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The National Elf Service is owned and managed by Minervation Ltd; an Oxford University spin-out company founded by information scientists Douglas Badenoch and André Tomlin, who have been building evidence-based healthcare websites since the early 1990s.. Douglas and André share a vision for making evidence-based research more accessible and usable for busy health and social care professionals.

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16 hours ago · Emma is a final year Doctoral Researcher within the School of Psychology, at Ulster University. Emma is a Social Psychologist, with a MSc in Health Psychology and several years of professional experience working within mental health services. Emma’s research is a mixed methods multi-study project ...

2 days ago · Implications for practice. The findings and conclusions of the Bartl review reinforce the often traumatic and negative specific experiences of both service users and carers associated with psychiatric assessment and admission and related coercive practices, building on previous reviews (Akther et al, 2019; Hemmington, 2019; Stuart et al, 2020; Onwumere, 2020).

Sarah Knowles reports on a survey and brief intervention study of the National Elf Service across the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which sheds some light on how best to increase research uptake in mental health professionals.

Jessica Griffiths and Una Foye explore a recent qualitative review of adverse mental health inpatient experiences, which proposes a strategic approach to improving service design and delivery, advocating for environments that prioritise patient safety, dignity and respect.

Welcome to the Mental Elf. This website will help you find just what you need to keep up-to-date with all of the important and reliable mental health research and guidance. Our team of mental health experts post blogs every week day with short and snappy summaries that highlight evidence-based publications relevant to mental health practice in the UK and further afield.

2 days ago · Jill is Professor of Mental Health and Capacity Law at Edinburgh Napier University where she leads the Centre for Mental Health Practice Policy and Law Research. Her areas of research and expertise are international, European, and national human rights and mental health and mental capacity law and ...

Introduction. Clinical, unipolar depression is more than just feeling low for a day or two. Depression is characterised as episodes of sadness, loss of interest and pleasure, often including feelings of low self-worth.