Self-Injury – Nursing staff knowledge and attitudes in an Inpatient Setting

Nursing Staff Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self-Harm in Adults and Adolescents in an Inpatient Setting, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Online early view, 2009 Malcolm Wheatleya1 c1 and Hannah Austin-Paynea2 a1 St. Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton, UK a2 Coventry University, UK Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between care staff perceptions’ of self-harm behaviours presented by [...]

Reasons for substance use in dual diagnosis bipolar disorder and substance use disorders: A qualitative study

Reasons for substance use in dual diagnosis bipolar disorder and substance use disorders: A qualitative study, Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 113, Issues 1-2, February 2009, Pages 118-126 aDivision of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom bMersey Care NHS Trust, United Kingdom cSchool of Psychology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom dDivision of Clinical Psychology, University [...]

Alzheimers’s – Personal Life History Booklet – Wonderful resource prepared by an OT

The Personal Life History Booklet is a wonderful resource, prepared by an Occupational Therapy Student, for Alzheimer’s Australia. “This booklet has been designed to collect the unique social and life history of an individual with dementia. This life history will help individualise the care of the person with dementia and maintain their identity. It will [...]

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Online early view, 2009 Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to compute and compare mean effects of various treatments for binge eating disorder. Method: A total of 38 studies with 1973 participants fulfilled the defined [...]