Audit and mental health – Schizophrenia Audit Support Tools – ASPD – ADHD – BPD

Audit and mental health NICE, 2009
Click on the title to access the Audit Support Tools
With four distinct themes, the schizophrenia audit support tools, published last month, represent the most comprehensive audit product from NICE for a mental health issue. Combined with the two separate tools for antisocial personality disorder, two for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and [...]

SOLES & Psychosis – SOLES is reliable, valid and is a potentially valuable research clinical tool

The development and validation of the SOLES, a new scale measuring engagement with mental health services in people with psychosis, Journal of Mental Health, Online early view 2009
Aileen O’brien a;  Sarah White a;  Rana Fahmy a; Swaran P. Singh b
 

 
a Division of Mental Health, St. George’s, University of London,

b Health Sciences Research Institute, University [...]

Please Mind the Gap – Parkinson’s disease services today

Please mind the gap: Parkinson’s disease services today, All Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson’s disease (APPG), July 2009
Click on the report title to gain direct full-text access
Abstract:
All Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson’s Disease (APPG) report that reveals major inequalities in access to information and services for people with Parkinson’s and their families.
The report recommends:

§ Improved [...]

Implementing guidance and guidelines for developing and delivering equitable child and adolescent mental health services

Implementing guidance and guidelines for developing and delivering equitable child and adolescent mental health services, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Volume 22(4), July 2009, p 339–344
Williams, Richarda,b,c; Hazell, Philipd,e  
aWelsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, South Wales, UK
bUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK
cTy Bryn, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, Caerleon, South Wales, UK
dDiscipline [...]

Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders

Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Online early view 2009
Vollm, Birgit – Section of Forensic Mental Health, Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Abstract:
Purpose of review: To review recent literature on the assessment and management of individuals with severe personality disorders who present as a risk to [...]

Patient-centred integrated care pathway

A cost-effectiveness study of a patient-centred integrated care pathway, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 65, Number 8, August 2009 , pp. 1626-1635(10)
Olsson, Lars-Eric1; Hansson, Elisabeth2; Ekman, Inger3; Karlsson, Jón4
Abstract:
The aim of the study was to compare costs and consequences for an integrated care pathway intervention group with those of a usual care group for patients admitted with hip fracture. [...]