CBT - Vocational Rehabillitation with the Severely Mentally Ill

  Cognitive behavioural therapy in vocational rehabilitation with the severely mentally ill: Review, design and implementation , Journal of Mental Health, Volume 17, Issue 1 February 2008 , pages 105 - 117
Abstract:  Many individuals with severe mental illness want to return to work. Vocational rehabilitation attempts practically to help those with severe mental illness achieve [...]

Eating Disorders - What do women with bulimic eating disorder think

  Mental health literacy and eating disorders: What do women with bulimic eating disorders think and know about bulimia nervosa and its treatment? , (2007) Journal of Mental Health, 1 - 11
Abstract: Background and Aims: Attitudes and beliefs concerning the eating disorder bulimia nervosa (BN) were examined in a community sample of women (n¼15 [...]

Document of the Week from NLH - The evidence base for palliative care at the end of life.

   Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea and depression at the end of life.
Click on the links below for full-text
The evidence base for palliative care at the end of life.
The first paper is a clinical practice guideline and the second paper is a systematic review, providing the evidence for improving the [...]

Dementia - Top 10 Most Read Articles from - Dementia

   The Top 10 most read articles from the journal - Dementia
Some links below will take you straight through to full-text, for all others contact myself at the email address below.
How can occupational therapy improve the daily performance and communication of an older patient with dementia and his primary caregiver?: A case study, Dementia, 2006; [...]

Dementia - Using the Senses Framework to achieve relationship-centred dementia care services

   Using the Senses Framework to achieve relationship-centred dementia care services: A case example, Dementia, Vol. 7, No. 1, 71-93 (200  
Abstact:
This article describes the development of a new service for people with dementia and their carers in a large post-industrial city in the north of England, UK. The service arose in response to [...]

CBT & GCBT - The effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy for unipolar depressive disorders

  The effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy for unipolar depressive disorders,  Journal of Affective Disorders Volume 107, Issues 1-3  April 2008, Pages 5-21
Abstract: This paper evaluates the effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy (GCBT) as an intervention for unipolar depressive disorders. PsychINFO and PubMed databases were selected to generate the 34 papers used [...]

Mental Health Nurse - Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse

   Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 253-259, Apr 2008,
Abstract:
Key messages
• Partial agonist is a novel treatment approach for people with schizophrenia.
• Partial agonists may, theoretically, initially increase the risk of suicide for people with schizophrenia.
• Mental [...]

HighWire Press now available on the Journals Page of this Site

What is HighWire Press?

A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1126 journals and 4,715,731 full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,863,537 articles free. With our partner publishers we produce 71 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.

Self Harm & Suicide Statistics

Self Harm & Suicide Statistics    from University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research, UK, England
Suicide and attempted suicide (now usually termed ‘deliberate self harm’ or ’self harm’ in the UK) are major problems in most countries in the world. There are more than 800,000 suicides per year worldwide. The number of episodes of deliberate self-harm [...]

Hawton - Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project

Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project, Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 106, Issue 3, March 2008, Pages 285-293
Navneet Kapura, , , Elizabeth Murphya, Jayne Coopera, Helen Bergenb, Keith Hawtonb, Sue Simkinb, Deborah Caseyb, Judith Horrocksc, Rachael Lilleyc, Rachael Noblec and David Owensc
aCentre for Suicide Prevention, Williamson Building, University of [...]

Occupational Therapists take the Initiative with CRHT in Manchester

  Psychosocial interventions during crisis resolution, Lindsay Rigby, Richard Pattison, Carmel Pilkington, Fiona Winstanley. Mental Health Today, Mar 2008. pg. 29, 3 pgs
Abstract

The literature also highlights the problem of ‘ring fencing’ time for psychological interventions: all too often, professionals with this expertise are drawn into dealing with the crises and emergencies that so often occur [...]

Self-injurious behaviors, diagnoses, and treatment methods: What mental health professionals are reporting

   Self-injurious behaviors, diagnoses, and treatment methods: What mental health professionals are reporting
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Oct2007, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p363-375
Abstract: Self-injurious behaviors are gaining increased attention in both the media and the professional literature. Despite increased interest, little is actually known about prevalence, diagnoses, and treatment considerations, specifically with outpatient mental health [...]

February 2008 - Special Section on Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

   Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2008 Feb Vol 76(1)
Introduction to the special section on suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury: A review of unique challenges and important directions for self-injury science.
By Prinstein, Mitchell J.
 
A comparison of linear versus non-linear models of aversive self-awareness, dissociation, and non-suicidal self-injury among young adults.
By Armey, Michael F.; Crowther, [...]

NLH - National Library for Health - NLH Search 2.0 is coming 6days to go ….

  NLH - National Library for Health  Resource Guide
Searching the National Library for HealthCurrently there are six elements (with a seventh in development) of the library that you can search:

Evidence based reviews - synthesising known evidence, these secondary sources e.g. the Cochrane Library should be used when you want a quality review of the best [...]

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Evaluating Current Evidence and Informing Future Research

  Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Evaluating Current Evidence and Informing Future Research, Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 75(6):1000-1005, December 2007.
Abstract:  Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a recently developed class-based program designed to prevent relapse or recurrence of major depression ( Z. V. Segal, J. M. G. Williams, & J. Teasdale, 2002). Although research in this [...]

