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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 ... -
Safety of service users with severe mental illness receiving inpatient care on medical and surgical wards
(2018-01)This review aimed to synthesize the evidence on the likelihood of harm and mortality on medical and surgical inpatient wards for people with severe mental illness (SMI). From 937 results identified through database ... -
Self-Harm, Suicidal Behaviours, and Cyberbullying in Children and Young People: Systematic Review
(2018-04)Background: Given the concerns about bullying via electronic communication in children and young people and its possible contribution to self-harm, we have reviewed the evidence for associations between cyberbullying ... -
Sepsis recognition tools in acute ambulatory care: associations with process of care and clinical outcomes in a service evaluation of an Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit in Oxfordshire
(2018-04)Objective: To assess the performance of currently available sepsis recognition tools in patients referred to a community-based acute ambulatory care unit. Design: Service evaluation of consecutive patients over a 4-month ... -
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 ... -
Side effect profile and comparative tolerability of 21 antidepressants in the acute treatment of major depression in adults: protocol for a network meta-analysis
(2019-05)Introduction: We have recently compared all second-generation as well as selected first-generation antidepressants in terms of efficacy and acceptability in the acute treatment of major depression. Here we present a protocol ... -
Signal variance-based collateral index in DSC perfusion: A novel method to assess leptomeningeal collateralization in acute ischaemic stroke
(2019-02)As a determinant of the progression rate of the ischaemic process in acute large-vessel stroke, the degree of collateralization is a strong predictor of the clinical outcome after reperfusion therapy and may influence ... -
A signature-based machine learning model for distinguishing bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
(2018)Mobile technologies offer new opportunities for prospective, high resolution monitoring of long-term health conditions. The opportunities seem of particular promise in psychiatry where diagnoses often rely on retrospective and ... -
A single dose of fluoxetine reduces neural limbic responses to anger in depressed adolescents
(2019-01-21)Depression in adolescence is frequently characterised by symptoms of irritability. Fluoxetine is the antidepressant with the most favourable benefit:risk ratio profile to treat adolescent depression, but the neural ... -
Sleep Disorders in Early Psychosis: Incidence, Severity, and Association With Clinical Symptoms
(2018-09-08)Sleep disturbance is known to be associated with psychosis, but sleep disorders (eg. insomnia, nightmare disorder, sleep apnea) have rarely been investigated. We aimed to provide the first detailed assessment of sleep ... -
Sleep–Wake Disturbance Related to Ocular Disease: A Systematic Review of Phase-Shifting Pharmaceutical Therapies
(2019-06)Purpose: Light input, via the eyes, is essential for regulating circadian rhythms. Eye diseases can cause disruption of vital biological rhythms. Of totally blind people, 87% report sleep problems. There are no UK guidelines ... -
A Smartphone App (BlueIce) for Young People Who Self-Harm: Open Phase 1 Pre-Post Trial
(2018-01-30)Background: Recent years have seen a significant increase in the availability of smartphone apps for mental health problems. Despite their proliferation, few apps have been specifically developed for young people, and ... -
Smoking and the risk for bipolar disorder: evidence from a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study
(2019-09)Background:There is increasing evidence that smoking is a risk factor for severe mental illness, including bipolar disorder. Conversely, patients with bipolar disorder might smoke more (often) as a result of the psychiatric ... -
Social Scaffolding: Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Health Care
(2019)Using current societal dilemmas, this book explores how social factors and social identity influence our health and recovery from illness. It includes recent research to present practitioners, researchers, policymakers and ... -
Staff perceptions of borderline personality disorder and recovery: A Q‐sort method approach
(2018-04)Objectives:This study was the first to explore how staff that work with people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) perceive recovery in this client group. These views are important because of the crucial ... -
Street triage services in England: service models
(2018)Aims and method: Street triage services are increasingly common and part of standard responses to mental health crises in the community, but little is understood about them. We conducted a national survey of mental health ... -
Strengthening Attachment Competencies in Parents with Mental Illness: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Mentalization-Based Lighthouse Parenting Program
(2019-01-01)Strengthening Attachment Competencies in Parents with Mental Illness: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Mentalization-Based Lighthouse Parenting Program Mentalizing describes the imaginative ability to understand human ... -
Stroke rehabilitation service quality improvement plan - a tale of two towns
(2019-01)Purpose: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) committed to a Stroke Quality Improvement (QI) Project to enhance the quality of rehabilitation for patients on the Oxfordshire Stroke Pathway. Following poor performance ... -
Study of immunotherapy in antibody positive psychosis: feasibility and acceptability (SINAPPS1)
(2018-06-11)The main finding of the SINAPPS1 study is that immunotherapy can be delivered rapidly and safely to people with acute psychosis within an acute hospital setting. The treatments were tolerated and there were no cases of ... -
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of CBT vs antipsychotics vs both in 14–18-year-olds: Managing Adolescent first episode Psychosis: a feasibility study (MAPS)
(2019-07)Background: Adolescent-onset psychosis is associated with more severe symptoms and poorer outcomes than adult-onset psychosis. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend that adolescents with first ...
