Dementia – Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: RCT

Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: randomised controlled trial, BMJ, British Medical Journal, 2009;338:b2159 Angelo E Volandes, instructor1, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, associate professor2, Michael J Barry, professor1, Muriel R Gillick, professor3, Kenneth L Minaker, professor1, Yuchiao Chang, senior statistician1, E Francis Cook, professor4, Elmer D Abbo, assistant professor5, Areej El-Jawahri, research [...]

Evidence of the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia is increasing

Effectiveness of brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for schizophrenia delivered by mental health nurses: relapse and recovery at 24 months, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2009 Feb;70(2):201-7 Malik N Kingdon D ,  Pelton J , Mehta R , Turkington D. School of Neurology, Neurosciences and Psychiatry, Newcastle University, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Abstract: Evidence of [...]

Relating therapy for people who hear voices: A case series

Relating therapy for people who hear voices: A case series,  Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Volume 16 Issue 3,   Pages 216 - 227 Mark Hayward 1 2 *, Jo Overton 3 4, Theresa Dorey 2, Joanna Denney 3 5 1University of Surrey, UK 2Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3University of Southampton, UK 4Hampshire Partnership Trust 52gether Foundation Trust for Gloucestershire [...]

Kate Splevins & Dr Alistair Smith – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust – Do improvements in emotional distress correlate with becoming more mindful?

Do improvements in emotional distress correlate with becoming more mindful? A study of older adults, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 13, Issue 3 May 2009 , pages 328 – 335 Authors:           Kate Splevins a;  Alistair Smith b; Jane Simpson a Affiliations:   a Lancaster University, Institute of Health Research, Lancaster LA1 4YT, UK   b [...]

Self-Injury – The findings of this study could assist health care professionals in approaching and helping both self-mutilating adolescents and their parents

Helping adolescents who self-mutilate: parental descriptions, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2009, Volume 18 Issue 12, Pages 1711 - 1721 Marja-Liisa Rissanen, Jari Kylmä and Eila Laukkanen Authors: Marja-Liisa Rissanen, MNSc, PhD(c), RN, Nurse Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland; Jari Kylmä, PhD, RN, Adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland; Eila [...]

Psychotherapy approaches for adolescents with eating disorders

Psychotherapy approaches for adolescents with eating disorders, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, Online early view 2009 Varchol L, Cooper H aMental Health Service, MIT Medical, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA bDivision of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Adolescence is the most common period for the onset of [...]

Older people’s views of dignity and how it can be promoted in a hospital environment

Older people’s views of dignity and how it can be promoted in a hospital environment, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 18 Issue 12, Pages 1784 - 1792   Authors: Carole Webster, BSc, MSc, Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Gerontology, RN, Lead Nurse Practice Development, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey, UK; Karen Bryan, BSc(Hons), PhD, Cert MRCSLT, Professor of Clinical [...]

Brain Health – Exercise and cognition in older adults

Exercise and cognition in older adults: is there a role for resistance training programmes? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2009 Jan;43(1):25-7 Liu-Ambrose T, Donaldson MG. Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Abstract: In recent years, there has been a strong interest in physical [...]

Implications of evidence-based practice for mental health nursing

Implications of evidence-based practice for mental health nursing, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 18 Issue 3, Pages 179 - 185 Jacklin E. Fisher 1 and Brenda Happell 2   1 School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales and   2 Department of Health Innovation, and Institute for Health and Social Science Research, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, [...]

Music-assisted relaxation to improve sleep quality: meta-analysis

Music-assisted relaxation to improve sleep quality: meta-analysis, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Online early view, 2009 Gerrit de Niet 1 , Bea Tiemens 2 , Bert Lendemeijer 3 & Giel Hutschemaekers 4   1 Gerrit de Niet MSc RN Psychiatric Nurse and Researcher Gelderse Roos Mental Health Care, Institute for Professionalization, Wolfheze, The Netherlands   2 [...]

Art psychotherapy & borderline personality disorder – A case study

Art psychotherapy in a consumer diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: A case study, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 18 Issue 3, Pages 164 - 172 Scott Lamont, 1 Scott Brunero 2 and Dianne Sutton 3   1 Mental Health Service and   2 Department of Liaison Mental Health Nursing, Prince of Wales Hospital, and   3 University of [...]

Antipsychotics • Meta-analysis • Schizophrenia

Augmentation of clozapine with a second antipsychotic – a meta-analysis of randomized, placebo-controlled studies,  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 119 Issue 6, Pages 419 - 425 D. M. Taylor 1,2 , L. Smith 3   1 Pharmacy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust ,   2 Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, King’s College, London and   3 Medical Research Matters, [...]

DBT for Women with BPD – Study

A 5-Day Dialectical Behavior Therapy Partial Hospital Program for Women With Borderline Personality Disorder: Predictors of Outcome from a 3-Month Follow-up Study.Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 15(3):173-182, May 2009. Yen, Shirley PhD *; Johnson, Jennifer PhD *; Costello, Ellen PhD +; Simpson, Elizabeth B. MD Abstract: Objective: This study describes naturalistic 3-month follow-up after discharge from [...]

Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in GAD

Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in generalized anxiety disorder: preliminary evidence for independent and overlapping contributions, Behaviour Therapy, 2009 Jun;40(2):142-54 Roemer L, Lee JK, Salters-Pedneault K, Erisman SM, Orsillo SM, Mennin DS Abstract: Diminished levels of mindfulness (awareness and acceptance/nonjudgment) and difficulties in emotion regulation have both been proposed to play a role in symptoms [...]