CBT & Psychosocial Therapeutic Strategies Effective in Patients with Schizophrenia

   Adjunctive psychosocial therapies for the treatment of schizophrenia,  Schizophrenia Research Volume 100, Issues 1-3, March 2008, Pages 108-119
Abstract: Antipsychotic pharmacotherapy is the standard of care for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although pharmacotherapy effectively improves some symptoms, others can remain. Pharmacotherapy alone also tends to produce only limited improvement in social functioning and quality [...]

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Bipolar Disorder

    Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in bipolar disorder: Preliminary evaluation of immediate effects on between-episode functioning,  Journal of Affective Disorders , Volume 107, Issues 1-3, April 2008, Pages 275-279
Abstract: 
Background
Bipolar disorder is highly recurrent and rates of comorbidity are high. Studies have pointed to anxiety comorbidity as one factor associated with risk of suicide attempts [...]

Top 10 Most Read Article from Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy - CBT - Therapist Skills

  Therapist Skills: A Cognitive Model of their Acquisition and Refinement, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 34, Issue 01, Jan 2006, pp 57-78
Abstract: A new model of therapist skill development is presented. Grounded in information processing theory, it provides a comprehensive framework that accounts for a range of phenomena encountered by trainers and trainees – [...]

Top 10 Most Read Article from Cognitive Psychotherapy - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Asperger Syndrome

  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Asperger Syndrome, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 34, Issue 03, Jul 2006, pp 293-303
Abstract: People with Asperger syndrome (AS) appear to have higher than expected rates of co-morbid psychiatric disorder. The main co-morbid diagnoses are anxiety disorders and depression, but eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance abuse and [...]

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children: Results of a Pilot Study

  Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children: Results of a Pilot Study, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 22, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 15-28(14)
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and helpfulness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) for the treatment of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of nonreferred [...]

Dementia - Journal of Quality Research in Dementia

  Journal of Quality Research in Dementia, Issue 4, September 2007 , click on the link above for full-text:

Probing the mechanisms linking hypoxia with Alzheimer’s disease:
a key role for Ca2+ channels?

Chris Peers, John P Boyle, Jason L Scragg and Hugh A Pearson

Immunotherapy and Alzheimer’s disease

Rhian S Thomas, Emma J Kidd and J Eryl Liddell

Analysis [...]

Anger Management - Boiling Point: a campaign by the Mental Health Foundation

  Boiling Point: a campaign by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Action Week 2008 (23 - 29 March 200
We all get angry. Anger is one of the most basic human emotions. It is one of our most powerful and vital tools.
Anger is a physical and mental response to a threat or something [...]

Beating the Blues - Computerized cognitive–behaviour therapy for anxiety and depression: a practical solution to the shortage of trained therapists

  Computerized cognitive–behaviour therapy for anxiety and depression: a practical solution to the shortage of trained therapists, Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Volume 11, Number 5, October 2004 , pp. 508-513(6)
Abstract: Computerized cognitive–behaviour therapy (CCBT) programmes have been developed to help meet the enormous need for evidence-based psychological treatment of common mental health problems [...]

The 10 Most Frequently Read Journal Articles from Evidence Based Mental Health Journal

   These articles have received the most “hits” in Evidence-Based Mental Health during February 2008
There will be some full-text and some abstracts, just click on the links to find, if you only locate an abstract please email susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk to request the full-text.

1. 
Julie Glanville, Carol Lefebvre

Identifying systematic reviews: key resources

Evid. Based Ment. Health 2000; 3: 68-69.
(In [...]

March 2008 - Learning Disability Evidence Bulletin March 2008

  Learning Disability Evidence Bulletin March 2008 from the NLH Specialist Library, Learning Disability
The LDSL brings together and makes available best current evidence to support decision makers in supporting people with learning disabilities.  
Key articles which add important new knowledge to the field are presented here with links to extended summaries on the LDSL site.

If you [...]

Alzheimer’s - Videos from the Alzheimer’s Society

   Videos from the Alzheimer’s Society, March 2008, Alzheimer’s Society
Here you can find videos made by the Alzheimer’s Society and its supporters.
Videos include:

About My Grandparents

Malcolm and Barbara

Kal Ki Baat

My Voice

Dementia - Living with Dementia Magazine March 2008

  Living with Dementia Magazine March 2008, from the Magazine of the Alzheimer’s Society
Living with Dementia Magazine
March 2008

Life goes on
Partners in care
One day at a time
The helmet heading for success?

Step by Step guide to Critiquing Research - Quantitative and Qualitative

step-by-step-guide-to-criti-research-part-1-quantitative-reseawrch.pdf     Full-text
British Journal of Nursing, 2007, Vol.16 (11) Abstract: When caring for patients it is essential that nurses are using the current best practice. To determine what this is, nurses must be able to read research critically. But for many qualified and student nurses the terminology used in research can be difficult to understand thus [...]

CBT & OCD - Clinical predictors of response to cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

   Clinical predictors of response to cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder, Clinical Psychology Review  Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 118-130
Abstract: This paper reviews predictors of treatment response in open and controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). We focus on demographic characteristics, aspects of OCD symptoms, comorbidity, family factors, cognitive [...]

Clinical Psychology Review - Latest Articles April 2008

  Clinical Psychology Review, Vol.28 (4) April 2008
Fathers’ role in the etiology, prevention and treatment of child anxiety: A review and new model
Pages 539-558
Susan Bögels and Vicky Phares
Abstract

Anger expression in children and adolescents: A review of the empirical literature
Pages 559-577
Matthew A. Kerr and Barry H. Schneider
Abstract

Screening psychiatric patients for illicit drug use disorders and problems
Pages [...]