To investigate whether men and women who were looked-after (in public care) or adopted as children are at increased risk of adverse psychological and social outcomes in adulthood.
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Previous research on assistive technology has focused on socioeconomic impacts such as education, employment and access to healthcare by people with intellectual disability. There is a need to consolidate evidence on the interaction between intellectual disability, assistive technology, community living and social inclusion.
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Objectives To identify and evaluate interventions aimed at increasing uptake of, or access to, physical health screening by adults with severe mental illness; to examine why interventions might work.
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Few studies have examined the causal relationships between lifestyle habits and obesity. With a focus on eating speed in patients with type 2 diabetes, this study aimed to analyse the effects of changes in lifestyle habits on changes in obesity using panel data.
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To improve access for the families and carers of patients with dementia, staff nurse and PhD student Liz Charalambous sought feedback from rarely-heard voices
"Changing visiting times so that relatives and friends of people with dementia can stay with their loved ones is a passion of mine. I decided to explore visiting times as part of my master’s degree in advanced nursing and set out to research what could be improved."
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People living within a kilometre of physical activity facilities, such as gyms, swimming pools and playing fields have smaller waists, lower body mass index (BMI) and lower body fat percentages than those with no nearby exercise facilities, researchers say.
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People affected by depression may have genes associated with anxiety, worry and low mood, a study suggests.
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Most people who self-harm do so as a way to deal with emotional distress rather than as a cry for help, research suggests.
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Addiction to playing computer games will be listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the WHO. WHO's 11th International classification of diseases will include the condition 'gaming disorder' when it is published later this year. Symptoms include impaired control over gaming, increased priority given to gaming, and escalating or continuing gaming despite negative consequences.
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'Take control of your children's snacking': this is the message of the new Change4Life campaign from Public Health England (PHE). The campaign encourages parents to look for 100-calorie snacks and give children a maximum of two a day. On average, children are consuming at least three unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks a day. The result is that they consume three times more sugar than is recommended.
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Tailored, more inclusive approaches to recovery are critical, and a civil and human right.' Th ese are the words of a gay man who attended an NHS rehab program for alcoholism in which he felt the service did not meet his needs in considering the links between his addiction and sexuality (Prest, 2017). Th is is the kind of situation in which the confi dential monitoring of patients' sexual orientation could lead to patients and service users who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) receiving better, more bespoke services from the NHS, and one of the reasons that NHS England and NHS Digital have published a new standard to improve the recording of sexual orientation data. Monitoring this data will enable health and social organizations to demonstrate that they provide equal access to services for LGBT individuals and contribute to the improvement of care providers' understanding of inequalities in health and care outcomes for different populations.
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Editorial. Write up by Dr Sarah Hallberg following her TEDx talk in Purdue in 2015.
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Teenage mothers are at increased risk for adverse social outcomes and short-term health problems, but long-term impacts on mental health are poorly understood. The aims of our systematic review were to determine the association between teenage pregnancy and mental health beyond the postpartum period, critically appraise the literature’s quality and guide future research.
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Depression is an important contributor to the global burden of disease. Besides several known individual-level factors that contribute to depression, there is a growing recognition that neighbourhood environment can also profoundly affect mental health. This study assessed associations between three neighbourhood constructs—socioeconomic deprivation, residential instability and income inequality—and depression among adult twin pairs. The twin design is used to examine the association between neighbourhood constructs and depression, controlling for selection factors (ie, genetic and shared environmental factors) that have confounded purported associations.
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Over the last decade, paediatric palliative care teams (PPCTs) have been introduced to support children with life-limiting diseases and their families and to ensure continuity, coordination and quality of paediatric palliative care (PPC). However, implementing a PPCT into an organisation is a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators reported by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in primary, secondary or tertiary care for implementing a newly initiated multidisciplinary PPCT to bridge the gap between hospital and home.
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We are excited and optimistic about the new care model which has been clinically proven to be effective, with many positive benefits. Its focus will be on greater collaboration with service users, with a shift towards venues in the community where more people can access expert help.
CNWL has published a new Occupational Therapy Student handbook. The handbook has been produced by a steering group of practice placement educators in order to provide an overview of the Trust and our occupational therapy service for students.
