitchell Annie , Hunt Andy
Published: January 2023

This article describes a presentation that focused on how clinical psychologists can work collaboratively with stakeholders of, and clients from, gay and transgender (LGBT+) communities. Reflections discuss the influence of the authors’ identities, and the value of community psychology principles.
Combating fatigue for individuals with multiple sclerosis: An evaluation of a pilot group
Authors: Davenport Brittany , Ellis Karen , Kaiser Sally
Published: January 2023

An evaluation of a fatigue management group-based intervention for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) was conducted within a neuropsychology department. Outcome data and qualitative feedback are presented, along with reflections from an assistant psychologist’s perspective.
‘Getting on with life’: Experiences of post-traumatic growth following a myocardial infarction
Authors: Morgan Sara , Moses Jennifer , Speck Linda
Published: January 2023

This paper explores the experience and process of post-traumatic growth in people who have suffered a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI) in the UK. Six participants were recruited from the South Wales Cardiac Rehabilitation Service database and asked about their experiences of self, relationships and world view after an MI.
Assistant psychologists’ groups and how not to survive (but thrive!)
Authors: Batten Derek , Bone Alexandra , Cooper Helen , Elias Lucy , Hendleman Lucy , Razzel Sophie , Sinden Rebecca , Slade Lewis
Published: January 2023

Reflections from our assistant psychologist peer group; what we have found helpful and how this compares to our previous experiences in other groups.
Tweet tweet, who’s there? Social media in specialist services for people with longstanding interpersonal difficulties
Authors: Zamir Aliya , Sutherland Ruth
Published: January 2023

Social media is widely used and can be a great resource within mental health settings for enhancing service communication, engagement and delivery. A questionnaire survey was undertaken to assess how and if service users can be supported through social media.
#SpeakingTheirLanguage: Engaging with young people’s mental health in a digital landscape
Authors: Metcalfe Hugo , Beesley Amy , Watson Claire , Sarwari Hasina , Clayton Jennifer
Published: January 2023

Exploration of young people’s mental health conversations on social media and the use of ‘secret hashtags’ on Instagram. Consideration of the role of clinical psychologists in recruiting ‘allies’ to engage in mental health dialogue in a changing digital landscape.
Being stigmatised by the people tasked with helping you get better – We need to ask why
Authors: Saveker Sarah
Published: January 2023

This is a reflective piece aimed at trying to prompt thinking around the problem of stigma within mental health professions and services. This is endemic in many settings, especially when it comes to working with people with labels of personality disorder.
Multidisciplinary lupus care: Introducing a psychological approach
Authors: Vidal Maria
Published: January 2023

The provision of direct psychological support within dedicated lupus clinics is limited. This article discusses the outcome of a brief pilot project that introduced clinical psychology to a predominately medically-led team. Recommendations for future service development are outlined. An introduction of this work was presented as a poster at the British Rheumatology Conference in May 2018 (Vidal et al., 2018).
Unleashing a pandemic of psychological health
Authors: Aris Sarajane , Murgatroyd Stephen , Rao Amra
Published: January 2023

In this paper, we explore the need for more applied psychology. We wish to open a dialogue with colleagues by offering some proposals for consideration. In the spirit of being bold, we want to challenge ourselves and others to engage with the current dilemmas of the day and move the profession forward. It is time to unleash a ‘pandemic of psychological health’.
Humanising the inpatient experience through service user-led Tree of Life workshops
Authors: Fraser Julie , Williams Laura , Hayes Maggie , Akpan Ubong , Bowerman Ursula
Published: January 2023

The article summarises our work using Tree of Life workshops across 17 adult acute inpatient wards in South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. The workshops were all service user co-led and the team won a national award for ‘promoting equality and diversity in service delivery’. We also featured on BBC4’s ‘All in the Mind’.
Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework in social work education
Authors: Fyson Rachel , Morley Kirsten , Murphy Andrew
Published: January 2023

This paper summarises the roles of social workers in relation to mental distress and the legal framework in which they operate. We then discuss the potential of the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework (PTMF) in social work education and more generally as a resource for social workers in practice.
Clinicians’ experiences of working with people struggling with personality difficulties, complex trauma and dissociation within a specialist NHS service
Authors: Hamilton Louise
Published: January 2023

This study aims to provide insight into clinicians’ experiences of working with clients experiencing personality difficulties, complex trauma and dissociation. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to analyse the data from semi-structured interviews. The results emphasised collaborative working and the importance of clinicians’ capacity for self-awareness and competence in working with trauma.
Mental health and discrimination at work
Authors: Hallam Richard
Published: January 2023

Absence from work due to so-called mental health problems is of serious concern to the government, employers, and employees. Framing this concern in terms of mental health, disability and stigma is a hindrance to dealing with it effectively.
Integrating MDT formulation into a forensic community learning disability team – is it helpful?
Authors: Beattie Sarah , Charlton Paula
Published: January 2023

