Gavin Davidson

Research output

Research output per year 2007 2021

• 63 Article
• 21 Commissioned report
• 16 Other report
• 5 Chapter
• 12 More
  • 3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 2 Book
  • 1 Scholarly edition
  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Meeting abstract
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Web publication/site
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Behind Closed Doors: An Exploration of Cell-Sharing and its Relationship with Wellbeing

  Muirhead, A., Butler, M. & Davidson, G., 03 Jan 2021, (Accepted) In: European Journal of Criminology. 37 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • correctional institution
  • social support
  • vulnerability
  • emotion
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Families with Parental Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Narrative Review of Family Focused Practice

  Lagdon, S., Grant, A., Davidson, G., Devaney, J., Donaghy, M., Duffy, J., Galway, K. & McCartan, C., 07 Feb 2021, (Accepted) In: Child Abuse Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Implementing changes after patient suicides in mental health services: A systematic review

  Ramsey, C., Galway, K. & Davidson, G., 24 Mar 2021, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health Services
  • mental health service
  • suicide
  • Suicide
  • Systematic Reviews
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Measuring diagnostic heterogeneity using text-mining of the lived experiences of patients

  Ghosh, C., McVicar, D., Davidson, G. & Shannon, C., 28 Jan 2021, In: BMC Psychiatry. 21, 60, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Data Mining
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Mental Health
  • Boidae
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  67 Downloads (Pure)

• The Structure of the Prodromal Questionnaire-16 (PQ-16): Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses in a General Non-Help-Seeking Population Sample

  Howie, C., Hanna, D., Shannon, C., Davidson, G. & Mulholland, C., 12 Mar 2021, (Accepted) In: Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Population
  • Hallucinations
  • Datasets
  • Thinking
  • Psychotic Disorders

• Think Family, Think Relationship: Factors Influencing Stronger Professional Relationships with Parents Diagnosed with a Mental Illness. A Qualitative Study

  Grant, A., Devaney, J., Davidson, G., Lagdon, S. & Duffy, J., 28 Feb 2021, In: British Journal of Social Work.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Self Disclosure
  • Mental Health Services
  • Power (Psychology)
  • mental illness
  • Aptitude
• 2020

  An exercise intervention for people with serious mental illness: findings from a qualitative data analysis using participatory theme elicitation

  Yap, J., McCartan, C., Davidson, G., White, C., Bradley, L., Webb, P., Badham, J., Breslin, G. & Best, P., 09 Oct 2020, In: Health Expectations.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Data Analysis
  • Research Personnel
  • Language
  • Northern Ireland
  • Population Health
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  69 Downloads (Pure)

• A scoping review of international policy responses to mental health recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic

  McCartan, C., Adell, T., Cameron, J., Davidson, G., Knifton, L., McDaid, S. & Mulholland, C., 23 Oct 2020, (Accepted) In: Health Research Policy and Systems. 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • mental health
  • mental health service
  • innovation
  • Mental health care
  • government agency
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Cuts both ways: Ethnicity, poverty, and the social gradient in child welfare interventions

  Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Davidson, G. & Bunting, L., Oct 2020, In: Children and Youth Services Review . 117, 105299.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • Poverty
  • child welfare
  • ethnicity
  • poverty
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Differing Knowledges: Comparing the contribution of drama students and service users in role plays preparing social work students for practice

  Duffy, J., Montgomery, L., Murphy, P., Davidson, G. & Bunting, L., 03 Feb 2020, In: Social Work Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • drama
  • role play
  • social work
  • student
  • experiential knowledge
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Factors that influence participation in physical activity for anxiety and depression: a synthesis of qualitative evidence

  McCartan, C., Yap, J., Firth, J., Stubbs, B., Tully, M., Best, P., Webb, P., White, C., Gilbody, S., Churchill, R., Breedvelt, J. & Davidson, G., 04 Mar 2020, In: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 3, 26 p., CD013547.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Exercise
  • Qualitative Research
  • Caregivers
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Factors that influence participation in physical activity for people with bipolar disorder: a synthesis of qualitative evidence

  McCartan, C., Yap, J., Firth, J., Stubbs, B., Tully, M., Best, P., Webb, P., White, C., Gilbody, S., Churchill, R., Breedvelt, J. & Davidson, G., 19 Mar 2020, In: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 3, 24 p., CD013557.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Exercise
  • Qualitative Research
  • Caregivers
  • Life Style
  • Public Health
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Key components of supporting and assessing decision making ability

