Patient Care – Nurses can take a leading role in championing patient care. A small group of mental health nurses in a London Trust embarked on ‘getting the fundamentals right’

Essence of Care – a key approach in improving patient care, Danny Ho, Eric Craig British Journal of Nursing, Vol. 18, Iss. 12, 25 Jun 2009, pp 740 – 744 Abstract: This project work is an illustration of how nurses can take a leading role in championing patient care. A small group of mental health [...]

Reflection: an educational strategy to develop emotionally-competent nurse leaders

Reflection: an educational strategy to develop emotionally-competent nurse leaders, Journal of Nursing Management, 2008, Volume 16 Issue 8, Pages 946 - 954 SARA HORTON-DEUTSCH PhD, RN 1 and GWEN SHERWOOD PhD, RN, FAAN 2 Abstract: Aim This paper explores educational strategies for nurses that focus on reflectivity and promote the development of self-awareness, relationship and communication skills and ability to lead [...]

Drugs misuse treatment in offender populations – Annual Evidence Update

Drugs misuse treatment in offender populations, NHS Evidence – National Library for Public Health, June 2009 Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access to this resource    Welcome to the first Annual Evidence Update on Drugs focussing on Drugs misuse treatment in offender populations. This evidence update covers drugs misuse treatments in the offender population. [...]

Person-centred planning with people who have learning disabilities

Person-centred plans: empowering or controlling? Learning Disability Practice, 2009 – 12 – 1 – 32 Example of an essential lifestyle plan Anne-Marie Martin RNID, BSc(Hons), Grad Dip, intellectual disability nurse, Daughters of Charity, Lisnagry, Limerick Eileen Carey RNID, BSc(Hons), RNT, MSc, lecturer, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick Abstract: Person-centred planning with people who have [...]

Psychotic reactivity in borderline personality disorder

Psychotic reactivity in borderline personality disorder, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Online early view, 2009 P. Glaser 1 , J. Van Os 1,2 , V. Thewissen 1,3 , I. Myin-Germeys 1,4 Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands ,   2 Division of [...]

Exposure to Aggression and the Impact on Staff in a Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit

Exposure to Aggression and the Impact on Staff in a Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Online early view 2009 Abstract: Aggression is common in mental health services, but little research has examined exposure to aggression and its impact on staff in children and adolescent settings. Staff members within a child and [...]

Most Read Article – Falls – Stand Up – This study examines the 9-month impact of a 12-week falls prevention program

Impact of a Community-Based Falls Prevention Program on Maintenance of Physical Activity Among Older Adults, Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 21, No. 3, 480-500 (2009) Sophie Laforest, PhD et al. Abstract: Objective: This study examines the 9-month impact of a 12-week falls prevention program (called Stand Up!) which included balance exercises and educational components [...]

Suicide in dementia: 9-year national clinical survey in England and Wales

Suicide in dementia: 9-year national clinical survey in England and Wales,  The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 194: 175-180 Purandare N, Voshaar RC, Rodway C, Bickley H, Burns A, Kapur N. Psychiatry Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, University Place, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Abstract: BACKGROUND: Knowledge of suicide [...]

How to help someone who is suicidal – MIND

How to help someone who is suicidal    MIND, 2008 Click on title above to gain direct full-text access Sorry you won’t be able to print out the Guide, but paper copies are being ordered for the library, please contact: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk for a copy. Abstract: When are feelings “suicidal”? Is self-harming behaviour suicidal? Why do people become [...]

Role of the forensic psychiatric nurse

Role of the forensic psychiatric nurse, Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2009, Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 53-57 Tamsen Lyons, BA, BS – MS Nursing Program, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine  Abstract: The article clarifies the role of the forensic psychiatric nurse (FPN) and challenges interchangeable terms confusing forensic and correctional nursing. It addresses the [...]

Cognitive impairment in dual diagnosis inpatients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder

Cognitive impairment in dual diagnosis inpatients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder, Schizophrenia Research, Online early view 2009 Manning V, Betteridge S, Wanigaratne S, Best D, Strang J,  Gossop M. National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8BB, UK. Abstract: Cognitive impairment has been found independently among individuals with schizophrenia [...]

Solution Focused Therapy – An Evaluation of a Solution Focused Computer Game in Adolescent Interventions

An Evaluation of a Solution Focused Computer Game in Adolescent Interventions, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 3, 345-360 (2009) David Coyle , Trinity College Dublin, Gavin Doherty , Trinity College Dublin, John Sharry Mater Hospital Dublin Abstract: Many adolescents experience difficulties with traditional face-to-face mental health care approaches. Personal Investigator (PI) is [...]

Self-Harm – Calderstones – Paul, a service user with learning disabilities in a medium-secure unit, was asked if he would describe his experiences of self-injury

The good, the bad and the ugly: experiences of self-injury, Learning Disability Practice, 2009 – 12 – 1 – 21-23 Helen Duperouzel RNLD, MA, clinical governance support, Calderstones NHS Trust, Whalley, Lancashire Paul Moores, service user, Calderstones NHS Trust Abstract: Paul, a service user with learning disabilities in a medium-secure unit, was asked if he would [...]

Jenny Shaw – Homicide followed by suicide: a cross-sectional study

Homicide followed by suicide: a cross-sectional study, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 2 April 2009 , pages 306 – 321   Authors: Sandra Flynn a;  Nicola Swinson a;  David While a;  Isabelle M. Hunt a;  Alison Roscoe a;  Cathryn Rodway a;  Kirsten Windfuhr a;  Navneet Kapur a;  Louis Appleby a; Jenny [...]

