Keith Hawton – Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: A case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners

Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: A case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners, Social Science & Medicine, 2011, Vol.72, (6) pp.874-883   Marzano L, Hawton Keith, Rivlin A, Fazel S   University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK Abstract:   We examined the psychosocial influences on female prisoner suicide by carrying out [...]

What Can Qualitative Research Tell Us about Service User Perspectives of CBT for Psychosis? A Synthesis of Current Evidence

What Can Qualitative Research Tell Us about Service User Perspectives of CBT for Psychosis? A Synthesis of Current Evidence, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, early view 2011   Clio Berry and Mark Hayward University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton and Hove, UK   Abstract: Background: Although recommended in national treatment guidelines, [...]

Training Addiction Counselors to Implement CBT for Depression

Training Addiction Counselors to Implement CBT for Depression, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.  Online First™, 31 May 2011 Kimberly A. Hepner Abstract: Many clients in publicly funded substance abuse treatment programs suffer from depression yet lack access to effective mental health treatment. This study sought to examine whether addiction [...]

End-of-life treatment and care: GMC good practice guidance

End-of-life treatment and care: General Medical Council good practice guidance,  The Psychiatrist 2011 v. 35, (6) p. 228-229 Michael Tapley and David Jolley Michael Tapley is palliative medicine doctor, Willow Wood Hospice, Ashton under Lyne, Manchester, UK David Jolley is honorary reader, Manchester University, Manchester Abstract:   The General Medical Council’s guidelines on treatmentand care towards [...]

Computerized CBT (Think, Feel, Do) for Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Outcomes and Feedback from a Pilot RCT

Computerized CBT (Think, Feel, Do) for Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Outcomes and Feedback from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2011, Volume 39,  Issue 03,  pp 273 – 284 Paul Stallard, Thomas Richardson, Sophie Velleman and Megan Attwood University of Bath, UK Abstract: Background: Research has demonstrated the effectiveness [...]

Mindfulness Groups for Psychosis; Key Issues for Implementation on an Inpatient Unit

Mindfulness Groups for Psychosis; Key Issues for Implementation on an Inpatient Unit, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy,  2011, Vol. 39, (3) pp 349 – 353 Pamela Jacobsen, Eric Morris, Louise Johns and Kathleen Hodkinson South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK Abstract: Background: There is emerging evidence that mindfulness groups for people with distressing psychosis are [...]

New Strategies for Combining Mindfulness with Integrative CBT for the Treatment of GAD

New Strategies for Combining Mindfulness with Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 2011, Volume 29, Number 2, Pages 92-119 Lobsang Rapgay, Alexander Bystritsky, Roger E. Dafter and Michelle Spearman Abstract:   Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) severely impacts social functioning, distress levels, and utilization of [...]

Forensic psychiatry and public protection

Forensic psychiatry and public protection, The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011, Vol.198 (6), pp. 420-423 Alec Buchanan and Adrian Grounds Abstract: The prominence of risk in UK social and criminal justice policy creates opportunities, challenges and dangers for forensic psychiatry. The future standing of the specialty will depend not only on the practical utility of its [...]

Dangerous and severe personality disorder

Dangerous and severe personality disorder, The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011, Vol.198, (6) pp. 431-433 Conor Duggan University of Nottingham and East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health, Health Arnold Lodge, Cordelia Close, Leicester LE5 0LE, UK Abstract:   The Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) initiativewas introduced a decade ago against overwhelming oppositionfrom psychiatrists [...]

National audit of dementia services – establishment of memory services

National audit of dementia services – establishment of memory services , Department of Health, May 2011 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written to colleagues asking for assistance with a national audit of dementia services, which includes looking at the provision of memory services. It is [...]

Experiences of psychosis – Interviews

Experiences of psychosis , May 2011, Healthtalkonline Click on the title above to access the personal experiences Abstract: Many of the people we interviewed had, at some point in their lives, received a diagnosis of schizophrenia. However there were a number of people we spoke to who had never received this diagnosis but who had [...]

NICE – Preventing type 2 diabetes – population and community interventions

Preventing type 2 diabetes – population and community interventions , NICE , May 2011 Click on the title above to access this NICE Guidance Abstract: This guidance is aimed at those working in national and local public health services. This includes: directors and commissioners, GPs, practice nurses, dietitians, public health nutritionists and other health professionals, as [...]

The future of leadership and management in the NHS – King’s Fund

The future of leadership and management in the NHS , King’s Fund, May 2011 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this document Abstract: At a time of enormous change in the NHS, leaders and managers have a crucial role to play. But what sort of leaders does the service need?  Does the [...]

Meeting the needs of health people with learning disabilities: RCN guidance for nursing staff

Meeting the needs of health people with learning disabilities: RCN guidance for nursing staff, RCN, May 2011 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this guidance Abstract: This is the updated second edition of this guidance which aims to support nurses and nursing students in delivering high quality care to those with [...]

Guidance on the Use of Antidepressants for Depression in Young People: A Survey of the Views of Consultants in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Guidance on the Use of Antidepressants for Depression in Young People: A Survey of the Views of Consultants in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2011, 16 (2) pp. 79–85 Haw, C., James, A. and Gralton, E. St Andrew’s Healthcare, Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5DG, UK Abstract: Background:  The Committee on Safety [...]