Nursing Care, BPD & Women – Developing an understanding of how these women endure their emotional pain

Emotional pain: surviving mental health problems related to childhood experiences,  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Sept.2009, Volume 16 Issue 7, Pages 636 - 645 A. L. HOLM 1,2 rpn mnsc, I. BÉGAT 3,4 rnt mnsc phd & E. SEVERINSSON Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Education, Stord/Haugesund University College, and Helse-Fonna, Haugesund,   2 Doctoral Student and   [...]

Women & BPD – Living with a sense of shame and guilt – Trapped

Longing for Reconciliation: A Challenge for Women with Borderline Personality Disorder , Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Volume 30, Issue 9 September 2009 , pages 560 – 568 Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the way in which traumatic childhood experiences influenced the daily life of women with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). An [...]

The development of BPD – a mentalizing model.

The development of borderline personality disorder-a mentalizing model, Journal of Personality Disorder,  2008 Feb;22(1):4-21 Fonagy P, Bateman A. Sud-Department of Clinica Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK Abstract: This paper describes a mentalization-based model of the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The model takes into account constitutional vulnerability and is rooted in attachment [...]

Living with dementia: a systematic review of the influence of relationship factors

Living with dementia: a systematic review of the influence of relationship factors, Aging & Mental Health , 2009 Jul; 13(4): 497-511 Ablitt A Jones GV; Muers J – Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Many people with dementia are enabled to live at home by the support of a close family [...]

CBT for Psychosis: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Schizophrenia Bulletin 2009 35(5):857-858 Dawn I. Velligan – Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Abstract: Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is an evidence-based treatment primarily designed to target psychotic symptoms such as [...]

A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Sleep Disturbance in Psychiatric Disorders

A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Sleep Disturbance in Psychiatric Disorders, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, online early view, 2009 Allison G. Harvey Abstract: Sleep disturbance commonly co-occurs with a range of psychiatric disorders. This is of concern given the accruing evidence that sleep is critically important for mood regulation, physical health, cognitive functioning, and quality of life. [...]

Mindfulness & ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Mindfulness and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Journal of Clinical Psychology, online early view, 2009 Smalley SL, Loo SK, Hale TS, Shrestha A, McGough J, Flook L, Reise S. Mindful Awareness Research Center, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Abstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a [...]

Adding a motivational interviewing pretreatment to CBT for generalized anxiety disorder – Randomized controlled trial

Adding a motivational interviewing pretreatment to cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A preliminary randomized controlled trial, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, early view, 2009 Henny A. Westra – aYork University, Department of Psychology, 127 Behavioral Sciences, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 Abstract: Seventy-six individuals with a principal diagnosis of generalized anxiety [...]

Current theoretical models of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): Conceptual review and treatment implications

Current theoretical models of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): Conceptual review and treatment implications, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, online early view, 2009 Evelyn Behar et al… University of Illinois at Chicago, Dept. of Psychology (M/C 285), 1007 W. Harrison Street (M/C 285), Chicago, IL 60607-7137, USA Abstract: Theoretical conceptualizations of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) continue to [...]

Defense Mechanisms and Suicide Risk in Major Depression

Defense Mechanisms and Suicide Risk in Major Depression, Archives of Suicide Research, Volume 13, Issue 1 January 2009 , pages 74 – 86 Shushan Hovanesian a;  Isak Isakov a; Kelly L. Cervellione b Abstract:   Past suicide attempt has been consistently reported to be the best predictor of future suicide attempt. The need to identify [...]

Reconciling the differences between the King et al. (1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD

Reconciling the differences between the King et al. (1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD,  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 23, Issue 7, October 2009, Pages 995-1001 Mark Shevlin,    McBride, , , Cherie Armour and Gary Adamson aSchool of Psychology, University of Ulster Magee Campus, Northland Road, Co. Londonderry, BT48 7JL, Northern [...]

Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Skills Training for Family Members of Suicide Attempters

Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Skills Training for Family Members of Suicide Attempters, Archives of Suicide Research, Volume 13, Issue 3 July 2009 , pages 257 – 263 Mia Rajalin a;  Lina Wickholm-Pethrus b;  Timo Hursti c; Jussi Jokinen a Sdermalm Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Stockholm County Council and Department of Clinical Neuroscience/Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract: [...]

Mental Capacity Act 2005 – At a glance

Mental Capacity Act 2005 – At a glance, SCIE, June 2009 Click on title above to access the direct full-text of this excellent resource SCIE’s At a glance summaries have been developed to help you understand as quickly and easily as possible the important messages and practice advice in SCIE’s guides. These summaries will give [...]

What should prompt an urgent referral to a community mental health team?

What should prompt an urgent referral to a community mental health team?, Mental Health in Family Medicine, Volume 5, Number 4, December 2008 , pp. 197-201(5) Hilton, Catriona1; Bajaj, Priya2; Hagger, Matthew3; Taha, Sarah3; Warner, James4 Academic Clinical Fellow, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, St Charles Hospital, London, Woodland Acres, Hascombe Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4AA, UK;, Email: catrionahilton@doctors.org.uk 2: Specialist [...]

