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New paper on mental defeat as a predictor of future suicide risk

Suicide risk is double in people experiencing chronic pain. What can be done to reduce this risk?
Our lab followed up people experiencing chronic pain for a year, and found those who feel most mentally defeated by pain (at the start) showed the greatest risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour (at the end of the year). Existing symptoms of depression didn’t explain everything, instead they amplified the mental defeat-->suicide risk link. Implication: Mental defeat may be a worthy new treatment target for those struggling to cope with chronic pain.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejp.4779

Wed 15 Jan 2025, 09:33 | Tags: suicidality, paper, chronic pain, WITHIN

Jenna Gillett won the Best PhD Student Paper Prize (Open Science)

Following rigorous evaluations by an independent committee, her paper has been awarded the accolade "Best PhD Student Open Science Paper in 2023". Very well deserved!

Gillett, Jenna L., Karadag, Paige, Themelis, Kristy, Li, Yu-Mei, Lemola, Sakari, Balasubramanian, Shyam, Singh, Swaran P. and Tang, Nicole K. Y. (2023) Investigating mental defeat in patients with chronic pain : protocol for a longitudinal experience sampling study. BMJ Open, 13 . e066577. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066577 ISSN 2044-6055.
Thu 23 May 2024, 09:33 | Tags: PhD, paper, chronic pain, award, WITHIN

Sleep for multimodal lifestyle intervention for chronic pain

Find out more our thinking on the importance of sleep, in shifting the chronic pain treatment paradigm from tissue- and disease-based approach to multimodal lifestyle interventions. See our Editorial appearing in the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, led by Prof Dr Jo Nijs at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

 

Wed 06 Mar 2024, 15:41 | Tags: paper, chronic pain, sleep

Current sleep interventions for shift workers

A mini review led by Dr. Amber Tout is now published in Frontiers in Sleep. We reviewed a variety of strategies that have been employed to help manage the impacts of shift work on sleep, including: CBT-i, adjusting shift schedules, controlled light exposure, sleep hygiene education, planned napping, caffeine consumption, and mind-body interventions (e.g., yogic relaxation).

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsle.2024.1343393/full

Wed 06 Mar 2024, 15:30 | Tags: paper, sleep

New paper alert - mental health & university study completion

Our lab's PhD student, Laura Chandler, has just published a paper in Education Sciences about mental health symptoms during the pandemic and university study completion. It's Open Access - do take a look!

Do Mental Health Symptoms during the Pandemic Predict University Non-Completion in a Sample of UK Students? A Prospective StudyLink opens in a new window

Tue 12 Dec 2023, 10:34 | Tags: PhD, paper, student, mental health

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