Posted on January 31, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls, Age & Ageing, 2010 Nov;39(6):704-10 Conroy S et al. United Kingdom Abstract: OBJECTIVE: to determine the clinical effectiveness of a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, for community-dwelling older people at high [...]
Filed under: Falls Elderly | Tagged: accidental fallsscreeningprimary carecomprehensive geriatric assessmentrandomised controlled trialelderly, elderly, falls prevention | Comments Off
Posted on January 31, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Visual art in physical rehabilitation: experiences of people with neurological conditions, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 74, Number 1, January 2011 , pp. 44-52 Symons, Jane; Clark, Hannah; Williams, Kerry; Hansen, Emily; Orpin, Peter Abstract: Aims: The aims of this study were to understand the experience of participation in visual art from the perspective of adults undergoing outpatient [...]
Filed under: ABI Acquired Brain Injury, arts, OT - Evidence Based OT, OT - Occupational Therapy | Tagged: art, neurological conditions, Occupational therapy, OT, rehabilitation | Comments Off
Posted on January 30, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Randomised clinical trial of a family-based lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity involving parents as the exclusive agents of change, Behaviour Research & Therapy, 2010 Dec;48(12):1170-9 Abstract: Parent-centred interventions for childhood obesity aim to improve parents’ skills and confidence in managing children’s dietary and activity patterns, and in promoting a healthy lifestyle in their family. However, few [...]
Filed under: CAMHS, obesity | Tagged: Childhood obesity; Family-based; Treatment; Parenting; Triple P | Comments Off
Posted on January 29, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Suicide schemas in non-affective psychosis: An empirical investigation, Behaviour Research & Therapy. 2010 Dec;48(12):1211-20 Pratt D, Gooding P, Johnson J, Taylor P, Tarrier N School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Abstract: Suicide is the leading cause of premature death among individuals experiencing psychosis. The risk of suicide is proposed to increase with [...]
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Posted on January 28, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Guided self-help for disordered eating: A randomised control trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 25-31 Traviss GD, Heywood-Everett S, Hill AJ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Academic Unit of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Charles Thackrah Building, Clarendon Road, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9LJ, UK. Abstract: Treatment guidelines recommend [...]
Filed under: Bibliotherapy, Eating Disorders | Tagged: anorexia, Guided self-help; Eating disorders; Transdiagnostic approach; Binge eating; EDNOS; Randomised control trial | Comments Off
Posted on January 27, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Three-year course of clinical symptomatology in young people at ultra high risk for transition to psychosis, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2011 Jan;123(1):36-42 E Velthorst, DH Nieman, RM Klaassen et al Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The investigation into the course of ultra high risk (UHR) symptomatology of those patients who eventually do not meet the psychosis-threshold criteria within the [...]
Filed under: Psychosis, recovery, risk assessment | Tagged: CAMHS, Psychosis, psychotic disorder;symptoms;outcome;recovery;risk factors | Comments Off
Posted on January 26, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Systematic review of practice-based research on psychological therapies in routine clinic settings, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 49, Number 4, November 2010 , pp. 421-453 Cahill, Jane; Barkham, Michael; Stiles, William B. Abstract: PURPOSE: To review the published material on practice-based research and to compare results with benchmarks derived from efficacy studies. METHODS: Electronic and [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Managing aggression and violence in mental health services, Mental Health Practice, 2010 Oct; 14 (2): 38-2 Butterworth Roy, & Harbison Ian Practice development nurse, Secure services, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Abstract: Client safety in mental health services is a consistently topical issue, particularly when it concerns the management of aggression and violence. Following the merger [...]
Filed under: aggression, Forensic Mental Healthcare, Violence and Staff | Tagged: Mental Health Services; Aggression; Violence, secure services, training | Comments Off
Posted on January 25, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Restraint in inpatient areas: the experiences of service users, Mental Health Practice, 2010 Nov; 14(3): 22-6 Sturrock, Ian Senior staff nurse, Moorlands View low secure unit, Lynfield Mount Hospital, Bradford Abstract: Violent and aggressive behaviour by patients is more common in mental health trusts than in other settings. Research has focused on training staff to [...]
