Mitigating Medical Trauma: Supporting people with long-term health conditions using polyvagal informed, family-focused healthcare practices - invited talk for Polyvagal Theory and the Modern Family: Finding Safety and Connection June 14-16, 2024

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• Research Outputs

• Using psychologically informed care to improve mental health and wellbeing for people living with a heart condition from birth: a statement paper

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus

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

• Exploring the effect of the hospital gown on wellbeing: a mixed methods study

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

• Blog: Congenital heart disease standards – bridging the gap between physical and mental health

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• Healing hearts & minds

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Baring all: the impact of the hospital gown on patient wellbeing

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

• We need to develop a framework to help those most vulnerable from COVID-19

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Every choice has been dictated by my health condition

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Blog: The injustice of losing my childhood medical history

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• A service evaluation of an NHS patient support programme for adults with congenital heart disease

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Liza Morton: Waiting patiently

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Using Collaborative Autoethnography to Explore Medical Traumatic Stress in Adults with Congenital Craniofacial Conditions

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• My missing childhood

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Psychologically informed medicine: a call for a holistic approach to improve mental health and wellbeing for those of us living with congenital heart disease

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

• Mitigating medical trauma using a polyvagal informed approach to healthcare

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Health anxiety among adults with congenital heart disease

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Healing Hearts and Minds: A Holistic Approach to Coping Well with Congenital Heart Disease

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Getting it right first time and every time; re-thinking children's rights when they have a clinical procedure

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

• A new measure of feeling safe: developing psychometric properties of the neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS)

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

• The impact of COVID-19 on the mental wellbeing of health and social care workers in Scotland

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• Sexual health and well-being in adults with congenital heart disease: a international society of adult congenital heart disease statement

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Covid-19 stress, burnout and risk perception among health and social care workers in Scotland Work in progress

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Medical trauma: the forgotten adverse childhood experience

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

• Supporting mental health and wellbeing for people with congenital heart disease during the global covid-19 pandemic

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• An exploration of psychological trauma and positive adaptation in adults with congenital heart disease during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

• Developing a standardised measure of psychological safety

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• 'I feel like I'm in prison for a crime I didn't commit' supporting mental health and well-being for people with congenital heart disease during the global Covid-19 pandemic

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• ENACT study: what has helped health and social care workers maintain their mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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

• Healthcare workers’ views on the utility and impact on patient wellbeing of wearing the hospital gown

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Measuring feelings of safety

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Blog: Enhancing psychological safety during uncertain times

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• Exploring the perspectives of healthcare professionals concerning the use and utility of the hospital gown to develop theoretically informed behaviour change interventions

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

• The injustice of losing my childhood medical history: personal perspective: "because no one put a sticker on them."

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• Learning from adults with a lifelong congenital heart condition: promoting post traumatic growth & mental health during COVID-19

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Implications of wearing the hospital gown on mental health, practice and policy

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• ENACT project: understanding the risk and protective factors for the mental wellbeing of health and social care workers in Scotland: adapting to the challenges and lessons learned

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• Blog: A win for patient involvement: congenital heart disease standards in Scotland

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• Activities

• Healing Hearts and Minds - The Somerville Heart Foundation, Annual Conference

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• 'How nurses can offer support to patients with congenital heart disease' article in Independent Nurse

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Youngest pacemaker baby fights for others like herself - The Times

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Scots heart patient's anger after health records destroyed - The Herald

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Healing Hearts and Minds - Invited Keynote at Heart Children Ireland, Annual Conference

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Healing Hearts and Minds, Social work grand rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Healing Hearts and Minds, invited talk, Paediatric Critical Care Society Conference

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Mind the gap: Working together to transform CHD and RHC care - Global Arch Virtual Summit. Invited to contribute to session on Advancing Patient Wellbeing: Fostering Collaboration for Their Mental Health

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• 'Larbert mum born with congenital heart disease co-writes book she'd been looking for' - Falkirk Herald article

