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Sleep problems in bipolar disorder (BD) are common, but reported rates vary from 10% to 80%, depending on definitions, methodologies and management of potential confounding factors. This multicenter study seeks to address these issues and also compares BD cases with Hypersomnia as well as the more commonly investigated Insomnia and No Sleep Problem groups. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To review the international guidelines and recommendations on survey instruments for measurement of alcohol consumption in population surveys and to examine how national surveys in England meet the core recommendations. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are core features of psychotic illness and remain significant in predicting poor outcome and risk. There has been a wide range of approaches to understanding these experiences.To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Open access. Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) are often used to make judgements about the relative cost-effectiveness of competing interventions and require an understanding of the relationship between health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) when measured in utility terms. There is a dearth of information in the literature concerning how childhood overweight is associated with quality of life when this is measured using utilities. This study explores how weight is associated with utility-based HRQOL in 5–6 year olds and examines the psychometric properties of a newly developed pediatric utility measure – the CHU9D instrument.
Findings from this study of 26 community-dwelling older adults suggest that postural sway responses depend on the integration of sensory information including head position, standing surface, and vision. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Doing nothing is no longer an option when it comes to clinicians embracing digital technology and information.
That was the clear message from Beverley Bryant to the Sustainable Healthcare Conference staged at the King’s Fund.
Objectives: To systematically review the evidence investigating the effectiveness of resistance training on strength and physical function in people with Parkinson’s disease. Conclusion: This review demonstrates that moderate intensity progressive resistance training, 2-3 times per week over 8-10 weeks can result in significant strength, balance and motor symptoms gains in people with early to moderate Parkinson’s disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
Assessment of the psychometric properties of the FLOTCA resulted in high interrater reliability, internal consistency and construct validity along with moderate ecological validity. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Internationally, mental health care systems have identified recovery as the underlying philosophy for practice and policy in mental health care, although establishing a specific definition of recovery is still work in progress. This mixed-methods study explored the meaning and scope of recovery from the perspective of people diagnosed with mental illnesses.
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The article offers information on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Topics discussed include a brief description of the mental illness, the symptoms presented by individuals afflicted with the disorder such as obsession with certain activities and anxiety, and the recommended initiatives for addressing the illness which include cognitive behavioral therapy. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
This paper is concerned with improving assessment practices with people who are carers of people with mental illness. It is established that the well-being of carers is negatively impacted by the burden of their caring role, and that the needs of carers are often overlooked and poorly responded to by formal helping services.
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This study, conducted in Finland, is an attempt to quantify the impact of moral distress on social workers.
Moral distress is described as the sense that social workers (in this context) feel when they feel that they are not able to work in a ‘morally appropriate way’ either because of internal or external pressures and obstacles. In a world with increasing pressures and funding challenges, it is particularly apposite for the current climate of English social work practice.
he percentage of children in Reception Year2 who are obese has decreased to 9.1 per cent in 2014-15, according to new figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) today.
The Department of Health has published its response to the Law Commission’s consultation on how the law should regulate deprivations of liberty (DoLS) for people who lack capacity to consent to their care and treatment arrangements.
The consultation proposes that DoLS should be replaced by a new system called ‘protective care’. It also proposes that there should be a new code of practice.
Open access. Patients admitted to a secure forensic hospital are at risk of a long hospital stay. Forensic hospital beds are a scarce and expensive resource and ability to identify the factors predicting length of stay at time of admission would be beneficial. The DUNDRUM-1 triage security scale and DUNDRUM-2 triage urgency scale are designed to assess need for therapeutic security and urgency of that need while the HCR-20 predicts risk of violence. We hypothesized that items on the DUNDRUM-1 and DUNDRUM-2 scales, rated at the time of pre-admission assessment, would predict length of stay in a medium secure forensic hospital setting.
Open access. The relationship between mental illness and violent crime is complex because of the involvement of many other confounding risk factors. In the present study, we analysed psychiatric and neurological disorders in relation to the risk of convictions for violent crime, taking into account early behavioural and socio-economic risk factors.
At this stage, it is pretty well known that negative attitudes held towards people with mental health problems (stigma) are responsible for harm against an already vulnerable group. However, such stigma is still very common, so like Winnie the Pooh wallpaper, it bears repeating. This is not about offence; although some views held can be pretty offensive, but actual harm.
When you take a look back at the year just gone, do you see any times of real change? A turning point, perhaps – or maybe a transition? No, I’m not repeating myself: although many of us, including those who research our autobiographical memories, use them interchangeably, these two kinds of important life events are distinct, and as new research in Applied Cognitive Psychology shows, both have their own role in helping us organise our past.
Social disability is prevalent in FEP, although distinct recovery profiles are evident. Where social disability is present on entry into EIP services it can remain stable, highlighting a need for targeted intervention. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Some patients are at higher risk of contact with criminal justice agencies when experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
Aims:To investigate whether violence explains criminal justice pathways (CJPs) for psychosis in general, and ethnic vulnerability to CJPs. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Shropshire Council, in partnership with local refuges that support victims of domestic violence and abuse, have today (Monday 14 December 2015) been given a share of a £3.5million Government grant to make sure that victims of domestic abuse get access to the support they need.
Supporting recovery is the aim of national mental health policy in many countries. However, only one measure of recovery has been developed in England: the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR), which measures recovery from the perspective of adult mental health service users with a psychosis diagnosis. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Shropshire Council’s public health team are supporting Alcohol Concern’s 2016 Dry January campaign.
Dry January aims to show people the benefits of cutting down on their alcohol intake, whilst raising money for the charity which is dedicated to tackling the harm caused by alcohol to individuals, families and society.
Three lectures, of between 20 and 30 minutes each, will be presented from 6.30pm to 8pm. Each lecture will be followed by an opportunity to put questions to the speakers.
The lectures will be presented by:
Prof Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead on ‘From Stigma to Equality (in Health and Society)’
Prof John Williams on ‘Frontiers in Molecular Medicine’
Prof Ben Green and Dr June Keeling on ‘Domestic Violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)’
Telford & Wrekin Council and partner organisations have been highly commended in national award scheme run by the Health Service Journal.
The council was short-listed in two categories and received the highly commended for making connections for family carers in the borough.
Open access. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become a major aspect of the work of child and adolescent psychiatrists and paediatricians in the UK. In Scotland, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services were required to address an increase in referral rates and changes in evidence-based medicine and guidelines without additional funding. In response to this, clinicians in Dundee have, over the past 15 years, pioneered the use of integrated psychiatric, paediatric, nursing, occupational therapy, dietetic and psychological care with the development of a clearly structured, evidence-based assessment and treatment pathway to provide effective therapy for children and adolescents with ADHD.
Telford & Wrekin Council has said its commitment to keeping full 24/7 accident and emergency services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital remains as strong as ever.
'What this study adds A substantial positive association was seen between use of warfarin with glipizide/glimepiride and hospital admission/emergency department visits for hypoglycemia and related diagnoses, particularly in patients starting warfarin. The findings suggest the possibility of a significant drug interaction between these medications.'
The purpose of this study was to examine the sensory screening education for and practice by occupational therapists working with older adults. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
Data from report is translated onto a map showing 'unacceptably high' level of early deaths in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin and 'as expected' in Staffordshire.
Aims: To describe the relationship between perceived swallowing difficulties in people with Parkinson's disease with disease-specific measures, carers' perceptions of swallowing problems and control participant responses. Method: In total, 119 people with Parkinson's disease, their carers and matched controls answered a specifically prepared functional swallowing changes questionnaire. People with Parkinson's completed a water-swallowing test. Motor status, cognition and mood were also assessed. Results: People with Parkinson's disease scored poorer than controls (p < 0.001) on the questionnaire. Those reporting swallowing problems scored poorer than those who did not (p < 0.01). However, of 74 people with Parkinson's who perceived no swallowing problem, 32 fell below the 50th percentile on the water-swallowing test, while 41 fell below cut-off scores on the questionnaire. There was a weak correlation between drinking speeds and questionnaire totals. Carers' evaluations correlated with their partners' (r = 0.796) but they perceived changes as less severe (p < 0.03). Conclusions: Despite reduced swallowing efficiency, some people with Parkinson's can successfully compensate. A sizeable proportion, however, remain unaware of swallowing problems when asked simply 'Do you have a problem?', but indicate difficulties with more specific questions. The present questionnaire provides a guide for gaining such insights for diagnosis, education and outcomes. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
The Education Committee takes evidence from representatives of children and young people charities as part of its inquiry into the mental health and well-being of looked after children.
Objective: To enhance participation post stroke through a structured, community-based program. Conclusions: Community-based programs targeting participation are feasible and effective, but stroke survivors require time to achieve meaningful gains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
ABSTRACT FROM: Freeman D, Dunn G, Startup H, et al. Effects of cognitive behaviour therapy for worry on persecutory delusions in patients with psychosis (WIT): a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial with a mediation analysis. Lancet Psychiatry 2015;2:305–13. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Open access. To explore the portrayal of homicide-suicide in newspaper articles, particularly how mental illness was reported. We carried out a qualitative study in England and Wales (2006-2008). Data from newspaper articles obtained via the LexisNexis database were used to examine a consecutive series of 60 cases.
NHS England has today published an independent report into the deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, and highlighted a system-wide response.
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This article aims to help practitioners refresh their knowledge of basic life support (BLS) supplementary to annual mandatory training. The article offers a step-by-step approach to BLS based on Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines. There is a need to practise BLS on a regular basis to ensure competency in this area.
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A quick assessment of the patient suspected of experiencing cardiac arrest should be made, followed by BLS.
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BLS should be performed without delay to ensure optimum outcomes.
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BLS is a structured approach to supporting breathing and circulation.
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Practitioners should maintain the correct techniques for BLS, including basic airway manoeuvres, chest compressions and ventilations. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens