Family carers’ distress and abusive behaviour: longitudinal study

Family carers’ distress and abusive behaviour: longitudinal study, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 196: 480-485 Claudia Cooper, PhD MRCPsych, Martin Blanchard, MD MRCPsych, Amber Selwood, MSc MRCPsych, Zuzana Walker, MD FRCPsych and Gill Livingston, MD FRCPsych Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, UK. Abstract: Aims To test our hypotheses that carers’ reports [...]

An early improvement threshold to predict response and remission in first-episode schizophrenia

An early improvement threshold to predict response and remission in first-episode schizophrenia, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 196: 460-466 Rebecca Schennach-Wolff, MD, Florian Hannes Seemüller, MD and Andreas Mayr     et al. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich Abstract: Background Early improvement with treatment is thought to be important in patients with [...]

Black-skies planning? Prioritising mental health services in times of austerity

Black-skies planning? Prioritising mental health services in times of austerity, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 196: 423-424 Editorial David McDaid, MSc and Martin Knapp, PhD London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Correspondence: Correspondence: David McDaid, LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, [...]

Inclusion and healthcare choices: the experiences of adults with learning disabilities

Inclusion and healthcare choices: the experiences of adults with learning disabilities, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, early view 2010 Morag Ferguson, , Dominic Jarrett, and Melody Terras NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Education and Training Department, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Beardmore Street, Clydebank G81 4HX, Scotland, Learning Disability Service, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Arrol Park [...]

Adoption Special Issue from The Psychotherapist – Spring 2010

Adoption Special Issue, The Psychotherapist, Vol. 44 Spring 2010 Click on the title link above to access the whole special issue from the Psychotherapist Abstract: The Psychotherapist is a quarterly magazine published for the benefit of UKCP individual and organisational members and aims to keep them informed of developments likely to impact on their professional psychotherapy [...]

Recent Research on Food Additives: Implications for CAMH

Recent Research on Food Additives: Implications for CAMH, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, early view, 2010 Jim Stevenson School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK Abstract: The question of the possible role of food additives, and specifically food colours, in elevating hyperactive behaviour in children has been long debated. There is [...]

Body Fat linked to Alzheimers

Body Fat linked to Alzheimers  NHS Choices, May 2010 Click on the title above to read the full-story Abstract: Having a “pot belly” in middle age raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia later in life, according to the Daily Mail. The news is based on research into whether total brain volume was associated [...]

Young People’s Experience of ADHD and Stimulant Medication: A Qualitative Study for the NICE Guideline

Young People’s Experience of ADHD and Stimulant Medication: A Qualitative Study for the NICE Guideline, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol.15 (4), 2010, pp. 186–192 Ilina Singh, Tim Kendall, Clare Taylor, Alex Mears, Chris Hollis, Martin Batty, Sinead Keenan Abstract: Background: The NICE ADHD Guideline Group found a lack of research evidence on young people’s experiences [...]

Service user perceptions of involvement in developing NICE mental health guidelines: A grounded theory study

Service user perceptions of involvement in developing NICE mental health guidelines: A grounded theory study, Journal of Mental Health,  2010 Jun;19(3):249-57. Harding E, Brown D, Hayward M, Pettinari CJ. Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) mandates service user involvement in [...]

Falling through the net – black and minority ethnic women and perinatal mental healthcare: health professionals’ views

Falling through the net – black and minority ethnic women and perinatal mental healthcare: health professionals’ views, General Hospital Psychiatry,  2010 Jan-Feb;32(1):17-25 Edge D School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University Place, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. dawn.edge@manchester.ac.uk Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate health professionals’ views [...]

Behavioral Activation for Treatment of PTSD and Depression in an Iraqi Combat Veteran with Multiple Physical Injuries

Behavioral Activation for Treatment of PTSD and Depression in an Iraqi Combat Veteran with Multiple Physical Injuries, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 38, Issue 03, May 2010, pp 355-361ie Brief Clinical Report Aaron P. Turner and Matthew Jakupcak Abstract: Background: Physical injury and psychological trauma associated with combat in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]

Nurse led, home based self help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial.

Nurse led, home based self help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial, BMJ 2010;340:c1777 Alison J Wearden, reader in psychology1, Christopher Dowrick, professor of primary medical care2, Carolyn Chew-Graham, professor of primary care3, Richard P Bentall, professor of clinical psychology4, Richard K Morriss, professor of psychiatry and community [...]

School based prevention programme may reduce depressive episodes in adolescents at risk

School based prevention programme may reduce depressive episodes in adolescents at risk, Evidence Based Mental Health 2010;13:15 ABSTRACTED FROM Arnarson EO, Craighead WE. Prevention of depression among Icelandic adolescents. Behaviour Research Therapy, 2009;47:577–85. Question: Does participation in a prevention programme conducted in school reduce episodes of depressive disorders among adolescents? Patients: 171 adolescents who were [...]

Young people at risk of psychosis: a user-led exploration of interpersonal relationships and communication of psychological difficulties

Young people at risk of psychosis: a user-led exploration of interpersonal relationships and communication of psychological difficulties , Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2010, Volume 4 Issue 2, Pages 162 - 168 Rory Byrne, Anthony P. Morrison Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Abstract: Aim: The aim of the present study was to qualitatively [...]

Evidence to support equalities programme in mental health

Evidence to support equalities programme in mental health Click on the title above to access this resource Abstract: A range of research and evidence is available to support equality and mental health work across the North West, findings from a recent assessment show. In addition, there are also a number of groups and networks locally and [...]