Measurement of Posttraumatic Growth in Young People: A Review

Measurement of Posttraumatic Growth in Young People: A Review, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 3, 411-422 (2009) Rebecca Clay, Coventry Univ,ersity, UK , Jacky Knibbs,  Coventry University, UK Stephen Joseph , University of Nottingham, UK Abstract: The potential of the positive psychology perspective to change the focus of clinical research and practice [...]

Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: a descriptive study in school pupils in England.

Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: a descriptive study in school pupils in England.   BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 369. Click on the article title above to gain direct full-text access Fortune S, Sinclair J, Hawton K. University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK. s.a.fortune@leeds.ac.uk [...]

Dialectical Behavior Therapy & Eating Disorder & Comorbid BPD

Differential Treatment Response for Eating Disordered Patients With and Without a Comorbid Borderline Personality Diagnosis Using a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-Informed Approach, Eating Disorders, Volume 17, Number 3, May 2009 , pp. 225-241(17) Authors: Denise D. Ben-Porath a;  Lucene Wisniewski b; Mark Warren b Affiliations:   a Department of Psychology, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA [...]

Transdiagnostic Group CBT for Anxiety: Clinical Experience and Practical Advice

Transdiagnostic Group CBT for Anxiety: Clinical Experience and Practical Advice, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 23, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 34-43(10) Abstract: Cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) for the six anxiety disorders are potent, but only a small portion of patients receive them. Among several factors limiting their broad dissemination is the diagnostically specific nature of CBT [...]

Assessment of Childhood Bipolar Disorder

Assessment of Childhood Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice , June 2009, Volume 16 Issue 2, Pages 166 - 181 Benjamin W. Fields  and Mary A. Fristad  – The Ohio State University Abstract: Barriers to the comprehensive clinical assessment of child-onset bipolar disorder (BPD) are numerous and include factors common to many pediatric diagnoses (e.g., disentangling comorbid conditions and [...]

Caroline Hampson – Lancashire Care – Occupational Therapist

Wellbeing groups in dementia care services: a review of attendee and carer satisfaction, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 72, Number 6, June 2009 , pp. 275-278(4) Caroline Hampson – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK Abstract: The recent development of the National Dementia Strategy and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines [...]

Treatment rights for prisoners with personality disorder: Substance or substantive?

Assessing the viability of treatment rights for prisoners with personality disorder: Substance or substantive? Personality and Mental Health, Online early view, 2009 Leon McRae * School of Law, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Abstract: Personality disorder (PD) has long been criticized as a diagnosis, not least for the issue of its supposed [...]

Assessment Tools for Adult Bipolar Disorder

Assessment Tools for Adult Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, June 2009, Volume 16 Issue 2, Pages 188 - 201  Christopher J. Miller, Sheri L. Johnson , and Lori Eisner – University of Miami Abstract: This article reviews the current state of the literature on the assessment of bipolar disorder in adults. Research on reliable and valid measures for [...]

Cochrane – Statins for the prevention of dementia

Statins for the prevention of dementia Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access McGuinness B, Craig D, Bullock R, Passmore P. Statins for the prevention of dementia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003160 Abstract: There good evidence that statins given in late life to individuals at risk [...]

Cochrane – Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community, Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Lamb SE, Gates S, Cumming RG, Rowe BH. Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD007146 Click on the title for direct full-text access [...]

Antisocial personality disorder & men who make contact with mental health services

Service provision for men with antisocial personality disorder who make contact with mental health services, Personality and Mental Health, Online early view, 2009 M ike J. Crawford 1 *, Layth Sahib 1, Helen Bratton 2, Peter Tyrer 1, Kate Davidson 2 1Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK 2Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, [...]

Antisocial personality disorder: Co-morbid Axis I mental disorders and health service use among a national household population

Antisocial personality disorder: Co-morbid Axis I mental disorders and health service use among a national household population, Personality and Mental Health, Online early view, 2009 Simone Ullrich *, Jeremy Coid Barts and the London Medical School, Queen Mary, University of London, Forensic Psychiatry Research Unit, UK Abstract: Antisocial personality disorder is highly co-morbid with other [...]

Older adults’ alcohol consumption and late-life drinking problems: a 20-year perspective

Older adults’ alcohol consumption and late-life drinking problems: a 20-year perspective, Addiction, Online early view, 2009 Rudolf H. Moos, Kathleen K. Schutte, Penny L. Brennan & Bernice S. Moos -  Centre for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA  Abstract: Aims  The aim of this study was to identify changes in [...]

Who Attends and Who Benefits from CBT “Self-Confidence” Workshops Run in Routine Practice? A Pilot Study

Who Attends and Who Benefits from CBT “Self-Confidence” Workshops Run in Routine Practice? A Pilot Study , Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Online early view, 2009 Marta Prytysa1 c1, Kate Harmana2, Rachel Leea2 and June S. L. Browna3a1 South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK, a2 South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK a3 Institute of Psychiatry, [...]

Cognition as predictor of current and follow-up depressive symptoms in the general population

Cognition as predictor of current and follow-up depressive symptoms in the general population, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 120 Issue 1, Pages 45 - 52 C. J. P. Simons 1,2 , N. Jacobs 1,3 , C. Derom 4 , E. Thiery 5 , J. Jolles 1 , J. van Os 1,6 , Abstract: Objective: Previous studies have reported an association between depression [...]

Atypical depression is associated with suicide attempt in bipolar disorder

A typical depression is associated with suicide attempt in bipolar disorder, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 120 Issue 1, Pages 30 - 36 V. Sánchez-Gistau 1 , F. Colom 1 , A. Mané 2 , S. Romero 1 , G. Sugranyes 1 , E. Vieta 1   Abstract: Objective: There is a dearth of research focusing on factors associated with suicide attempts. [...]