Language pathway abnormalities in schizophrenia: a review of fMRI and other imaging studies

Language pathway abnormalities in schizophrenia: a review of fMRI and other imaging studies,  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, March 2009 – Volume 22 – Issue 2 – p 131-139 Li, Xiaobo; Branch, Craig A; DeLisi, Lynn E Abstract: Purpose of review: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with substantial genetic vulnerability. This review discusses recent neuroimaging [...]

Lean & Crisis Model – Local implementation of the crisis model: the Buckinghamshire community acute service

Local implementation of the crisis model: the Buckinghamshire community acute service, Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 252-254 Danny Allen, Consultant Psychiatrist *Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Harlow House, Harlow Road, High Wycombe HP13 6AA, email: danny.allen@obmh.nhs.uk Wendy Blaylock, Service Manager Community Acute Service, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Stefan Mieczkowski, [...]

Attitudes and practice in relation to first-episode psychosis: a survey of child and adult psychiatrists

Attitudes and practice in relation to first-episode psychosis: a survey of child and adult psychiatrists , Psychiatric Bulletin (2009) 33: 247-251 Paul A. Tiffin, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in the Psychiatry of Adolescence *Room E107, The Wolfson Insititute, Queen’s Campus, University Boulevard, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 6BH, email: p.a.tiffin@dur.ac.uk Ana Gasparyan, Consultant Child and [...]

Assertive Community Outreach – Randomised Evaluation

Randomised evaluation of assertive community treatment: 3-year outcomes, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 81-82. Helen Killaspy, PhD, MRCPsych Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London (UCL) Medical School, Hampstead Campus and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London Stella Kingett, MRCPsych Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, [...]

DSM–IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

DSM–IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys , The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 46-53 Abstract: Background Little is known about the cross-national population prevalence or correlates of personality disorders. Aims To estimate prevalence and correlates of DSM–IV personality disorder clusters in the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. [...]

Autism – Prenatal risk factors for autism: comprehensive meta-analysis

Prenatal risk factors for autism: comprehensive meta-analysis, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 7-14 Hannah Gardener, ScD Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Donna Spiegelman, ScD Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Stephen L. Buka, ScD Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode [...]

Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior: A narrative review

Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior: A narrative review, Clinical Psychology Review. Online early view, 2009 Maria Panagiotia, Patricia Gooding, a,  and Nicholas Tarriera aSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Abstract: There is a large literature investigating the underlying mechanisms, risk factors and demographics of suicidal thoughts and behaviors across a number of [...]

Special Issue – Dementia – Practice Nurse

Practice Nursing, Volume 20 Issue 6 supplement,   4 June 2009 The epidemiology of dementia – David Jolley David Jolley explains that dementia is a syndrome characterised by a loss of core abilities, often complicated by abnormalities of mood, perception and behaviour. He defines the different forms of dementia, provides an overview of its epidemiology, [...]

Waquas Waheed – Development and pilot testing of a social intervention for depressed women of Pakistani family origin in the UK

Development and pilot testing of a social intervention for depressed women of Pakistani family origin in the UK, Journal of Mental Health, Online early view 2009 Authors: Nasim Chaudhry a;  Waquas Waheed a;  Nusrat Husain a;  Shabana Bhatti a; Francis Creed a Affiliation:   a University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Abstract: Background: Depressive disorders are [...]

CBT for Early Psychosis – Comprehensive review of individual vs group treatment studies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Early Psychosis: A Comprehensive Review of Individual vs. Group Treatment Studies, International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 2009 – 59 – 3 – 357 Cohen, Shuki J. – Srihari, Vinod H. – Woods, Scott W. Abstract: Several recent studies of individually administered cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for early psychosis have reported only modest treatment [...]