Probation Journal, Ahead of Print.
The Humberside Enhanced Resettlement Service (HERS) was a psychologically informed, supported accommodation service for people on probation whose presentation is consistent with personality disorder. An evaluation, utilising semi-structured interviews, identified four themes of experience for people on probation and their probation practitioners who worked with HERS: (1) relationships; (2) practical support; (3) expectations, and (4) risk. This suggested that providing psychologically led supported accommodation enhances therapeutic relationships between professionals and people on probation, which may assist in reducing reoffending. Conclusions are tentative due to methodological limitations and future research should employ more robust methods to assess the impact of similar psychologically informed supported accommodation projects.
Humberside enhanced resettlement service (HERS) evaluation report
An Evidence-Based Framework for the Use of Arts and Culture in Public Health
Health Promotion Practice, Ahead of Print.
ObjectivesIn recent years, increasing efforts have been made to apply arts- and culture-based strategies to public health concerns. Accumulating studies point to the value of these strategies for addressing social determinants of health in ways that center communities, cultures, and lived experiences. However, this work has lacked a common framework to support application and advancement. The objectives of this study were to examine knowledge, experience, and evidence related to the uses of arts and culture in public health in the United States and to develop a pilot version of an evidence-based framework to guide cross-sector development and research.MethodsUsing a convergent mixed-methods design with sequential elements, this study drew upon findings from a national field survey, seven focus groups, eight structured working-group dialogues, and a five-day structured dialogue and writing process with 12 interdisciplinary thought leaders. Data were integrated to develop a pilot evidence-based framework.ResultsThe study identified six broad ways in which arts and culture can be used in public health and 59 specific outcomes that can be addressed through arts and cultural strategies. The framework identifies evidence supporting the effects of arts and culture on each outcome, along with mechanisms that may mediate or moderate these effects.ConclusionThe pilot framework clearly links arts and culture practices with public health outcomes. In doing so, it provides both a resource for current practice and a model for the continued development of interdisciplinary tools that support health researchers and practitioners in utilizing arts and culture resources to advance community health and health equity.
Changes and stagnation in contemporary racial stereotypes
Group Processes &Intergroup Relations, Ahead of Print.
Generations of researchers have studied the extent to which the content and consistency of stereotypes about Black people have changed over time. At best, the evidence is mixed with some findings suggesting changes in stereotypes and other evidence suggesting that, though belief in stereotypes changed for some people, stereotypes remain negative. Our study adds to the literature by evaluating participants’ stereotype knowledge and personal beliefs about Black people, aligning with recommended practices by Devine and Elliot. Our data reveal a shift in stereotype content overall and greater heterogeneity in trait selections among participants with egalitarian values. However, stereotypes regarding Black people are, if anything, more negative in the present study than in prior research. The stubbornness of valence to change is concerning and reaffirms the need to focus research efforts on improving individuals’ ability to regulate their expression of stereotypes to prevent them from affecting their treatment of others.
A cross-cultural examination of adverse childhood experiences in low-and middle-income countries and their relation with adolescent educational aspirations
Publication date: June 2024
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, Volume 152
Author(s): Melissa Alcaraz, Hayley Pierce, Natalie D. Eggum, Bertha Lidia Nuño-Gutiérrez, Dirgha Ghimire
The extended evolutionary meta-model and process-based therapy: Contemporary lenses for understanding functional analytic psychotherapy
Publication date: April 2024
Source: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, Volume 32
Author(s): Daniel W.M. Maitland
New technology, psychiatry, and the law: Panic, prudence, possibility
Publication date: May–June 2024
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Volume 94
Author(s): Brendan D. Kelly