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Efficacy of tiapride in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: A systematic review
(2022-03)
Tiapride is an atypical antipsychotic used to treat alcohol withdrawal, aggressiveness and agitation, headache, dyskinesias, tic and Tourette's disorder. More recently, it has been proposed for the treatment of delirium ...
Specialised early intervention for recent-onset psychosis
(2022-03)
Specialised early intervention (SEI) services have seen significant investment and expansion in the UK, aiming to improve long-term outcomes for psychotic disorders. This commentary discusses a recent Cochrane review that ...
Automated virtual reality therapy to treat agoraphobic avoidance and distress in patients with psychosis (gameChange): a multicentre, parallel-group, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial in England with mediation and moderation analyses
(2022-04)
Automated delivery of psychological therapy using immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) might greatly increase the availability of effective help for patients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an automated ...
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co-produced thematic analysis of service users' subjective experience
(2022-04)
Objectives: SlowMo is the first blended digital therapy for paranoia, showing significant small-moderate reductions in paranoia in a recent large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT). This study explored the subjective ...
Body image concerns in patients with persecutory delusions
(2022-04)
Background: Persecutory fears build on feelings of vulnerability that arise from negative views of the self. Body image concerns have the potential to be a powerful driver of feelings of vulnerability. Body image concerns ...
The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with severe mental illness: An interrupted time-series study in South-East England
(2022-04)
Abstract
Background. Deterioration in general population mental health since the start of the COVID-19
pandemic has been reported, but the impact of the pandemic on people with severe mental
illness (SMI) has received ...
Psychological mechanisms connected to dissociation: Generating hypotheses using network analyses
(2022-02)
A large number of mechanisms, many relating to the processing of affect, have been proposed to cause dissociation. The aim of this study was to use network analyses to identify psychological processes most closely connected ...
The psychological journey of weight gain in psychosis
(2022-02)
Rapid weight gain is common with antipsychotic medication. Lost confidence, low mood and medication non-adherence often follow. Yet, the dynamic interactions between the physical and psychological consequences of weight ...
The journey of adolescent paranoia: A qualitative study with patients attending child and adolescent mental health services
(2022-02)
Objectives: Paranoia is most likely to emerge in adolescence. In adolescents with mental health disorders, the
disruptive effect of paranoia on social relationships could
worsen outcomes. However, little is known about ...
SlowMo therapy, a new digital blended therapy for fear of harm from others: An account of therapy personalisation within a targeted intervention
(2022-01)
Objectives: SlowMo therapy is a pioneering blended digital
therapy for paranoia, augmenting face-to-face therapy with
an interactive ‘webapp’ and a mobile app. A recent largescale trial demonstrated small–moderate effects ...