The current review discusses the biology and metabolism of the essential pyridine nucleotide nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in the central nervous system. We also review recent work suggesting important neuroprotective effects that may be associated with the promotion of NAD+ levels through NAD+ precursors against Alzheimer's disease.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Research interest in sleep as a risk factor for dementia has grown, warranting an update in advances over the last 18 months, particularly in the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage in which interventions may be best targeted.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) commonly co-occur. Whether CVD promotes the progression of Alzheimer's disease pathology remains a source of great interest. Recent technological developments have enabled us to examine their inter-relationship using quantifiable, biomarker-based approaches. We provide an overview of advances in understanding the relationship between vascular and Alzheimer's disease pathologies, with particular emphasis on β-amyloid and tau as measured by positron emission tomography and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentration, and magnetic resonance imaging markers of small vessel disease (SVD).: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Efficacious treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), pain and weight loss for dementia patients is desperately needed. This review presents an up-to-date look at the literature investigating the use of cannabinoid for these symptoms in dementia.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Women are more impacted by Alzheimer's disease than men – they are at significantly greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and recent research shows that they also appear to suffer a greater cognitive deterioration than men at the same disease stage. The purpose of this article is to review recent studies on examining sex differences in cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Recent years have shown an uptick in studies assessing bullying and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This article reviews extant findings, and points to gaps in the literature.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
PWS is a severe developmental disability for which there is no known treatment. The oxytocin system is currently a primary target for intervention. The aim of this article is to review the evidence for the efficacy of intranasal oxytocin in PWS.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Self-injurious behaviour (SIB) is a devastating condition frequently encountered in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that can lead to dangerous tissue injury and profound psychosocial difficulty. An increasing number of reports over the past decade have demonstrated the swift and well tolerated resolution of intractable SIB with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) when psychopharmacological and behavioural interventions are ineffective. The current article provides a review of the salient literature, including the conceptualization of repetitive self-injury along the catatonia spectrum, and further clarifies the critical distinction between ECT and contingent electric shock.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The overlap of neuropsychiatric illness and developmental disability continues to be prominently recognized in clinical practice and in the academic literature. Theoretical and practical considerations may represent a frontier for understanding brain and behavior relationships. The purpose of this review is to explore this common relationship and report on recent literature that helps advance the larger fields of psychiatry and neurology.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
CNWL has developed a Quality Improvement (QI) Programme and a dedicated website and Twitter feed to share the latest information on the initiative with staff, service users, carers and anyone else interested in quality improvement.
This article reviews the current molecular genetic studies, which investigate the genetic causes of Rett syndrome or Rett-like phenotypes without a MECP2 mutation.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
urrent diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability categorize ability as measured by IQ tests. However, this does not suit the new conceptualization of intellectual disability, which refers to a range of neuropsychiatric syndromes that have in common early onset, cognitive impairments, and consequent deficits in learning and adaptive functioning. A literature review was undertaken on the concept of intelligence and whether it encompasses a range of specific cognitive functions to solve problems, which might be better reported as a profile, instead of an IQ, with implications for diagnosis and classification of intellectual disability.: . SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Improving accessible, acceptable recovery-oriented service provision for people with bipolar disorder (BD) is an important priority. Mindfulness and acceptance-based cognitive and behavioural therapies (or ‘third -wave’ CBT) may prove fruitful due to the considerable overlap between these approaches and key features of personal recovery. Groups also confer therapeutic benefits consistent with personal recovery and may improve recovery-oriented service provision by adding another modality for accessing support. The primary objective of this trial is to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a new recovery-focused group therapy (RfGT) intervention for adults with BD.
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Together, we work as part of the CWP Team in addressing flow through our services and want to share what we have done and what we have learned, good and bad. By having a Trust culture that actively embeds human factors in everything it does, enables true quality improvement whereby trying to improve quality and safety is more important than failing.
