Posted on May 6, 2008 by sjennings29
Court of Appeal ruling on NICE guidance on the use of Alzheimer’s drugs ,2nd May 2008, NeLM, Nice Guidance & BBC news
Abstract: BBC Health news reports that the Court of Appeal has ruled that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) should have been more transparent in the way it made decisions over Alzheimer’s [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by sjennings29
Atypical psychosis (first onset) - neuro-imaging, NICE, February 2008
Summary
Structural neuroimaging, using methods called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed axial tomography (CT) scanning, is not recommended for use routinely to examine all people who have had a first episode of psychosis.
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by sjennings29
NICE Guidance - Depression - primary and secondary care
Clinical guideline in development
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by sjennings29
NICE Guidance: Alzheimer’s disease - donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine
Abstract: Following the outcome of a judicial review in August 2007, NICE has amended and reissued this guidance. The amended guidance clarifies the steps healthcare professionals should take when assessing whether Alzheimer’s disease is of moderate severity and highlights that clinicians should be mindful [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by sjennings29
An audit of the NICE self-harm guidelines at a local accident and emergency department in North Wales, Accident and Emergency Nursing (2007) 15, 217–222
Abstract: This paper reports the findings of a self-harm audit based on data collected at an A&E department in North Wales. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2008 by sjennings29
Commissioning Guides: Memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia, January 2008, NICE
Aims: This commissioning guide is a resource to help health professionals in England to commission effective memory assessment services for the early identification and care of people with dementia. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2008 by sjennings29
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Consultation
A clinical practice guideline on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: pharmacological and psychological interventions in children, young people and adults is being developed for use in the NHS in England and Wales. Registered stakeholders for this guideline are invited to comment on the provisional recommendations via this website.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2008 by sjennings29
Guidance offering evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the physical environment to encourage physical activity. It demonstrates the importance of such improvements and the need to evaluate how they impact on the public’s health
PH008 Physical activity and environment: Quick reference guide
PH008 Physical activity and environment: Guidance
2008/004 New NICE public health guidance on creating environments to [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by sjennings29
Latest guidance from NICE.
Prostate cancer
Osteoarthritis
Ventilation tubes (grommets) in children with OME
Irritable bowel syndrome
Liposuction for chronic lymphoedema
Laparoscopic mobilisation of the greater omentum for use in breast reconstruction
Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal metastases
Psychosis (first onset) - neuroimaging
Follicular non-hodgkins lymphoma (recurrent or refractory stage III or IV) - rituximab
Community engagement
Smoking cessation
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Posted on December 31, 2007 by sjennings29
NICE (2007) Drug misuse: Opioid detoxification.
NICE (2007) Drug misuse: Psychosocial interventions
NICE has produced two guidelines on drug misuse – ‘Drug misuse: psychosocial interventions’ (NICE clinical guideline 51) and ‘Drug misuse: opioid detoxification’ (NICE clinical guideline 52).
They cover:
• the support and treatment people can expect to be offered if they have a problem with or [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by sjennings29
Violence : the short-term management of disturbed /violent behaviour in in-patient psychiatric settings and emergency departments Appendix revised 2006 - review date feb 2009
Author: Royal College of Nursing - RCN
The National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC-NSC) was commissioned by NICE to develop these guidelines. This document describes the methods for developing the [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2007 by sjennings29
The CEBMH’s e-CAB is a fortnightly bulletin containing selected news items on mental health issues, including clinical news, health and social care guidance, policy and publications.
An easy way to keep up-to-date in Mental Health.
Filed under: Acts - Mental Health, Current Awareness, Department of Health Documents 2007, Healthcare Commission, Journals, Mind, NICE Guidelines, National Library for Health, Schizophrenia, depression, grey literature, mental health | Tagged: Current Awareness, guidelines, mental health, policy | No Comments »
Posted on December 12, 2007 by sjennings29
NICE implementation uptake report: lithium and valproate prescribing for bipolar disorder
NICE implementation uptake reports provide information on national trends and activity associated with technologies recommended in NICE guidance.
Overview
Latest trends show that the prescribing rate for lithium is steady, in line with expectations for this drug. Lithium is an established treatment for bipolar disorder and continues [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2007 by sjennings29
Searching for Evidence is just getting easier and easier!
The wonderful Trip Database have added a specialist library for Mental Health at the moment it covers 15 journals but that is set to increase over the coming months. They are:
American Journal of Psychiatry
Archives of General Psychiatry
British Journal of Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Neuropsychopharmacology
Psychological Medicine
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
International Journal [...]
Filed under: Finding the Evidence, NICE Guidelines, Search Guides, literature searching, mental health | Tagged: databases, evidence base, Journals, literature, searching, specialist, training | No Comments »
Posted on November 28, 2007 by sjennings29
NICE Guidance by TOPIC or by Date
Latest Guidance: Transcranial magnetic stimulation for severe depression 28th Nov 2007(Scroll down to PDF documents)
A Bit About NICE and why it is Useful
Once NICE publishes clinical guidance, health professionals and
the organisations that employ them are expected to take it fully
into account when deciding what treatments to give people.
However, NICE [...]
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