SIGN Guideline – Diabetes

SIGN Guideline – Diabetes  2010  SIGN – Patient Information, Quick Reference Guide Click on the title above to access the full-text of the guideline & Click on SIGN for the Patient Information, Quick Reference Guide and more ……………. Lancashire care staff can click on the links above or email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Men with eating disorders feel invisible – ‘Nutrition Rocks’

SLAM writes for Nutrition Rocks Abstract: 22 September 2010 SLaM ( South London & Mausdley NHS Foundation Trust) has authored an opinion article on the rise in eating disorders among males that has been published on lifestyle and celebrity website, Nutrition Rocks. Written by SLaM’s National Services Media Officer Laura Crowden, with the input of [...]

Should incentives be used to help people quit unhealthy habits? NICE’s Citizens Council reveals its view

Should incentives be used to help people quit unhealthy habits? NICE’s Citizens Council reveals its view  NICE, 29th September 2010 Click on the title to access this information Abstract: The majority of an advisory group made up of members of the public believes that incentive systems could be an effective way of encouraging people to [...]

Treatment of Lewy-body dementias and psychopathology

Treatment of Lewy-body dementias and psychopathology, The Lancet, Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 943-945 Laura Marsh Abstract: Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) share similar clinical and neuropathological features, and together these Lewybody- related dementias account for up to 20% of incident dementia cases.1 Development of dementia confers [...]

Memantine for patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Memantine for patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet Neurology, OCT. 2010, Vol. 9 (10) pgs 969-977 Murat Emre et al. Abstract: Background   Previous studies have suggested that patients with Lewy-body-related dementias might benefit from treatment with the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist memantine, but [...]

Efficacy of antidepressants in treating the negative symptoms of chronic schizophrenia: meta-analysis

Efficacy of antidepressants in treating the negative symptoms of chronic schizophrenia: meta-analysis , The British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 197: 174-179 Surendra P. Singh, Vidhi Singh, Nilamadhab Kar, and Kelvin Chan Abstract: Background Treatment of negative symptoms in chronic schizophrenia continues to be a major clinical issue. Aims To analyse the efficacy of add-on antidepressants [...]

Obesity Prevention – Systematic review of long-term lifestyle interventions to prevent weight gain and morbidity in adults

Systematic review of long-term lifestyle interventions to prevent weight gain and morbidity in adults, Obesity Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 6, pages 627–638, November 2009 T. Brown et al. School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK; Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, [...]

Physical activity, fitness and fatness: relations to mortality, morbidity and disease risk factors. A systematic review

Physical activity, fitness and fatness: relations to mortality, morbidity and disease risk factors. A Systematic Review, Obesity Reviews,  2010 Mar;11(3):202-21 Fogelholm M The Academy of Finland, Health Research Unit, 00501 Helsinki, Finland Abstract: The purpose of this systematic review was to study the relative health risks of poor cardio-respiratory fitness (or physical inactivity) in normal-weight [...]

British Heart Foundation – Guides to Physical Activity

British Heart Foundation, 2010, Guides to Physical Activity Abstract: from Get active, stay active Extended description: Whatever your age, size or physical condition, you are likely to benefit from being more active. The people who benefit the most are inactive people who start to take regular, moderate activity. You can be active without ever slipping [...]

A systematic review of the evidence for Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults – Highly Accessed Article

A systematic review of the evidence for Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7:39 Darren ER Warburton et al. Abstract: This systematic review examines critically the scientific basis for Canada’s Physical Activity Guide for Healthy Active Living for adults. Particular reference is given to the dose-response [...]

Take Control of your Weight – Safe Ways to Lose Weight for Heart Health

Take Control of your Weight – British Heart Foundation, 2010 Abstract: A booklet to help adults with a BMI of 30 or greater to find out about weight management (obesity) services and treatments. We look at: dietary treatments, supported physical activity, cognitive-behaviour therapy, weight loss medication and bariatric surgery. Lancashire Care staff can email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk for [...]

Active for Later Life Toolkit from the British Heart Foundation

Active for Later Life Toolkit from the British Heart Foundation, 2010 Active for Later Life The Active for Later Life resource, developed by the BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (in partnership with the British Heart Foundation), aims to help all those involved in developing physical activity programmes for older people of all [...]

Dysphagia: the challenge of managing eating and drinking difficulties in children and adults who have learning disabilities

Dysphagia: the challenge of managing eating and drinking difficulties in children and adults who have learning disabilities, Tizard Learning Disability Review Journal, 2010, Jan, Vol.15 (1) pgs 4-13 Celia Harding Speech and Language Therapist, City University Julie Wright Speech and Language Therapist, formerly of Royal Free Hospital, now Kensington and Chelsea PCT Abstract: This review [...]

Should health policy focus on physical activity rather than obesity? Yes

Should health policy focus on physical activity rather than obesity? Yes, BMJ 2010; 340:c2603 Richard Weiler, specialist registrar in sport and exercise medicine, locum general practitioner Emmanuel Stamatakis, senior research associate Steven Blair, professor,   Richard Weiler and colleagues argue that losing weight is not essential to get benefit from physical activity, but Timothy Gill [...]

Care Quality Commission publish Community Mental Health Survey

Community Mental Health Survery Results, September 2010 Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust 2010 Community Mental Health Survey This benchmark report contains scored standardised results for this trust, compared with all other trusts, for the 2010 Community Mental Health Survey. Lancashire Care staff can click on the links above to access the full-text or email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Bipolar Depression: Overview and Commentary – There is growing awareness that bipolar depression is one of the greatest challenges in modern psychiatry

Bipolar Depression: Overview and Commentary, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, May-June 2010, Vol. 18, No. 3 , Pages 143-157 Ross J. Baldessarini, MD  et al.. Abstract: Depressive phases are the most prevalent component of bipolar disorders, even with modern treatment. Bipolar depressive morbidity is often misdiagnosed and is limited in response to available treatments. These conditions [...]

The Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: The Question of Modern Advances

The Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: The Question of Modern Advances, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, October 2010, Vol. 18, No. 5 , Pages 266-278 Jack Hirschowitz, MD , Alexander Kolevzn, MD, and Amir Garakani, MD Abstract: Introduction: Lithium has been the mainstay of treatment for patients with bipolar disorder in the United States since 1970. [...]

Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: a new literature review – Most Read Article

Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: a new literature review, Medicine Science and the Law Jan, 2010; 50: 34-39. R D Borschmann, S Gillard, K Turner, M Chambers, A O”Brien Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF Division of Mental Health, St George’s University of London Abstract: Section 136 of the Mental Health Act [...]

Schizophrenia & Physical Health Problems – Health Education Model reported significant increases in their consumption of fruit and vegetables and levels of physical activity

The development and evaluation of a complex health education intervention for adults with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing , 2010 Aug; 17(6): 473-86 BRADSHAW T LOVELL K; BEE P CAMPBELL M University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Abstract: People with schizophrenia often develop serious physical health problems at a young age and on [...]

Developmental dyslexia: clinical aspects – (reading disability) is a specific impairment in learning to read that affects 3–6% of school children in English-speaking countries.

Developmental dyslexia: clinical aspects , Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 380-387  M. S. Thambirajah M. S. Thambirajah is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust. He is the author of Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Radcliffe Publishing 2007) and Psychological Basis [...]

Violence in older people with mental illness – In psychiatric in-patient units, assaults on staff are most common on wards for elderly people with organic mental illness

Violence in older people with mental illness,  Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 339-348 Charlotte E. O’Callaghan, Anna V. Richman, and Biswadeep Majumdar Charlotte E. O’Callaghan is a specialist registrar in old age psychiatry on the Mersey Rotational Training Scheme. Anna V. Richman is a consultant in old age psychiatry at Mossley Hill [...]

DSPD & Tyrer – The successes and failures of the DSPD experiment: the assessment and management of severe personality disorder

The successes and failures of the DSPD experiment: the assessment and management of severe personality disorder,  Medicine Science and the Law, 2010,  50(2): 95—99 Peter Tyrer, Conor Duggan, Sylvia Cooper, Mike Crawford, Helen Seivewright, Deborah Rutter, Tony Maden, Sarah Byford, and Barbara Barrett Professor of Community Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London Professor & Head of [...]

Diagnosis and classification of personality disorder: difficulties, their resolution and implications for practice

Diagnosis and classification of personality disorder: difficulties, their resolution and implications for practice, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 388-396 Jaydip Sarkar and Conor Duggan Jaydip Sarkar is a consultant forensic psychiatrist with a special interest in psychotherapy, working in the Personality Disorder and Secure Women’s Services at Arnold Lodge, Leicester. His areas [...]

NICE – Primary Care Key to Obesity Management

Primary Care Key to Obesity Management Overview: A person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. The number of obese people in the UK is rising, particularly among young adults. More than half UK adults are heavier than recommended. About two in five adults are overweight, and [...]

The course of bipolar disorder – Bipolar disorder is arguably a pivotal diagnosis in adult psychiatry bounded by schizophrenia on one side and unipolar depression on the other

The course of bipolar disorder, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2010 v. 16, p. 318-328 Kate E. A. Saunders and Guy M. Goodwin Kate E. A. Saunders is an Academic Clinical Fellow and Guy M. Goodwin is Head in the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, UK. Abstract: Bipolar disorder is arguably a pivotal diagnosis in adult [...]

Self-harm: what’s the problem? A literature review of the factors affecting attitudes towards self-harm

Self-harm: what’s the problem? A literature review of the factors affecting attitudes towards self-harm, Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Volume 17, Number 8, October 2010 , pp. 732-740(9) MCHALE, J.; FELTON, A. Staff Nurse & Lecturer, Mental Health and Social Care, School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Midwifery, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Abstract: Self-harm injuries [...]

Personality disorder and the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended)

Personality disorder and the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended), Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2010) 16: 329-335 Piyal Sen is a consultant forensic psychiatrist and associate medical director for CPD at St Andrew’s Healthcare, and a Visiting Research Fellow with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He runs a personality disorder service in low security [...]

Telehealthcare toolkit

Telehealthcare toolkit,    NHS Local, September 2o10 Click on the link above to access the toolkit full-text Abstract: This is a support aid for NHS staff to help make a viable business case for the introduction of new technology to assist with the provision of healthcare in the home. This toolkit gives suggestions, information and advice about how [...]

Shedding the pounds: obesity management, NICE guidance and bariatric surgery in England

Shedding the pounds: obesity management, NICE guidance and bariatric surgery in England, Office of Health Economics, September 2010 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: This report details the results of an exercise undertaken by the Office of Health Economics looking at trends in obesity, current provision of bariatric surgery in [...]

Incorporating Religion/Spirituality Into Treatment for Serious Mental Illness

Incorporating Religion/Spirituality Into Treatment for Serious Mental Illness, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Volume 17, Issue 4, November 2010, Pages 348-357 Amy G. Weisman de Mamani, Naomi Tuchman, Eugenio A. Duartes Abstract: This paper examines whether religion and spirituality (R/S) should be incorporated into treatment for patients with serious mental illness. This question merits attention, especially [...]