Team formulation is an area of developing interest with more services integrating formulation into team processes. The following service evaluation sought to determine whether MDT members considered the introduction of team formulation to be of value to the MDT process.
The return of the fiefdom: Are psychologists in private practice the new serfs?
Authors: Armstrong Ruth
Published: January 2023

A personal account, critical of a private practice business model that appears to exploit psychologists, likening it to the structure of a medieval fiefdom. This account scans the options available for practitioners, past and present, and asks for a conversation to continue, in order to explore a better way forward.
Becoming hope-free: Parallels between death of individuals and extinction of homo sapiens
Authors: McPherson Guy R.
Published: January 2023

The belief in a positive future, or hope, is not useful when presenting a person with a terminal diagnosis. Wishful thinking is no route to recovery, and it might interfere with the ability of a person to complete relationships during their final days. Hospice is a particularly effective strategy for palliative, end-of-life care. Similarly, hospice is an obvious strategy to address the near-term demise of homo sapiens.

‘The great enemy of grief is hope. Hope is the four-letter word for people who are unwilling to know things for what they are. Our time requires us to be hope-free. To burn through the false choice of being hopeful and hopeless. They are two sides of the same con job. Grief is required to proceed.’(Stephen Jenkinson)
Dancing together: Exploring medical consultant views on integrative care
Authors: Valentino Charlotte , Daniilidi Xeni , Watson Suzanne , Parham Sophie , Tong Gong An
Published: January 2023

This article explores integrative care in a paediatric and adolescent psychology service. We interviewed medical colleagues to discuss what works well and less well in the dance between our services. Themes emerged around valued ways of working, attitudes and ethos, and challenges moving forward.
Bringing narrative therapy to refugees during their journey
Authors: Portnoy Sara
Published: January 2023

This article describes how I used ideas informed by narrative therapy whilst working with refugees in Northern France.
Feasibility of training qualified clinicians to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with their clients in a busy secondary care context
Authors: Gotts Zoe Marie , Christodoulides Thomas
Published: January 2023

CBT for insomnia (CBT-I) has a strong evidence base. However, a lack of trained practitioners has been a significant barrier to CBT-I service provision within the NHS. This study evaluates the feasibility of training secondary care practitioners to deliver CBT-I.
From safety to bravery: Creating trainee spaces to discuss racism and Whiteness in clinical psychology
Authors: Addai Cassie , Birch Kumar , Nicholas Jennifer
Published: January 2023

This article outlines the authors’ experiences of establishing a reflective group for trainee clinical psychologists from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds. We explore our motivations for establishing the group, organisational processes, themes covered by the group and our reflections.
Evaluation of an integrated Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pilot Pathway for Long-Term Health Conditions
Authors: Josephs Laurie , Coysh Claire
Published: January 2023

This article describes an evaluation of a Talking Health pathway for clients with long-term conditions with in an IAPT service.
Correspondence
Authors: Foreman Elaine Iljon , Wood Nick , Patel Nimisha
Published: January 2023

GTiCP conference

The DCP Executive is fully engaged with the issues arising from the recent GTiCP conference. We are consulting widely, together with our Pre-Qualification and Minorities Groups, and are in the process of co-producing a response with them that will include our plans for future actions. This will be shared with the membership as soon as it is ready.
Therapist self-disclosure in positive psychotherapy for psychosis
Authors: Riches Simon , Schrank Beate , Brownell Tamsin , Slade Mike , Lawrence Vanessa
Published: January 2023

Setting boundaries is common in therapist self-disclosure. This qualitative study examined attitudes and experiences of therapists towards self-disclosure during a positive psychotherapy for psychosis research trial. Participants reported therapeutic benefits but discussed challenges with retaining personal privacy while ensuring their authenticity.
The efficacy of Addiction Recovery Monitoring and Support (ARMS) in recovery-model addictions intervention
Authors: Geel André , Brooks Robert , Dar Karim
Published: January 2023

Addiction is conceptualised as a chronic condition that requires sustained, potentially costly, intervention. This article reports on the implementation of Addiction Recovery Monitoring and Support (ARMS), a cost-effective telephone-based aftercare service, introduced in Clinical Psychology Forum in 2012.
Covid-19 emergency: Redesigning the Department of Neuropsychology services at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Authors: Foley Jennifer A. , Chan Edgar , Van Harskamp Natasja , Cipolotti Lisa
Published: January 2023

The Covid-19 emergency has led to significant changes in the workings of the Department of Neuropsychology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Here, we describe how the Department has responded to the challenges posed by the emergency by rapidly redesigning its services in order to support staff, patients and their families and carers.
Working remotely with people with intellectual disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Marrington Cathryn , Spencer Alison , Mustafa Shirin , Van Laarhoven Christabella
Published: January 2023

This article hopes to offer some guidance regarding remote working with people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) during the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes offering individual therapy, managing risk, working indirectly and in consultative capacities.
Being anti-racist in clinical psychology, university and the church
Authors: Gibbs David
Published: January 2023

This paper will highlight points of contact between psychology and theology in developing an anti-racist approach. It will give a few suggestions to improve engagement, practice and education.
Strained services and power plays – how do helpers help the asylum seekers?
Authors: Strange Hannah , Dixon Megan , Löfgren Saima
Published: January 2023

