Psychoeducation interventions for people with non-epileptic seizures: A scoping review.

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other psychological approaches have a growing evidence base for treating Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES). However, communication about the diagnosis can be difficult for clinicians and is not always well received. It is thought that Psychoeducation about NES may improve engagement with treatment such as CBT and may contribute to reductions in the frequency of seizures and improvements in health related quality of life.

Striving to Limit the Impact: Parenting an Adult Child Who Has Multiple Sclerosis-A Grounded Theory Study.

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune inflammatory disorder. Its impact is felt not only by individuals but also by their families; however, little is known about the effect on their parents. This study of a cohort from the United Kingdom aimed to develop a conceptual understanding of the parental role and how it changes over time when an adult son or daughter has MS via firsthand accounts.

What is the relationship between dissociation and self-harming behaviour in adolescents?

Deliberate self-harm in adolescents is an increasing clinical problem, but there is a limited understanding of the mechanisms causing or maintaining this behaviour. One proposed mechanism is that of dissociation. However, the role this mechanism may play is unclear: although some suggest that adolescents engage in self-harm to end the aversive experience of dissociation, others propose that self-harm is used to purposefully trigger a dissociative state to avoid emotional pain.

Cognitive reappraisal of peer rejection in depressed versus non-depressed adolescents: functional connectivity differences.

Background: Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in adolescence, and is characterised by an inability to down-regulate negative emotional responses to stress. Adult studies suggest this may be associated with reduced functional connectivity between prefrontal and subcortical regions, yet the neurological mechanisms in adolescence remain unclear.

Methods: We developed a novel, age-appropriate, reappraisal paradigm to investigate functional connectivity during reappraisal of a real-life source of stress in 15 depressed and 15 non-depressed adolescents.

An exploration of people's experiences of compassion-focused therapy for trauma, using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Self-compassion enhances psychological well-being, and compassion-focused therapy aims to alleviate psychological distress by fostering its development. The experience of becoming self-compassionate for people with complex mental health difficulties has not been analysed in the literature, despite clinical observations that this process is difficult. This study explored the process of becoming self-compassionate for people with posttraumatic stress disorder, using interpretative phenomenological analysis.