There are many areas of ongoing research at Cygnet. Here is a brief thematic overview of current research projects.
Wellbeing, burnout and resilience in staff
- Coping with mental health at home
- Reflective practice
- Resilience training
Tools, assessments and approaches
- Risk assessment
- Cognitive assessments
- Discharge documents
- Psychological formulation
- Mental capacity assessments
- Activity PRN
Other staff studies (views and experiences of …)
- PICUs and emotional regulation
- Working with people who have committed offences
- Reintegration to the community
- Decision making and Section 17
- Factors influencing reporting violence
- Supporting people who self-harm
- Effectiveness of neuro rehab
- Exploring staff views on psychological restraint
Patient studies
- Experience of receiving a diagnosis
- Experiences of forming relationships with staff
- Developing a therapeutic environment (forensic setting)
- CBT for sexual behaviour
- Shared decision making in a female BPD ward
- Relationships between shame, guilt and risk behaviours
- EMDR for PTSD in adults with Intellectual disabilities
- Quality of life for people with IDD in residential settings
- Experience of admission to an acute ward
- Experience of ward round
- Experience of activity PRN
New focus
- 2 recent Virtual Reality Studies