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A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide
(2021)BACKGROUND: LGBTQ+ youth have higher rates of self-harm and suicide than cisgender, heterosexual peers. Less is known about prevalence of risks within these populations. OBJECTIVES: The first systematic review and meta-analysis ... -
Psychological intervention, antipsychotic medication or a combined treatment for adolescents with a first episode of psychosis: the MAPS feasibility three-arm RCT
(2021)BACKGROUNDWhen psychosis emerges in young people there is a risk of poorer outcomes, and access to evidence-based treatments is paramount. The current evidence base is limited. Antipsychotic medications show only a small ... -
An explanatory sequential investigation of the working alliance as a change process in videoconferencing psychotherapy
(2021)OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN: Debate exists as to patient experience, and the importance, of the working alliance (WA) in videoconferencing psychotherapy (VCP). This study used a two-phase explanatory sequential design to investigate ... -
The evidence for cognitive behavioural therapy in any condition, population or context: a meta-review of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis
(2021)The majority of psychological treatment research is dedicated to investigating the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) across different conditions, population and contexts. We aimed to summarise the current ... -
Psychometric properties of the five facets mindfulness questionnaire in moderate-to-severe, persistent depression
(2021)ObjectivesMindfulness has been increasingly incorporated into modern psychotherapies and healthcare services. The importance of psychometrically quantifying the construct of mindfulness has become paramount. One of the ... -
Development of an evidence-based best practice model for teams managing crisis in dementia: Protocol for a qualitative study
(2021)BACKGROUNDTeams working in the community to manage crisis in dementia currently exist, but with widely varying models of practice, it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of such teams.OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study ... -
Resource allocation decision-making in dementia care with and without budget constraints: a qualitative analysis
(2020)Introduction: Health systems in many different countries have increasingly been reorienting the delivery of dementia care to home and community care settings. This paper provides information on how health and social care ... -
Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial
(2021)OBJECTIVESThe DESCANT (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial) intervention provided a personalised care package designed to improve the cognitive abilities, function and well-being of people with early-stage dementia ... -
Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial
(2021)Background: We aimed to estimate the clinical effectiveness of Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers-UK version (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia-UK version [COTiD-UK]) relative ... -
Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): Protocol for a two-arm, parallel-group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control
(2021)BACKGROUNDAs the number of people living with dementia grows, so does the need to provide them with adequate psychosocial support. Many people with dementia live at home with family carers, who also require social and ... -
Mental health services for children in care: investigation to elicit outcomes of direct and indirect interventions
(2021)Aims and method The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of direct therapy and indirect consultation for treating mental health difficulties among looked after children (LAC), and also to identify any demographic ... -
Alcohol and substance misuse
(2020)Older people now represent a group at highest risk of rising substance misuse. This applies to alcohol as well as both illicit and prescription drugs. It is a trend that is likely to continue for decades to come, during ... -
Severe and enduring mental illness
(2020)Severe and enduring mental illness refers mainly to the long-term experience of schizophrenia and psychosis but also to other chronic functional disorders. The prevalence of psychoses in older people is hard to measure but ... -
Epidemiology of old age psychiatry: An overview of concepts and main studies
(2020)Epidemiology is the foundation of public health and rational planning of services. In the field of old age psychiatry, the information provided by epidemiological research has been highly influential. As the world older ... -
The experience of dementia
(2020)This chapter consists of four sections that consider various aspects of the journey through dementia. The first two parts (by Keith Oliver and Hilary Doxford) describe the early stages of dementia, the process of getting ... -
Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry
(2020)The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Third Edition, has been thoroughly updated to keep pace with the developments that have taken place in old age psychiatry since publication of the Second Edition in 2013, including ... -
What young people say about impulsivity in the short-term build up to self-harm: A qualitative study using card-sort tasks
(2020)Youth who self-harm report high levels of trait impulsivity and identify impulsive behaviour as a proximal factor directly preceding a self-harm act. Yet, impulsivity is a multidimensional construct and distinct ... -
Classification of psychotherapy interventions for people with schizophrenia: development of the Nottingham Classification of Psychotherapies
(2020)BACKGROUNDCurrently, there is no accepted system for the classification of psychotherapies for application within systematic reviews. The creation of anuncomplicated, understandable and practical classification system is ... -
Motor-related oscillatory activity in schizophrenia according to phase of illness and clinical symptom severity
(2020)Magnetoencephalography (MEG) measures magnetic fields generated by synchronised neural current flow and provides direct inference on brain electrophysiology and connectivity, with high spatial and temporal resolution. The ... -
Prevalence and risk of mild cognitive impairment in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review
(2020)BACKGROUNDMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a cognitive state associated with increased risk of dementia. Little research on MCI exists from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite high prevalence of dementia in ...