Dr Laura Viliardos' Outputs (5)

Digital Psychotherapies for Adults Experiencing Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Omylinska Thurston, J., Aithal, S., Liverpool, S., Clark, R., Moula, Z., Wood, J., …Karkou, V. (2024). Digital Psychotherapies for Adults Experiencing Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.2196/55500

Background: Depression affects 5% of adults and it is a major cause of disability worldwide. Digital psychotherapies offer an accessible solution addressing this issue. This systematic review examines a spectrum of digital psychotherapies for depress... Read More about Digital Psychotherapies for Adults Experiencing Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services (2022)
Journal Article
Viliardos, L., Murphy, N., & McAndrew, S. (2022). Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12596

Global estimates suggest 5% to 10% of men report experience of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). However, male CSA is significantly underreported, with men being reluctant to disclose due to vulnerability, stigmatisation, homophobic responses, and fearin... Read More about Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services.

Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses (2022)
Journal Article
Viliardos, L., Murphy, N., & McAndrew, S. (2022). Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13087

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is an issue of epidemic proportions in the United Kingdom (UK) and an international public health problem. Evidence suggests that in the UK one in twenty children have been sexually abused, with one in three not telling anyon... Read More about Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses.

Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets (2021)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Kaluzeviciute, G., & Viliardos, L. (2021). Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets. Journal of Child and Family Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02200-1

Although parents of triplets experience substantial mental distress, research about this increasing population has primarily focused on physical health risks of triplets and mothers, failing to capture the subjective wellbeing of parents. Accordingly... Read More about Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets.

Resilience intervention for families of autistic children : reviewing the literature (2021)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Pope, M., Chircop, J., Kirkman, A., Bennett-Viliardos, L., & Sharaan, S. (2021). Resilience intervention for families of autistic children : reviewing the literature. Journal of concurrent disorders,

: Given the rising diagnostic rates of autism, it is imperative to investigate
the well-being of families with autistic children. Families of autistic children report
more mental health difficulties than families of typically developing children.... Read More about Resilience intervention for families of autistic children : reviewing the literature.