The treatment of aggression using arts therapies in forensic psychiatry: Results of a qualitative inquiry

The treatment of aggression using arts therapies in forensic psychiatry: Results of a qualitative inquiry,  The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-58 Henk Smeijsters Ph.D,  Gorry Cleven RDT Abstract: The article describes the body of knowledge of arts  therapies in forensic psychiatry based on recent practice, theory and research. The first part [...]

Psychosocial model of care – The article outlines the work of a ward in a high secure hospital Merseyside

Introducing cognitive rehabilitation into a psychosocial model of care, Mental Health Practice , 2009 Oct; 13(2): 29-33 Lawrence Savage -  Staff nurse at Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside Abstract: The article outlines the work of a ward in a high secure hospital Merseyside. The ward was opened to accommodate service users with cognitive difficultures who no longer required [...]

Eating Disorders: Seminar – The Lancet

Seminar: Eating Disorders, The Lancet, 2009 Prof Janet Treasure FRCPsych , Angélica M Claudino PhD, Nancy Zucker PhD Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK Abstract: This Seminar adds to the previous Lancet Seminar about eating disorders, published in 2003, with an emphasis on the biological contributions to illness onset and maintenance. The diagnostic [...]

Creative reminiscence program for older adults with severe mental disorders

A creative reminiscence program for older adults with severe mental disorders: Results of a pilot evaluation, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 13, Issue 5 September 2009 , pages 736 – 743 Bernadette M. Willemse – Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos-Instituut, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands Abstract: Objective: Older adults with severe mental [...]

Counting the Cost – Caring for people with Dementia

Counting the cost: caring for people with dementia Alzheimers Society, 2009 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: People with dementia – who occupy a quarter of all hospital beds – are staying far longer in hospital than people without the condition who go in for the same treatment. This [...]

Walk a mile in my shoes – Dignity & Respect for the Elderly

Walk a mile in my shoes: scrutiny of dignity and respect for individuals in health and social care services: a guide 2009 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this document Abstract: This guide will assist Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) to raise awareness and understanding of dignity and respect for individuals who [...]

Assertive outreach in the context of the care programme approach – Emma Jones – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust – Guild

Assertive outreach in the context of the care programme approach, Mental Health Practice,  2009 Apr; 12(7): 24-9 Emma Jones – Deputy Leader, Guild Lodge, Goosnarch, Lancashire Abstract: Assertive outreach, originally developed in the United States, has been adopted in the UK and is endorsed and financially supported by the government. Yet the role of care [...]

Psychosocial interventions to prevent relapse: a case study.

Psychosocial interventions to prevent relapse: a case study, Mental Health Practice, 2009 Sep; 13(1): 28-33   Katherine Lloyd is an early intervention practitioner at the Liverpool South Early Intervention Team Abstract: Katherine Lloyd used relapse prevention strategies to help a client to understand the factors that trigger bipolar episodes. This enabled him to modify his behaviours [...]

Mindfulness-based pain management programme: effects on well-being and multiple measures of mindfulness

Evaluation of the breathworks mindfulness-based pain management programme: effects on well-being and multiple measures of mindfulness, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2009 Bryany Cusens, Geoffrey B. Duggan, Kirsty Thorne, Vidyamala Burch Anaesthetics, Theatres and Pain Services Directorate, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK, University of Bath, Bath, UK Manchester Buddhist Centre, Manchester, UK  Abstract:  Two studies of a [...]

Psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size

The effects of psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size, Psychological Medicine, 2009 P. Cuijpers, A. van Straten, E. Bohlmeijer, S. D. Hollon and G. Andersson Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract: Background No meta-analytical study has examined whether the quality of the studies [...]

Simulated presence therapy for individuals with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of simulated presence therapy for individuals with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Aging & Mental Health, Volume 12, Issue 6 November 2008 , pages 779 – 785 Jessica Zetteler – Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust and Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Abstract: Objectives: To formally assess the strength of evidence for the efficacy of simulated [...]

Can we enhance the training of clinical supervisors? A national pilot study of an evidence-based approach

Can we enhance the training of clinical supervisors? A national pilot study of an evidence-based approach , Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2009 Derek Milne Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust and the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Newcastle University  Abstract: Clinical supervision plays an essential part in maintaining professional standards and in achieving the National Health Service’s [...]

Alcohol Misuse Among the Elderly: An Opportunity for Prevention

Alcohol Misuse Among the Elderly: An Opportunity for Prevention, Sarah Mathews, David W Oslin. The American Journal of Psychiatry. Oct 2009. Vol. 166, Iss. 10; p. 1093 (3 pages) Abstract: Current census estimates predict that by the year 2020, 18% of the population will be 65 years or older. As most adults in this age [...]

In search of happiness! – Psychotherapy helps clients work through pain in a safe setting, says Jean Faugier

In search of happiness, Jean Faugier. Nursing Standard. Harrow-on-the-Hill: May 2-May 8, 2007. Vol. 21, Iss. 34; p. 22 (2 pages) Abstract: Unlike other ‘talking’ therapies, psychotherapy centres on transferance. While it can be a painful experience, people feel and function better for it.     ‘The greatest happiness is to know the source of [...]

OT – A model for play-based intervention for children with ADHD

A model for play-based intervention for children with ADHD, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 2009, Volume 56 Issue 5, Pages 332 - 340 Reinie Cordier et al…   Abstract: Background/aim:  The importance of play in the social development of children is undisputed. Even though children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience serious social problems, there is limited research on their play. [...]

The Practice of Seclusion and Time-out on English Acute Psychiatric Wards: The City-128 Study

The Practice of Seclusion and Time-out on English Acute Psychiatric Wards: The City-128 Study, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 2009 Len Bowers, Marie Van Der Merwe, Henk Nijman, Bridget Hamilton, Eric Noorthorn, Duncan Stewart, Eimear Muir-Cochrane   -  Len Bowers, City University, Philpot Street, E1 2EA London, United Kingdom Abstract: Seclusion is widely used internationally to manage [...]

Alzheimer’s disease: a global challenge for the 21st century

Alzheimer’s disease: a global challenge for the 21st century, The Lancet, Neurology Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2009, Pages 1082-1083 World Alzheimers Report – click on the title to access full-text Jean François Dartigues Abstract: The World Alzheimer Report,1 recently published under the auspices of Alzheimer Disease International (ADI), emphasises that, with global increases in [...]

User and carer views of CAMHS intensive home treatment service in Bradford

User and carer views of CAMHS intensive home treatment service in Bradford, Practice Development in Health Care, 2009   Jhansi Rani et al…    Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Laura Mitchell Health Centre, Halifax, UK Abstract:   We report the views of young people and their families who used an innovative, intensive home-based child and [...]

OT – Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcome

Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcome, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2009 Heather Colquhoun et al ..   Abstract: Background/aim:  Routinely using outcome measures as an integral component of practice has been encouraged for decades yet has not been widely adopted. There are many reasons to measure outcomes yet any [...]

3 Preparatory studies for promoting implementation of outpatient schema therapy for BPD in general mental health care

Three preparatory studies for promoting implementation of outpatient schema therapy for borderline personality disorder in general mental health care,  Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 938-945 – Dissemination and Implementation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Marjon Nadort et al.. Abstract: Objective Three studies were conducted to prepare for the implementation of [...]

Most Read Article – Perceptual control theory (PCT) and the Method of Levels to work with people who experience psychosis

Using Perceptual Control Theory and the Method of Levels to work with people who experience psychosis, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (2009), 2:227-242 Sara J. Tai – School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Abstract: This paper provides an overview of perceptual control theory (PCT) in relation to understanding severe and enduring mental health problems. [...]

Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis

Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis, Psychological Medicine (2009), 39 : 241-254 C. Acarturk et al…. Vrije Universiteit University Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract: Background Older meta-analyses of the effects of psychological treatments of social anxiety disorder have found that these treatments have moderate to large effects. However, these [...]

Treatment of PTSD using Writing Therapy

Treatment of adult post-traumatic stress disorder using a future-oriented writing therapy approach, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 2009 Reginald D. V. Nixona1 c1 and Leonard W. Klinga1 School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia Abstract: The aim of this pilot study was to test whether a future-oriented expressive writing intervention is able to reduce post-traumatic stress [...]

Show us a behaviour without a cognition and we’ll show you a rock rolling down a hill – Integration of behavioural, cognitive, and mindfulness approaches

Show us a behaviour without a cognition and we’ll show you a rock rolling down a hill, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (2009), 2 : 123-133 Timothy A. Careya1 c1 and Warren Mansella2 a1 Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia a2 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK     Abstract: Dismantling studies [...]

CBT & Vomiting – SPOV – David Veale

Cognitive behaviour therapy for a specific phobia of vomiting, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 2009 David Veale – NIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK Dr D. Veale, Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, 99 Denmark Hill, [...]

Are all antidepressants equal?

Are all antidepressants equal? Evidence-Based Mental Health 2009;12:98-100 G Gartlehner1,2, B N Gaynes3 Abstract: Primary care physicians and psychiatrists manage the majority of patients suffering from acute phase major depressive disorder (MDD). For most patients, antidepressant treatment is the primary choice of care. Second generation antidepressants (SGAs)—developed following the first generation of tricyclic and monoamine [...]

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

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 at [...]

CBT improves maternal perinatal depression in rural Pakistan

CBT improves maternal perinatal depression in rural Pakistan, Evidence-Based Mental Health 2009;12:45 Abstract: Question: Does a community health worker delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based intervention improve the health of perinatally depressed women and their newborn infants in rural Pakistan? Patients: 903 married women, aged 16–45 years, in their third trimester of pregnancy and diagnosed [...]

A stepped-care prevention programme decreased depression and anxiety disorders in elderly patients

A stepped-care prevention programme decreased depression and anxiety disorders in elderly patients, Evidence-Based Medicine 2009;14:146 Toshi A Furukawa  Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan Abstract: Study design Design: randomised controlled trial. ISRCTN26474556 [controlled-trials.com] . Allocation: {concealed} Blinding: blinded (outcome assessors).* Study question Setting: primary care practices in the northwestern Netherlands. Patients: [...]

Dedicated personality disorder services: A qualitative analysis of service structure and treatment process

Dedicated personality disorder services: A qualitative analysis of service structure and treatment process, Journal of Mental Health, 2009 Katy Price et al.. Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London Mental Health Foundation Abstract: Background: In response to concerns about the quality of services for people with personality disorder, 11 new community-based services [...]