Anorexia Nervosa and Pregnancy – Case Report and proposed treatment

Anorexia nervosa and pregnancy: Having a baby when you are dying to be thin - Case report and proposed treatment guidelines , International Journal of Eating Disorders, Volume 42 Issue 4, Pages 382 - 384 Carrie Mazer-Poline, DO, Victor Fornari, MD Abstract: Objective: Pregnant women with anorexia nervosa (AN) are at risk for multiple complications to both the woman and fetus. This report [...]

Training graduate PC mental health workers to work with people diagnosis of personality disorder

Training graduate primary care mental health workers to work with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder,   The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice,  Volume 4, Number 1 / March 2009 Catherine Woodward1, Alan Jones2, Tasim Martin3 1Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, University of East London 2Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, [...]

Schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy – BPD – RCT

A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol. 40, ( 2), June 2009, Pages 317-32 Joan M. Farrell, Ida A. Shaw and Michael A. Webber Abstract: This study tests the effectiveness of adding an eight-month, thirty-session schema-focused therapy (SFT) group to [...]

Randomized Controlled Pilot Study – CBT – SUD – PTSD – Women

Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in a Sample of Incarcerated Women With Substance Use Disorder and PTSD, Behavior Therapy, Online early view, 2009 Caron Zlotnick, Jennifer Johnson and Lisa M. Najavits Abstract: This randomized controlled pilot study compared a cognitive-behavioral therapy (Seeking Safety; SS) plus treatment-as-usual (TAU) to TAU-alone in 49 incarcerated women [...]

Beck Depression Inventory for depression screening in substance-abusing adolescents

Beck Depression Inventory for depression screening in substance-abusing adolescents, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Online early view, 2009  Geetha Subramaniam M.D.   Harrell M.A , Edward Huntley M.A. and Melinda Tracy M.S.W. Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA   Abstract: Co-occurring major depressive disorder [...]

How to handle anxiety – CBT & ACT – Emotion regulation

How to handle anxiety: The effects of reappraisal, acceptance, and suppression strategies on anxious arousal, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 389-394 Abstract: It has been suggested that reappraisal strategies are more effective than suppression strategies for regulating emotions. Recently, proponents of the acceptance-based behavior therapy movement have further emphasized [...]

National Social Inclusion Programme Website

National Social Inclusion Programme Website Click on the title above to access this website This site is hosted by the Inclusion Institute at the International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion at the University of Central Lancashire. It is currently being developed to allow for continuing access to the resources and materials produced by NSIP [...]

Community Development & Social Inclusion

In the driving seat: community development and social inclusion, A life in the day, Volume 13, Number 1 / February 2009 Patience Seebohm1, Alison Gilchrist2, David Morris3 1 Mental Health, Community Development 2 Community Development Foundation 3National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP), National Institute for Mental Health, England Abstract: It is obvious to many, but unproven [...]

Doing What Works – Social Inclusion and Employment

Doing What Works: Individual Placement and Support into Employment,   Sainsbury’s Centre for Mental Health, February 2009 Click on the report title to gain direct full-text access Abstract: People who experience severe and enduring mental health problems have one of the lowest employment rates in the UK. Yet the vast majority want to work, and with [...]

A decade of stigma and discrimination in mental health – Lancashire

A decade of stigma and discrimination in mental health: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,  Online early view, 2009 C. LYONS 1 phd msc pg cert rnt dpsn rmn teacher’s cert, P. HOPLEY 2 msc bsc [...]

The growing role of football as a vehicle for interventions in mental health care

The growing role of football as a vehicle for interventions in mental health care, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Online early view, 2009 A. PRINGLE rgn rmn bsc(hons) pgche phd Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, University of Nottingham, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, Dukeries Centre, King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, UK Correspondence [...]

VIRTEx Project – Community-based care to increase social activity, inclusion and support

VIRTEx project aims to promote long term health and improve social care , British Journal of Community Nursing, Vol. 14, Iss. 3, 06 Mar 2009, pp 114 – 115 Steve Sadler Abstract: Funded by the Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform, the VIRTEx project aims to develop the potential of telehealthcare to provide community-based [...]

Housing services for people with mental disorders in England: patient characteristics, care provision and costs

Housing services for people with mental disorders in England: patient characteristics, care provision and costs, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Online early view, 2009 Priebe S, Saidi M, Want A, Mangalore R,  Knapp M. Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, [...]

Service users’ perceptions of the effective ingredients in supported employment

Service users’ perceptions of the effective ingredients in supported employment, Journal of Mental Health, Volume 18, Issue 2 April 2009 , pages 121 – 128   Authors: Robyn Lauren Johnson – Work was based at: City University, 24 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4TY.a;  Mike Floyd a;  Doria Pilling a;  Melanie Jane Boyce b;  Bob Grove [...]

Evaluating socially inclusive practice: Part two – findings from a mental health team

Evaluating socially inclusive practice: part two – findings from a mental health team, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Volume 3, Number 4 / December 2008 Clio Berry1, Mark Hayward2, Andy Porter3 1 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Psychology, Surrey University 3 Social Inclusion, Sussex [...]

Evaluating socially inclusive practice: Part one – a tool for mental health services

Evaluating socially inclusive practice: part one – a tool for mental health services, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Volume 3, Number 4 / December 2008 Clio Berry1, Mark Hayward2, Andy Porter3 1 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Psychology, Surrey University 3 Social Inclusion, Sussex [...]