  Webb, P., Davidson, G., Edge, R., Falls, D., Keenan, F., Kelly, B., McLaughlin, A., Montgomery, L., Mulvenna, C., Norris, B., Owens, A. & Irvine, R. S., 01 Sep 2020, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 72, 46 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Decision Making
  • Aptitude
  • decision making
  • United Nations
  • Process Assessment (Health Care)

• Prevalence of mental illness among parents of children receiving treatment within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): a scoping review

  Campbell, T. C. H., Reupert, A., Sutton, K., Basu, S., Davidson, G., Middeldorp, C. M., Naughton, M. & Maybery, D., 04 Mar 2020, In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Adolescent Health Services
  • Mental Health Services
  • Parents
  • Child
  • Mental Health
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Response to Commentary on ‘Attaining Theoretical Coherence within Relationship-Based Practice in Child and Family Social Work: The Systemic Perspective’

  Coulter, S., Houston, S., Mooney, S., Devaney, J. & Davidson, G., 15 Jul 2020, In: British Journal of Social Work. 50, 5, p. 1636–1637 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Risk perception, changing social context, and norms prevent transition to regular injection among people who smoke heroin

  Harris, J., Shorter, G., Davidson, G. & Best, P., 01 Mar 2020, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. p. 208 7 p., 107878.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Risk perception
  • Social Norms
  • Heroin
  • Smoke
  • Injections
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Service users' experiences and views of support for decision making

  Webb, P., Davidson, G., Edge, R., Falls, D., Keenan, F., Kelly, B., McLaughlin, A., Montgomery, L., Mulvenna, C., Norris, B., Owens, A. & Irvine, R., 23 Feb 2020, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 28, p. 1282-1291 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Decision Making
  • decision making
  • Disabled Persons
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Mental Health
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Social work students on the island of Ireland: a cross-sectional survey

  McCartan, C., Byrne, J., Campbell, J., Coogan, D., Davidson, G., Hayes, D., Kirwan, G., MacDonald, M., McCaughren, S., McFadden, P., McGregor, C., Montgomery, L., Pentaraki, M., Roddy, S., Roulston, A., Shore, C. & Wilson, E., 14 Oct 2020, In: Social Work Education: the international journal. 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ireland
  • social work
  • student
  • development planning
  • curriculum development

• The development of a non-discriminatory alternative to mental health law, the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

  Davidson, G., Adell, T. & Morrison, A., 28 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Elder Law and Capacity. 2020, 1, p. 68-78 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland
  • Mental Health
  • Aptitude
  • Mental Disorders
  • Decision Making

• Understanding out of home care rates in Northern Ireland: a thematic analysis of mixed methods case studies

  Mason, W., Morris, K., featherstone, B., Bunting, L., Davidson, G., McCartan, C., Bywaters, P. & Webb, C., 09 Aug 2020, In: British Journal of Social Work. 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland
  • Home Care Services
  • home care
  • Child Welfare
  • Social Work

• Untangling child welfare inequalities and the 'Inverse Intervention Law' in England

  Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., McCartan, C., Bunting, L., Davidson, G. & Morris, K., Apr 2020, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 111, 10 p., 104849.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • England
  • child welfare
  • Law
  • deprivation
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• “It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with": Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom

  Vicary, S., Stone, K., McCusker, P., Davidson, G. & Spencer-Lane, T., 22 Jun 2020, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 101601.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Coronavirus
  • Mental Health
  • Wales
  • Legislation
  • Pandemics
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• “You can’t always pick your cellmate but if you can….it is a bit better”: Staff and Prisoner Perceptions of What Factors Matter in Cell Allocation Decision-Making

  Muirhead, A., Butler, M. & Davidson, G., 30 Jun 2020, In: Criminology - The Online Journal/Kriminlogie - Das Online Journal. 2, p. 159-181

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Prisoners
  • Decision Making
  • Northern Ireland
  • Social Justice
  • Prisons
  101 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Attaining Theoretical Coherence within Relationship-Based Practice in Child and Family Social Work: The Systemic Perspective

  Coulter, S., Houston, S., Mooney, S., Devaney, J. & Davidson, G., 10 Oct 2019, In: British Journal of Social Work. 50, 4, p. 1219 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work
  • coherence
  • social work
  • Child
  • Social Workers
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Community treatment orders and mental health social work: Issues for policy and practice in the UK and Ireland

