Mindfulness – MBSR for survivors of breast cancer – RCT

Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for survivors of breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology, Early View 2009
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Considerable morbidity persists among survivors of breast cancer (BC) including high levels of psychological stress, anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, and physical symptoms including pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, and impaired quality of life. Effective interventions are needed during [...]

Dementia – The Prevention – Review

The prevention of dementia, Early View Article 2009, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Ruth Peters *

Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK

email: Ruth Peters (r.peters@imperial.ac.uk)

*Correspondence to Ruth Peters, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W120NN, UK.
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Dementia is prevalent in older adults and the population is ageing. Many factors have [...]

Posttraumatic stress disorder in older people after a fall

Posttraumatic stress disorder in older people after a fall, Early View 2009, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Man Cheung Chung 1 *, Kevin J. McKee 2, Chris Austin 3, Helen Barkby 4, Hayley Brown 4, Sophie Cash 4, Jenny Ellingford 4, Liz Hanger 4, Tara Pais 4

1Clinical Psychology Teaching Unit, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
2Sheffield Institute [...]

OCD – Clinical and treatment comparisons

Clinical and treatment comparisons between adults with early- and late-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder, Early view 2009 , Behaviour Research and Therapy

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It is often suggested that early onset of disorders leads to higher severity and greater treatment refractoriness. Previous research has investigated whether there are clinical and demographic differences between groups of individuals who have experienced onset [...]

PTSD – Network Orientation

Understanding the relationship between PTSD and social support: The role of negative network orientation, Early View Article 2009 , Behaviour Research and Therapy
Joshua D. Clapp  and J. Gayle Beck
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Network orientation is conceptualized as an individual’s attitudes and expectations regarding the usefulness of support networks in coping with stress. The present research examined the potential for [...]

Memory in people with mild to moderate Alzhiemer’s

Coping with challenges to memory in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: Observation of behaviour in response to analogues of everyday situations, Aging and Mental Health, Volume 13, Issue 1 January 2009 , pages 46 – 53
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To describe ways of coping in people with mild to moderate AD when faced with situations that [...]

Clinical Review BMJ – Alzheimer’s disease

Clinical Review – Alzheimer’s disease, BMJ 2009;338:b158

Alistair Burns, professor of old age psychiatry, honorary consultant psychiatrist1,2, Steve Iliffe, professor of primary care for older people3
1 University of Manchester Psychiatry Research Group, Manchester M13 9PL , 2 Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester, 3 Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University [...]

Clinical Review BMJ – Dementia

Clinical Review- Dementia   BMJ 2009; 338: b75

Alistair Burns, professor of old age psychiatry, honorary consultant psychiatrist1,2, Steve Iliffe, professor of primary care for older people3
1 University of Manchester Psychiatry Research Group, Manchester M13 9PL , 2 Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester, 3 Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University [...]

NEW Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Bipolar

Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Bipolar February 2009
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New updated clinical knowledge summary

Clinical Experiences with Older Adults Through Use of Group Reminiscence Therapy

Promoting Positive Student Clinical Experiences with Older Adults Through Use of Group Reminiscence Therapy, Journal of Gerontological Nursing. Thorofare: Dec 2008. Vol. 34, Iss. 12; pg. 46, 6 pgs
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Interest in psychiatric nursing as a practice area is associated with positive undergraduate clinical experiences that include staff acceptance, diverse learning opportunities, direct involvement with patients, and [...]

Patient Safety in Mental Health – NLH Evidence

Seven steps to patient safety in mental health November 2008 , National Patient SafetyAgency
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This best practice guidance outlines seven key areas that mental health organisations and teams can work on to protect the safety of their patients.

Mental Capacity Act

Mental Capacity Act (Deprivation of Liberty: Monitoring and Reporting; and Assessments – Amendment) Regulations 2009 – response to the consultation, Jan 2009, Department of Health
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This document is the post-consultation report for the consultation paper, ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Standards: consultation on the Mental Capacity (Capacity [...]

NLH – 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Chest Pain

2009 Annual Evidence Update on Chest Pain, 23rd February 2009, NLH
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An update of evidence and related information on chest pain since the last evidence update in February 2007.
Chest pain is a common reason to seek healthcare, often as an emergency.  But not all chest pain is [...]

Highly Accessed Article – PTSD – Twice as many women as men develop PTSD

Risk factors predict post-traumatic stress disorder differently in men and women  Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7:24
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About twice as many women as men develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even though men as a group are exposed to more traumatic events. Exposure to different trauma types does not [...]

Cochrane Review – Olanzapine in long-term treatment for bipolar disorder

Olanzapine in long-term treatment for bipolar disorder, Cipriani A, Rendell JM, Geddes J. Olanzapine in long-term treatment for bipolar disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004367.
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Background
Many patients with bipolar disorder require long-term treatment to prevent recurrence. Antipsychotic drugs are often used to treat [...]

Prescribing by Mental Health Nurses: The UK Perspective

Prescribing by Mental Health Nurses: The UK Perspective,     Perspectives in Psychiatric Care Jan 2009.  Vol. 45, Iss. 1;  pg. 24, 12 pgs
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PURPOSE. This article aims to discuss the growth of mental health nurse (MHN) prescribing in the United Kingdom as an exemplar for readers to compare progress in their own countries and context. This study [...]

