As a peer reviewed journal, its aim is to also welcome discussion and special interest pieces from Cygnet colleagues.
Bobbie Turnbull, Cygnet’s Research Lead, said: “This is a unique and collaborative project. Whilst there are many academic and professional journals, The Cygnet Journal is unique in that it is a health and social care company Journal that aims to include the achievements and voices of colleagues, service users and carers in addition to those of other stakeholders.
“This first edition has a theme of celebrating some of the inspiring work and research which was completed during the COVID-19 pandemic and whilst this period of health care history is now hopefully behind us, we wanted to recognise this work and the lessons learned from it.”
Our first edition includes the following articles:
- My Time at Wallace Hospital – by Sophie Marriott, Final Year Medical student, University of Dundee
- Support Workers’ Experiences of Compassion Fatigue and Coping During COVID-19 by Leanne Hague, Assistant Psychologist at Cygnet Hospital Colchester, and Allison Sebley, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychology Services
- Psychology Staff Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic – by Erica de Lange, Regional Director for Psychology Services South, Matthew Gill, Interim Regional Director of Psychology Services, North, and Shaun Keegan, former Regional Director of Psychology Services, North
- The Use of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Within Cygnet Services – by Dr Lorraine Bobbie Turnbull, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Evaluating the Use of Positive Behaviour Support Plans in a High Support Rehabilitation Unit for Adult Males – by Caroline Clare, Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Cygnet Health Care, and K Cotterill, Volunteer Assistant Psychologist
- “My Rights Project” A Service Evaluation of Individual Understanding of Legal Rights at Cygnet Brunel – by Claire Crew-Gee, Lead Speech and Language Therapist, and Yaz Wolfe, Assistant Psychologist
Bobbie added: “We do not want to stop at one edition. We plan to make this a yearly or bi-yearly publication, and hope our second edition will encourage contributions from service users and carers as well as colleagues from other disciplines, making it a truly collaborative publication that represents the views of all involved with Cygnet.”
If you are interested in writing something for The Cygnet Journal, sharing your experiences, innovations, service developments or research, the research team would love to hear from you at [email protected].