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Opening Keynote, Healing Hearts and Minds: Promoting psychologically informed medicine and tackling ableism during a global pandemic and beyond, Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, BPS

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Waiting Patiently, Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative (PACCC), USA

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Trauma and the miracle heart baby - Interview by John Macgill for Health and Care Scotland

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Can CHD Impact Mental Health? From the Heart Podcast, Heartkids, Australia

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• World's youngest pacemaker baby now doctor fighting heart defects - STV online

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Doctors gave me a pacemaker when I was 11 days old - BBC News

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• 'Healing hearts and minds' aims to plug support for heart patients - in The Herald

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Healing Hearts & Minds in Patient Library Quarterly

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Improving mental health and wellbeing for patients with congenital heart conditions, Armenia

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement

• London South Bank University

  Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution

• Congenital heart disease new NHS standards welcomed - The Herald

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• BPS Scottish Branch & Division of Counselling Psychology Scotland AGM

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Larbert mum who underwent pioneering surgery as a baby at heart of raising healthcare standards- The Falkirk Herald

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Guest Lecturer for a session on Congenital Heart Disease and Psychologically Informed Healthcare for the Congenital Heart Failure Module, Glasgow Caledonian University

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• What is toxic positivity and why is it harmful? in Readers Digest

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Interview about book on Ireland AM Virgin Talkshow

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Healing Hearts and Minds, The Somerville Heart Foundation Annual Conference

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• ‘Miracle’ patient to help create new CHD guidelines - Health and Care Scotland

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Health professionals: Bring more awareness to congenital heart disease - op ed in The Hartford Courant

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Interview Kay Adams show, BBC Radio Scotland

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• University of the West of England

  Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution

• Feel anxious about going to the doctor? Here’s how to handle it in Stylist

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Living with congenital heart disease - interviewed for BHF website & Heart Matters magazine

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Healing Hearts & Minds: A Psychologically Informed Approach to Healthcare Provision For People Living With A Congenital Heart Condition - Paediatric Cardiac Module at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Supporting Young Hearts Podcast for Heart Foundation Australia

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement

• Psychologically Informed Medicine, Activism & Tacking Ableism, Psychologists for Social Change

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Patients asked to share their thoughts about hospital gowns for Glasgow study - Glasgow Evening Times

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Interview about book on Today FM Ireland, drive time

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Reflections Sessions: Promoting psychologically informed healthcare invited by Elena Amin, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF to share work with cardiology team at University of California San Francisco, USA

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Interview on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine'

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• ISupport (External organisation)

  Activity: Membership › Membership of network

• Dr Morton’s lived experience of congenital heart disease, alongside her key research and recent book publication ‘Healing Hearts and Minds’ Oxford University Press - South Wales and South West NHS, CHD Network, Virtual Psychology Day

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Healing Hearts and Minds: thriving with a lifelong heart condition

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

• Psychologically Informed Medicine: Improving Psychosocial outcomes for people living with CHD during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO). •

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• “I was born with a life-threatening heart condition, but it was medical trauma that left the deepest scars” - Stylist

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Interview about Healing Hearts and Minds' book in Irish Independent

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• Addressing Childhood Medical Trauma: A deeper look at the forgotten adverse childhood experience - Psychology Today

  Activity: Other

• Award for book written by Larbert mum who was born with congenital heart disease - Falkirk Herald

  Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

• 'Healing Hearts & Minds: A Psychologically Informed Approach to Healthcare Provision For People Living With A Congenital Heart Condition’ - All Island Paediatric Cardiac Network Conference 2024: ‘Building a World Class Service’ - Ireland

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Healing Hearts and Minds: A holistic approach to coping well with congenital heart disease - European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO)

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• Heart and mind to the fore - The Psychologist

  Activity: Other

• Global Arch Live: Promoting Well-being in CHD Patients: A Global Prespective

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk