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Mental Health 

Barnett, P., Steare, T., Dedat, Z., Pilling, S., McCrone, P., Knapp, M., Cooke, E., Lamirel, D., Dawson, S., Goldblatt, P., Hatch, S., Henderson, C., Jenkins, R., K, T., Machin, K., Simpson, A., Shah, P., Stevens, M., Webber, M., Johnson, S. & Lloyd-Evans, B. (2022). Interventions to improve social circumstances of people with mental health conditions: a rapid evidence synthesis. BMC Psychiatry, 22, 302. 


Bonnet, M. and Moran, N. (2020) Why Do Approved Mental Health Professionals Think Detentions under the Mental Health Act Are Rising and What Do They Think Should Be Done about It?, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 50, Issue 2, March 2020, Pages 616–633, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa001


Cochrane, C., Moran, N. and Newton, E. (2021) Exploring the impacts of a carers’ psycho-education group: personal insights from the family of people with early psychosis, Psychosis, 13:3, 253-264, DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2020.1861073


Davies, P., Webber, M., & Briskman, J. (2015) Evaluation of a training programme for foster carers in an independent fostering agency. Practice: Social Work in Action, 27 (1), 35-49.


Samuels, E. and Moran, N. (2021), "Accessing and engaging with primary health care services following discharge from forensic secure services: the perspectives of service users and mental health practitioners", The Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-12-2020-0049


Kang, K.K. and Moran, N. (2020), "Experiences of inpatient staff meeting the religious and cultural needs of BAME informal patients and patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983", Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-11-2019-0041
Lai, K., Ma, J. L. C., & Xia, L. L. (2018). Multi family therapy for children with ADHD in Hong Kong: The different impact on fathers and mothers. Journal of Attention Disorders, 0 (0), 1-9, DOI: 10.1177/1087054718756195. 
Lonsdale, N. & Webber, M. (2021) Practitioner opinions of crisis plans within early intervention in psychosis services: A mixed methods study. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29, 6, 1936-1947.
Ma, J. L. C. (2021). Family-based intervention for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Hong Kong, China. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 42, 402-413. doi: 10.1002/anzf.1468.
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C. & Xia, L. L. (2018) Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Family Process, 57(2), 399-414. Doi:10.1111/famp.12297. 


Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K., Wan, E. S. F., & Xia, L. L. (2019). Multiple family therapy for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: treatment efficacy from the children’s perspective, and their subjective experiences. Journal of Family Therapy, 41:599-619. Doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12240.


Ma, J. L. C., Xia, L. L. L., Yau-Ng, L. T., & Yiu, C. Y. Y. (2021). Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Hong Kong Chinese parents recover from depression. Journal of Family Therapy, 0:1-2, doi:10.1111/1467-6427.12340.


Ma, J. L. C., Xia, L. L., Yau-Ng, M. & Yiu, C. (2022). Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Chinese children of depressed parents in Hong Kong, China. Family Process, 61, 198-212, https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12736.


Meadows, K. and Moran, N. (2022) Searching for a Social Work Language of Human Rights: Perspectives of Social Workers in an Integrated Mental Health Service, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 52, Issue 3, April 2022, Pages 1398-1415, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab126


Moran, N., Webber, M., Dosanjh Kaur, H., Morris, D., Ngamaba, K., Nunn, V., Thomas, E. and Thompson, K.J. (2020) Co-producing practice research: The Connecting People Implementation Study. In Joubert, L. and Webber, M. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research (1st edition). London: Routledge.


Naughton-Doe, R., Moran, N., Wakeman, E., Wilberforce, M., Bennett, L. & Webber, M. (2022) Interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients: a scoping review, Journal of Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069702


Pinfold, V., Sweet, D., Porter, I., Quinn, C., Byng, R., Griffiths, C., Billsborough, J., Enki, D.G., Chandler, R., Webber, M., Larsen, J., Carpenter, J. & Huxley, P. (2015) Improving community health networks for people with severe mental illness: a case study investigation, Health Services and Delivery Research, 3 (5).


Thornton-Rice, A. and Moran, N. (2022) The Invisible Frontier: Practitioner Perspectives on the Privacy Implications of Utilising Social Media in Mental Health Social Work Practice, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 52, Issue 4, June 2022, Pages 2271–2290, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab184


Tucker. L. & Webber M. (2021) ‘Maybe a Maverick, Maybe a Parent, but Definitely Not an Honorary Nurse’: Social Worker Perspectives on the Role and Nature of Social Work in Mental Health Care. British Journal of Social Work, 51 (2), 545-563.


Tucker, L., Webber, M. & Jobling, H. (2021) Mapping the Matrix: Understanding the Structure and Position of Social Work in Mental Health Services in England and Wales. British Journal of Social Work, 10.1093.


Wakeman, E. and Moran, N. (2022) The Missing Voices: Carers’ Experiences of Section 17 Leave (Mental Health Act 1983) in England, Practice, 34:2, 133-147, DOI: 10.1080/09503153.2021.1928620


Webber, M., McCree, C. & Angeli, P. (2013) Inter-agency joint protocols for safeguarding children in social care and adult mental health agencies: a cross-sectional survey of practitioner experiences. Child and Family Social Work, 18 (2) 149-158.


Webber, M., Morris, D., Howarth, S., Fendt-Newlin, M., Treacy, S., & McCrone, P. (2019) Effect of the Connecting People Intervention on social capital: a pilot study, Research on Social Work Practice. 29 (5), 483-494.


Webber, M., Ngamaba, K., Moran, N., Pinfold, V., Boehnke, J. R., Knapp, M., Henderson, C., Rehill, A. and Morris, D. (2021) The Implementation of Connecting People in Community Mental Health Teams in England: A Quasi-Experimental Study, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 3, April 2021, Pages 1080–1100, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa159


Webber, M., Ngamaba, K., Moran, N., Pinfold, V., Boehnke, J.R., Knapp, M., Henderson, C., Rehill, A. & Morris, D. (2021) The implementation of Connecting People in community mental health teams in England: A quasi-experimental study, British Journal of Social Work, 51 (3), 1080-1100.


Webber, M., Reidy, H., Ansari, D., Stevens, M. & Morris, D. (2015) Enhancing social networks: a qualitative study of health and social care practice in UK mental health services, Health and Social Care in the Community, 23 (2), 180-189.


Webber, M., Reidy, H., Ansari, D., Stevens, M. & Morris, D. (2016) Developing and modelling complex social interventions: introducing the Connecting People Intervention, Research on Social Work Practice, 26 (1), 14-19.


Xanthopoulou, P.D., Mbanu, J., Chevalier, A., Webber, M. & Giacco, D. (2022) Social isolation and psychosis: Perspectives from people with psychosis, family caregivers and mental health professionals. Community Mental Health Journal.  

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