Combining Mindfulness Meditation with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Insomnia: A Treatment-Development Study

Combining Mindfulness Meditation with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Insomnia: A Treatment-Development Study, Behavior Therapy, Volume 39, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 171-182
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This treatment-development study is a Stage I evaluation of an intervention that combines mindfulness meditation with cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). Thirty adults who met research diagnostic criteria for Psychophysiological Insomnia (Edinger et al., 2004) participated in [...]

Are antidepressants safe in the treatment of bipolar depression? A critical evaluation of their potential risk to induce switch into mania or cycle acceleration

Are antidepressants safe in the treatment of bipolar depression? A critical evaluation of their potential risk to induce switch into mania or cycle acceleration, Early view, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Published Online: 26 Aug 2008
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To address whether switch of depression into hypomania or mania or cycle acceleration in patients with bipolar disorder is caused by antidepressants or [...]

The use of pharmacological treatments for people with personality disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

The use of pharmacological treatments for people with personality disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials, Personality and Mental Health, Volume 2, Issue 3, Date: July 2008, Pages: 119-170

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This is a companion paper to our earlier review of psychological treatments for people with personality disorder that examined the evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Here, we report on [...]

Garden Therapy for the Senses – Turning gardens into multisensory experiences

Turning gardens into multisensory experiences , Julie Swann Nursing & Residential Care, Vol. 8, Iss. 4, 15 Mar 2006, pp 171 – 174
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Julie Swann looks beyond the provision of a basic garden in care homes and encourages the design of a safe outdoor environment that stimulates all senses.  Most people enjoy gardens either actively
or [...]

Art Therapy – Invest to Save: Arts in Health Evaluation, Exploring the impact of creativity, culture and the arts, on health and well being

  Invest to Save: Arts in Health Evaluation, Exploring the impact of creativity, culture and the arts, on health and well being, MIRIAD, Arts for Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007
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Report: Towards Transformation “The arts transformed my life. It did, it transformed my life, but it didn’t come without a lot of hard work on [...]

Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2008 (full report)

Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2008 (full report), NHS the Information Centre, 22nd August 2008
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This annual statistical report presents information on drug misuse among both adults and children. It includes a focus on young adults. The topics covered include:

prevalence of drug misuse, including the types of drugs used
trends [...]

NHS Choices Behind the Headlines story on Mental health after abortion

NHS Choices Behind the Headlines story on Mental health after abortion, 22nd August 2008, Department of Health
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“Abortion does not harm mental health” is the headline in The Times, following a recent US report of psychiatric problems that occur after abortions. The newspaper suggests that the report’s findings will hinder [...]

Hormone patch for schizophrenia

07 August 2008 – Hormone patch for schizophrenia, 22nd August 2008 , Department of Health
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“A hormone patch may protect women with schizophrenia or other severe mental illnesses from psychotic feelings”, BBC News reported. It said that scientists had found that giving women oestrogen made them less likely to [...]

Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines , British Association for Psychopharmacology, 27th August 2008, Care Guideline
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A revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology evidence based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants was undertaken to incorporate new [...]

Early Intervention Service – Factors influencing relapse during a 2-year follow-up of first-episode psychosis in a specialized early intervention service

Factors influencing relapse during a 2-year follow-up of first-episode psychosis in a specialized early intervention service , Psychological Medicine, First view article 2008
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Differential association of risk factors associated with relapse following treatment of first-episode psychosis (FEP) have not been studied adequately, especially for patients treated in specialized early intervention (SEI) services, where some of the [...]

Schizophrenia – What makes one person paranoid and another person anxious? The differential prediction of social anxiety and persecutory ideation in an experimental situation

What makes one person paranoid and another person anxious? The differential prediction of social anxiety and persecutory ideation in an experimental situation  Psychological Medicine,  Volume 38, Issue 08, August 2008, pp 1121-1132
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In recent years a close association between anxiety and persecutory ideation has been established, contrary to the [...]

Learning Difficulties – Services for Young People and Adolescents

Services for young people and adolescents: supplementary report to the national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England
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The Healthcare Commission has published a report that gives supplementary details on the findings of the national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for [...]

New Patient Information for Manic Depression and Bipolar

    New helpful Patient Information Leaflet from MDF The BiPolar Organisation  who work to enable people affected by bipolar disorder / manic depression to take control of their lives. Their aim is to fulfil this mission by:

Supporting and developing self-help opportunities for people affected by manic depression;
Expanding and developing the information services about manic depression;
Influencing [...]

Activity & Dementia – Activities enjoyed by patients with dementia together with their spouses and psychological morbidity in carers

Activities enjoyed by patients with dementia together with their spouses and psychological morbidity in carers, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 12, Issue 2 March 2008 , pages 276 – 282
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Caring for a spouse with dementia is stressful and respite care is sometimes used to reduce this burden. Spouses may find some aspects of caring [...]

Forensic & Living Skills – Assessing living skills in forensic mental health care with the behavioural status index: A European network study

Assessing living skills in forensic mental health care with the behavioural status index: A European network study , Psychotherapy Research, Volume 18 Issue 3 May 2008 , pages 334 – 344
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Assessment of living skills and violence risk in forensic psychiatric patients is a priority for clinicians. Suitably fine-grained instruments are rare. The goal of this [...]

