Suicide & Elderly – Health status and suicide in the second half of life

Health status and suicide in the second half of life, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Online early view, 2009 Yeates Conwell – et al,   – Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester (UR), USA Abstract: Objective To examine the associations of suicide in the second half of life with medical and [...]

CAMHs – The evidence base to guide development of Tier 4 CAMHS

The evidence base to guide development of Tier 4 CAMHS, 29th July 2009, Department of Health Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: Until recently the idea of Tier 4 specialist CAMHS was synonymous with psychiatric inpatient provision, sometimes with day hospitals attached. Tier 4 has more recently come [...]

Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: a systematic review of health promotion interventions – Most Read Article

Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: a systematic review of health promotion interventions, Ageing and Society (2005), 25:1:41-67 MIMA CATTAN a1c1, MARTIN WHITE a1, JOHN BOND a1 and ALISON LEARMOUTH a2  School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.  Sedgefield NHS Primary Care Trust, Sedgefield, Yorkshire, UK. Abstract: Preventing and alleviating social isolation and loneliness among older people is [...]

Unemployment and suicide

Unemployment and suicide, The Lancet, Volume 374, Issue 9686, 25 July 2009-31 July 2009, Pages 270-271 Abstract: The health consequences associated with fluctuations in the level of business activity in society have been investigated for some years, with mixed results. In The Lancet today, David Stuckler and colleagues 1 show that, across 26 European Union countries, [...]

Self-Harm and Aggression in Dangerous and Severely Personality Disordered Patients – Peaks, Rampton

Self-Harm and Aggression in Dangerous and Severely Personality Disordered Patients of a High-Security Hospital, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Volume 16, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 150 – 154 Michael Daffern, Kevin Howells Peaks Academic and Research Unit, Rampton Hospital, Retford Nottingham University, Nottingham, United Kingdom Abstract:   This study examined the frequency, prevalence and co-occurrence [...]

CBT & Self-Confidence Workshops – A pilot study

Who Attends and Who Benefits from CBT “Self-Confidence” Workshops Run in Routine Practice? A Pilot Study, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, early view 2009 Marta Prytysa1 c1, Kate Harmana2, Rachel Leea2 and June S. L. Browna3   Abstract: Background: This study examined characteristics of members of the public who self-referred and the effectiveness of psycho-educational CBT self-confidence workshops [...]

Psychotic-like experiences are associated with suicidal feelings and deliberate self-harm behaviors in adolescents aged 12–15 years

Psychotic-like experiences are associated with suicidal feelings and deliberate self-harm behaviors in adolescents aged 12–15 years, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, early view 2009 Abstract: Objective: Psychotic disorders are a significant risk factor for suicide, especially among young people. Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in the general population may share an etiological background with psychotic disorders. Therefore, the present study examined [...]

Aggression in personality disordered patients

The function of aggression in personality disordered patients,  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009 Apr;24(4):586-600 Daffern M, Howells K. Peaks Academic and Research Unit, Rampton Hospital Nottingham University, Monash University Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health. Michael.daffern@forensicare.vic.gov.au Abstract: It has been suggested that psychological interventions for personality disorders should focus on improving adaptive expression of the [...]

Nidotherapy & Antisocial Personality – A qualitative study

Integration of nidotherapy into the management of mental illness and antisocial personality: a qualitative study, Sarah-Jane Spencer1*, Deborah Rutter2, and Peter Tyrer2 1 West London Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK Abstract:   BACKGROUND: Nidotherapy is a new treatment aimed at the systematic alteration of the environment [...]

Nonpharmacological intervention for agitation in dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nonpharmacological intervention for agitation in dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 13, Issue 4 July 2009 , pages 512 – 520 Eun-Hi Kong a;  Lois K. Evans b; James P. Guevara c Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature regarding the effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions [...]

Suicide & Self-Harm Resources & Links – Patients & Healthcare Professionals

Suicide Resources & Links – Patients, Carers, Families & Healthcare Professionals Below are links to sites which have resources, downloads, leaflets and information on Suicide and Self-Harm. Click on the titles to free access to various resources National Self Harm Network Bristol Crisis Service for Women Deliberate self-harm in young people - Royal College of Psychiatrists – [...]

An Evaluation of New Services for Personality-Disordered Offenders: Staff and Service User Perspectives

An Evaluation of New Services for Personality-Disordered Offenders: Staff and Service User Perspectives, International Journal of Social Psychiatry Zoë Fortune1*, Diana Rose1, Mike Crawford2, Mike Slade1, Ruth Spence3, David Mudd4, Barbara Barrett1, Jeremy W. Coid5, Peter Tyrer6, and Paul Moran1 1 Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK 2 Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, [...]

Six year follow-up of a clinical sample of self-harm patients

Six year follow-up of a clinical sample of self-harm patients, Journal of Affective Disorders, Early view, 2009 Julia M.A. Sinclair, Keith Hawton and Alastair Gray Department of Psychiatry, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YG, UK University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK [...]

Why Do People Hurt Themselves?: New Insights Into the Nature and Functions of Self-Injury

Why Do People Hurt Themselves?: New Insights Into the Nature and Functions of Self-Injury, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 18(2), Pages 78 - 83 Matthew K. Nock 1 – Harvard University   Abstract: ABSTRACT—Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent but perplexing behavior problem in which people deliberately harm themselves without lethal intent. Research reveals that NSSI typically has its [...]

Assisted suicide and euthanasia: Unravelling the law

Assisted suicide and euthanasia: Unravelling the law,  ,British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, Vol. 5, Iss. 3, 13 Mar 2009, pp 1 25 – 127 Bridgit Dimond Abstract: Bridgit Dimond considers the legal precedents and current position of the law relating to the controversial issue of the right to die. There is considerable confusion at present [...]

Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions relevant for young offenders with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or self-harm

  Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions relevant for young offenders with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or self-harm,  Journal of Adolescence, Early view, 2009   Townsend E, Walker DM, Sargeant S, Vostanis P, Hawton K, Stocker O, Sithole J. Risk Analysis, Social Processes and Health group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, [...]

Elderly & Suicide – “Why do they become vulnerable when faced with the challenges of old age?”

“Why do they become vulnerable when faced with the challenges of old age?” Elderly people who committed suicide, described by those who knew them, International Psychogeriatrics, Early view, 2009 a3Sissel Steihaug and a2Øivind Ekeberg, c1 a1Ildri Kjølseth SINTEF, Health Services Research, Blindern, Oslo and Helse Sør-Øst Health Services Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norwaya3 Department [...]

SCOPE – Suicide and Self-Harm Behaviour in Offenders

A New Psychometric Instrument Assessing Vulnerability to Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm Behaviour in Offenders: Suicide Concerns for Offenders in Prison Environment (SCOPE), International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Aug 2009; vol. 53: pp. 385 – 400. Amanda E. Perry University of York, UK Abstract: This study aimed to develop a new psychometric [...]

Mothers’ Awareness of Self-Harm Behaviors in Their Children

Mothers’ Awareness of Self-Harm Behaviors in Their Children, Traumatology, Vol. 14, No. 3, 22-27 (2008) Randy A. Sansone Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio Abstract: This study examined mothers’ awareness of seven self-harm behaviors in their adolescents who were being seen in an outpatient psychiatry clinic—namely, cutting self, burning self, hitting self, [...]

Impact of Patient Suicide on Front-Line Staff in Ireland

Impact of Patient Suicide on Front-Line Staff in Ireland, Death Studies, Volume 33, Issue 7 August 2009 , pages 639 – 656 Paul Gaffney   et al.     HSE Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Cavan, Ireland Abstract: Research and anecdotal evidence suggests that coming to terms with the suicide of a patient can be extremely distressing for [...]

Risk assessment – Most Read Article from Evidence-Based Mental Health

Risk assessment, Evidence-Based Mental Health 2005;8:91-93 G Towl Health and Offender Partnerships/University of Birmingham, UK Abstract: An understanding of the concept of risk assessment is by no means exclusive to the forensic mental health field.1 However, decisions made as a product of such risk assessments in the context of mental health have fundamental ethical implications [...]

CBT as an adjunctive treatment in chronic physical illness

Cognitive–behavioural therapy as an adjunctive treatment in chronic physical illness, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 306-317 Judith Halford is a consultant in liaison psychiatry and psychotherapy with the Ayrshire & Arran Liaison Psychiatry Service based at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock. Her work includes using cognitive–behavioural therapy in the treatment of general hospital patients. Tom Brown [...]

Anger and depression

Anger and depression, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 271-278 Fredric N. Busch is Clinical Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. His publications and research have focused on the links between psychoanalysis and psychiatry, including psychodynamic approaches to specific disorders, [...]

Staff experience and understanding of working with abused women suffering from mental illness

Staff experience and understanding of working with abused women suffering from mental illness, Health & Social Care in the Community, Online early view, 2009 A. Bengtsson-Tops RN PhD 1 , B.-I. Saveman RN PhD 2 and D. Tops PhD 3 Department of Caring Sciences and Social Work, University of Växjö, Växjö, Sweden,   2 School [...]

RCT of Specialist Liason Worker Model for Young People with Intellectual Disabilities with Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Needs

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Specialist Liaison Worker Model for Young People with Intellectual Disabilities with Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Needs,  Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 22 Issue 3, Pages 256 - 263 R. Raghavan*, R. Newell † , F. Waseem ‡ and N. Small §  School of Health, Community and Education, Northumbria University, [...]

Discharge Planning – Patient participation, practitioners’ competence and organizational support

Telling stories from everyday practice, an opportunity to see a bigger picture: a participatory action research project about developing discharge planning, Health & Social Care in the Community, online early view, 2009   Pia Petersson RN 1 , Jane Springett BA(Hons) MA PhD FRGS 1,2 and Kerstin Blomqvist RNs PhD 1 School of Health and [...]

Mental Health, resilience and inequalities

Mental Health, resilience and inequalities WHO UK Collaborating Centre June 2009 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: This report explores the wealth of evidence that mental health influences a very wide range of outcomes for individuals and communities. These include healthier lifestyles; better physical health; improved recovery from illness; fewer [...]

Diet and Mental Health in Children

Diet and Mental Health in Children, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Online early view 2009 Diane Tomlinson 1 , Heather Wilkinson 2 & Paul Wilkinson 3 Abstract: The role played by diet in mental health is of increasing interest to patients, parents, health professionals and public policy makers. This review examines the literature assessing the [...]

Drug Prescribing in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Services

Drug Prescribing in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Online early view, 2009 Simon Gowers 1 , Mary Claxton 1 , Laura Rowlands 1 , Anandhi Inbasagaran 1 , David Wood 2 , Irene Yi 3 , Philippa Hugo 4 , Sam Clark-Stone 5 , Rachel Bryant-Waugh 6 , Dasha [...]

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – Dementia

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and people with dementia: the implications for social care regulation,  Health & Social Care in the Community, Volume 17 Issue 4, Pages 415 - 422 Geraldine Boyle PhD Division of Dementia Studies, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Correspondence Geraldine Boyle Division of Dementia Studies [...]