A cohort study of the prevalence of sleep problems in adults with intellectual disabilities

A cohort study of the prevalence of sleep problems in adults with intellectual disabilities, Journal of Sleep Research, March 2010, Volume 19 Issue 1-Part-I, Pages 42 - 53 AINSLIE BOYLE et al. Section of Psychological Medicine and   2 Section of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Abstract: Previous studies of the prevalence [...]

Stigma among people with dual diagnosis and implications for health services

Stigma among people with dual diagnosis and implications for health services, Advances in Dual Diagnosis, Volume 3, Number 1 / February 2010, pp 4-7 Sara Evans-Lacko1, Graham Thornicroft2 1Health Services and Population Research Department, King’s College, London Institute of Psychiatry, UK 2Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London Abstract: Although we know [...]

Ageism in first episode psychosis – Douglas Turkington

Ageism in first episode psychosis , International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. early view, 2010 Emma Mitford, Robert Reay, Kate McCabe, Roger Paxton, Douglas Turkington Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, PACE Office, St George’s Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, UK Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, Liaison Psychiatry, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Abstract: Objective To consider the characteristics [...]

Safety of sertindole versus risperidone in schizophrenia: principal results of the sertindole cohort prospective study (SCoP)

Safety of sertindole versus risperidone in schizophrenia: principal results of the sertindole cohort prospective study (SCoP), Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Early View, Date: April 2010 S. H. L. Thomas,  et al. Abstract: Objective: To explore whether sertindole increases all-cause mortality or cardiac events requiring hospitalization, compared with risperidone. Method: Multinational randomized, open-label, parallel-group study, with blinded classification of outcomes, [...]

Prison Related Fact Sheets from insideinformation

Prison Related Fact Sheets from insideinformation   The comprehensive guide to prisons and related services Click on the title above to access the factsheets, free to download Legal Factsheets Parole Factsheets Other information factsheets  

Stonewall’s Healthy Lives – Stonewall’s brand new health inclusion programme helps NHS Trusts promote equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Stonewall’s Healthy Lives Click on the title to access this resource Abstract: Supported by the Equality & Human Rights Commission, Stonewall’s brand new health inclusion programme helps NHS Trusts promote equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. All NHS Trusts in England can apply to be selected for a year’s dedicated support – entirely free. Applications must be received [...]

Time to Change latest campaign

Time to Change latest campaign  Click on the title above to access this information Abstract: Boxer Frank Bruno and TV presenter Trisha Goddard have joined a host of celebrities in pledging to help end mental health prejudice for the latest stage of the Time to Change campaign. Time to Change is a campaign to end mental [...]

Partners in care?: views and experiences of carers from a cohort study of the early implementation of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

Partners in care?: views and experiences of carers from a cohort study of the early implementation of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Health & Social Care in the Community Early View, April 2010 Julie Ridley, Susan Hunter, Ann Rosengard School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Abstract: Carers [...]

Crisis resolution and home treatment for people with mental health problems: a historical cohort study

Social deprivation and the outcomes of crisis resolution and home treatment for people with mental health problems: a historical cohort study, Health & Social Care in the Community, Early View,  April 2010 Richard Kingsford, Martin Webber Thanet Community Mental Health Team, The Beacon, Ramsgate, Kent, UK and   2 King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, [...]

The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies

The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Date: February 2010, Pages: 51-64 Lori Letts, Julie Moreland, Julie Richardson, Liliana Coman, Mary Edwards, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Seanne Wilkins, Laurie Wishart Abstract: Background/aim:  Evidence that the physical environment is a [...]

Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia

Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia , Komossa K, Rummel-Kluge C, Hunger H, Schmid F, Schwarz S, Duggan L, Kissling W, Leucht S. Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006654 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this Cochrane review Abstract: [...]

Vulnerability & Stress – a new view of schizophrenia – Zubin & Spring

Vulnerability – a new view of schizophrenia, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1977, Vol.86, No.2, pp.103-124 Zubin J. & Spring B Abstract: Although descriptive and etiological approaches to psychopathology have made notable advances, they seem to have reached a plateau. After reviewing the six approaches to etiology that now preempt the field–ecological, developmental, learning, genetic, internal [...]

Identification of bipolar disorder in women with postpartum depression

Identification of bipolar disorder in women with postpartum depression, Bipolar Disorders, May 2010, Volume 12 Issue 3, Pages 335 - 340   Verinder Sharma, Mustaq Khan   Abstract:   No studies to date have assessed the pharmacological management of treatment-resistant postpartum depression. We reviewed the pharmacological treatment of postpartum depression in patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant ‘unipolar’ depression.Methods: We conducted a chart review [...]

Pharmacological and non-drug treatment of child bipolar I disorder during prospective eight-year follow-up

Pharmacological and non-drug treatment of child bipolar I disorder during prospective eight-year follow-up , Bipolar Disorders, May 2010, Volume 12 Issue 2, Pages 164 - 171   Barbara Geller, Rebecca Tillman, Kristine Bolhofner, Betsy Zimerman Abstract: The Phenomenology and Course of Pediatric Bipolar Disorders study, a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study of child bipolar I disorder (BP-I) begun in 1995, [...]

Factors associated with functional recovery in bipolar disorder patients

Factors associated with functional recovery in bipolar disorder patients, Bipolar Disorders, May 2010, Volume 12 Issue 3, Pages 319 - 326 Aliza P Wingo, Ross J Baldessarini, Paul E Holtzheimer, Philip D Harvey Abstract: Among bipolar disorder (BPD) patients, functional recovery, defined as regaining individual premorbid residential and vocational status, is far less common than symptomatic recovery. As several factors have [...]