Mental Health Nurses – The lived experience and meaning of stress in acute mental health nurses

The lived experience and meaning of stress in acute mental health nurses , Thomas Joseph Currid
British Journal of Nursing, Vol. 17, Iss. 14, 24 Jul 2008, pp 880 – 884
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While studies into stress in mental health nursing are small, studies specifically looking at acute mental health nurses are even fewer. Acute mental health [...]

Anger & CBT – The Development of CBT Programmes for Anger: The Role of Interventions to Promote Perspective-Taking Skills

The Development of CBT Programmes for Anger: The Role of Interventions to Promote Perspective-Taking Skills, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 2008, 36: 299-312
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Although the emotion of anger has, in recent years, been the subject of increasing theoretical analysis, there are relatively few accounts of how interventions designed to reduce problematic anger might be related to cognitively [...]

Eating Disorders – Service users’ feedback on cognitive training in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: A qualitative study

Service users’ feedback on cognitive training in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: A qualitative study, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Volume 41 Issue 6, Pages 542 - 550
Abstract:  There is little evidence to guide the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) may be helpful in reducing perfectionism and rigidity and preparing patients for involvement in later [...]

Violence education in nursing: critical reflection on victims’ stories

Violence education in nursing: critical reflection on victims’ stories, Journal of Forensic Nursing, Volume 4 Issue 1, Pages 12 - 18
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Violence against women is a major public health concern. This paper describes an educational strategy to increase nursing students’ understanding of the experience of violence and to foster recognition and intervention with victims of violence. Students in an elective [...]

Relaxation training for anxiety: a ten-years systematic review with meta-analysis

Relaxation training for anxiety: a ten-years systematic review with meta-analysis, BMC Psychiatry June 2008, 8:41 Highly Accessed Article
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Background: Relaxation training is a common treatment for anxiety problems. Lacking is a recent
quantitative meta-analysis that enhances understanding of the variability and clinical significance of
anxiety reduction outcomes after relaxation treatment.
Conclusion: [...]

Bulimia Nervosa and Substance Use Disorder: Similarities and Differences

Bulimia Nervosa and Substance Use Disorder: Similarities and Differences, Eating Disorders, Volume 16, Issue 3 May 2008 , pages 224 – 240
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The purpose of this study was to compare bulimia nervosa (BN) and substance use disorders (SUD) in cognitive-motivational terms. The cognitive orientation theory was used as a framework for testing the hypothesis that the [...]

Prisons & Older People – Doing time: the experiences and needs of older people in prison

Doing time: the experiences and needs of older people in prison, 10th July 2008, Prison Reform Trust, UK
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This briefing aims to give older people in prison a voice. The Prison Reform Trust believe that to develop more effective ways of working with older prisoners, an important first step is to hear [...]

LGB – A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people

A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people, BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:70 18 August 2008

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Abstract: Background: Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people may be at higher risk of mental disorders than heterosexual people.
Method: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of [...]

Self Injury & Guideline – Development of mental health first aid guidelines for deliberate non-suicidal self-injury: A Delphi study

Development of mental health first aid guidelines for deliberate non-suicidal self-injury: A Delphi study,      Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm, Betty A Kitchener, Robyn L LanglandsBMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:62 23 July 2008
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Abstract:   Background: It is estimated that around 4% of the population engages, or has engaged, in deliberate non-suicidal self-injury. [...]

Mindfulness with Children and Adolescents: Effective Clinical Application

Mindfulness with Children and Adolescents: Effective Clinical Application ,  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2008 13: 395-407
Abstract:    Mindfulness interventions within adult populations are becoming increasingly popular. Research suggests that mindfulness can deliver lasting improvements in self-awareness and emotional stability to adults with severe and chronic conditions. As yet, research within child and adolescent populations is [...]

Hawton & Suicide – Help is at hand for people bereaved by suicide and other traumatic death

Help is at hand for people bereaved by suicide and other traumatic death, Psychiatric Bulletin 2008 32: 309-311
Keith Hawton, Professor of Psychiatry and Director Centre for Suicide Research, Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX, email: keith.hawton@psych.ox.ac.uk
Sue Simkin, Researcher and Coordinator Centre for Suicide Research, Oxford University
Sian Rees, Senior [...]

NICE Guidance – Interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable young people

Interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable young people, NICE, August 2008
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The NICE guidance on community-based interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people calls for anyone who works with young people to identify those who are vulnerable to drug problems and intervene [...]

Designing a CBT service for an acute inpatient setting: A pilot evaluation study

Designing a CBT service for an acute inpatient setting: A pilot evaluation study, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Volume 14, Issue 2,  March/April 2007, Pg: 117-125
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A frequent complaint by service-users of psychiatric inpatient units is the unavailability of talking therapy at precisely the time when they need to make sense of their situation. However, conventional models of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) [...]

Suicide Resource & Keith Hawton – Help is at hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death

Help is at hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death, Department of Health, Revised 2007
This guide was developed by Professor Keith Hawton and Sue Simkin at the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford,† in collaboration with an advisory group established by the Department of Health. It drew on [...]

Mindfulness-based stress reduction training for oncology patients: Patients’ appraisal and changes in well-being

Mindfulness-based stress reduction training for oncology patients: Patients’ appraisal and changes in well-being, Patient Education and Counseling, Volume 72, Issue 3 September 2008, Pages 436-442
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This study explores satisfaction and changes in well-being in cancer patients following mindfulness-based stress reduction training.
Method
Data were collected in 47 cancer patients before and after the training, and also [...]