Treated depression in adolescents: predictors of outcome at 28 weeks

Treated depression in adolescents: predictors of outcome at 28 weeks, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 194: 334-341 Paul Wilkinson, MRCPsych, MD , Developmental Psychiatry Section, University of Cambridge Bernadka Dubicka, MRCPsych, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Manchester, and the Junction Adolescent Unit, Scotforth, Lancaster Abstract: There is great heterogeneity of clinical presentation and [...]

CASC – A review and critical evaluation

Will the CASC stand the test? A review and critical evaluation of the new MRCPsych clinical examination, Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 145-148 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to review and critically evaluate the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) examination, introduced in June 2008. The history of clinical membership examinations and rationale [...]

Client-centred therapy for severe childhood abuse: A case study

Client-centred therapy for severe childhood abuse: A case study, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 9, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 3 – 10 Abstract: Aims: This case study demonstrates the experience of client change in non-directive client-centred therapy for a client (‘Mac’) who had experienced severe and repeated childhood abuse within an institutional care setting [...]

Goodbye OSCE, hello CASC: a mock CASC course and examination

Goodbye OSCE, hello CASC: a mock CASC course and examination, Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 149-153 Abstract: The Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) is the latest change to the MRCPsych examination. The CASC is a complex version of an Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format, with paired stations, and is now the only clinical [...]

Group psychotherapy can prove a practical and cost-effective answer

The Communication Group: bringing group psychotherapy back to acute in-patient psychiatry, Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 138-141 Abstract: People who are admitted to acute psychiatric wards need psychological as well as pharmacological treatments, but psychological care is not always available in the acute setting. Group psychotherapy can prove a practical and cost-effective answer to this unmet [...]

NICE guidance – A manualised in-patient programme for anorexia

A manualised in-patient programme for young people with anorexia based on NICE guidance, Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 135-137 Elizabeth Rous, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Stockport CAMHS Pennine Care Trust, Tree House Children’s Centre, Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE  Sandeep Ranote, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Wigan CAMHS (Eating disorders Lead), 5 [...]

Frontotemporal dementia presenting as schizophrenia-like psychosis in young people

Frontotemporal dementia presenting as schizophrenia-like psychosis in young people: clinicopathological series and review of cases , The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 194: 298-305 Abstract: Few studies have investigated the relationship between schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia. Aims To investigate this relationship through a clinicopathological investigation of young-onset frontotemporal dementia and a review of the case [...]

The functions of self-injury in young adults who cut themselves

The functions of self-injury in young adults who cut themselves: Clarifying the evidence for affect-regulation , Psychiatry Research, Volume 166, Issues 2-3, 30 April 2009, Pages 260-268 Abstract: The functions of non-suicidal self-injury were examined in 39 young adults with a history of skin-cutting and other self-injurious behaviors including banging, burning, and severe scratching. Consequences, [...]

Obese patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: A 12-month follow up

Effects of a 10-week weight control program on obese patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: A 12-month follow up, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Volume 63 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 22, Feb 2009 Abstract: Weight gain secondary to antipsychotic medication is associated with many serious conditions, including type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease, and also with [...]

Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – standard forms

Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – standard forms, Department of Health, 27 February 2009 Click on the title for full-text access Abstract Draft Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards standard forms were made available in October last year to facilitate best practice, training and preparation in advance of 1 April 2009, when the Deprivation [...]

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Therapeutic Community Treatment: A Stage 1 Trial

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Therapeutic Community Treatment: A Stage 1 Trial , The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Vol. 35, Issue 2 March 2009 , pages 103 – 108 Abstract: Objective: This trial compared Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, adapted for therapeutic community treatment (MBTC), with treatment as usual (TAU) for reducing stress and increasing retention [...]

Psychologist Impairment: What Is It, How Can It Be Prevented?

Psychologist Impairment: What Is It, How Can It Be Prevented, and What Can Be Done to Address It?  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Volume 16 Issue 1, Pages 1 - 15, March 2009 Abstract: Research indicates that psychologists self-report a variety of problems related to their personal and professional functioning, such as depression, substance abuse, and burnout. These difficulties [...]

Improving outpatient care of depression by implementing practice guidelines: a controlled clinical trial

Improving outpatient care of depression by implementing practice guidelines: a controlled clinical trial, International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2009 21, 1:29-36 Abstract: Depressive disorders are of great medical and political significance. Although evidence-based guidelines have been published and educational initiatives have been launched to implement them, they are rarely actually used. The aim [...]

Current empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy

Current empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Volume 22(1), January 2009, p 55–60 Abstract: Purpose of review: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is one of the several psychotherapies that have been described as ‘third wave’ cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs). The present editorial review examines the current status of ACT with a focus [...]

CBT for patients with SAD and Substance use disorders – Pilot study

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients with Co-Existing Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorders: A Pilot Study, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Online early view, 2009 Abstract: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) frequently co-occurs with substance use disorders (SUDs). Although the efficacy of separate cognitive behavioral treatments for each disorder has been widely documented, there is [...]

ADHD & Offending – An association

A qualitative study exploring the life-course experiences of young offenders with symptoms and signs of ADHD who were detained in a residential care setting,  Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 19 Issue 1, Pages 54 - 63,  26 Jan 2009 Abstract: An association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and offending is increasingly being recognised among youths in the criminal justice system, but [...]