Dementia & Person-Centred Life History Collages

Life history collages: effects on nursing home staff caring for residents with dementia, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2010 Dec; 36 (12): 38-48 Abstract: This study evaluated the effects of person-centered life history collages on nursing staff knowledge about individual residents living with dementia and staff perceptions of individualized care practices. Thirty-six nursing staff participants (18 [...]

Assisted suicide: why psychiatrists should engage in the debate

Assisted suicide: why psychiatrists should engage in the debate, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 198: 83-84 Matthew Hotopf, William Lee, and Annabel Price Abstract: There is an increasing appetite for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide. This editorial suggests that psychiatrists should engage in the debate because the issues at stake [...]

Overcrowding in psychiatric wards and physical assaults on staff

Overcrowding in psychiatric wards and physical assaults on staff , The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 198: 149-155 Marianna Virtanen, Jussi Vahtera, G. David Batty, Katinka Tuisku, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, Kirsi Ahola, and Mika Kivimäki Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patient overcrowding and violent assaults by patients are two major problems in psychiatric healthcare. However, [...]

Mindfulness & MBSR – Developing an observing attitude: an analysis of meditation diaries in an MBSR clinical trial

Developing an observing attitude: an analysis of meditation diaries in an MBSR clinical trial, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy,  2011 Jan;18(1):80-93 Kerr CE, Josyula K, Littenberg R Abstract: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week training that is designed to teach participants mindful awareness of the present moment. In randomized clinical trials (RCTs), MBSR has demonstrated efficacy in [...]