'Using Q-methodology to Explore What is Valued from Child Sexual Exploitation Services: The Importance of Safety'.

Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is a complex international issue requiring specialist multi-agency support. There is evidence that survivors of CSE are likely to experience mental health difficulties and have long-term psychological needs in response to trauma. However evidence regarding services and interventions for these difficulties is limited.

Exploring how support workers understand their role in supporting adults with intellectual disabilities to access the Internet for intimate relationships.

Background: Some adults with intellectual disabilities need support to access the Internet. This study explores how support workers understand their role in facilitating Internet access for intimate relationships.

Method: Eight support workers in the West Midlands of the UK were interviewed face-to-face, using semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis was used to interpret the data.

The dementia diagnosis: a literature review of information, understanding, and attributions.

This review examines how people understand and make sense of a dementia diagnosis. The review explores how lay frameworks and information presented at diagnosis may inform a caregiver's understanding of dementia in a family member. Existing qualitative research exploring how caregivers understand and make sense of dementia is reviewed.

Distress, trauma, and recovery: adjustment to first episode psychosis.

Objective: To understand the experiences that people with early psychosis are adjusting to and their perceived barriers to recovery.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants. Grounded Theory was applied to the design and analysis.

Understanding the dementia diagnosis: the impact on the caregiving experience.

Objectives: There is a paucity of research surrounding disclosure from the perspective of caring partners, therefore this research explores how caring partners understand and make sense of diagnostic information.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 spouses of people with dementia. Interviews aimed to elicit participants' understanding of dementia and the way that information was used to make sense of dementia.