Associations between serious mental disorder and violence are well-documented, but there is little epidemiological evidence linking these disorders and homicide risk. The reported study compares socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of people diagnosed with schizophrenia who committed homicide vs. those who died by suicide. The study is a national case series of male patients in England & Wales diagnosed with schizophrenia and convicted of homicide during 1997–2012 (n = 168), and a randomly selected comparison group of male patients with schizophrenia who died by suicide and who were matched to the homicide case series by age (n = 777).. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The impact of internal responsivity factors and therapeutic process variables on intra-individual within-treatment gain in sex offenders has received little empirical attention. This study examined how (1) internal responsivity factors, including treatment readiness and interpersonal style, and (2) therapy process variables, including the therapeutic alliance and the presence of ruptures in the therapeutic relationship, impacted intra-individual within-treatment gain. . Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Individuals with serious mental illnesses have high rates of general medical comorbidity and challenges in managing these conditions. A growing workforce of certified peer specialists is available to help these individuals more effectively manage their health and health care. However, few studies have examined the effectiveness of peer-led programs for self-management of general medical conditions for this population.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The American Psychiatric Association Integrated Care Workgroup recently convened an expert panel charged with addressing the role of psychiatry in improving the physical health of persons with serious mental illness. The group reviewed the peer-reviewed and gray literature and developed a set of recommendations grounded in this review. This column summarizes the panel’s primary findings and recommendations to key stakeholders, including clinicians, health care organizations, researchers, and policy makers.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
People with mental illness are often members of multiple stigmatized social groups. Therefore, experienced disadvantage might not be determined solely by mental illness stigma. Nevertheless, most available research does not consider the effects and implications of membership in multiple stigmatized social groups among people with mental illness. Reflecting on intersectionality theory, the authors discuss two intersectional effects determining disadvantage among people with mental illness who are members of multiple stigmatized social groups, namely double disadvantage and prominence.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
This study examined whether psychiatric case review was associated with depression medication modification in a large implementation program of collaborative care for depression in safety-net primary care clinics.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The DRRT is a community-based service that aims to improve the health and well-being of people with dementia at times of crisis, by delivering rapid assessment and intensive support. By providing support in people’s homes, the team aims to reduce the need for admission into specialist dementia hospital beds, reducing the disruption and confusion that can be created by hospital admission.
The DRRT is provided by a multi-disciplinary team which includes mental health nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and health care assistants
Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne Vol. 59, Iss. 1, (Feb 2018): 65-75.
Recent research has suggested the existence of a subset of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that demonstrate criminal behaviour. It follows, then, that researchers must answer the question of whether an offender’s diagnosis of ASD impacts his or her criminal responsibility. Such research has indicated that individuals with ASD display deficits in cognitive empathy and higher order moral reasoning. Based on these deficits, in the present narrative review, our findings suggest that an ASD diagnosis should be considered when establishing criminal responsibility, as defined by the Canadian Criminal Code (1985), c. C-46.
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The new Recovery Library in Tiverton in partnership with Flourish Cafe is a place to find a broad range of mental health and recovery resources, self-help books, mental health reference, recovery stories, and more.
Health Psychology Vol. 37, Iss. 2, (Feb 2018): 160-169.
Objective: To investigate the relationships between social isolation, health literacy, and all-cause mortality, and the modifying effect of social isolation on the latter relationship.
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The article discusses research on effective communication with dementia patients, noting standards and guidelines. Topics include the Australian document "Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital Setting: Issues and Strategies," the effectiveness of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP) in Victoria, Australia, and a guide from the British National Health Service (NHS).
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Patients with profound learning and physical disabilities are benefitting from swimming sessions organised by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Sport for Confidence.
The Learning Disability and Physiotherapy teams from EPUT and Sport for Confidence work together to provide essential hydrotherapy for patients in local swimming pools which enables them to continue to benefit from this treatment outside of the hospital.
Hydrotherapy is based on clinical need and is only offered for six weeks as part of a patient’s rehabilitation and is usually carried out at Basildon Hospital’s hydropool.
After the initial six weeks of hydrotherapy, patients wanted to continue swimming and getting the therapeutic benefits of water. This led to the move to community swimming pools.
The article discusses the treatment of transgender prisoners in Great Britain in relation to a 2017 report by the British Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). Topics include the significance of the 2004 law Gender Recognition Act, the attainment of a gender recognition certificate (GRC), and the registration of prison services with the British Care Quality Commission.
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Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology Vol. 26, Iss. 1, (Feb 2018): 36-48.
We tested within-person effects of alcohol on sexual behavior among young adults in a longitudinal burst design (N = 213, 6,487 days) using data collected from a previously published parent study. We differentiated effects of alcohol on likelihood of sexual activity versus use of protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or pregnancy on intercourse occasions by testing a multilevel multinomial model with 4 outcomes (no sex, oral sex without intercourse, protected intercourse, and unprotected intercourse).
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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Vol. 49, Iss. 4, (Oct 1979): 585-597.
A surprisingly large number of visits to a crisis intervention service are made by patients engaged in ongoing psychotherapy elsewhere. Data are presented from patients and their therapists that support the concept of a psychotherapy crisis as a major precipitant of such visits. A typology for the therapy crisis is elaborated, and guidelines for the crisis worker's assessment and intervention are suggested. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
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As a leading mental health trust and one of only seven NHS England Mental Health Global Digital Exemplars, Mersey Care will use Elemental’s unique digital technology to transform its referrals process through its Pathways Advisors, who are based at the Life Rooms and help people using the centre to identify help and support on issues including finding employment, housing, managing money and enrolling on Recovery College courses.
The aim of the partnership is to enable more people to engage with the Pathways Programme, provide them with more choice and to free up capacity for the Life Rooms team to help the people that need it.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Vol. 114, Iss. 2, (Feb 2018): e1-e11.
We first replicate a study by Vautier and Pohl (2009), who used the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) to reexamine the structure of anxiety. Using two large samples (N = 4,138 and 1,824), we also find that state and trait anxiety measure continua that range from high calmness to high anxiety. We then significantly extend previous findings and make the clinical importance of this topic more explicit by characterizing the (linear or nonlinear) form of the relationship between the calmness–anxiety continuum and other psychiatric variables for the first time.
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Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Vol. 7, Iss. 1, (Feb 2018): 93-107.
Mental toughness has been shown to have relevance in a wide range of performance-related fields where distractions, anxiety, and fear are common challenges; however, there remains a dearth of research in the military where the construct has obvious utility.
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Individuals with psychosis are often subject to external stigma and discrimination and commonly also experience internalized stigma. Attempts to improve attitudes have tended to medicalize the experiences associated with psychosis; however, research increasingly indicates an association between biogenetic attitudes and stigma. This study aims to evaluate this approach by investigating the impact of two different etiological explanations on both internalized and external stigma in people experiencing psychosis.
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[Yes, a bit out of date, but could be of interest for the future] NSFT’s Suffolk Autism Diagnostic Service has decorated a Christmas tree with information baubles to raise awareness and to help people to consider how difficult the festive period can be for someone with the condition.
Open access. To examine care characteristics related to desirable care as reported by formal and informal caregivers in Dutch Psycho-geriatric nursing homes for patients with dementia.
NELFT's HQ at CEME houses over 70 agile workspaces, six training rooms, seven meeting rooms and the boardroom. Our executive directors and leadership teams have also embraced agile working. They no longer have their own offices and utilise the open plan workplaces, meeting pods and shared facilities. The building was first used by NELFT staff in November 2016 and officially opened by Roy Lilley and the Mayors of our four London boroughs in February 2017.
At Downshall Primary School in Ilford, a new, innovative project has been launched that brings together a group of NELFT’s older adult patients with reception class children. The aim of the project is to provide structured activities between the older adults and the school’s pupils.
Patient assessors are being sought to make their views known about the quality of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust’s care environments.
The volunteer assessors will be part of teams of inspectors who will evaluate the Trust’s inpatient areas as part of the national Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE).
Imagine a condition that makes a person irritable, depressed, and self-centred, and is associated with a 26% increase in the risk of premature mortality. Imagine too that in industrialised countries around a third of people are affected by this condition, with one person in 12 affected severely, and that these proportions are increasing. Income, education, sex, and ethnicity are not protective, and the condition is contagious. The effects of the condition are not attributable to some peculiarity of the character of a subset of individuals, they are a result of the condition affecting ordinary people. Such a condition exists—loneliness.
After Pfizer's withdrawal from the market, some predicted a mass exodus of pharmaceutical companies' interests in Alzheimer's disease drug research. Geoff Watts reports.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
In children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), discussions about end-of-life decisions (EoLDs) are comparatively common. Nurses play a crucial role in the care for these children, yet their involvement in EoLD discussions is largely unknown. The objective of this research was to investigate the involvement in the hospital of nurses in discussions with parents and physicians about EoLDs for children with PIMD. . To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare, the Trust that manages Rampton Hospital, has created a short film about the high secure hospital, to help families and friends of patients understand more about the Hospital, the treatment and therapies available and how to keep in touch with and visit patients.
