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Abstract The prevention and therapeutic management of violence in mental health care and the risks and precautions associated with the use of physical restraint need to be covered thoroughly during [...]

The need to reform the 1983 Mental Health Act has been identified in a number of key governmental and legislative reviews (Scoping Study Committee 1999, Department of Health (DH) 1999a, [...]

Summary This article outlines the nature of obsessive compulsive disorder and sets out an evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment. The article also examines the key elements of the National [...]

Keywords * behaviour therapy * cognitive behavioural therapy * depression * psychotherapy ********** Mental health problems are one of the most frequent presentations in primary care in the UK and [...]

The Republic of Georgia is rife with corruption and torture, and concerns have been expressed about human rights violations in its psychiatric services. Now, following findings that confirm the scale [...]

* health inequalities * prison health services * self harm These keywords are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index. This article has been subject to a [...]

Clinical Manual for Management of PTSD David M Benedek, Gary H Wynn American Psychiatric Publishing 44 £ | 94pp ISBN: 9781585623594 A COMPREHENSIVE and robust overview of post-traumatic stress disorder [...]

Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Panic--A Five Areas Approach Chris Williams Hodder Arnold 22.99 £ | 352pp ISBN: 9780340986554 CHRIS WILLIAMS proposes the use of the following five models of cognitive [...]

A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions Nick Grey (Ed) Routledge 24.99 £ 1328pp ISBN: 9780415438032 I DOUBTED that this book could offer more than was already available [...]

Overcoming Depersonalization & Feelings of Unreality: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques Authors: Anthony David, Dawn Baker, Emma Lawrence, Mauricio Sierra, Nick Medford, Elaine Hunter Publisher: Robinson Price: 9.99 [...]

Dear Editor, I am writing to let your readers know that I, Gall Miller, associate director of violence reduction, and colleagues from the University of Glamorgan and Broadmoor Hospital, West [...]

The authors report that to increase access to cognitive behavioural therapy for bulimia nervosa new delivery modes are being examined. Guided Self-Help (GSH) in primary care is potentially valuable in [...]

The authors report that the development of single-sex medium secure units for women has been driven by concern about the vulnerability of women to sexual abuse and exploitation in mixed-sex [...]

The authors report that longitudinal studies have been inconclusive in identifying alcohol as a risk factor for anxiety and depression. They therefore aimed to examine whether excessive alcohol consumption is [...]

The authors suggest that nurses' attitudes towards patient aggression may influence their behaviour towards patients. Thus, their enhanced capacity to cope with aggressive patients may nurture more positive attitudes and [...]

The Department of Social Medicine at Bristol University has a worldwide reputation for research and hosts the Medical Research Council's health service research department. The school has an excellent array [...]

The authors sought to assess the proportion of survivors of railway suicides and to compare survivors and completers in terms of personal characteristics and temporal patterns surrounding the event. Data [...]

The authors sought to investigate whether age at onset of epilepsy, type of epilepsy, family history of psychosis, or family history of epilepsy affect the risk of schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like [...]

The authors reported that it is unclear whether the effect of low birth weight on common affective disorders in later life is direct or mediated through childhood factors. They therefore [...]

The authors sought to assess the effects of psychosocial and psychological interventions compared with usual antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum care on the risk of postnatal depression. The authors conducted a [...]

The authors sought to evaluate the stability of the first psychotic episode diagnosis in emergency settings. Fifty-nine patients were selected during a 15-month period and were followed for an average [...]

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common and often disabling mental health disorder. In this pilot study, using an uncontrolled repeated measures design, the authors sought to develop a self-help [...]

National probability surveys indicate that most individuals with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses are not employed. This multisite study tested the effectiveness of supported employment (SE) models combining clinical [...]

The authors sought to determine the psychological effects of exposure to wan Two hundred and fifty four members of the UK's Air Assault Brigade completed a brief longitudinal mental health [...]

