Clinical guidelines recommend providing physical activity interventions (PAIs) to people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder for weight management. However, the cost-effectiveness of PAIs is unknown. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Family history is an established risk factor for mental illness. The authors sought to investigate whether polygenic scores (PGSs) can complement family history to improve identification of risk for major mood and psychotic disorders. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Medication self-management (MSM) is considered an important aspect of pharmacotherapy and plays an essential role in the treatment of various illnesses. To date, research into the willingness and attitude of psychiatric healthcare providers toward MSM in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders during hospitalization is lacking. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
For me, the key implication of the study is that people accessing CAMHS, particularly people who experienced inpatient care in adolescence, should be considered for regular review. Once reaching adulthood, screening and assessment for bipolar and psychosis should be available in the adult mental health services. Hopefully, these measures will limit the duration of non-treatment.
The cerebellum is involved in cognitive processing and emotion control. Cerebellar alterations could explain symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). In addition, literature suggests that lithium might influence cerebellar anatomy. Our aim was to study cerebellar anatomy in SZ and BD, and investigate the effect of lithium. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Open access journal. Mental health services lack a strong evidence base on the most effective interventions to reduce compulsory admissions. However, some research suggests a positive impact of crisis-planning interventions in which patients are involved in planning for their future care during a mental health crisis.
Open access journal. Basic symptoms, defined as subjectively perceived disturbances in thought, perception and other essential mental processes, have been established as a predictor of psychotic disorders. However, the relationship between basic symptoms and family history of a transdiagnostic range of severe mental illness, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, has not been examined.
Commentary. People with severe mental illness have higher mortality rates, culminating in about 20 years of lost life compared with that of the general population, and momentum is growing to reduce this inequality.1, 2 In the general population, neighbourhood social context is related to mortality, but whether such patterns also exist for people with severe mental illness has received little attention. Understanding this relationship could allow us to tailor social interventions for this distinctive population. The study by Jayati Das-Munshi and colleagues3 in The Lancet Psychiatry represents a welcome step in that direction, linking higher neighbourhood ethnic density to lower mortality rates among people with severe mental illness from ethnic minority backgrounds. These results raise the intriguing possibility that factors associated with ethnic density might promote longevity among people with severe mental illness.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/2HjNDf3
Neighbourhood social context might play a role in modifying mortality outcomes in severe mental illness, but has received little attention to date. Therefore, we aimed to assess in an ethnically diverse and urban location the association of neighbourhood-level characteristics and individual-level factors for all-cause, natural-cause, and unnatural-cause mortality in those with severe mental illness.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/2HjNDf3
The home environment provided by the caregivers of a child is an influential single factor for development and wellbeing. We aimed to compare the quality of the home environment of children at familial high‐risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder with population‐based controls.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
More than 90% of people who attempt suicide have a psychiatric diagnosis; however, twin and family studies suggest that the genetic etiology of suicide attempt is partially distinct from that of the psychiatric disorders themselves. The authors present the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) on suicide attempt, using cohorts of individuals with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.. Login at top right hand side of page using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens for full text.
Severe mental illness (SMI) is thought to be associated with lower diet quality and adverse eating behaviours contributing towards physical health disparities. A rigorous review of the studies looking at dietary intake in psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder is lacking.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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Studies involving clinically recruited samples show that genetic liability to schizophrenia overlaps with that for several psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder, major depression and, in a population study, anxiety disorder and negative symptoms in adolescence.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
While CVD risk has decreased in the general population during the last decade, the situation in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) is unknown.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Jan 21, 2019). DOI:10.1037/prj0000347
Objective: To examine the relationship between loneliness and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Expert Commentary. Understanding the mechanisms driving the onset of major psychiatric illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has been far more challenging than expected. Contributing factors include that symptoms associated with each of these disorders overlap during different phases of emerging illness1 and over the course of established illness.2 In addition, while there is evidence supporting specificity of familial segregation,3 at least some genetic risk factors appear to be shared4 and treatment response crosses currently defined diagnostic boundaries.5
But does it follow, as some propose,6 that psychiatric illnesses are really different manifestations of a common origin—in other words that different psychiatric illnesses derive from pluripotent or shared beginnings and specific outcomes depend on mediating and moderating influences?. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Many people diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar or other psychoses in England receive the majority of their healthcare from primary care. Primary care practitioners may not be well equipped to meet their needs and there is often poor communication with secondary care. Collaborative care is a promising alternative model but has not been trialled specifically with this service user group in England. Collaborative care for other mental health conditions has not been widely implemented despite evidence of its effectiveness. We carried out a formative evaluation of the PARTNERS model of collaborative care, with the aim of establishing barriers and facilitators to delivery, identifying implementation support requirements and testing the initial programme theory.