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Psycho-spiritual Care in Health Care Practice
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017)Meeting the psychological and spiritual needs of patients is vital to supporting their wellbeing in health care settings. To develop an effective, holistic and inclusive approach to care within predominantly medical health ... -
Risk factors for interpersonal violence: an umbrella review of meta-analyses
(2018-07)Background: Interpersonal violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The strength and population effect of modifiable risk factors for interpersonal violence, and the quality of the research evidence is not ... -
Trainee Leadership Board: learning about NHS leadership
(2018-03-27)Introduction: The development of a new generation of clinical leaders in the NHS has been increasingly endorsed by most recent literature in medical leadership and management. Despite providing academic rationale and ... -
The times they are a-changin’
(2018-07)Editorial: "The first issue of Evidence-Based Mental Health (EBMH) is celebrating the 20th anniversary. Readers were welcomed to EBMH in 1998, which was designed to assist ‘mental health clinicians stay up to date with the ... -
Individuals seeking gender reassignment: marked increase in demand for services
(2018)Aims and method: To describe the pattern of referrals and characteristics of people aged over 18 seeking gender reassignment in Oxfordshire over a 6-year period (2011– 2016). Results: A total of 153 individuals attended ... -
Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
(2018-08)Background: Engaging, interactive, and automated virtual reality (VR) treatments might help solve the unmet needs of individuals with mental health disorders. We tested the efficacy of an automated cognitive intervention ... -
A narrative review of the success of intramuscular gluteal injections and its impact in psychiatry
(2018-07)There are 12 billion injections given worldwide every year. For many injections, the intramuscular route is favoured over the subcutaneous route due to the increased vascularity of muscle tissue and the corresponding ... -
Modelling suicide in bipolar disorders: Limitations and opportunities
(2018-07)Commentary on: Malhi GS, Outhred T, Das P et al. Modeling suicide in bipolar disorders. Bipolar Disord. 2018. In their paper in this issue, Malhi et al highlight a key clinical area; whilst suicide rates are increased in ... -
An online survey of young adolescent girls’ use of the internet and smartphone apps for mental health support
(2018-07)Background Adolescents are digital natives, with the majority now owning their own smartphones and having internet access. Although the internet and smartphone applications (apps) can provide mental health support, little ... -
Potential Interventions for Preventing Pesticide Self-Poisoning by Restricting Access Through Vendors in Sri Lanka: A Study of Stakeholders' Views
(2018-06)Background: In South Asia, up to one in five individuals who use pesticides for self-harm purchase them immediately prior to the event. Aims: From reviewing the literature we proposed four interventions: (a) farmer ... -
The effect of the DISC1 Ser704Cys polymorphism on striatal dopamine synthesis capacity: an [18F]-DOPA PET study
(2018-06)Whilst the role of the Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene in the aetiology of major mental illnesses is debated, the characterisation of its function lends it credibility as a candidate. A key aspect of this functional ... -
Sham sleep feedback delivered via actigraphy biases daytime symptom reports in people with insomnia: Implications for insomnia disorder and wearable devices
(2018-07)This study investigated whether providing sham feedback about sleep to individuals with insomnia influenced daytime symptom reports, sleep‐related attentional bias and psychomotor vigilance. Sixty‐three participants meeting ... -
Increase in antibiotic prescriptions in out-of-hours primary care in contrast to in-hours primary care prescriptions: service evaluation in a population of 600 000 patients
(2016)Objectives The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and nature of antibiotic prescriptions issued by a primary care out-of-hours (OOH) service and compare time trends in prescriptions between OOH and ... -
Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare: a framework to guide clinical teams and healthcare organisations in maintaining safety
(2014)Patients, clinicians and managers all want to be reassured that their healthcare organisation is safe. But there is no consensus about what we mean when we ask whether a healthcare organisation is safe or how this is ... -
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Absconding: reducing failure to return in adult mental health wards
(2016-11)Failing to return from leave from acute psychiatric wards can have a range of negative consequences for patients, relatives and staff. This study used quality improvement methodology to improve the processes around patient ... -
Impact of placebo arms on outcomes in antidepressant trials: systematic review and meta-regression analysis
(2018-06)There is debate in the literature as to whether inclusion of a placebo arm may alter characteristics of antidepressant trials. However, previous research has focused on response rates of various antidepressants on average ... -
Is there a choice to make? A pilot study investigating attitudes towards treatment in an Early Intervention for Psychosis service
(2018-03)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate health care professionals’ (HCPs) and service-users’ (SUs) attitudes towards different treatment options in an Early Intervention for Psychosis (EIP) service as well as ... -
A systematic review exploring therapist competence, adherence, and therapy outcomes in individual CBT for children and young people
(2018-04)Objective: Whilst the evidence base for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with children and young people is growing, the mechanisms through which these beneficial effects occur are still unclear. This systematic review ... -
Is placebo response in antidepressant trials rising or not? A reanalysis of datasets to conclude this long-lasting controversy
(2018-01)It had long been believed that placebo response rates in antidepressant trials have been increasing and that they were responsible for rising numbers of so-called failed antidepressant trials. Two recent systematic reviews ...