The authors report that Beck's cognitive theory of depression has little empirical support and therefore sought to determine whether negative self schemas were a risk factor for the onset of [...]

The authors reported that few randomised, controlled trials have examined the efficacy of treatments for anorexia nervosa and therefore sought to investigate the efficacy of two specialised treatments: Cognitive behaviour [...]

The authors sought to investigate the efficacy of hypericum extract WS 5570 (St John's Wort) compared with paroxetine in patients with moderate to severe major depression. A randomised double blind, [...]

Ethical Issues in Forensic Mental Health Research Editors: Gwen Adshead, Christine Brown Publishers: Jessica Kingsley Pages: 150 Price: 19.95 £ ISBN: 1843100312 This is a timely text that highlights the [...]

Dear Editor, We are writing in reply to Jon Allen's comments on our assessment chapter in Acute Mental Health Nursing: From acute concerns to the capable practitioner (MHP 8, 2, [...]

The authors sought to examine the evidence from randomised controlled trials on the efficacy and safety of antidepressants in the short-term treatment of bipolar depression. A systematic review and meta-analysis [...]

The authors sought to identify opportunities for interventions to prevent offending among men with schizophrenic disorders by tracking their histories of offending and admissions to hospital. The study examined 232 [...]

The authors sought to investigate the relative strength of association between individual and area-level demographic and socioeconomic factors and mood disorder prevalence in the UK. Cross-sectional data from 19,687 participants [...]

The authors conducted secondary analysis of data from the second British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity to examine associations between psychotic disorders and a number of early victimisation experiences. The [...]

Victimisation: Theory, research and policy Editors: Pamela Davies, Peter Francis and Victor Jupp Publisher: Palgrave Edition: First Pages: 195 Price: 16.99 £ ISBN: 1403921792 This nine-chaptered, first edition book provides [...]

The authors sought to elicit the views and experiences of severely mentally ill mothers as little is known about their experiences and unmet needs. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with [...]

An excellent resource for service users and professionals. It has three sections entitled: get educated; get involved and get help. Each section offers information about disorders, treatments available, research findings, [...]

The authors sought to assess the relative impact of medication non-adherence and other factors associated with resource use and costs incurred by people with schizophrenia. Secondary analyses were made of [...]

The authors report that 'battered women' comprise one of the largest traumatised populations in north America. However, until recently no treatment-outcome studies aimed at alleviating PTSD in battered women have [...]

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The author sought to explore 'restructuring of illness meaning' among ten Turkish-born women, assessed as somatising. Participants were referred from local health care services in western Stockholm, Sweden. Data were [...]

The authors sought to determine prevalence estimates of exposure to trauma and 12-month rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among juvenile detainees. The design was an epidemiologic study. The setting [...]

The authors sought to examine genetic and environmental influences on conduct problems rated by parent and teacher reports and self-reports. Furthermore, they sought to determine whether the ratings reflect a [...]

The authors sought to investigate the association between pre morbid IQ score and risk of developing schizophrenia, other nonaffective psychoses, bipolar disorder, and severe depression after adjustment for confounding. This [...]

Finding information for research funding, whether large or small is a tiresome task. Hour upon hour can be spent following up potential sources only to discover that non-doctors need not [...]

This study sought to explore the management by GPs in Australia of victimised female patients, male partners who abuse, and children in the family. The study used semi-structured interviews of [...]

This paper reviews the literature concerning actual and potential causes of deaths proximal to the use of physical restraint. The authors conducted a narrative review and searched Medline, Cinahl, and [...]

The authors critically examined the evidence that cannabis causes psychosis using established criteria of causality. The results of five prospective studies that included a well-defined sample drawn from population-based registers [...]

US study reports significant differences in the prescription of first versus second generation antipsychotic medications based upon patient ethnicity. The study examined whether ethnicity was associated with whether patients with [...]

The authors systematically evaluated the published evidence to assess the effectiveness of disease management programmes for depression. Disease management programmes included in this review had multiple components but were required [...]