One of our staff members, Professor Daniel Freeman, is leading a landmark £4 million National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) award to enable state-of-the-art psychological therapy to be delivered via virtual reality (VR) in the NHS.
The ground-breaking project brings together a unique team of NHS trusts (including Oxford Health), universities, a mental health charity, the Royal College of Art, and a University of Oxford spinout company.
Bethlem Baking Buddies was a pilot series of six, two-hour Real Bread baking sessions for resident mental health care service users at Bethlem Royal Hospital, part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
It was run from 21 April to 26 May 2017 as part of the Campaign’s Together We Rise initiative, in association with Bethlem’s Occupational Therapy department and Sticky Mitts.
All of the five participants’ responses to weekly evaluation questions revealed baking that day made them feel happier, creative and a sense of achievement. In the majority of their responses, they also reported that baking had made them feel relaxed, a sense of purpose and less anxious.
A new app, called Nujjer, combines a highly sensitive wristband which monitors user activity, sleep patterns and eating frequency with a smartphone application. The app has a range of educational sessions that target diet, physical activity and mental resilience.
Psychiatrists at the Trust helped to develop motivational messaging, to help individuals reach goals such as reducing weight and increasing physical activity.
People with hoarding problems can now seek help at an innovative support group run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s cognitive behaviour therapists at Dockhead Fire Station in Southwark.
Caroline Harrison and Dr Victoria Bream from the Trust’s Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma have started running weekly drop-in support sessions to help people overcome hoarding.
The Mental Health Museum in Wakefield has secured £6,751 of funding from the Big Lottery Fund for its Signposts to Sustainability project, which will provide our inpatients with creative opportunities to explore nature, wildlife and environmental sustainability.
We’re helping children and young people find the most appropriate apps to support their mental health by piloting the use of ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications – a platform that independently and impartially reviews health and care related apps.
To systematically retrieve, critique and synthesize available evidence regarding the association between negative childbirth experiences and future reproductive decisions.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
A clarion call for mental health services to move beyond a focus on symptom reduction and help people to rebuild their lives
Recovery is a personal journey of discovery. It involves making sense of and finding meaning in what has happened, becoming an expert in self-care, and developing a new sense of self and purpose in life.
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Time for Dementia, a ground-breaking and innovative educational programme to help influence the way healthcare professionals view dementia, has won another top national award.
The programme pairs families affected by the condition with trainee healthcare professionals in the first project of its kind in the world
Transgender people experience widespread prejudice in society and health professionals are often complicit in this discrimination. Transgender people are at a greater risk of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide than the majority of the population. This article presents a literature review that explores issues for mental health nursing and the care of transgender people. The literature identifies that nurses display negative assumptions about transgender people, there is a lack of appropriate education and limited evidence to support practice. Mental health nurses have extensive experience in caring for stigmatised populations; with appropriate knowledge and education, a healthcare environment can be provided that is open, welcoming and safe to transgender people, and steps can be made towards closing the gap in healthcare disparities.
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The year-long campaign will be run collaboratively with young people, families and local organisations. Throughout the year there will be many opportunities for young people to get involved in creative activities, such as ‘The Great Big Bunting Off’, where students from local schools will design and decorate their own section of bunting. When put together it will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest string of bunting, which currently stands at 11 miles!
The profound clinical and financial consequences of severe personality disorders (PDs) that emerge during adolescence have been acknowledged for some time, yet few specialist services exist for these young people.
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The i-Rock drop-in centre in Hastings has won the ‘partnership working and co-production’ award at the inaugural CYPMH Awards, which took place on Saturday 6 January 2018 at Manchester Town Hall. The award ceremony celebrated outstanding mental health services, innovations in care, and the groups that have made a real difference to young people.
When receiving palliative care, patients and their families experience altered life situations in which they must negotiate challenges in daily life, increased care and new roles. With limited time, they also experience emotional changes that relate to their uncertain future. Transitions experienced in such situations are often studied by focusing on individual aspects, which are synthesized in the following study. The aim was to conduct a qualitative meta-synthesis to explore the experiences patients and their families gain during transitions in palliative care circumstances.
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OFSTED concluded that “Social workers enjoy working in Camden and benefit from manageable caseloads and analytical, reflective group supervision. This is underpinned by systemically trained senior practitioners, working cohesively with highly skilled child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) staff who are integrally located across frontline services. This allows social workers to explore and implement imaginative and bold approaches to assess and support families.”