Personality Disorders – Community-based psychodynamic treatment program

Community-Based Psychodynamic Treatment Program for Severe Personality Disorders: Clinical Description and Naturalistic Evaluation, Journal of Psychiatric Practice:Volume 15 Issue 1    January 2009   pp 12-24
Marco Chiesa, MD, FRCPsych; Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA; John Gordon

*The Cassel Hospital, Richmond, and University College London
†University College London and The Anna Freud Centre, London
‡The Cassel Hospital and Imperial College Medical School
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Highly Accessed Article – Apathy and First Episode Psychosis

Apathy is associated with executive functioning in first episode psychosis,    BMC Psychiatry 2009, 9:1
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The underlying nature of negative symptoms in psychosis is poorly understood. Investigation of the relationship between the different negative subsymptoms and neurocognition is one approach to understand more of the underlying nature. [...]

The association between psychiatric diagnosis and violent re-offending in adult offenders in the community

The association between psychiatric diagnosis and violent re-offending in adult offenders in the community   BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:92
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High rates of repeat offending are common across nations that are socially and culturally different. Although psychiatric disorders are believed to be risk factors for violent [...]

CAMHs – The legal aspects of the care and treatment of children and young people with mental disorder

The legal aspects of the care and treatment of children and young people with mental disorder,  A guide for professionals  NIMHE January 2009
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This Guide is for mental health professionals working with children, young people and families in children and adolescent services (CAMHS) and adult mental [...]

Dementia & Music promote wellbeing

Music and the wellbeing of people with dementia, Ageing and Society. Cambridge: Jan 2007. Vol. 27 Part 1. pg. 127, 19 pgs
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While therapeutic interventions involving music have been shown to have benefits for people with dementia, little research has examined the role of music and music-related activities in their everyday lives. This paper presents [...]

Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorders: A RCT

Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized, controlled trial, Early View 2009, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Background: Children with autism spectrum disorders often present with comorbid anxiety disorders that cause significant functional impairment. This study tested a modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for children with this profile. A [...]

Community Based – Person-centred dementia services are feasible

Person-centred dementia services are feasible, but can they be sustained?  Age and Ageing. Oxford: Mar 2007. Vol. 36, Iss. 2; pg. 171, 6 pgs
Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The service comprised an assessment team of an occupational therapist, a community psychiatric nurse and a community care officer
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We evaluated a specialist community-based dementia service [...]

Management of Aggression – Physical Intervention staff and patient views

Physical intervention: a review of the literature on its use, staff and patient views, and the impact of training,  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 16 Issue 1 , January 2009  Pages 99 - 105
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As a principal control measure, physical intervention is intended to be a skilled manual, or hands-on, method of physical restraint implemented by [...]

Psychotherapy – The future

The future of psychotherapy for mentally ill children and adolescents, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jan/Feb 2009, Volume 50 Issue 1-2, Pages 170 - 179
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Objective: Given striking advances in translational developmental neuroscience and its convergence with developmental psychopathology and developmental epidemiology, it is now clear that mental illnesses are best thought of as neurodevelopmental disorders. This simple fact has [...]

CAMHs – Anxiety disorders – Child

Anxiety disorders, Jan/Feb 2009, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 50 Issue 1-2, Pages 153 - 162
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Because of their high prevalence and their negative long-term consequences, child anxiety disorders have become an important focus of interest. Whether pathological anxiety and normal fear are similar processes continues to be controversial. Comparative studies of child anxiety disorders are scarce, but [...]

Borderline and antisocial personality disorders: summary of NICE guidance

Borderline and antisocial personality disorders: summary of NICE guidance, BMJ, January 2oo9
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Personality disorders are common, with an estimated prevalence in the community of 4.4%.1 They can significantly impair personal and social functioning, with considerable cost to health services, society, the criminal justice system, and the individual. Of the 10 classified types of personality disorder, borderline [...]

Pediatric depression: is there evidence to improve evidence-based treatments?

Pediatric depression: is there evidence to improve evidence-based treatments?,  Jan/Feb 2009, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 50 Issue 1-2, Pages 143 - 152
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Although there have been advances in our ability to treat child and adolescent depression, use of evidence-based treatments still results in many patients with residual symptoms. Advances in our understanding of cognitive, emotional, and ecological [...]

ADHD – Developing ADHD

Developing ADHD,  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jan/Feb 2009, Volume 50 Issue 1-2, Pages 126 - 132
Eric Taylor – King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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Over the past 50 years the concept of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has developed from the notion of a specific form of brain dysfunction to that of a heterogeneous set of related behaviours. [...]

CAMHs – Autism and autism spectrum disorders: diagnostic issues for the coming decade

Autism and autism spectrum disorders: diagnostic issues for the coming decade, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 50 Issue 1-2, Pages 108 - 115
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A decade and a half have elapsed since DSM-IV and ICD-10 appeared. During this time the convergent definitions of autism and related disorders in these two diagnostic systems have stimulated tremendous research. In this brief [...]