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Suicide & Elderly – Role of happiness

Chronic medical problems and distressful thoughts of suicide in primary care patients: mitigating role of happiness, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 24 Issue 7, Pages 671 - 679

Jameson K. Hirsch 1 2 *, Paul R. Duberstein 2, Jürgen Unützer 3

1Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
2Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Department of [...]

How psychiatrists inform themselves and their patients about risks and benefits of antipsychotic treatment

How psychiatrists inform themselves and their patients about risks and benefits of antipsychotic treatment, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Aug 2009, Volume 120 Issue 2, Pages 112 - 119

1 Department of Psychiatry, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany ,   2 Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany and   3 Department of Psychology, Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Correspondence to Rosmarie Mendel, Department of Psychiatry [...]

CAMHs & Community – Review of the evidence on alternatives to inpatient mental healthcare

Alternatives to admission for children and adolescents: providing intensive mental healthcare services at home and in communities: what works? Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 22(4):345-350, July 2009
Lamb, Clare E – North Wales Adolescent Service, North Wales NHS Trust, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, UK

Abstract:
Purpose of review: To review the evidence on alternatives to inpatient mental healthcare [...]

Non-psychiatric hospitalization of people with mental illness: systematic review

Non-psychiatric hospitalization of people with mental illness: systematic review, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 65, Number 8, August 2009 , pp. 1570-1583(14)
Zolnierek, Cindy Diamond1
Abstract:
This paper is a report of a literature review of the evidence regarding outcomes experienced by severely mentally ill individuals hospitalized in general medical-surgical settings for non-psychiatric conditions. Background. 
 
Severely mentally ill individuals [...]