Filed under: aggression, Forensic Mental Healthcare, Restraint, Service users, Violence and Staff | Tagged: literature review, mental health, restraint, services users experience, violent and aggressive behaviour | Comments Off
Posted on January 24, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
‘She can see how much I actually do!’ Talking Mats®: helping people with dementia and family carers t discuss managing daily living, Housing, Care & Support, 2010 Oct; 13(3): 27-35 Oliver TM; Murphy J; Cox S Talking Mats Research and Development Centre, University of Stirling, UK Abstract: People with dementia who feel included in decisions [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Psychosocial assessment tool within acute care Mental Health News, January 2011 Click on the title above to access this resource Abstract: We previously reported in Mental Health News that Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust (CWPT), had implemented an ‘Acute Care Approach’ (see diagram below) to its mental health inpatient wards. The approach involves a dedicated [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
A special briefing produced by the well-being and public mental health programme on the Public Health White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People , 2011, NMHDU Click on the title to download the special briefing Abstract: A special briefing produced by the well-being and public mental health programme on the Public Health White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy [...]
Filed under: health promotion, Healthy Eating, obesity, Physical Health, Public Health, well-being | Tagged: briefing, healthy eating, healthy living, mental health, Public Health, wellbeing, white paper | Comments Off
Posted on January 21, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Changes in quality of life in forensic psychiatric outpatients after 6 months of community-based treatment , Personality and Mental Health, 2010, Vol 4 (4) pgs. 257-70 Yvonne H. A. Bouman et al. Abstract: Over the last few decades, quality of life (QoL) has become an important outcome measure for treatment success in general psychiatry. So [...]
Filed under: Personality Disorders, Quality of Life | Tagged: cmht, community, forensic, lancashire quality of life, personality disorder, QOL, secure services | Comments Off
Posted on January 20, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Time to Read , 2010, Dignity in Care Network Click on the title above to download the Facilitator’s resource pack “Time to Read” was one of the Bright Ideas Grant winning projects. Since May this year, the project has been working with groups in different care settings testing out different approaches to setting up and running [...]
Filed under: dignity in care, Reading, recovery | Tagged: adults, communication, dignity in care, elderly, literacy, mental health, reading, social inclusion, social skills, socialising | Comments Off
Posted on January 19, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
‘I can try and do my little bit’ – training staff about self-injury, Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 2011, Vol. 2 (1) pgs 4-7 Paul Moores Service user with Rebecca Fish and Helen Duperouzel Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK Abstract: This article details the experiences of a service user who has been [...]
Filed under: Learning Disabilities, Self Harm, Self Harm Men, Service users | Tagged: Service user experiences; self-injury; staff training; learning disabilities; intellectual disabilities. | Comments Off
Posted on January 19, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Therapeutic effects of music and singing for older people, Nursing Standard, 2010 Jan 13-19; 24 (19): 35-41 Skingley A; Vella-Burrows T Abstract: Aim To identify how music and singing may be used therapeutically by nurses in caring for older people. Method A multimethod approach was taken, comprising a search of the Cumulative Index of Nursing [...]
Filed under: dementia, Music thereapy, Therapeutic Interventions, Therapy | Tagged: dementia, elderly, music, singing, Therapy, thereapeutic interventions, wellbeing | Comments Off
Posted on January 18, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Reaching Out, Reaching In , September 2010, Centre for Mental Health Click on the title to access the full-text of this report Abstract: This study was commissioned by the Department of Health to review current levels and standards of mental health provision in the young people’s secure estate in England. This paper suggests that there is [...]
Filed under: CAMHS, prisons, well-being | Tagged: care, mental health, secure state, wellbeing, young people | Comments Off
Posted on January 18, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
The Lonely Society , 2010, Mental Health Foundation click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: Lancashire Care staff can either click on the title above or email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Filed under: depression, Loneliness, mental health foundation | Tagged: isolation, loneliness, lonely, mental health, modern society, society | Comments Off
Posted on January 17, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Living well with dementia: a National Dementia Strategy, Department of Health, 2011 Click on the title above to acccess the full-text of this report Abstract: This good practice compendium has been brought together from across the regions to support local delivery of the national dementia strategy and improve outcomes for people with dementia and their [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
East Midlands Innovation Report - 2010 Abstract: NHS East Midlands has published its first annual Innovation Report, celebrating the range and impact of the activities that have taken place in the East Midlands to promote innovation. The report explains how many patients and staff have been engaged in transforming the region’s health services together with partners [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Simple practice changes lead to better patient experiences, Nursing Management, Oct 2010. Vol. 17, Iss. 6; p. 6 (2 pages) Abstract: About 250 patients a month used to have falls at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. But when, in August, nurse managers introduced a new system to assess, monitor and check patients at risk [...]
