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Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness: is the longer the better? Commentary on… Cochrane Corner
(2021)The Cochrane review in this month’s Cochrane Corner (Babalola 2014) compares short-stay hospital admission to long-stay/standard admission in patients with severe mental illness for a number of outcomes in a total 2030 ... -
Mental healthcare clinician engagement with point of care testing; a qualitative study
(2021-02)Background Point of Care Testing (POCT) is being increasingly used to augment the delivery of physical health care in a variety of settings, but their use in mental health has been limited. Research into understanding the ... -
Modifiable risk factors for inpatient violence in psychiatric hospital: prospective study and prediction model
(2021-05)Background. Violence perpetrated by psychiatric inpatients is associated with modifiable factors. Current structured approaches to assess inpatient violence risk lack predictive validity and linkage to interventions. Methods. ... -
The Oxford Textbook of Inpatient Psychiatry
(Oxford University Press, 2019-05)Inpatient mental health care is an essential part of community-based mental health care in the UK. Patients admitted to acute mental health wards are often experiencing high levels of distress and acute mental illness and ... -
The prevalence of anxiety in general hospital inpatients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2021-08)Objective To determine the prevalence of anxiety in general hospital inpatients by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of all relevant published studies. Method We searched Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase and ... -
Systematic review of interventions to improve constant observation on adult inpatient psychiatric wards
(2020-02)Constant observation is frequently conducted on inpatient psychiatric units to manage patients at risk of harming themselves or others. Despite its widespread use, there is little evidence of the efficacy of the practice ... -
Wellbeing Wednesdays: nurse-led clinic for improving physical health care in a general adolescent inpatient unit
(2020-02)Background: Young people with mental illness are at high risk of physical health complications. Physical healthcare on a general adolescent inpatient unit is complex. Aim: To establish a wellbeing clinic to improve ...