Understanding Staff Needs for Improving End-Of-Life Care in Critical Care Units: A Qualitative Focus Group Analysis and Service Evaluation.

Critical care is a place of frequent death, up to a quarter of those admitted die during admission. Caring for dying people provides many challenges, practically, professionally and personally. The aim of this study was to better understand the perspectives of staff caring for dying people in critical care and identify their priorities for improvement.

Engaging patients with "medically unexplained symptoms" in psychological therapy: An integrative and transdiagnostic approach.

Objectives: Patients with "medically unexplained symptoms" or "MUS" experience subjectively compelling and distressing somatic symptoms that are not fully explained by underlying physical pathology. Effective treatment of these patients has been impeded by multiple barriers. Problems with patient engagement have been highlighted in the clinical and research literature, yet few exploratory studies have been conducted in this area.

Cognitive behaviour therapy for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences of group and self-help CBT.

Background: There is a growing need for non-medical treatments for women experiencing problematic menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS). A recent randomized control trial (RCT) (MENOS2) provides evidence of the effectiveness of Group CBT and Self-Help CBT for HF/NS.

Aims: This study examines MENOS 2 participants' experience of the CBT treatments.

Women's experiences of Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for hot flushes and night sweats following breast cancer treatment: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Objectives: Many women with breast cancer experience problematic treatment-related menopausal symptoms (HF/NS). This study explores how these women experienced a Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) intervention to help them manage their treatment-related HF/NS. The study was conducted as part of a randomised control trial/RCT (MENOS 1) evaluating the intervention among this target group.

Cognitive behavioural treatment for women who have menopausal symptoms after breast cancer treatment (MENOS 1): a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Hot flushes and night sweats (HFNS) affect 65-85% of women after breast cancer treatment; they are distressing, causing sleep problems and decreased quality of life. Hormone replacement therapy is often either undesirable or contraindicated. Safe, effective non-hormonal treatments are needed.