Filed under: Falls Elderly, Innovation, TQM | Tagged: elderly, fall prevention, falls, hydration, innovation, monitoring, quality patient care, risk, water | Comments Off
Posted on January 14, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Triangle of Care , 2011, The National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) are hosting the launch of The Triangle of Care in the North West. The launch day [...]
Filed under: Care Plans, carers, Service users | Tagged: best practice, care planning, carers, families, good practice, mental health, professionals, relationships, service users, sharing, triangle of care | Comments Off
Posted on January 14, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Finding, using and managing information: nursing, midwifery health and social care information literacy competences, RCN, 2011 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: The Royal College of Nursing recognised the need for information literacy competences to complement its clinical competence framework, helping nurses, midwives, health care assistants and nursing [...]
Filed under: evidence-based practice, information literacy, nursing | Tagged: evidence-based practice, il, information, information literacy, knowledge, ksf, nurses, practice | Comments Off
Posted on January 14, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
High impact actions: preventing falls and encouraging exercise, Nursing Management, Jul 2010. Vol. 17, Iss. 4; p. 22 (4 pages) Karen Lowton, Anne Laybourne, David Whiting, Finbarr Martin, Dawn Skelton UK Abstract: This article, the second in a series on the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement’s eight high impact actions, reviews the roles played [...]
Filed under: Exercise and Health, Falls Elderly, Innovation, TQM | Tagged: assessment, elderly, exercise, falls prevention, impact, improvement, innovation and improvement, TQM | Comments Off
Posted on January 13, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Where to Position Clozapine: Re-examining the Evidence, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Oct 2010. Vol. 55, Iss. 10; p. 677 – Ofer Agid, George Foussias, Shayna Singh, Gary Remington. Abstract: To review clozapine’s position in treatment algorithms for schizophrenia. Clozapine’s status is reviewed in the context of its initial discovery and unique clinical and (or) pharmacological [...]
Filed under: Pharmacy, Schizophrenia | Tagged: clozapine, evidence based, Psychosis, review, Schizophrenia, treatment | Comments Off
Posted on January 12, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
The Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item is a rapid, sensitive and specific screening tool for identifying adolescents with major depression, Evidence Based Mental Health 2010;13:104 Tiffin abstracted from: Richardson LP, Rockhill C, Russo JE, et al. Evaluation of the PHQ-2 as a brief screen for detecting major depression among adolescents. Pediatrics 2010;125:e1097–103. Abstract: Question Is the Patient [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2011) 17: 23-31 Roslyn Law is Chair of the UK Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPTUK) network and Assistant Director for Psychology and Psychotherapies in South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Abstract: Interpersonal psychotherapy is an evidence-based therapy, originally developed to treat major depression. It is [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Efficacy of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in minor depression: systematic review and meta-analysis, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 198: 11-16 Barbui C, Cipriani A, Patel V, Ayuso-Mateos JL, van Ommeren M Abstract: BACKGROUND: Depression is a common condition that has been frequently treated with psychotropics. AIMS: To review systematically the evidence of efficacy and acceptability [...]
Filed under: antidepressants, depression, Pharmacy | Tagged: antidepressants, benzodiazepine, depression, Pharmacy, psychotropics, systematic review | Comments Off
Posted on January 10, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Personality disorder: challenges in service development in the light of the new NICE guidelines, The Psychiatrist 2011 v. 35, p. 22-26 Christopher Garrett, Tennyson Lee, Samantha Blackburn, Leanne Priestly, and Kamaldeep Bhui Abstract: Aims and method Using the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on borderline personality disorder as a framework, we [...]
Filed under: ethnic minorities, NICE Guidelines, Personality Disorders | Tagged: ethnic, guidance, guidelines, nice, personality disorder, service development | Comments Off
Posted on January 9, 2011 by lancashirecarelibraryblog
Behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 Jan;198:66-72 Ekers D, Richards D, McMillan D, Bland JM, Gilbody S Mental Health Research Centre, Durham University, Health Centre, Chester Le Street, Co Durham, DH3 3UR, UK Abstract: Background: Behavioural activation appears as effective as cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) in the [...]
Filed under: Behavioural Activation, depression | Tagged: beck, Behavioural Activation, depression, rct, Therapy | Comments Off
