Cancer care for people with significant mental health difficulties (SMHD) - patient perspectives.

Objectives: People with significant mental health difficulties (SMHD) experience inequities in cancer care. This study aims to deepen understanding of cancer care for individuals with SMHD.

Method: We conducted semi-structured interviews with seven individuals with SMHD regarding their experiences accessing and engaging with cancer care from August 2021 to February 2022.

Barriers and facilitators to accessing cancer care for people with significant mental health difficulties: A qualitative review and narrative synthesis.

Objectives: Inequities in cancer care contribute to higher rates of cancer mortality for individuals with significant mental health difficulties (SMHD) compared to the general population. The aim of the current systematic review was to identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence of patient and clinician/system barriers and facilitators to cancer screening and treatment for individuals with SMHD.

Methods: We conducted a systematic search across three electronic databases in May 2020 and we carried out a second search across five electronic databases in January 2021.

Use of text messaging in general practice: a mixed methods investigation on GPs' and patients' views.

Background: Text messaging has become more prevalent in general practice as a tool with which to communicate with patients.

Aim: The main objectives were to assess the extent, growth, and perceived risks and benefits of text messaging by GPs to communicate with patients, and assess patients' attitudes towards receiving text messages from their GP.

Design And Setting: A mixed methods study, using surveys, a review, and a focus group, was conducted in both urban and rural practices in the south-west of Ireland.

Feasibility of alcohol screening among patients receiving opioid treatment in primary care.

Background: Identifying and treating problem alcohol use among people who also use illicit drugs is a challenge. Primary care is well placed to address this challenge but there are several barriers which may prevent this occurring. The objective of this study was to determine if a complex intervention designed to support screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol use among people receiving opioid agonist treatment is feasible and acceptable to healthcare providers and their patients in a primary care setting.

'Nobody really gets it': a qualitative exploration of youth mental health in deprived urban areas.

Aim: To examine the experience of developing and living with mental health and substance use disorders among young people living in urban-deprived areas in Ireland to inform primary care interventions.

Method: Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 20 young adults attending health and social care agencies in two deprived urban areas, and analysed using thematic analysis.

Results: Five themes were identified: experiencing symptoms, symptom progression, delay accessing help, loss of control/crisis point, and consequences of mental health and substance use disorders.

Stroke in young women: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Stroke among adults of working age is increasing. We aimed to explore the experience of stroke among young women in Ireland. In total, 12 women (aged between 18 and 50 years) participated in semi-structured interviews.

Primary care and youth mental health in Ireland: qualitative study in deprived urban areas.

Background: Mental disorders account for six of the 20 leading causes of disability worldwide with a very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in youth aged 15-24 years. However, healthcare professionals are faced with many challenges in the identification and treatment of mental and substance use disorders in young people (e.g.