User satisfaction with services in a RCT of adolescent anorexia nervosa

User satisfaction with services in a randomised controlled trial of adolescent anorexia nervosa, European Eating Disorders Review, early view, 2009 Peter Roots, Laura Rowlands, Simon G. Gowers * Academic Unit, 79 Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1AW, UK Abstract: User satisfaction is a neglected outcome in adolescent anorexia nervosa especially since the relative effectiveness of different [...]

NHS Choices – Eating Disorders – Patient Information

NHS Choices – Eating Disorders – Patient Information Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Click on the above links to gain access to the range of advice, resources, real stories, links and much more ……..

Eating Disorders – Online CBT Resources for Patients & Healthcare Professionals

Online CBT resources Overcoming Bulimia http://www.overcomingbulimiaonline.co.uk/   Overcoming Anorexia http://www.overcominganorexiaonline.co.uk/

Patient Information – Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders     The Royal College of Psychiatrists Click on the title to gain full-text access to this printable resource We hope that this leaflet will be helpful if: you feel that your eating or dieting may be a problem you think you might have anorexia or bulimia other people worry that you have lost too [...]

Problems across care pathways in specialist adult eating disorder services

Problems across care pathways in specialist adult eating disorder services, Psychiatric Bulletin, Jan 2009; 33: 26 – 29. Glenn Waller, Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure, Katie Murray, Joana Aleyna, Francesca Emanuelli, Jo Crockett, and Maria Yeomans Eating Disorders Service, Vincent Square Clinic, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Osbert Street, London SW1P 2QU, and Institute [...]

Disordered Eating Behaviors: What About Boys?

Disordered Eating Behaviors: What About Boys? Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 44, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 111-117 Françoise Dominé M.D.a, André Berchtold Ph.D.a, Christina Akré M.A.a, Pierre-André Michaud M.D.a and Joan-Carles Suris M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., a, aResearch Group on Adolescent Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland  Abstract: Purpose [...]

Eating Disorders in Males – Trying to Fit Square Pegs in Round Holes

Trying to Fit Square Pegs in Round Holes: Eating Disorders in Males, Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 99-100 Editorial James D. Lock M.D., Ph.D.a aDepartment of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, California   Abstract: Few psychiatric disorders display the lopsided epidemiologic profile related to gender as do eating disorders, though [...]

Mindful emotion regulation: An integrative review

Mindful emotion regulation: An integrative review, Clinical Psychology Review, Online early view, 2009 Richard Chambersa, Eleonora Gullonea, ,  and Nicholas B. Allenb, c aSchool of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia bORYGEN Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne cDepartment of Psychology, University of Melbourne  Abstract: This review aims to integrate the [...]

Mindfulness & Bulimia – Thought suppression

Bulimic symptoms in undergraduate men and women: Contributions of mindfulness and thought suppression, Eating Behaviors, Online early view, 2009 Jason M. Lavender, a, , Bianca F. Jardina and Drew A. Andersona aDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY  Abstract: Experiential avoidance, the refusal to accept contact with unpleasant private [...]

BEAT – Understanding Eating Disorders

BEAT – Understanding Eating Disorders, UK Website Click on the above to access the Website Welcome to beat beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 18 [...]

Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Eating Disorders: A Two-Site Trial With 60-Week Follow-Up

Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Eating Disorders: A Two-Site Trial With 60-Week Follow-Up, American Journal of  Psychiatry 2009;March  166:311-319 Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, Helen A. Doll, Marianne E. O’Connor, Kristin Bohn, Deborah M. Hawker, Jackie A. Wales, and Robert L. Palmer Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare two cognitive-behavioral [...]

How do Psychological Treatments Work? Investigating the mediators of action of CBT and IPT in the treatment of eating disorders

How do psychological treatments work? Investigating mediators of change, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 1-5 Rebecca Murphya, , , Zafra Coopera, Steven D. Hollonb and Christopher G. Fairburna aDepartment of Psychiatry, Oxford University, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK bDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA Abstract: [...]

MIND the GAP – Improving CBT – barriers to the dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments

Mind the Gap: Improving the Dissemination of CBT, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Article in Press 2009 R. Shafran, a, , D.M. Clarka, C.G. Fairburna, A. Arntza, D.H. Barlowa, A. Ehlersa, M. Freestona, P.A. Garetya, S.D. Hollona, L.G. Östa, P.M. Salkovskisa and G.T. Wilsona University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, Berkshire RG6 [...]

Most Read Article – Reducing Stigma related to Mental Disorders – Recommendations for Nursing

Reducing Stigma Related to Mental Disorders: Initiatives, Interventions, and Recommendations for Nursing, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Volume 23, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 32-40 Abstract: Stigma is an important barrier to mental health treatment and recovery.More evidence about the effectiveness of existing stigma interventions along with a better understanding of the nature, causes, and consequences [...]

The ANTOP study – Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, CBT for Anorexia Nervosa – RCT

The ANTOP study: focal psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and treatment-as-usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa–a randomized controlled trial.   Trials,  2009 Apr 23;10:23 Wild B, Friederich HC, Gross G, Teufel M, Herzog W, Giel KE, de Zwaan M, Schauenburg H,  Schade-Brittinger C, Schäfer H, Zipfel S. Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, Medical University Hospital, [...]

Dementia & Palliative Care – Report on findings from the Palliative Care in Dementia Project

The first 50 patients: A brief report on the initial findings from the Palliative Care in Dementia Project, Dementia, Vol. 8, No. 3, 435-441 August, 2009 Sharon Scott St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK, s.scott@stchristophers.org.uk Victor Pace St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK, v.pace@stchristophers.org.uk Abstract: The St. Christopher’s Hospice Palliative Care in Dementia Project, funded for 3 [...]

Dementia & Person-Centred Care – Advanced Care Planning

Advance Care Planning: An opportunity for person-centred care for people living with dementia, Dementia, Vol. 8, No. 3, 419-424, August 2009 Catherine Exley Newcastle University, UK, catherine.exley@ncl.ac.uk Claire Bamford Newcastle University, UK, c.h.bamford@ncl.ac.uk Julian Hughes Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK, j.c.hughes@ncl.ac.uk Louise Robinson Newcastle University, UK, a.l.robinson@ncl.ac.uk Abstract: Many people want to be able [...]

Eating Disorders – Primary care physicians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward the eating disorders: Do they affect clinical actions?

Primary care physicians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward the eating disorders: Do they affect clinical actions?  International Journal of Eating Disorders, Volume 42 Issue 5, Pages 453 - 458 Laura Currin, BA, PhD 1 *, Glenn Waller, BA, MClinPsychol, DPhil 1 2, Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD 1 1King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Eating Disorders, London, England [...]

Happiness Matters – Homeless Peoples’ views about breaking the link between homelessness and mental ill health

Happiness Matters - Homeless Peoples’ views about breaking the link between homelessness and mental ill health, July 2009, St.Mungo’s Click on the report title to gain direct full-text access Publications Abstract: Despite the many improvements to mental health services in the past decades, St Mungo’s believes that still, even now, homeless people with mental health problems [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.    [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

ADHD – The Impact of Governmental Guidance on the Time Taken to Receive a Prescription for Medication for ADHD in England

The Impact of Governmental Guidance on the Time Taken to Receive a Prescription for Medication for ADHD in England, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Online early view, 2009 Foreman David M. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Nobles Hospital, Strang, Braddan, Isle of Man  Abstract: The National Health Service in England has deployed guidance from [...]