Mentally disordered detainees in the police station: the role of the psychiatrist

Mentally disordered detainees in the police station: the role of the psychiatrist, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 115-123 John Kent and Santhana Gunasekaran John Kent is consultant forensic psychiatrist at Newton Lodge medium secure unit in Wakefield, UK. He is also a visiting psychiatrist to Her Majesty’s Prison & Young Offender Institution [...]

Defining recovery from an eating disorder: Conceptualization, validation, and examination of psychosocial functioning and psychiatric comorbidity

Defining recovery from an eating disorder: Conceptualization, validation, and examination of psychosocial functioning and psychiatric comorbidity,  Behaviour Research and Therapy Volume 48, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 194-202 Anna M. Bardone-Cone, Megan B. Harney, Christine R. Maldonado, Melissa A. Lawson, D. Paul Robinson, Roma Smith, Aneesh Tosh Abstract: Conceptually, eating disorder recovery should include physical, behavioral, [...]

Seeing the evidence: learning from images in neuroscience

Seeing the evidence: learning from images in neuroscience, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2010) 16: 82-85 John Cookson is a consultant in adult psychiatry and co-author of Use of Drugs in Psychiatry (fourth and fifth editions), published by Gaskell Press. He trained in physiology and pharmacology before clinical medicine. Correspondence: Correspondence Dr John Cookson, Royal London [...]

Long-term follow-up of individuals on assertive outreach teams

Long-term follow-up of individuals on assertive outreach teams, The Psychiatrist 2010 v. 34, p. 88-91 Tanvir Rana and Martin Commander Tanvir Rana is a consultant psychiatrist at the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford Abstract: Aims and method To describe the long-term outcome of 165 people taken onto assertive outreach teams. Results [...]

National Diabetes Information Service goes live ready for Diabetes UK

Welcome to the National Diabetes Information Service Click on the link above to access this website Welcome to the National Diabetes Information Service (NDIS), where you can find a comprehensive range of diabetes data, tools and information, easily accessible from this website. Over the next few months, we will be adding more data and more [...]

Efficacy of cognitive–behavioural therapy and other psychological treatments for adult depression: meta-analytic study of publication bias

Efficacy of cognitive–behavioural therapy and other psychological treatments for adult depression: meta-analytic study of publication bias , The British Journal of Psychiatry 2010 v. 196, p. 173-178 Pim Cuijpers, Filip Smit, Ernst Bohlmeijer, Steven D. Hollon, and Gerhard Andersson Abstract: It is not clear whether the effects of cognitive–behavioural therapy and other psychotherapies have been [...]

Resolution and remission in schizophrenia: getting well and staying well

Resolution and remission in schizophrenia: getting well and staying well, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 86-95 David Yeomans, Mark Taylor, Alan Currie, Richard Whale, Keith Ford, Chris Fear, Joanne Hynes, Gary Sullivan, Bruce Moore, and Tom Burns David Yeomans is a consultant psychiatrist with the Leeds Partnerships Foundation NHS Trust and an [...]

Mental Wellbeing Week 2010 (8th 14th March)

Together for Mental Wellbeing Click on the link above to access the website of resources and information Abstract: It’s national Mental Wellbeing Week, an annual week promoting better mental health for all, organised annually by the charity Together. This year the charity is releasing new research that highlights just how common it is for many [...]

Life Story Work – The Positive Contribuition of Life Story Work to Individuals and Carers;

The Positive Contribuition of Life Story Work to Individuals and Carers  January 2010, Life Story Network Promoting and Embedding Best Practice Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: What is Life Story work? The pastime of ‘scrapbooking’ ‐ making photo albums and sharing memories ‐ is a common, everyday [...]

Schizophrenia and comorbid substance abuse substantially increases risks of violent crime

Schizophrenia and comorbid substance abuse substantially increases risks of violent crime, Evidence Based Mental Health 2010;13:31 Putkonen H, Vanha Vaasa hospital, Vaasa, Finland Abstract: Question: What is the risk of violent crime in people with schizophrenia, and does substance abuse mediate this risk? People: 8003 people (5243 men, 2760 women, 4674 with unaffected full siblings) [...]

Mentalising – Mentalization – Website of Information & Resources

Mentalising   Click on the title above to access this informative website About: Mentalising is simply being aware of what’s going on in our own heads and in others’ minds. Thoughts and feelings. Thoughts about feelings. Feelings about thoughts. A fractionally less awkward way of describing this process is ‘mind-awareness’. But let’s not get bogged [...]

Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime.

Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime, JAMA. 2009 May 20;301(19):2016-23 Fazel S, Långström N, Hjern A, Grann M, Lichtenstein P. Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, England. Comment in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2010 Feb;13(1):31. JAMA. 2009 Sep 16;302(11):1168; author reply 1168-9. Abstract: CONTEXT: Persons with schizophrenia are thought to [...]

Wellbeing – How to improve your Mental Wellbeing

How to improve your Mental Wellbeing  MIND Click on the title above to access this resources Abstract: This booklet explains what keeps people mentally well, why some people may be more prone to mental distress, and what you can do to promote your mental wellbeing. It also tells you how to support someone else in [...]