Dr Julia Renton, Head of Psychological Services at West London Mental Health NHS Trust, has written and directed a short video updating GPs about the assessment of first episode psychosis and rapid referral to local NHS Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (EIPS).
In a pioneering move, West London Mental Health NHS Trust has teamed up with its One You Ealing service and Mental Health First Aid to provide valuable mental health first aid training to staff from local MPs’ constituency offices.
Research shows that changing from white to blue plates enables patients with dementia to see food better as sometimes, they experience difficulties with their sight and perception. For example, chicken, mashed potatoes, porridge, white bread and other typically pale-coloured foods stand out more on blue plates and encourage individuals to eat more. In turn, this will reduce food wastage.
Several open-label studies have shown good effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the caudal zona incerta (cZi) on tremor, including parkinsonian tremor, and in some cases also a benefit on akinesia and axial symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate objectively the effect of cZi DBS in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
No definitive comparative studies of the efficacy of ‘awake’ deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD) under local or general anaesthesia exist, and there remains significant debate within the field regarding differences in outcomes between these two techniques.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Compared with placebo, bupropion may lead to decreased severity of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and may result in clinically relevant improvement in adults. Bupropion does not appear to cause adverse events. However, the evidence is of low quality and no conclusions can be made.
This study examined the reliability and validity of the Test of Arm Selective Control (TASC) to examine upper extremity selective voluntary motor control in children and adolescents with all types of spastic cerebral palsy (CP).. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To describe the development of bimanual performance among young children with unilateral or bilateral cerebral palsy (CP).. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Opinion and comments on a recent book on learning organisations and the changing form of learning. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
To systematically review literature on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents (≤18yo) with cerebral palsy (CP) from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to identify trends in HRQoL and areas for future research.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To systematically review evidence for pharmacological/neurosurgical interventions for managing dystonia in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) to inform a care pathway.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
As a construct, the elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE) is intended to depict the implicit and explicit psychological work to which therapists submit their experiences with clients. Through ECE, defined as a mentalizing process of a particular kind, therapists' experiences are presumed to acquire and increase in mental quality and become available for meaning-making and judicious clinical use. In this paper, we claim that such an ongoing process facilitates engagement with common therapeutic factors, such as the therapeutic alliance and countertransference management, enhancing therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy.......... To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Frequent bullying predicts adolescent mental health problems, particularly depression. This population-based study with young Australian primary school children aimed to determine the frequency and mental health correlates of bullying, and whether friendship could be protective.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Screening young people for risk of mental health difficulties in schools is an effective method to facilitate monitoring and early intervention. This study is a preliminary report on the adaptation of the Youth RADAR screening instrument for primary school children. Specifically designed to be used in schools, the Child RADAR assesses a child's balance of risk and protective factors known to be associated with the development of mental health problems.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
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Blog post. Kids who are better at resisting unhelpful impulses and distractions go on later in life to perform better academically, professionally and socially. But how this kind of self-control develops with age has not been so clear. Teenagers’ show more self-control than children in many ways, but in other respects – think of their propensity for risk-taking – they actually seem to show less self-control than they did when they were younger.The researchers said their findings could contribute to educational programmes for teenagers. By Emma Young
Evidence suggests that nearly half of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) do not achieve an adequate response to antidepressant treatments (ADTs), which impacts patients’ functioning, quality of life (QoL), and well-being. This patient survey aimed to better understand patient perspectives on the emotional impact of experiencing an inadequate response to ADTs.
There is increasing recognition of the therapeutic function pets can play in relation to mental health. However, there has been no systematic review of the evidence related to the comprehensive role of companion animals and how pets might contribute to the work associated with managing a long-term mental health condition. The aim of this study was to explore the extent, nature and quality of the evidence implicating the role and utility of pet ownership for people living with a mental health condition.
Low birthweight is associated with increased infant morbidity, poorer developmental outcomes and risk of adult disease and its prevention remains a public health priority. South Asian children are more likely to be born small and there is some debate around whether this is a normal phenomenon within this population or whether they have a greater risk of morbidity. We examined the association between small size at birth and morbidity in White British and Pakistani origin children aged 0–3 participating in the Born in Bradford cohort study.
Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers's independent review of the fostering system in England with recommendations to the government about improving foster care.