Ratings of symptoms and comfort in dementia patients at the end of life: comparison of nurses and families

Ratings of symptoms and comfort in dementia patients at the end of life: comparison of nurses and families, Palliative Medicine,  2009 Jun;23(4):317-24 JT van der Steen – EMGO Institute, Department of Public and Occupational Health; Department of Nursing Home Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Abstract: After-death reporting by proxies on end-of-life outcomes is used [...]

OT – Vocational assessment: a review of the literature from an occupation-based perspective

Vocational assessment: a review of the literature from an occupation-based perspective, Scandinavian, Journal of Occupational Therapy,  2009 Aug 4:1-6 McFadden S, Macdonald A, Fogarty A, Le S, Merritt BK. School of Occupational Therapy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Abstract: The vast majority of the currently available vocational assessments are used to measure a worker’s [...]

Implementing Recovery – Mental health services need to transform their workforce to implement recovery, says Sainsbury Centre paper

Implementing Recovery,  September, 2009, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Click on the title to gain direct full-text access Abstract: Mental health trusts should actively recruit people with personal experience of using services, according to a paper published today by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. Implementing Recovery, by Dr Jed Boardman and Prof Geoff Shepherd, sets [...]

End of life care for community dwelling older people with dementia

End of life care for community dwelling older people with dementia: an integrated review, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009, early view Goodman C, Evans C, Wilcock J, Froggatt K, Drennan V, Sampson E, Blanchard M, Bissett M, Iliffe S. Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK. Abstract: OBJECTIVE: [...]

Peter Fonagy – Mentalization-based treatment for patients with BPD: an overview

Mentalization-based treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder: an overview, Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, vol.31 no.1 Mar. 2009, pg 72-5 Mariana EizirikI; Peter FonagyI, II Psychoanalysis Unit, Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe the concept of mentalization, and its application in understanding the development of psychopathology in patients with borderline [...]

OT – Utilizing AMPS ability measures to predict level of community dependence

Utilizing AMPS ability measures to predict level of community dependence, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2009 Sep 9:1-8 Merritt BK. School of Occupational Therapy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abstract: The aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of utilizing Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) ability measures as evidence [...]

Efficacy of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents – Inclusive of Suicidal ideation, Self-harm, BPD

Efficacy of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents,  Australian Journal of Psychology, 2009 – 61 – 3 – 156 Quinn, Candice Renee Abstract: The current review provides a qualitative assessment of the efficacy of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) as adapted for adolescents. The aim was to assess the efficacy of DBT compared to usual methods in the [...]

The 10 most important things known about addiction

The 10 most important things known about addiction, Addiction,  Vol. 105 (1) 2010, pp. 6–13 Doug Sellman Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, National Addiction Centre (NAC), Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract: If you were asked: ‘What are the most important things we know about addiction?’ what would you say? This paper brings together a body [...]

Mothers’ attributions of Self Injurious Behaviour (SIB) in their children with intellectual disability have been largely ignored

Investigating spontaneous attributions in mothers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and self-injurious behaviour, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 37 Issue 3, Pages 197 - 206 Emma E. Drysdale, Andrew Jahoda and Elizabeth Campbell – Douglas Inch Centre, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Scotland Abstract: •  Mothers had many different explanations of why their children with intellectual disabilities hurt themselves [...]

Contributing factors to weight gain during long-term treatment with second-generation antipsychotics. A systematic appraisal and clinical implications

Contributing factors to weight gain during long-term treatment with second-generation antipsychotics. A systematic appraisal and clinical implications, Obesity Reviews, Volume 10 Issue 5, Pages 527 - 542 S. Gentile  Abstract: The increased rates of both overweight and obesity reported in severely mentally-ill patients are prevalently due to the use of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). Hence, the main purpose of this [...]

Group Behavioral Activation Therapy for Anxious and Depressed Youth

An Initial Description and Pilot of Group Behavioral Activation Therapy for Anxious and Depressed Youth, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, early view, 2009 Brian C. Chu Abstract: Transdiagnostic approaches for treating multiple problems within a single protocol are novel but gaining support. This report describes initial efforts to adapt reconceptualized behavioral activation (e.g., Jacobson, Martell, & [...]

Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: An Open Trial

Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: An Open Trial, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Volume 16, Issue 3, August 2009, Pages 276-289   Nancy L. Kocovski   Abstract:   Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy (MAGT) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is based largely on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Hayes et al., 1999), [...]

St John’s wort for major depression – Cochrane

St John’s wort for major depression, Cochrane Review, 2008 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: In some countries extracts of the plant Hypericum perforatum L. (popularly called St. John’s wort) are widely used for treating patients with depressive symptoms. Objectives To investigate whether extracts of hypericum are more effective than placebo [...]

Are inmates’ subjective sleep problems associated with borderline personality, psychopathy, and antisocial personality independent of depression and substance dependence?

Are inmates’ subjective sleep problems associated with borderline personality, psychopathy, and antisocial personality independent of depression and substance dependence? Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, online early view, 2009 Laura Harty a;  Rebecca D. Forkner a;  Aaron Thompson a;  Jeffrey Stuewig a; June P. Tangney a Abstract: Previous research investigating the relationship between borderline personality [...]

