Research outputs
2025
Factors Influencing Online Mental Health Forum Use for People from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in the United Kingdom: A Mixed Methods Study.
Heapy, C., Marshall, P., Glossop, Z., Prinjha, S., & Lobban, F. (2025). Factors Influencing Online Mental Health Forum Use for People from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in the United Kingdom: A Mixed Methods Study.. International journal of environmental research and public health, 22(11), 1638. doi:10.3390/ijerph22111638
Designing online forums to support health and wellbeing: guidance informed by self-determination theory and stakeholder perspectives (Preprint)
Impacts of Using Peer Online Forums in Mental Health: Realist Evaluation Using Mixed Methods.
Lobban, F., Caton, N., Lindroos Cermakova, A., Collins, G., Glossop, Z., Haines, J., . . . Tusting, K. (2025). Impacts of Using Peer Online Forums in Mental Health: Realist Evaluation Using Mixed Methods.. Journal of medical Internet research, 27, e79289. doi:10.2196/79289
Understanding the Needs of Moderators in Online Mental Health Forums: Realist Synthesis and Recommendations for Support.
Robinson, H., Booth, M., Fothergill, L., Friedrich, C., Glossop, Z., Haines, J., . . . Lobban, F. (2025). Understanding the Needs of Moderators in Online Mental Health Forums: Realist Synthesis and Recommendations for Support.. JMIR mental health, 12, e58891. doi:10.2196/58891
Understanding Safety in Online Mental Health Forums: Realist Evaluation.
Marshall, P., Caton, N., Glossop, Z., Jones, S., Meacock, R., Rayson, P., . . . Lobban, F. (2025). Understanding Safety in Online Mental Health Forums: Realist Evaluation.. JMIR mental health, 12, e75320. doi:10.2196/75320
Co-design of moderator training: Integrating knowledge from forum moderators, users and researchers with the improving peer online forums (iPOF) project
Glossop, Z., Jones, S., Ahmed, S., Caton, N., Collins, G., Haines, J., . . . Lobban, F. (2025). Co-design of moderator training: Integrating knowledge from forum moderators, users and researchers with the improving peer online forums (iPOF) project. Mental Health & Prevention, 38, 200428. doi:10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200428
Who uses mental health support forums, and why? Triangulating findings from surveys, interviews, and forum posts
'In my experience …': The use of the word <i>experience</i> in peer online forums for mental health.
Lindroos Cermakova, A., Semino, E., Tusting, K., Caton, N., Coole, M., Glossop, Z., . . . Lobban, F. (2025). 'In my experience …': The use of the word <i>experience</i> in peer online forums for mental health.. Digital health, 11, 20552076251385593. doi:10.1177/20552076251385593
2024
Understanding the Impacts of Online Mental Health Peer Support Forums: Realist Synthesis.
Marshall, P., Booth, M., Coole, M., Fothergill, L., Glossop, Z., Haines, J., . . . Lobban, F. (2024). Understanding the Impacts of Online Mental Health Peer Support Forums: Realist Synthesis.. JMIR mental health, 11, e55750. doi:10.2196/55750
Designing a Library of Lived Experience for Mental Health: integrated realist synthesis and experience-based co-design study in UK mental health services.
Marshall, P., Barbrook, J., Collins, G., Foster, S., Glossop, Z., Inkster, C., . . . Lobban, F. (2024). Designing a Library of Lived Experience for Mental Health: integrated realist synthesis and experience-based co-design study in UK mental health services.. BMJ open, 14(1), e081188. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081188
Exploring the Suitability of Transformer Models to Analyse Mental Health Peer Support Forum Data for a Realist Evaluation
Coole, M., Rayson, P., Glossop, Z., Lobban, F., Marshall, P., & Vidler, J. (2024). Exploring the Suitability of Transformer Models to Analyse Mental Health Peer Support Forum Data for a Realist Evaluation. In 1st Workshop on Patient Oriented Language Processing Cl4health 2024 at Lrec Coling 2024 Workshop Proceedings (pp. 184-188).
2023
The interplay between suicidal experiences, psychotic experiences and interpersonal relationships: a qualitative study.
Gooding, P., Haddock, G., Harris, K., Asriah, M., Awenat, Y., Cook, L., . . . Peters, S. (2023). The interplay between suicidal experiences, psychotic experiences and interpersonal relationships: a qualitative study.. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 873. doi:10.1186/s12888-023-05164-2
Improving Peer Online Forums (iPOF): protocol for a realist evaluation of peer online mental health forums to inform practice and policy.
Lobban, F., Coole, M., Donaldson, E., Glossop, Z., Haines, J., Johnston, R., . . . Wise, S. (2023). Improving Peer Online Forums (iPOF): protocol for a realist evaluation of peer online mental health forums to inform practice and policy.. BMJ open, 13(7), e075142. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075142
Caring for a friend or family member who has experienced suicidal behaviour: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis.
Marshall, P., Sansom, K., Jagfeld, G., Jones, S., & Lobban, F. (2023). Caring for a friend or family member who has experienced suicidal behaviour: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis.. Psychology and psychotherapy, 96(2), 426-447. doi:10.1111/papt.12449
Designing a library of lived experience for mental health (LoLEM): protocol for integrating a realist synthesis and experience based codesign approach.
Lobban, F., Marshall, P., Barbrook, J., Collins, G., Foster, S., Glossop, Z., . . . Jones, S. H. (2023). Designing a library of lived experience for mental health (LoLEM): protocol for integrating a realist synthesis and experience based codesign approach.. BMJ open, 13(3), e068548. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068548
2022
Caring for a Family Member with Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder Who Has Experienced Suicidal Behaviour: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of an Online Peer-Support Forum.
Marshall, P., Jones, S., Gooding, P., Robinson, H., & Lobban, F. (2022). Caring for a Family Member with Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder Who Has Experienced Suicidal Behaviour: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of an Online Peer-Support Forum.. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(22), 15192. doi:10.3390/ijerph192215192
2021
Personal recovery in bipolar disorder: Systematic review and "best fit" framework synthesis of qualitative evidence - a POETIC adaptation of CHIME.
Jagfeld, G., Lobban, F., Marshall, P., & Jones, S. H. (2021). Personal recovery in bipolar disorder: Systematic review and "best fit" framework synthesis of qualitative evidence - a POETIC adaptation of CHIME.. Journal of affective disorders, 292, 375-385. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.051