Guidance for the care of older people – NMC – The guidance is aimed at working nurses

Care and respect every time: new guidance for the care of older people ,    NMC,  March 2009 Care and respect every time, what you can expect from nurses Click on the titles above to gain direct access  Abstract: We’ve listened to the views of older people and their carers to produce a set of principles for care [...]

Tackling drugs changing lives [website]

Tackling drugs changing lives [website] , Home Office, NHS Evidence , May 2009 Click on the title above to access the website The drug strategy aims to reduce the harm that drugs cause to society, to communities, individuals and their families. The 2008-2018 drug strategy comprises four strands of work: protecting communities through tackling drug supply, drug-related crime and [...]

RD Laing A new optimism is emerging towards psychological approaches to psychosis

Revisiting RD Laing: the role of nurture: RD Laing dragged the neglected inner world of the severely psychotic individual out of the hidden world of the mental hospital into the public realm. His radical ideas about mental illness attracted fame, then notoriety. Alex Reed argues that it is time to reassess Laing’s work.(talking therapy).                Mental [...]

CRI in reducing trauma, depression and low self-esteem following first episode Psychosis – RCT

Improving psychological adjustment following a first episode of psychosis: A randomised controlled trial of cognitive therapy to reduce post psychotic trauma symptoms, Behaviour Research and Therapy Volume 47, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 454-462  C. Jacksona, b, , , P. Trowerb, I. Reidc, J. Smithc, M. Halld, M. Townende, K. Bartona, J. Jonesa, K. Rossa, [...]

Evidence-Based Guideline: Detection of Depression in Older Adults with Dementia

Evidence-Based Guideline: Detection of Depression in Older Adults with Dementia, . Journal of Gerontological Nursing. Thorofare: Feb 2009. Vol. 35, Iss. 2; pg. 11, 5 pgs Ellen L Brown, Patrick Raue, Karen D Halpert Abstract: The purpose of this evidence-based practice guideline is to improve detection of depression in older adults with dementia. This guideline [...]

Interaction with nature has direct health benefits – Patients are more likely to engage in physical activity

Engaging with nature to promote health: new directions for nursing research, Journal of Advanced Nursing, July 2009, Volume 65 Issue 7, Pages 1527 - 1538 Abstract: Aim. The aim of this paper is to offer a conceptual framework for nature-based health promotion in nursing and provide related recommendations for future nursing research. Background. Empirical data suggest that interaction with nature has direct [...]

Psychotherapy for BPD – Randomized Trial of Schema-Focused Therapy vs Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder – Randomized Trial of Schema-Focused Therapy vs Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, Archives of General Psychiatry. 2006;63:649-658. Josephine Giesen-Bloo, MSc; Richard van Dyck, MD, PhD; Philip Spinhoven, PhD; Willem van Tilburg, MD, PhD; Carmen Dirksen, PhD; Thea van Asselt, MSc; Ismay Kremers, PhD; Marjon Nadort, MSc; Arnoud Arntz, PhD Abstract: Context  Borderline personality [...]

Mindfulness-based stress reduction: A literature review and clinician’s guide

Mindfulness-based stress reduction: A literature review and clinician’s guide, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2008, Volume 20 Issue 4, Pages 212 - 216 Access to Wellness Program, Community Psychiatry Program, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Sharon Praissman, MS, CRNP (Nurse Practitioner) Abstract: Purpose: To provide nurse practitioners (NPs) with clinical research about Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction [...]

Forensic Group Psychotherapy: Estela Welldon’s contribution to working with groups at the Portman Clinic

Forensic Group Psychotherapy: Estela Welldon’s contribution to working with groups at the Portman Clinic,  British Journal of Psychotherapy, May 2009, Volume 25 Issue 2, Pages 230 - 238 Abstract: In this paper the author gives a summary of the contributions made by Dr Estela Welldon to the Group Psychotherapy at The Portman Clinic. He describes how clinicians working at [...]

Cannabis and psychosis

Cannabinoids and psychosis,  International Review of Psychiatry, Volume 21, Issue 2 April 2009 , pages 152 – 162 Authors: R. Andrew Sewell ab;  Mohini Ranganathan abc; Deepak Cyril D’Souza abc Affiliations:   a Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA   b Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, [...]

Special Issue – Lithium and the Modern Management of Bipolar Disorder

Special Issue: Lithium and the Modern Management of Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Disorders, Volume 11 Issue s2 , (June 2009) Editorial – The impact of lithium on bipolar disorder (p 1-3) Historical Perspective – The history of lithium therapy (p 4-9) Edward Shorter Review Articles A critical appraisal of lithium’s efficacy and effectiveness: the last 60 years (p 10-19) Paul [...]

Most Read Article – Ten Things that Motivational Interviewing Is Not

Ten Things that Motivational Interviewing Is Not, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (2009), 37 : 129-140 William R. Millera1 c1 and Stephen Rollnicka2 a1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA a2 Cardiff University, School of Medicine, UK Abstract: Background: In the 26 years since it was first introduced in this journal, motivational interviewing (MI) has become confused [...]

3rd Most Read – Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Current Status and Future Challenges

Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Current Status and Future Challenges, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy(2008), 36 : 695-704 Freda McManusa1 , Nick Greya2 and Roz Shafrana3 a1 Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre and University of Oxford, UK a2 Maudsley Hospital, London, UK a3 University of Reading, UK  Abstract: This paper reviews recent theoretical, conceptual and practice developments in [...]

The role of attributions in the process of overcoming shame: A qualitative analysis

The role of attributions in the process of overcoming shame: A qualitative analysis, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 82, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 137-152(16) Van Vliet, K. Jessica Abstract: While attributions have been found to play an important role in the experience of shame, little is currently known about attributions that [...]

Dance – Physical & Psychological Well-being in Older Persons

Effects of dance on physical and psychological well-being in older persons, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Volume 49, Issue 1, July-August 2009, Pages e45-e50 Abstract: This study was aimed at determining the effects of dancing on the health status of older persons. A pool of 111 community-dwelling subjects were allocated to either an intervention group [...]

Developing evidence-based guidance – Guideline development in mental health

Developing evidence-based guidance – implications for systemic interventions, Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 31 Issue 2, Pages 194 - 205 Stephen Pilling a a Director, CORE, Joint Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Sub-department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1 7HB, UK Abstract: This article provides a brief review of the history and [...]

PTSD & Attachment – possible links with BPD

Post-traumatic stress disorder and attachment: possible links with borderline personality disorder, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 172-180 Felicity de Zuluetais the lead clinician and a consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy for the Traumatic Stress Service at the Maudsley Hospital, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. She specialises in [...]

Self Injury – “I can actually talk to them now” – Educational intervention for nurses

‘I can actually talk to them now’: qualitative results of an educational intervention for emergency nurses caring for clients who self-injure,   Journal of Clinical Nursing,  online early view,  2009 Margaret McAllister, Wendy Moyle, Stephen Billett and Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck Authors: Margaret McAllister, RN, Ed D, Associate Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia; Wendy Moyle, RN, [...]