Emotional Resilience Toolkit – Well-being

Emotional Resilience Toolkit  2009, Mental Health Foundation Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: This Emotional Resilience Toolkit provides practical guidance in promoting the resilience of individuals and teams in companies as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme. The toolkit has been produced by Business in the Community, and the [...]

Mental Health and Well Being Web Resource

Mental Health and Well Being Web Resource  – HARP Click on the title above to access this resources About: Welcome to HARP’s Mental Health and Well Being Web Resource. This website has been designed to help health professionals in assisting asylum seekers and refugees with mental health issues.

Psychological interventions for postnatal depression: cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation. The PONDER trial

Psychological interventions for postnatal depression: cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation. The PONDER trial  CRD Health Technology Assessment Database, Jan. 2010 Ponder Trial Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: Author’s objectives Author’s conclusions The study found that brief training for health visitors in both systematically identifying women with [...]

Gardens: enabling residents to continue their hobby

Gardens: enabling residents to continue their hobby, Nursing & Residential Care, 2010 Jan; 12(1): 41-4 Julia Swann Abstract: Altering ways of doing tasks can help residents to take an active part in gardening, particularly if raised beds and easier-to-manage gardening tools are provided.  Many care home residents have a wealth of knowledge and practical experience [...]

Dementia, Depression, and Drug Effects in Older Adults – Nurses need to recognise signs & symptoms – Dementia or Depression

Dissecting Dementia, Depression, and Drug Effects in Older Adults, Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services. Jan 2010. Vol. 48, Iss. 1; p. 39 (9 pages) Roy Ann Sherrod, Angela Collins, Stephanie Wynn, Monika Gragg Abstract: As adults age, many changes in functioning occur, and dementia and/or depression may develop. Medications used to manage [...]

Life story work and nursing home residents with dementia

Life story work and nursing home residents with dementia, Nursing Older People, 2009 May; 21 (4): 28-32 Russell C; Timmons S; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Abstract: Research has indicated that one means of seeing clients with dementia as individual people, and gaining insight into their lives, is through listening to the stories they tell. [...]

Caring for those with dementia at the end of their life

Caring for those with dementia at the end of their life, Nursing & Residential Care, 2010 Jan; 12 (1): 33-6 Jordan M; Carole J Abstract: The challenges in end-of-life care for people with dementia are centred in the problems arising from diffi culty in direct communication. Those with dementia may be unable to communicate the [...]

Life Stories – Telling life stories

Telling life stories, Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services. Thorofare: Nov 2009. Vol. 47, Iss. 11; p. 21 (5 pages) Frieda R Butler Abstract: A life review has been demonstrated to be highly beneficial to well or chronically ill older adults, as well as terminally ill older adults. Those living independently indicate feelings [...]

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ABI – Directory of Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injuries

Directory of Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injuries  Click on the link above to access the searchable directory, you can search by region, location, postcode About The United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) is a membership organisation and charity which aims to promote the understanding of all aspects of acquired brain injury. [...]

Bipolar risk greater for bright children

Bipolar risk greater for bright children   NHS Choices – Behind the Headlines , Feb.2010 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: “You don’t have to be bipolar to be a genius – but it helps,” according to The Independent. The newspaper said that a Swedish study of over 700,000 adults found that those [...]

Motivation and avolition in schizophrenia patients: The role of self-efficacy

Motivation and avolition in schizophrenia patients: The role of self-efficacy, Psychosis, Volume 2 Issue 1 February 2010 , pages 12 – 22 Richard P. Bentall;  Peter W. Simpson;  David A. Lee;  Steven Williams;  Sue Elves;  Clare Brabbins; Anthony P. Morrison Bangor University The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Abstract: This study was designed to contribute [...]

Care Pathways – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

Care Pathways – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust  Click on the link above to access the Care Pathways Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has developed its first phase of integrated care pathways. What is a Care Pathway? Care pathways are more than protocols, flow charts, process maps or guidelines. Each key pathway stage is expanded [...]

Improving Access to Psychological Therapy Services – Realising the Benefits

Realising the benefits: IAPT at full roll-out  Department of Health, Feb. 2010 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: Realising the Benefits details the next steps in the move towards the full roll out of Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services. The guidance provides support for established and developing [...]

Worried About Self-injury – Young Minds – Helping young people understand about what self-injury is and why people do it

Worried About Self-injury   Young Minds Click on the title above to access this patient information booklet This booklet aims to help young people understand more about what self-injury is and why people do it. It shows young people how to find support. Lancashire Care staff can either click on the link above to directly access [...]

Management of Obesity – Guideline – SIGN

Management of obesity , Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, SIGN  24th Feb 2010 Click on the title and SIGN above to access the full-text of this report, quick reference guide and summary of recommendations Abstract: Obesity in Scotland has reached epidemic proportions with around two thirds of adults and one third of children being overweight or obese. Prevalence is [...]

Treatment of psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder with aripiprazole monotherapy: a meta-analysis – Highly Accessed Article

Treatment of psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder with aripiprazole monotherapy: a meta-analysis,     Annals of General Psychiatry 2009, 8:27 (31 December 2009) Click on the title above to obtain the full-text of this highly accessed article Abstract: We present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available clinical trials concerning the usefulness of aripiprazole in the treatment of [...]