Onset of Anxiety and Depression in the aging population: comparison of risk factors in a 9-year prospective study

Onset of Anxiety and Depression in the aging population: comparison of risk factors in a 9-year prospective study, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. August 2009; 17(8) p642-652 Vink, Dagmar … [et al] Abstract: This 9-year study of 1,712 Dutch older adults (55-85 years old at baseline) looked at the risk factors for depression, anxiety and [...]

Clinical effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral group treatment program for anxiety disorders: A benchmarking study

Clinical effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral group treatment program for anxiety disorders: A benchmarking study, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 23, Issue 7, October 2009, Pages 950-957 Tian P.S. Oei   – School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Previous research has established efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders, yet [...]

DIRT – Obsessive-compulsive washers – Treatment

DIRT - danger ideation reduction therapy for obsessive-compulsive washers: a comprehensive guide to treatment, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, online early view, 2009 Kieron O’Connor – Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Canada Abstract: Danger ideation reduction therapy (DIRT) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a new intervention focusing on providing corrective information, and is the subject of [...]

Schizophrenia – The Lancet

Schizophrenia, The Lancet, Volume 374, Issue 9690, 22 August 2009-28 August 2009, Pages 635-645 Prof Jim van Os PhD and Prof Shitij Kapur PhD Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands bDivision of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, De [...]

What Makes Therapy Work? A Multifaceted Question

What Makes Therapy Work? A Multifaceted Question, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, online early view 2009 Lars-Gunnar Lundh Abstract: The question “what makes therapy work?” has many facets. For instance, if there is evidence for a certain form of psychotherapy, one must question whether the positive effects are due to its methods or rather to “common factors” [...]

Mediating the Effects of Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Mediating the Effects of Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, online early view, 2009 Steven D. Hollon; Robert J. DeRubeis Abstract: Cognitive theory holds that inaccurate beliefs and maladaptive information processing play a role in the cause and maintenance of depression, and a cognitive theory of change posits that correcting those errors in thinking [...]

Self-Focused Attention and Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Treatment

Self-Focused Attention and Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Treatment, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, early view 2009 Ruth A. Baer Abstract: The empirical literature provides increasing support for the efficacy of mindfulness training in the treatment of numerous problems and disorders. However, fewer studies have examined the mechanisms through which these beneficial outcomes are obtained. This article [...]

CPA – Care Programme Approach in mental health – Trainers Manual

CPA – Care Programme Approach in mental health   April 2009 Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access to the manual Abstract: Launch of a national learning package to support the refocused Care Programme Approach (CPA) in mental health - Whole manual download The Centre for Clinical and Academic Workforce Innovation (CCAWI) at the [...]

‘I don’t do like I used to do’ – Dementia & Patients Awareness of functioning

‘I don’t do like I used to do’: A grounded theory approach to conceptualising awareness in people with moderate to severe dementia living in long-term care, Social Science & Medicine, Volume 66, Issue 11, June 2008, Pages 2366-2377 Linda Clare  et al. aBangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK bUniversity of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK   [...]

Involving Adult Service Users with Learning Disability in the Training of Speech and Language Therapy Students

Involving Adult Service Users with Learning Disability in the Training of Speech and Language Therapy Students,   International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,   Celia Harding, City University., United Kingdom Click on the title above to access direct full-text Abstract: This article describes a pilot project carried out at City University London, Department of [...]

Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for practitioners

Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for practitioners    DSCF, 2009 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: Replaces guidance originally published by the DfES in 2006 and reprinted in 2007. It remains non-statutory guidance. The new guidance has been [...]

Musical and verbal memory in Alzheimer’s disease: A study of long-term and short-term memory

Musical and verbal memory in Alzheimer’s disease: A study of long-term and short-term memory, Brain and Cognition, Volume 71, Issue 1, October 2009, Pages 38-45 Marie-Claude Ménard  and Sylvie Belleville Abstract: Musical memory was tested in Alzheimer patients and in healthy older adults using long-term and short-term memory tasks. Long-term memory (LTM) was tested with [...]

Care Pathway to Standardize Treatment and Nursing of Schizophrenia

Effect of Introducing a Care Pathway to Standardize Treatment and Nursing of Schizophrenia, Community Mental Health Journal, Volume 45, Number 4 / August, 2009 Sara Marchisio et al. Abstract: Care pathways can help to implement evidence-based clinical practice. The introduction of care pathways is difficult for psychiatric disorders. This study examined whether the organization and the [...]

CAMHs – Transition of care from child to adult mental health services: the great divide

Transition of care from child to adult mental health services: the great divide , Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2009, 22(4) Pg.386-390 Singh, Swaran P – Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Abstract: Purpose of review: Adolescents with mental health problems often require transition of care from child and adolescent to adult [...]

Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services

Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services, Department of Health, Aug, 2009 Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access Abstract: This joint DH/DCSF guide states how the 18 weeks referral to treatment standard, (NHS Operating Framework for 2009/10) applies to non-emergency consultant-led CAMHS services and pathways. This guide does not [...]

CAMHs – Healthy Lives, brighter futures

Healthy lives, brighter futures – The strategy for children and young people’s health, Department of Health, 2009 Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access Abstract: In December 2007, the Government made a commitment in the Children’s Plan to publish a child health strategy jointly between the Department of Health and the Department [...]