Participation and inclusion: mental health service users' lived experience – an international study.
Book
McKay, E. A., Mahon, D., Donellan, G., Haracz, K., Sheldon, S., & Ryan, S. (2017)
Participation and inclusion: mental health service users' lived experience – an international study. In A. H. Eide, S. Josephsson, & K. Vik (Eds.), Participation in health and welfare services: professional concepts and lived experienceLondon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge
In the UK, progress has been made in terms of awareness of the barriers to participation and social inclusion that is experienced by people with severe and enduring mental hea...
Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study
Journal Article
Johnson, C. F., Macdonald, H. J., Atkinson, P., Buchanan, A. I., Downes, N., & Dougall, N. (2012)
Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 62(604), 773-779. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12x658304
BACKGROUND: Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Contributing factors are increased long-term prescribing and possibly the use of higher selective serotonin re-uptake...
Profile, practice and perspectives of occupational therapists in community mental health teams in Ireland
Journal Article
O'Connell, J. E., & McKay, E. A. (2010)
Profile, practice and perspectives of occupational therapists in community mental health teams in Ireland. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(5), 219-228. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802210x12734991664228
The Mental Health Commission (2006a) and the Department of Health and Children (2006) have identified a gap in the knowledge relating to the interventions carried out by menta...
‘Rip That Book up, I've Changed’: Unveiling the Experiences of Women Living with and Surviving Enduring Mental Illness
Journal Article
McKay, E. A. (2010)
‘Rip That Book up, I've Changed’: Unveiling the Experiences of Women Living with and Surviving Enduring Mental Illness. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(3), 96-105. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802210x12682330090370
The lives of women with an enduring mental illness have been little researched within occupational therapy. This study explored the experiences of five women living with endur...
The modernisation of mental health day services: participatory action research exploring social networking.
Journal Article
Bryant, W., Vacher, G., Beresford, P., & McKay, E. (2010)
The modernisation of mental health day services: participatory action research exploring social networking. Mental Health Review Journal, 15(3), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.5042/mhrj.2010.0655
The modernisation of mental health day services has been shaped by concerns about the social exclusion of people with enduring mental health problems. Initiatives have emphasi...
Advancing occupational therapy in mental health practice.
Book
E. A. McKay, C. Craik, K. H. Lim, & G. Richards (Eds.), (2008)
Advancing occupational therapy in mental health practice
Advancing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice looks at the contribution that occupational therapists make to the lives of clients living with mental illness. It exa...
Predicting the accuracy of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease with 99mTc HMPAO single photon emission computed tomography.
Journal Article
Dougall, N., Nobili, F. & Ebmeier, K. P. (2004)
Predicting the accuracy of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease with 99mTc HMPAO single photon emission computed tomography. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 131(2), 157-168. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2003.11.001. ISSN 0925-4927
The current clinical practice of reporting images obtained with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with 99mTc-d,l-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc HMPAO)...