CBT & Self-Harm – Cognitive-behavioural intervention for self-harm: randomised controlled trial

Cognitive-behavioural intervention for self-harm: randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry. 192(3):202-211, March 2008.
Abstract:Background: Self-harm by young people is occurring with increasing frequency. Conventional in-patient and out-patient treatment has yet to be proved efficacious.Aims: To investigate the efficacy of a short cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention with 90 adolescents and adults who had recently engaged in self-harm.
Method: [...]

Psychosis – The Key to Reducing Duration of Untreated First Psychosis: Information Campaigns

The Key to Reducing Duration of Untreated First Psychosis: Information Campaigns, Schizophrenia Bulletin 2008 34(3):466-472
Abstract:The TIPS early intervention program reduced the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in first-episode schizophrenia from 16 to 5 weeks in a health care sector using a combination of easy access detection teams (DTs) and a massive information campaign (IC) about [...]

Single Session Therapy Part 1 & 2 – The effectiveness of single session therapy in child and adolescent mental health. Part 2: An 18-month follow-up study

The effectiveness of one session of therapy using a single-session therapy approach for children and adolescents with mental health problems, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 79, Number 2, June 2006 , pp. 215-227(13)
Abstract: This study applied a solution-focused single session therapy (SST) approach to all clients presenting to an urban child and adolescent [...]

The impact of stigma on somatic treatment and care for people with comorbid mental and somatic disorders.

The impact of stigma on somatic treatment and care for people with comorbid mental and somatic disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 21(4):403-411, July 2008.

Abstract: Purpose of review: The problems associated with high rates of medical comorbidities among people with mental disorders have multidimensional consequences, including the challenge of their management. The stigma on the treatment [...]

High-dose and combination antipsychotic prescribing in acute adult wards in the UK: the challenges posed by p.r.n. prescribing

High-dose and combination antipsychotic prescribing in acute adult wards in the UK: the challenges posed by p.r.n. prescribing, The British Journal of Psychiatry, June 2008; 192: 435 – 439
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Clinical guidelines recommend the routine use of a single antipsychotic drug in a standard dose, but prescriptions for high-dose and combined antipsychotics are common in clinical [...]

Forensic – A Delphi survey of the views of adult male patients with personality disorders on psychoeducation and social problem-solving therap

A Delphi survey of the views of adult male patients with personality disorders on psychoeducation and social problem-solving therapy , Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, Vol. 17 Issue 5, Pages 293 - 299
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Background  Psychoeducation and social problem-solving therapy are treatment components that work well in tandem for offenders with personality disorders, hence it is worthwhile to maintain and improve their [...]

Forensic – Evaluation of an integrated weight management and fitness programme in a high-security psychiatric setting

Evaluation of an integrated weight management and fitness programme in a high-security psychiatric setting , Psychiatric Bulletin, Mar 2008; 32: 95 – 98.
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To evaluate a new integrated weight management and fitness service for long-stay psychiatric patients who were obese or overweight with physical health risks. Body size and fitness were measured before and after each [...]

Forensic & Rampton – Peaks and troughs – an exploration of patient perspectives of dangerous and severe personality disorder assessment (Peaks Unit, Rampton Hospital)

Peaks and troughs – an exploration of patient perspectives of dangerous and severe personality disorder assessment (Peaks Unit, Rampton Hospital) , Personality and Mental Health, 2008, 2 (1) page 7-16
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Abstract: Rationale  Although accessing user-perspectives is a key National Health Service initiative, the literature reporting user’s views of forensic services, particularly [...]

Forensic – Secure settings and the scope for recovery

Secure settings and the scope for recover: Service users’ perspectives on a new tier of care, British Journal of Forensic Practice, 2008, 9 (4) 5-11
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This research attempts to explore in-patient perspectives on the long-stay, medium-secure hospital wards in which they are based. Semi-structured interviews focused on the care provided by the hospital in comparison with [...]

Forensic – Factors associated with quality of life in a cohort of forensic psychiatric in-patients

Factors associated with quality of life in a cohort of forensic psychiatric in-patients, The British Journal of Forensic Practice, 2008, 10(1) page 4 -11
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Self-reported quality of life (QOL) was examined in a cohort of detained psychiatric in-patients. Two patient groups, categorised as high and low on the Lehman [...]

Jail incarceration, homelessness and mental health: A national study

Jail Incarceration, Homelessness, and Mental Health: A National Study,
Psychiatric Services 59:170-177, February 2008
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OBJECTIVE: This study sought to investigate the rates and correlates of homelessness, especially mental illness, among adult jail inmates. METHODS: Data from a national survey of jail inmates (N=6,953) were used to compare the proportion of jail inmates who had been homeless in [...]

Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act

Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act , BMJ, February 2008, 336:322-325 
Abstract: Clinicians are often confronted with decisions about mental capacity. Healthcare workers in England and Wales should therefore be aware of the recent changes to how capacity is assessed and the way that adults lacking capacity are dealt with since the implementation in 2007 of [...]