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Imagined places of the past: the interplay of time and memory in the maintenance of place attachment (2023)
Journal Article
Lomas, M. J., Ayodeji, E., & Brown, P. (2024). Imagined places of the past: the interplay of time and memory in the maintenance of place attachment. Current Psychology, 43(3), 2618-2629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04421-7

Place attachment describes the emotional connection that people hold with a physical space, and such bonds have been shown to be associated with higher levels of life satisfaction, as well as physical and mental well-being. Although a temporal elemen... Read More about Imagined places of the past: the interplay of time and memory in the maintenance of place attachment.

Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience? (2021)
Journal Article
Ayodeji, E., Dubicka, B., Abuah, O., Odebiyi, B., Sultana, R., & Ani, C. (2021). Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience?. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(3), 265-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12482

We explore racial inequality in relation to Black children and young people (CYP) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We argue that the experience of racism should be universally considered an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE).... Read More about Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience?.

Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration (2021)
Journal Article
Lomas, M., Ayodeji, E., & Brown, P. (2021). Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration. Health and Place, 70, 102604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102604

Urban regeneration is an important policy focus across the European Union, with initiatives seeking to address inequalities in public health. Although theoretically such initiatives should produce benefits for mental wellbeing, this lacks strong supp... Read More about Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration.

Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme (2020)
Journal Article

Globally, the exodus of individuals who have been forced to flee their home and seek refuge in countries of safety has led to a refugee crisis. The United Kingdom (UK) has engaged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in playi... Read More about Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme.

The influence of personality disorder on outcome in adolescent self-harm (2015)
Journal Article
Ayodeji, E. (2015). The influence of personality disorder on outcome in adolescent self-harm. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(4), 313-319. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.138941

Background:
Little is currently known about the presence and impact
of personality disorder in adolescents who self-harm.

Aims:
To evaluate personality disorder in repeated self-harm in
adolescence and its impact on self-harm psychopatholo... Read More about The influence of personality disorder on outcome in adolescent self-harm.

Group therapy for adolescents with repeated self harm : Randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation (2011)
Journal Article

Objective: To examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of group therapy for self harm in young people.

Design: Two arm, single (assessor) blinded parallel randomised allocation trial of a group therapy intervention in addition to routine c... Read More about Group therapy for adolescents with repeated self harm : Randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation.