Cultural sensitivity in forensic services: findings from an audit of South London forensic inpatient services

Cultural sensitivity in forensic services: findings from an audit of South London forensic inpatient services, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 21, Issue 1 February 2010 , pages 156 – 166 Emma Warnock-Parkes;  Susan Young; Gisli Gudjonsson Abstract: This paper summarises the key findings from an audit using the Cultural Sensitivity Audit Tool for [...]

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a brief deception detection training program

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a brief deception detection training program, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 21, Issue 1 February 2010 , pages 66 – 76 Stephen Porter;  Marcus Juodis;  Leanne M. ten Brinke;  Raymond Klein; Kevin Wilson Abstract: The discrimination of genuine and falsified emotional displays is critical in many contexts, including [...]

Delivering better care at end of life

Delivering better care at end of life , January 2010, Kings Fund Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: This report includes papers given at the Sir Roger Bannister Summit, arranged for those responsible for implementing the government’s End Of Life Care Strategy. It covers issues including commissioning, hospice and hospital care, quality [...]

Diet & Cancer

Diet & Cancer  April 2009, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: Research shows that the risk of developing some cancers is linked to lifestyle, and scientists estimate that 26% of UK cancers could be prevented by altering diet. This note examines the latest scientific research, [...]

Treatments for Heroin and Cocaine dependency

Treatments for Heroin and Cocaine dependency, June 2009, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Abstract: Some 11.3 million people in Britain have used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetime. Cocaine and heroin are the most damaging illicit drugs in terms of health impacts to dependent individuals and the cost of drug related [...]

Assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits in dementia

Assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits in dementia, Prescriber, Volume 20, Issue 6, Date: 19 March 2009, Pages: 45-49 Prescribing in older people Julia Gifford, Roy Jones Abstract: Our series Prescribing in older people gives practical advice for successful management of the special problems faced by this age group. Here, the authors discuss how cognitive deficits in dementia are [...]

Diagnosing dementia – Postnote

Postnote: diagnosing dementia   January 2010, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: This briefing outlines current diagnostic practices, research into newer tools and service provision proposals that aim to increase early diagnosis of dementia. Lancashire Care staff can either click on the link above or email: [...]

NPSA issue new guidance to improve the safety of lithium therapy – Safer lithium therapy

Safer lithium therapy  National Patient Safety Agency, December 2009 Click on the title above to access the resources, 6 documents to download, scroll down to the bottom Abstract: Some patients taking lithium have been harmed because they have not had their dosage adjusted based on recommended regular blood tests. If patients are not informed of [...]

Schemes to promote healthy weight among obese and overweight children in England

Schemes to promote healthy weight among obese and overweight children in England , EPPI Centre, 2008 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: In late 2007, the Department of Health commissioned the EPPI-centre at the Institute of Education, University of London, to carry out a mapping exercise of schemes to [...]

Antipsychotics in dementia: use only if the risks are justified

Antipsychotics in dementia: use only if the risks are justified, Prescriber, Volume 20, Issue 8, Date: 19 April 2009, Pages: 7-9 Derek Brown, MRCPsych  MRCPsychMRCPsych Abstract: The use of antipsychotics to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia has been subject to much adverse publicity in the last few years. In 2004 the Committee on Safety of Medicines, noting a [...]

Depression: current approaches to management in primary care

Depression: current approaches to management in primary care, Prescriber, 2009, Volume 20 Issue 4, Pages 18 - 40 Ian Reid, PhD, MRCPsych, Isobel Cameron, MA Abstract: Our Drug review describes current prescribing guidelines and the properties of the antidepressant drugs available and discusses recent controversies surrounding antidepressant use. This is followed by further sources of information in Resources and an [...]

Management of depression

Management of depression, Prescriber, Volume 20, Issue 7, Date: 5 April 2009, Pages: 12-18 Abstract: Specialist Professor Philip Cowen answers questions posed by GP Dr Jean Watkins on the management of depression in primary care and comments on two case histories. Lancashire Care staff can request the full-text of this paper, email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

New Horizons: the next stage of mental health policy

New Horizons: the next stage of mental health policy   23rd December 2009, The NHS Confederation Click on the title above to access the full-text direct Abstract: This Briefing summarises the key points of New Horizons, and focuses on what the strategy means for the NHS. It details the actions relating to improving public mental health [...]

How nurses seek and evaluate clinical guidelines on the Internet

How nurses seek and evaluate clinical guidelines on the Internet, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2010 Jan; 66 (1): 114-27 Verhoeven F; Steehouder MF; Hendrix RM; van Gemert-Pijnen JE Abstract: Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to assess nurses’ information-seeking strategies and problems encountered when seeking clinical guidelines on the Internet, and [...]

Pandemic flu training module for mental health trusts, tertiary and associated specialist trusts

Pandemic flu training module for mental health trusts, tertiary and associated specialist trusts Click on the title above to access this document Abstract: This guidance is based on the recently updated guidance for Mental Health services on planning and responding to an outbreak of pandemic flu. Lancashire care staff can either click on the link [...]

Delivering same-sex accommodation in mental health and learning disability services

 Delivering same-sex accommodation in mental health and learning disability services, Jan 2010, The NHS Confederation Click on the title above to gain direct full-text access Abstract: This briefing summarises existing national policy and good practice on same-sex accommodation, explains what support is available to organisations that need to make improvements, and sets out what both [...]

Apathy in first episode psychosis patients: One year follow up

Apathy in first episode psychosis patients: One year follow up,  Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 116, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 20-26Ann Faerden Abstract: Introduction This study describes how the negative subsyndrome of apathy develops over the first year in first episode psychosis (FEP) patients, with an emphasis on the prevalence of enduring apathy and the relationship [...]

Treatment Integrity of Studies That Compare Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Treatment Integrity of Studies That Compare Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With Cognitive-Behavior Therapy,  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 2009, Vol. 16 Issue 3, Pages 370 - 378 Sunil S. Bhar, Aaron T. Beck Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Abstract: In their meta-analysis, Leichsenring, Rabung, and Leibing (2004) found that short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP) and cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) were equally [...]

Behavioral Activation Treatments for Depression in Adults: A Meta-analysis and Review

Behavioral Activation Treatments for Depression in Adults: A Meta-analysis and Review, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, December 2009, Volume 16 Issue 4, Pages 383 - 411 Trevor Mazzucchelli, Robert Kane, Clare Rees Abstract: Behavioral activation (BA) treatments for depression require patients to increase overt behavior to bring them in contact with reinforcing environmental contingencies. This meta-analysis sought to identify all [...]

Epidemiology – Schizophrenia and the city: A review of literature and prospective study of psychosis and urbanicity in Ireland

Schizophrenia and the city: A review of literature and prospective study of psychosis and urbanicity in Ireland,  Schizophrenia Research, Volume 116, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 75-89 Brendan D. Kelly et al.. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Ireland Abstract: Urbanicity has been repeatedly associated with increased incidence of schizophrenia. This article (a) presents results [...]

Suicide attempt in first-episode psychosis: A 7.4 year follow-up study

Suicide attempt in first-episode psychosis: A 7.4 year follow-up study, Schizophrenia Research Volume 116, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 1-8 J. Robinson, M.G. Harris, S.M. Harrigan, L.P. Henry, S. Farrelly, A. Prosser, O. Schwartz, H. Jackson, P.D. McGorry Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre, Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC), 35 Poplar Road, Parkville Victoria [...]

Risk Management – Zoning: focused support: a trust wide implementation project

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT Zoning: focused support: a trust wide implementation project, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Feb 2010, Volume 17 Issue 1, Pages 79 - 86 C. GAMBLE, G. DODD, J. GRELLIER, M. HEVER, C. O’CONNER, T. CLARKE, R. CHIPERE, M. MELLOR, M. NESS Consultant Nurse,   2 Director of Service Development and Performance,   3 Service Development Programme [...]

Well-being in mental health services: a qualitative investigation

The place and promotion of well-being in mental health services: a qualitative investigation,  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Feb 2010, Volume 17 Issue 1, Pages 1 - 8 C. OWENS bsc (hons) msc (res), D. CRONE bsc (hons) phd, L. KILGOUR ba (hons) phd & W. EL ANSARI mbbch phd (wales) phd (oxford brookes) Faculty of Sport, [...]

A narrative review of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and implications for its use in an alcohol-dependent population

A narrative review of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and implications for its use in an alcohol-dependent population,  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Feb 2010, Volume 17 Issue 1,  Pages 19 - 30 A. MCPHERSON, C. R. MARTIN Postgraduate Research Student and   2 Chair in Mental Health, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of [...]

Impact of antidepressants on the risk of suicide in patients with depression in real-life conditions: a decision analysis model

Impact of antidepressants on the risk of suicide in patients with depression in real-life conditions: a decision analysis model, Psychological Medicine (2009), 39 : 1307-1315 A. Cougnard, H. Verdoux, A. Grolleau, Y. Moride, B. Begaud and M. Tournier Abstract: Background The impact of antidepressant drug treatment (ADT) on the risk of suicide is uncertain. The [...]

Effectiveness of an individualized functional training program on affective disturbances and functional skills in mild and moderate dementia – RCT

Research Articles – Effectiveness of an individualized functional training program on affective disturbances and functional skills in mild and moderate dementia - a randomized control trial, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Feb 2010, Volume 25 Issue 2, Pages 133 - 141 Linda CW Lam, Victor WC Lui  et al.. Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Abstract: We [...]

Weight gain in antipsychotic-naive patients: a review and meta-analysis

Weight gain in antipsychotic-naive patients: a review and meta-analysis, Psychological Medicine , Feb(2010), 40:187-200 I. Tarricone, B. Ferrari Gozzi, A. Serretti, D. Grieco and D. Berardi Abstract: Background Weight gain is a long-recognized side-effect of antipsychotic (AP) drugs and a major health concern in the treatment of psychosis. The strength of the causal relationship between [...]

BIPOLAR – An update of evidence-based treatment of bipolar depression: where do we stand?

An update of evidence-based treatment of bipolar depression: where do we stand?  Current Opinion in Psychiatry: January 2010 – Volume 23 – Issue 1 – p 19-24 Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N Abstract: Purpose of review: The current article attempts to summarize the current status of our knowledge and practice in the treatment of bipolar depression and [...]

Working memory in early Alzheimer’s disease: a neuropsychological review

Working memory in early Alzheimer’s disease: a neuropsychological review,International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Feb 2010, Volume 25 Issue 2, Pages 121 - 132 J. D. Huntley, R. J. Howard Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK Abstract: Background Reports of the extent of working memory (WM) impairment in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been inconsistent. Using [...]

Measuring social inclusion: a staff survey of mental health service users’ participation in community occupations

Measuring social inclusion: a staff survey of mental health service users’ participation in community occupations, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 72, Number 12, Dec 2009 , pp. 520-530(11) Dorer, Gemma; Harries, Priscilla; Marston, Louise Abstract: Mental health service users frequently experience social exclusion and limited occupational engagement. A survey was conducted to gather staff [...]