Quality & Best Practice – Closing the Gap & Mental Health

Closing the gap: changing relationships , 2011, The Health Foundation Click on the title to download the booklet Promoting compassionate healthcare for homeless people Shared decision making in child and adolescent mental health Transforming the culture of mental health services through peer support Abstract: This booklet outlines eight project summaries which are part of the Closing [...]

PROMs – Patient-reported outcome measures: implications for nursing

Patient-reported outcome measures: implications for nursing, Nursing Standard,  2011 Jan 5; 25(18): 42-5 Barham L; Devlin N Abstract: The Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Programme, which was implemented by the NHS in 2009, gives prominence to patients’ views about their health. Self-reported measures of health are now being sought from all patients before and after [...]

A rct of cbt versus short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy versus no intervention for patients with hypochondriasis

A randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioural therapy versus short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy versus no intervention for patients with hypochondriasis, Psychological Medicine,  2011 Feb;41(2):431-41 Sørensen P, Birket-Smith M, Wattar U, Buemann I, Salkovskis P Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hypochondriasis is common in the clinic and in the community. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been found to be effective in [...]