St John’s wort superior to placebo and similar to antidepressants for major depression but with fewer side effects

Review: St John’s wort superior to placebo and similar to antidepressants for major depression but with fewer side effects, Evidence-Based Mental Health 2009;12:78 Edzard Ernst  Complementary Medicine Group, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, UK Abstract: Question: Is St John’s wort (hypericum) an effective treatment for major depression? Outcomes: Proportion of responders [...]

Carers & Forensic – A survey exploring the provision of carers’ support in medium and high secure services in England and Wales

A survey exploring the provision of carers’ support in medium and high secure services in England and Wales, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, online early view, 2009 Amy H. M. Canning a;  Samus A. O’Reilly a;  Louise R. S. Wressell a;  Denise Cannon a; Julian Walker ab Fromeside (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership), [...]

Coming out to care: gay and lesbian carers’ experiences of dementia services

Coming out to care: gay and lesbian carers’ experiences of dementia services, Health & Social Care in the Community, early view 2009 Elizabeth Price DipSW BA(Hons) MA PhD Abstract: This article reports on findings from a qualitative study, undertaken in England that explored the experiences of 21 gay men and lesbian women who care, or [...]

The Paediatric Bipolar Hypothesis: The View from Australia and New Zealand

The Paediatric Bipolar Hypothesis: The View from Australia and New Zealand, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 14 Issue 3, Pages 140 - 147 Peter Parry, Gareth Furber & Stephen Allison Southern Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia    Abstract: Background: The paediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) hypothesis arose in the USA and proposes [...]

Supporting carers to care

Supporting carers to care   House of Commons, June 2009 Click on the report title to gain, direct full-text access Abstract: There are an estimated six million unpaid carers in the United Kingdom looking after family or friends who are sick or disabled. The Department for Work and Pensions (the Department) provides two main forms of [...]

Depression in schizophrenia and early psychosis: implications for assessment and treatment

Depression in schizophrenia and early psychosis: implications for assessment and treatment, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 372-379 Rachel Upthegrove is a consultant psychiatrist for South Birmingham Early Intervention Service and an honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. Dr Upthegrove has been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 1999 [...]

A demographic study of the Orchard Clinic: Scotland’s first medium secure unit

A demographic study of the Orchard Clinic: Scotland’s first medium secure unit , Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, early view, 2009 Rona L. Gow a;  Melissa Choo b;  Rajan Darjee c;  Susan Gould d; Jonathan Steele e   a Douglas Inch Centre, Glasgow, UK Abstract: Forensic services in Scotland are evolving, based on similar [...]

Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009 – GMC

Tomorrow’ Doctors 2009 GMC – General Medical Council Click on the link above to get direct to the full-text of this document The GMC sets the knowledge, skills and behaviours that medical students should learn at UK medical schools. The GMC also sets standards for teaching, learning and assessment. These requirements are set out in Tomorrow’s [...]

Rare and unusual dementias

Rare and unusual dementias, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 364-371 Susham Gupta, Olivia Fiertag and James Warner Susham Gupta is a specialist registrar in old age psychiatry, working for the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. He is in his fourth year as a dual specialty trainee. Olivia Fiertag is a specialist [...]

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness , 29th July 2009, University of Manchester Click on the title above for direct full-text access Abstract: The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI / NCISH) is a research project funded largely by the National Patient Safety Agency [...]

Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood and Subsequent Suicidal Ideation

Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood and Subsequent Suicidal Ideation: Community Comparison, Explanations and Practice Implications, British Journal of Social Work 2009 39(5):950-968 Patrick O’Leary and Nick Gould Patrick O’Leary, Ph.D., is based in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath Nick Gould, Ph.D., is a professor of social work [...]

Specific features of suicidal behavior in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

Specific features of suicidal behavior in patients with narcissistic personality disorder, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, early view, 2009 Blasco-Fontecilla H, et al … Department of Psychiatry, Fundación Jiménez Diaz University Hospital, Avenida Reyes Catolicos 2, Madrid, Spain Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Suicidal behavior is a clinically significant but underestimated cause of mortality in narcissistic personality disorder. [...]

Protective effects of self-esteem and family support on suicide risk behaviors among at-risk adolescents

Protective effects of self-esteem and family support on suicide risk behaviors among at-risk adolescents, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. 2009 Aug;22(3):160-8 Sharaf AY, Thompson EA, Walsh E. Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Nursing, Egypt Abstract: PROBLEM: If and how family support and self-esteem might interact to protect against [...]

Biopsychosocial approach to treating self-injurious behaviors: an adolescent case study

Biopsychosocial approach to treating self-injurious behaviors: an adolescent case study, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing,  2009 Aug;22(3) 115-9 Askew M, Byrne MW. Youth Consultation Service, East Orange, NJ, USA. Abstract: TOPIC: Self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) are a common coping mechanism in the adolescent population. A marked increase in SIB has been seen in recent years, [...]

Suicide in the North West

Suicide in the North West, A review of non-residential and outdoor locations.  August 2009,  NWPHO Kerin Hannon, Susan Giles, Lynn Deacon, Karen Tocque Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access Abstract: To help support an effective regional response to suicide, the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) were commissioned by the North West [...]

Early-onset dementia

Early-onset dementia, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 380-388 Kate Jefferies and Niruj Agrawal Kate Jefferies is a consultant in old age psychiatry at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford. She has a special interest in early-onset dementia and runs a specialist service for early-onset dementia in Guildford and Waverley. She is also currently involved in the [...]