  Campbell, J., Davidson, G., McCusker, P., Jobling, H. & Slater, T., May 2019, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 64, p. 230-237 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • community treatment orders
  • Ireland
  • Social Work
  • jurisdiction
  • Mental Health
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Group based Video-conferencing for Adults with Depression: Findings from a user-led 2 qualitative data analysis using Participatory Theme Elicitation

  Best, P., McConnell, T., Davidson, G., Badham, J. & Neill, R., 05 Dec 2019, In: BMC Research Involvement and Engagement.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Data Analysis
  • Research Personnel
  • Depression
  • Videoconferencing
  • Training Support
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving mental health pathways and care for adolescents in transition to adult services (IMPACT): a retrospective case note review of social and clinical determinants of transition

  Leavey, G., McGrellis, S., Forbes, T., Thampi, A., Davidson, G., Rosato, M., Bunting, B., Divin, N., Hughes, L., Toal, A., Paul, M. & Singh, S. P., 06 Mar 2019, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Health
  • Transition to Adult Care
  • determinants
  • mental health
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  238 Downloads (Pure)

• Mental health law assessments: interagency cooperation and practice complexities

  Davidson, G., Fargas, M., Hamilton, B., Connaughty, K., Harvey, K., Lynch, G., McCartan, D., McCosker, J. & Scott, J., 26 Jun 2019, In: Journal of Mental Health. 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mental Health
  • Northern Ireland
  • Process Assessment (Health Care)
  • Pressure
  • Delivery of Health Care
  68 Downloads (Pure)

• Screening for the At-Risk Mental State in Educational Settings: A Systematic Review

  Howie, C., Potter, C., Shannon, C., Davidson, G. & Mulholland, C., 27 Dec 2019, In: Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Systematic Reviews
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Prodromal Symptoms
  • MEDLINE
  • Mental Health
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  46 Downloads (Pure)

• Trauma Informed Child Welfare Systems-A Rapid Evidence Review

  Bunting, L., Montgomery, L., Mooney, S., MacDonald, M., Coulter, S., Hayes, D. & Davidson, G., 03 Jul 2019, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 13, 22 p., 2365.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child Welfare
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Caregivers
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  145 Downloads (Pure)

• Young Carers in Northern Ireland: Perceptions of and Responses to Illness and Disability within the Family

  McGibbon, M., Spratt, T. & Davidson, G., Jul 2019, In: British Journal of Social Work. 49, 5, p. 1162-1179 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Northern Ireland
  • resilience
  • Caregivers
  • illness
  • disability
  37 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A Four-Nation Comparison of Kinship Care in the UK: The Relationship between Formal Kinship Care and Deprivation

  McCartan, C., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Davidson, G., Elliott, M. & Hooper, J., 06 Jul 2018, In: Social Policy and Society. 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • kinship
  • deprivation
  • extended family
  • home care
  • welfare state
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  3882 Downloads (Pure)

• An Evaluation of Mental Health Service Provision in Northern Ireland

  Montgomery, L., Wilson, G., Houston, S., Davidson, G. & Harper, C., 19 Jul 2018, In: Health and Social Care in the Community.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Northern Ireland
  • Mental Health Services
  • mental health service
  • Focus Groups
  • evaluation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  295 Downloads (Pure)

• Coproduction for feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trials: learning outcomes for community partners, service users and the research team

  McConnell, T., Best, P., Davidson, G., McEneaney, T., Cantrell, C. & Tully, M., 08 Oct 2018, In: BMC Research Involvement and Engagement. 4, 11 p., 32.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Social Welfare
  • Learning
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Research Design
  • Research Personnel
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  222 Downloads (Pure)

• Legal capacity and the mental health social worker role: An international comparison

  Campbell, J., Brophy, L., Davidson, G. & O'Brien, A-M., 02 May 2018, In: Journal Of Social Work Practice. 32, 2, p. 1-15

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • legal capacity
  • Social Workers
  • international comparison
  • social worker
  • Mental Health
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  429 Downloads (Pure)

• Living with Life-Limiting Illness: Exploring the Narratives of Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer and Identifying How Social Workers Can Address Their Psycho-Social Needs

  Roulston, A., Davidson, G., Kernohan, G. & Brazil, K., 08 Jan 2018, In: British Journal of Social Work. 48, 7, p. 2114-2131 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Social Workers
  • cancer
  • social worker
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • illness
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  108 Downloads (Pure)

• Stripping the Wallpaper of Practice: Empowering Social Workers to Tackle Poverty

  McCartan, C., Morrison, A., Bunting, L., Davidson, G. & McIlroy, J., 12 Oct 2018, In: Social Sciences. 7, 10, 16 p., 193.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • social worker
  • poverty
  • social justice
  • social work
  • educational inequality
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  418 Downloads (Pure)

• The Association between Child Maltreatment and Adult Poverty – A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research

  Bunting, L., Davidson, G., McCartan, C., Hanratty, J., Bywaters, P., Mason, W. & Steils, N., Mar 2018, In: Child abuse & neglect. 77, p. 121-133

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Poverty
  • Economics
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Income
  • Unemployment
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  178 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding and Addressing the Concurrent Needs of Families Living in the Colin Area: A Secondary Analysis of the Colin Early Intervention Community Report Card Data

  Walsh, C. & Davidson, G., Dec 2018, Children's Research Digest, 5, 3.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

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  • secondary analysis
  • experience
  • social issue
  • addiction
  • trauma
  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Using Adverse Childhood Experience scores to better understand the needs of young carers

  Spratt, T., McGibbon, M. & Davidson, G., 05 Mar 2018, In: British Journal of Social Work.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Caregivers
  • childhood
  • mental illness
  • experience
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  140 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Child welfare as justice: why are we not effectively addressing inequalities?

  Davidson, G., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B. & McCartan, C., 12 Sep 2017, In: British Journal of Social Work. 47, 6, p. 1641-1651 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child Welfare
  • Social Justice
  • child welfare
  • justice
  • health law
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring the impact of mindfulness on mental wellbeing, stress and resilience of undergraduate social work students

  Roulston, A., Montgomery, L., Campbell, A. & Davidson, G., 19 Oct 2017, In: Social Work Education. 37, 2, p. 157-172

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • resilience
  • social work
  • well-being
  • Group
  • student
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  911 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  An international comparison of legal frameworks for supported and substitute decision-making in mental health services

  Davidson, G., Brophy, L., Campbell, J., Farrell, S. J., Gooding, P. & O'Brien, A-M., Jan 2016, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 44, p. 30-40

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • international comparison
  • Mental Health Services
  • mental health service
  • Legal framework
  • Decision Making
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  743 Downloads (Pure)

• Applying the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services

  Duffy, J., Davidson, G. & Kavanagh, D., 2016, In: Child Care in Practice. 22, 1, p. 35-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • child protection
  • Mental Health
  • mental health
  • Child
  • Mental Health Services
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  458 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparing Social Work Students' Perceptions of Risk Using Online Discussion Fora: Lessons Learned from a European Pilot Project

  Hayes, D., Carter Anand, J., Davidson, G., Buczak, A., Das, C., Hansbauer, P. & Koob, D., 2016, In: Social Work Education. 35, 2, p. 144-157 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • pilot project
  • social work
  • child welfare
  • child protection
  • student
  231 Downloads (Pure)

• No Longer ‘Anomalous, Confusing and Unjust’: The Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

  Harper, C., Davidson, G. & McClelland, R., 09 Dec 2016, In: International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law . 22, p. 57-70 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Northern Ireland
  • Policy Making
  • Mental Health
  • Legislation
  • Criminal Law
  4367 Downloads (Pure)

• Psychotropic prescribing patterns among adolescents in Northern Ireland presenting with psychotic symptoms during a 5-year period

  Woods, G., Shannon, C., Davidson, G., Hoy, K., Lewis, D., Tumelty, L. & Mulholland, C., Mar 2016, In: Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 33, 1, p. 13-20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Northern Ireland
  • Medication
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Prescriptions
  • Onset
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  498 Downloads (Pure)

• Risk, Recovery and Capacity: Competing or Complementary Approaches to Mental Health Social Work

  Davidson, G., Brophy, L. & Campbell, J., 2016, In: Australian Social Work. 69, 2, p. 158-168 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Social Work
  • Mental Health
  • social work
  • mental health
  • Coercion
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  1025 Downloads (Pure)

• Using Audio-visual Presentation to Teach Global Mindedness in Social Work Education

  Moriarty, J., Anand, J., Davidson, G., Das, C. & Pinkerton, J., 01 Apr 2016, In: Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning. 14, 1, p. 19-37 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Social Work
  • social work
  • Students
  • Education
  • Cultural Competency
  111 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘Service User Involvement in Social Work Education: The Road Less Travelled’

  Dill, K., Montgomery, L., Davidson, G. & Duffy, J., 01 Nov 2016, In: Field Educator. 6, 2, 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • road
  • social work
  • education
  • caregiver
  • student
  3151 Downloads (Pure)