Fathers’ views and experiences of their own mental health during pregnancy and the first postnatal year: a qualitative interview study of men participating in the UK Born and Bred in Yorkshire (BaBY)…
- Z. DarwinP. Galdas S. Gilbody
- 26 January 2017
Medicine, Psychology
Fathers experience psychological distress in the perinatal period but question the legitimacy of their experiences, and resources are needed to identify and manage both parents’ mental health needs and promote their psychological wellbeing, in the context of achievable models of service delivery.
Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review of the Literature With Meta-Analysis
- C. DickensL. McGowanD. Clark-CarterF. Creed
- 1 January 2002
Medicine, Psychology
Depression is more common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in healthy individuals, but this difference is not due to sociodemographic differences between groups, but it may be attributable to the levels of pain experienced.
A qualitative study of the experiences of women who are obese and pregnant in the UK.
- C. FurberL. McGowan
- 1 August 2011
Medicine
Pupils who are obese are sensitive of their size and the interactions with health professionals and others that they encounter may increase distress, and health professionals should be more aware of the psychological implications of being obese.
New Onset Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Predicts Cardiac Mortality
- C. DickensL. McGowan F. Creed
- 23 April 2008
Medicine
Increased cardiac mortality in patients who develop depression after suffering myocardial infarction is shown, and further observational studies need to separate pre- and post-MI depression if to determine underlying mechanisms by which depression is associated with mortality following MI.
Contribution of depression and anxiety to impaired health-related quality of life following first myocardial infarction
- C. DickensL. McGowan F. Creed
- 1 October 2006
Medicine, Psychology
Depression and anxiety 6 months after myocardial infarction predicted subsequent impairment in the physical aspects of HRQoL and negative effects of depression and anxiety on outcome were mediated by feelings of fatigue.
An examination of the prevalence of acute pain for hospitalised adult patients: a systematic review.
- J. GregoryL. McGowan
- 1 March 2016
Medicine
It is difficult to determine a definite prevalence of pain for adults in hospital due to the variability of the studies examined, however, pain does remain a significant symptom with up to 35% of patients reporting severe pain and approximately 50% of medical patient reported pain.
The risk factors for depression in first myocardial infarction patients
- C. DickensCarol Percival F. Creed
- 1 August 2004
Medicine
Depression developing during the year following myocardial infarction does not have the same risk factors as that which precedes myocardia infarctions, and its risk factors are not identified.
Impact of Depression on Experimental Pain Perception: A Systematic Review of the Literature with Meta-Analysis
- C. DickensL. McGowanS. Dale
- 1 May 2003
Psychology
Depressed subjects are less likely to perceive a sensory stimulus as being painful compared with nondepressed controls, and the influence of depression on attention to the pain stimulus may account for this effect.
Once-a-week psychiatric ward round or daily inpatient team meeting? A multidisciplinary mental health team's experience of new ways of working.
- M. FiddlerG. BorglinA. GallowayC. JacksonL. McGowanK. Lovell
- 1 April 2010
Psychology, Medicine
It is found that staff views on ward rounds are more complex than had been earlier understood, but new ways of working can be implemented, if the impact of tradition, the process of change, and the time to bed down are taken into account.
Negative illness perceptions are associated with new-onset depression following myocardial infarction.
- C. DickensL. McGowan F. Creed
- 1 September 2008
Medicine, Psychology
Negative perceptions about heart disease in the days following admission to hospital with first myocardial infarction are associated with the development of subsequent new episodes of depression.
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