Mental Health: Just Ten (Nov 2025)

Agree or disagree, this little snack of mental health research from the last month hopes to get you thinking and talking. Articles marked with an asterisk* need an SVHM login for offsite access. Enjoy!

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1. Abolition: Is this the only pathway to upholding human rights and ensuring epistemic justice in psychiatry? A key informant qualitative study. Roper C, Joffee-Kohn N, Edan V, et al. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 2025,  104, 102160. 
2. *Barriers and facilitators of smoking cessation among people receiving treatment for mental health disorders: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Puljevic C, Holland A, Gartner C, et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2025,  25, 25. 
3. Exploring how the psychological safety of patients is impacted by restrictive practices in inpatient mental healthcare: A qualitative study. Griffin B, Johnson J, Vogt KS, et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2025,  34(6), e70148. 
4. Facilitators of change: Mental health staff's role in a lifestyle programme in psychiatric outpatient care in northern Sweden. Ronngren Y, Haage D, & Bjork A. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2025, 1-12. 
5. Health beyond symptoms: A qualitative study on perceptions and meanings of health and health promotion among individuals with serious mental illness in community mental health settings. Pult G, & Frank F. Community Mental Health Journal, 2025,  28, 28. 
6. How do people with lived experience of anorexia nervosa and mental health professionals working with people with eating disorders conceptualise recovery? Ferreira AJ, Blackwood L, Martinez-Barona Soyer M, et al. Journal of Eating Disorders, 2025,  13(1), 247. 
7. *Identifying barriers to seamless mental health care transitions: A mixed methods study exploring the lead-up to unplanned psychiatric admissions. Geffen N, Rodriguez I, Wyder M, et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2025,  32(6), 1412-1420. 
8. *Nurses' experiences caring for inpatients undergoing psychiatric care following harmful methamphetamine use: An interpretative phenomenological study. Kriticos J, Timler A, Gordon DG, et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2025,  21, 21. 
9. Self-management interventions for people who present at risk of harm of self-harm and suicide in acute crisis mental health settings: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Newlove L, Gant T, Rowe S, et al. Psychiatry Research, 2025,  353, 116771. 
10. Trauma-informed care on mental health wards: Staff and service user perspectives. Nikopaschos F, Gibbons O, Bailey E, et al. Frontiers in Psychology, 2025,  16, 1578821.