MySpace as a tool for mental health professionals

MySpace as a tool for mental health professionals ,  Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 13 Issue 2 Page 97-98, May 2008
Abstract: Mental health professionals are faced with the challenge of adapting their counseling practices to meet the needs of the adolescent clients with whom they work. Using online social networking sites, such as [...]

The internet-based My Body, My Life: Body Image Program for adolescent girls improves body image and disordered eating

The internet-based My Body, My Life: Body Image Program for adolescent girls improves body image and disordered eating, Evidence Based Mental Health, 2008 Volume 11
Question:
Can an internet-based group intervention improve body image and eating problems in adolescent girls?
Patients:
73 adolescent girls aged 12–18 years (mean age 14.4 years) who self-identified as having body image or [...]

Cognitive remediation therapy produces moderate improvements in working memory in people with schizophrenia

Cognitive remediation therapy produces moderate improvements in working memory in people with schizophrenia,  Sartory, G. 2008 Evidence Based Mental Health, 11 (1) 18
Question:
Is cognitive remediation therapy(CRT) effective for the cognitive problems experienced by people with schizophrenia?
Patients:
85 adults aged 17 years with DSM-IV schizophrenia and evidence of social and cognitive dysfunction (poor scores on the Social [...]

Memory complaints in healthy young and elderly adults: Reliability of memory reporting

Memory complaints in healthy young and elderly adults: Reliability of memory reporting, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 12, Issue 2 March 2008 , pages 177 - 182
Abstract:  The relationship between memory complaints and objective memory performance remains poorly understood, particularly in young and middle aged people. We studied the relationship between reports of memory complaints and [...]

Neurobiology of Aggression and Violence

Neurobiology of Aggression and Violence  American  Journal of Psychiatry, Apr 2008; 165: 429 - 442
Abstract:   Acts of violence account for an estimated 1.43 million deaths worldwide annually. While violence can occur in many contexts, individual acts of aggression account for the majority of instances. In some individuals, repetitive acts of aggression are grounded in an underlying neurobiological [...]

Barriers to Care for Antenatal Depression

Barriers to Care for Antenatal Depression Psychiatric Services, Apr 2008; 59 : 429 - 432.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the individual-level factors impacting pregnant women’s access to mental health treatment for depression. METHODS: A total of 1,416 pregnant women receiving prenatal care completed measures of depressive symptomatology, willingness to seek treatment for depression or anxiety, [...]

Suicides - Rates and Risk Factors by Ethnic Group for Suicides Within a Year of Contact With Mental Health Services in England and Wales

Rates and Risk Factors by Ethnic Group for Suicides Within a Year of Contact With Mental Health Services in England and Wales, Psychiatric  Services, Apr 2008 59  414 - 420.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study compared suicide rates, clinical symptoms, and perceived preventability of suicide among persons in four ethnic groups who completed suicide within 12 months of [...]

The use of telepsychiatry within forensic practice: A literature review on the use of videolink

The use of telepsychiatry within forensic practice: A literature review on the use of videolink  Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 19 Issue 1 March 2008 , pages 2 - 13

Abstract
While telepsychiatry - the use of telecommunication technologies to deliver mental health services from a distance - ought to have particular applicability to forensic work, little is [...]

A pilot personality disorder outreach service: development, findings and lessons learnt.

A pilot personality disorder outreach service: development, findings and lessons learnt.  Lee, T. et al.  2008 Psychiatric Bulletin  32 (4)  127-30
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Abstract:
AIMS AND METHOD
We describe the development of a pilot personality disorder outreach service. A case series of 13 patients was studied. Data were collected [...]

Dementia - Always a last resort: Inquiry into the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia living in care homes

  Always a last resort: Inquiry into the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia living in care homes, Alzheimer’s Society , 28th April 2008
Abstract:
An influential group of MPs is calling on the Government to stop the dangerous over-prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia.
Up to 105,000 people with dementia are given [...]

Dementia Care - 4 Part special from British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

   Care for the person with dementia, 1: The meaning of symptoms and memory loss  Kirsty Beart , British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, Vol. 3, Iss. 12, 14 Dec 2007, pp 568 - 574
Abstract: The aim of this series of articles is to provide a resource for helping individuals live with dementia. The traditional view [...]