Publications by authors named "N J A Grey"

Background: England's primary care service for psychological therapy (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies [IAPT]) treats anxiety and depression, with a target recovery rate of 50%. Identifying the characteristics of patients who achieve recovery may assist in optimizing future treatment. This naturalistic cohort study investigated pre-therapy characteristics as predictors of recovery and improvement after IAPT therapy.

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  • Access to evidence-based therapy for PTSD is limited, and a new approach called blended Trauma-focused Cognitive Therapy (bTF-CT) combines online modules with some in-person sessions to improve accessibility while preserving the benefits of traditional therapy.* -
  • The study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of bTF-CT by providing it to 17 participants in various clinics, using questionnaires and the PTSD Symptom Checklist (PCL-5) to measure outcomes like treatment satisfaction and symptom changes.* -
  • Results showed high satisfaction and retention rates, with most participants experiencing significant reductions in PTSD symptoms, suggesting that bTF-CT is a viable treatment option that merits further large-scale testing against standard therapies.*
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Concerns regarding retraumatisation have been identified as a barrier to delivering trauma-focused therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We explored clinicians' understanding of what constitutes potential signs of retraumatisation (PSoR), reported incidences of witnessing retraumatisation, use of (and confidence in) therapies for PTSD, fear of retraumatisation during therapy for PTSD, and whether having witnessed retraumatisation was associated with these variables. We surveyed 348 clinicians.

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Identifying factors that impact psychological treatment outcomes in older people with common mental health problems (CMHP) has important implications for supporting healthier and longer lives. The aim of the present study was to synthesise the evidence on predictors of psychological treatment outcomes in older people (aged 65+). PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and PsycINFO were searched and 3929 articles were identified and screened, with 42 studies (N = 7978, M age = 68.

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