This paper presents our reflections on organising and running an asylum seeker wellbeing group, within the context of an NHS mental health Trust.
Minding the gap: Compassionate maai, social relating and communicating within re-constructed space
Authors: Hiskey Syd , Clapton Neil
Published: January 2023

We discuss the psychosocial impacts/challenges posed by Covid-19, before outlining the concept of maai (engagement distance) within marital arts and considering how a reframed compassionate form of maai might mitigate the effects of social distancing and promote safe relating.
The lost touch: The implications of social distancing for post-coronavirus psychotherapy
Authors: Fullen Tim
Published: January 2023

The following article is a critical discussion of the importance of touch and physical proximity in the context of psychotherapy. The author argues that these should not be considered as dispensable aspects of the therapeutic process post-coronavirus.
Disrupted attachments to cherished places: Global experiences of ‘solastalgia’ and their clinical implications
Authors: Rehling Joe , Sigston Emily
Published: January 2023

This paper offers a narrative review of global experiences of solastalgia (or feelings of grief around local environmental change), while exploring the concept’s social and psychological dynamics. The paper ends with a discussion on solastalgia’s implications for clinical psychology.
Climate activism as a clinical psychologist
Authors: Knight Kaaren
Published: January 2023

In this article, I reflect on my own journey to openly identifying as both a clinical psychologist and a climate activist. In doing so, I hope to make this combination seem more accessible to others, and to encourage those of you reading this to explore this combination of identities in your own lives.
Connecting to the ecological and climate crisis
Authors: Coates Katy Woodward
Published: January 2023

This article is a reflective account of the author’s developing engagement with the climate crisis, from initial awareness to first steps into activism. The author also highlights social justice issues in light of the crisis, and asks what role clinical psychologists have in understanding different responses to the climate crisis.

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’(JRR Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring)
Does teaching on specific ASD adaptations improve knowledge and skills in an Adult Community Treatment Team?
Authors: Herrema Renske , Nemat Nazik
Published: January 2023

An evaluation of whether providing staff with specific autism adaptations teaching would enable them to feel more competent and confident in making adaptations for autistic service users. A needs assessment was carried out, followed by an evaluated teaching session.
Reflections from a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) group in a Recovery College setting: Working across primary and secondary care
Authors: Hulmes Lisa , Harper Leanne
Published: January 2023

The article describes an innovative and flexible approach to running a mindfulness group, open to primary and secondary care services. The group was run by a clinical psychologist and a trainee clinical psychologist, reflections on the process and outcomes are provided.
Using the Frankish Assessment of the Impact of Traumas in a learning disability service
Authors: Chow Homen , Joanne Porter
Published: January 2023

This case study details the use of Frankish Assessment of the Impact of Traumas for a client with an intellectual disability. Subsequent attachment and developmental-based interventions led to an improvement in the client and the staff-team following a two year-long engagement.
It’s just racism: ‘He took it too personally’
Authors: Patel Natasha
Published: January 2023

‘It scares you into silencing yourself: you don’t get the privilege of speaking honestly about your feelings without extensively assessing the consequences’ – Reni Eddo-Lodge

In response to Helen Ellis-Caird’s recent thought-provoking piece in the ethics column (Ellis-Caird, 2020), this article offers a professional reflection on addressing racism whilst working as a Clinical Psychologist in schools.
What’s in a name? Findings, issues and reflections on diagnosis–an update from a Faculty Survey
Authors: Ro Rossiter , Rebecca Arena
Published: January 2023

This paper offers reflections from an updated perspective on issues relating to diagnosis identified from the results of a Faculty survey in a broader, current context. It sets the context for the survey, summarises the rich responses and issues. It then presents reflections from both the ‘Then’ of the survey report and ‘Now’ which incorporates some subsequent developments and current landscape.
Evaluation of impact of trauma-informed training on perceived knowledge and impact on practice within public services
Authors: Richmond Erin , McColm Robert , McCaig Marie
Published: January 2023

A trauma-informed practice workshop was created and evaluated with public service staff working with trauma-experienced clients. Significant improvements with large effects were found in knowledge of trauma in practice. Findings suggest an appetite for trauma and trauma-informed supervision within services.
A service evaluation exploring what factors may lead to psychiatric hospital admissions for older adults living in care homes
Authors: Dosanjh Amrita , Moore Charlotte , Hyman Antonia , Fisk Laura
Published: January 2023

To prevent avoidable psychiatric hospital admissions from care homes, common driving factors need to first be identified. This service evaluation identifies factors leading to admission to BSMHFT’s older-adult psychiatric hospitals from care homes over an 18-month period.
Reflecting on psychosis: An honorary assistant psychologist’s experience
Authors: Tobias-Green Alice , Osler Danielle
Published: January 2023

Whilst working on a mental health rehab ward I heard about a man who believed he was possessed by the devil. The story affected me and I wanted to understand why. To help me understand, I wrote this reflective piece.